Acts 15:7-21; John 15:9-11
The Council of Jerusalem was crucial for the growth of the church into the gentile world. Acts gives us a window into the leadership of the church around 5O CE, some 20 years after the Christ event. The Apostle Peter presides at the Council, confirming the reports from missionaries Paul and Barnabas that the Holy Spirit is inspiring gentile converts with the same faith that Jewish believers have experienced. James, regarded as the de facto leader of the mother church in Jerusalem, concedes that if this is the case, then gentiles must be admitted to the church without the added requirement of first becoming Jews. The way is opened to expand membership to the Graeco-Roman world being evangelized by the missionaries.
Author: Gary R Gromacki PhD Category: General Apologetics Created: 01 May 2021
And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty, and your faith is also empty (1 Cor 15:14). For Christians the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the foundation of our faith. Apart from the resurrection, there is no gospel, no good news for a despairing world.
This article was first published in the Spring 2002 Journal of Ministry and Theology, published by Baptist Bible Theological Seminary, Clarks Summit, Pa. It has reproduced here with permission of the author.
One of the strongest arguments for the historicity of the resurrection is the resurrection appearances of Jesus to his disciples and to unbelievers who then became believers.
(RNS) Fifty percent of Mormons in the United States say they have gotten or will definitely get vaccinated against COVID-19, while the other half are either “vaccine hesitant” or “vaccine refusers,” according to a recent study by PRRI and Interfaith Youth Corps.
I want to be cautious about these results because the number of Latter-day Saints in the sample was small 105 people out of 5,625 respondents overall. This means the margin of error is relatively high.
Still. the PRRI/IFYC findings are sobering.
First, there’s the main finding. Just half of Mormons are vaccine accepters, while a third are vaccine hesitant, meaning they said they will either “wait and see how the COVID-19 vaccines are working for others” or they “will only get a COVID-19 vaccine if required” to do so.
I’m a college drop out.
Not because I’m not smart enough. But because when I was 18 years old I was losing the battle of my mind. The Enemy had gained a foothold in my life, and that foothold was called laziness. I could sleep through morning classes like a champ. If there had been an Olympic competition in skipping class and making excuses, I’d have gold medals hanging on the wall. Eventually, the letter arrived from the dean of my program requesting that I kindly take some time off from pursuing my university education.
No worries, I thought. I’ll enroll at the junior college in town.
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