Gift of Tongues
Ecclesiology – Spiritual Gifts – Gift of Tongues Overview The gift of tongues is one of the many Spiritual Gifts given by Christ when He ascended to Heaven, sat next to the Father and sent the Holy Spirit. The first manifestation of this Spiritual gift is recorded in the Book of Acts in which all…
Cessation vs Continuation
Cessation and Continuation on the Spiritual Gifts of the Church Definitions Cessation Cessation is the belief that the spiritual gifts given in the book of Acts ceased with the original first church, or more specifically, when the Apostles of Christ died. Cessationists typically believe that the miraculous signs and wonders have ceased; i.e tongues, healings…
Ecclesiology – Church Government
Church Government GOVERNMENT OF THE LOCAL CHURCH As we know, Christ is the head and leader of the Church. All direction and authority comes from Him. As the head and chief cornerstone, Christ setup the prophets and apostles to be the foundation of the Church, and their writing, the word of God, became and remains…
Community and Church Interactions
ECCLESIOLOGY – COMMUNITY Table of Contents COMMUNITY INTERACTION The Church is a community that works among other communities. The church is organized and structured so that it is able to be as diverse as the entire world because it is made up of people from all every part of the world. It is meant to…
Christian Living
The Lifestyle of a Christian THE CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLE The Christian lifestyle is important. Every person is driven or motivated by something; and that drive, passion, desire, whatever you like to call it becomes the focal point, object or master of our lives, the ‘reason why’ we do what we do. For the Christian, Jesus is…
Origin of the Church
Origin and History of the Christian Church Table of Contents PREORDAINED CHURCH What is the origin of the Church and what was the church beginnings? God ordained the Church from the foundations of the world, and predestined its purpose. He chose his people before the foundations of the world, and this includes the participation collectively…
Pseudographical Writings – Judeo-Christian Inspiration
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN PSEUDOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS OVERVIEW There is a large collection of scripts and texts that have been deemed as non-genuine or pseudographical writings. These writings are self proclaimed to be from specific authors or to be biographies of some Church official, but are in fact fictitious writings. These writing s are presumed to have been clever…
Christian Writings – Medieval Church Writings and Later Authoritative Works
MEDIEVAL CHURCH WRITINGS & LATE CHRISTIAN WRITINGS Table of Content OVERVIEW There have been many men of God that have risen up over the years to lead the Church through various trials and take on new challenges. Throughout the entire world, God’s people have risen up to build up His kingdom on earth and do…
Christian Writings – Authentic Apostolic Writings and Early Church
EARLY CHRISTIAN & APOSTOLIC WRITINGS Table of Content OVERVIEW Many of the early Christian Fathers wrote books that where canonized as Gospel, and other that were not. The Apostolic writers lived and experienced firsthand not only Jesus’ teachings, but they had to learn how to lead and develop the church in the first century a.d.…
Rabbinic and Jewish Writings – Ancient Inspired Studies
Study of Prophetic, Rabbinic and Jewish Literature before Christ Table of Content OVERVIEW – JEWISH WRITINGS There are many different literary works, before Christ, that were written as historic documents by the Jewish community. As other books that where non-canonized into the Jewish scripture, they were still regarded as books of great value. The oldest…
