Conviction and Conversion

Confrontation, Conviction And Conversion Through The Word

*CONFRONTATION, CONVICTION AND CONVERSION THROUGH THE WORD*   These terms are here intended to explain the internal processes of dealing with Depravity and Demonism through various forms by which our Hearts encounter the Word of God.   From Christ’s Parable of the Sower, the Seed and the Soils (Matt 13:1-9;...

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This tabulation shows the divine institutions of Church and State and their divinely ordained purposes and patterns. They should not be confused with the Godly Kingdom of light and the Worldly Kingdom of darkness. Many mix these issues up, falsely thinking that the State is what they call "world system”! The State is not the “world system.” The “world system” is Sin which is abhorred by God, not The State which is instituted by God.

BOTH CHURCH AND STATE ARE EQUALLY DIVINE INSTITUTIONS

*BOTH CHURCH AND STATE ARE EQUALLY DIVINE INSTITUTIONS* Under the sun in this world, God has ordained two complementary institutions of the Church for spiritual/religious ministration to congregational members, as well as the State for secular/civil ministration to cosmopolitan and community citizens.  These two are of God being divinely instituted....

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This tabulation shows the divine institutions of Church and State and their divinely ordained purposes and patterns. They should not be confused with the Godly Kingdom of light and the Worldly Kingdom of darkness. Many mix these issues up, falsely thinking that the State is what they call "world system”! The State is not the “world system.” The “world system” is Sin which is abhorred by God, not The State which is instituted by God.

THE ERROR AND EVIL OF POLITICAL AVERSION!

This tabulation shows the divine institutions of Church and State and their divinely ordained purposes and patterns. They should not be confused with the Godly Kingdom of light and the Worldly Kingdom of darkness. Many mix these issues up, falsely thinking that the State is what they call “world system”!...

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Origin of UNIVERSITIES and DEGREE HONOURS

The Apostles believed in focused and thorough biblical studies for ministerial excellence (Act_6:4; Act_18:24-28; 2Ti_2:15), so the Cathedrals and Monasteries had always had monastic schools (Scholae Monasticae) since the earliest times, for their diocesan priests and monks to be educated in ecclesiastical studies (theology, liturgy, canon law, logic, hermeneutics, homiletics,...

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A Short History Of Christianity In Borno

A SHORT HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN BORNO Commemorating 150 years of Replanting Christianity in Nigeria in 1992 Written by Dr & Mrs. I. U. Ibeme Website: http://www.scribd.com/ifeogo ; e-mail: ifeogo@yahoo.com Click Here For PriscAquila Christian Resource Centre The Old Borno State was the largest state in Nigeria covering about 116,589...

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MINISTRATIONS AND MUSIC IN THE CHURCH: Sacred Liturgy or Secular Orgy?

MINISTRATIONS AND MUSIC IN THE CHURCH: Sacred Liturgy or Secular Orgy?   Among the Greeks, public religious programmes in the shrines and the streets were called ORGIA; but the Apostolic Church rejected the word “orgia” and instead used LEITOURGIA to describe their public religious programmes in the Church (Act 13:2). ORGIA...

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Christian responses to tribulation and affliction

Suffering and Self-defence for our spiritual FAITH and our temporal RIGHTS should never be lumped together as is often naively done when discussing response to tribulations in Christian circles. This uncategorized all-or-none and one-only approach is narrow-minded and hastily muddles up issues. Church members have DUAL HERITAGE of responsibilities, relevancies...

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Suffering and Self-Defence in Tribulation and Persecution

The Greek word θλίψις (THLIPSIS) translated as TRIBULATION (10x) or AFFLICTION (15x) in the KJV Bible means ANY STRESSFUL CONDITION WHICH SUBJECTS HUMANS TO ANY FORM OF SUFFERING such as: deprivation, dispossession, disaster, dangers, distress, death, persecution, pestilence, peril, prison, torching, torture, temptations, trials, vilification and violence (Rom 8:35; 2Cor...

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