Church 101 The Lonely Church. Romans 15:17 “Wherefore, receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.” Healthy Relationships.

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Romans 15:17“Wherefore, receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.”

Healthy Relationships

Before you can have a healthy relationship with anyone else, you have to learn how to be alone.

PNEUMA

In the Bible, the Greek word for being spiritual is “pneuma” or “pneumatic.” In today’s language, it means drawing power from the human spirit in order to perceive on a higher level.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In 1943, Nazi Germany pressed hard to get endorsements from religious leaders for the persecution of Jews. Led by the Catholic Church in Rome, most religious leaders explained away the obvious satanic actions of Hitler. It was understood that to stand against Hitler meant death.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Bonhoeffer was known for his brilliant theological writings. What he did in WWII overshadowed anything that he had written prior to the war. The Lutheran preacher joined the resistance against his national leader and was captured in 1943.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Being Alone

Bonhoeffer was taken to a camp where he had to learn how to be alone.

Being Alone

Two years in captivity caused Bonhoeffer to long for Christian fellowship. He found it incredibly difficult to coexist with nonbelievers in Jesus who prayed every day for deliverance.

Before the Beatitudes

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command these stones be made bread. Matt. 4:1-3

Preparing for the Cross

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Why is the Seventh Day Adventist Church often mocked by other Christian denominations?

The Lonely Church

Why is the Seventh Day Adventist Church often mocked by other Christian denominations?

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Why is the Seventh Day Adventist Church often mocked by other Christian denominations?

The Lonely Church

Why is the Seventh Day Adventist Church often mocked by other Christian denominations?

Preparing for the Cross

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungered. And when the tempter .