Essays from ChurchPenknife Press, 2005 - 144 pagina's A social commentary on one of the world's most anti-social organizations, the Christian Church. |
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... Christianity Today " 114 Chapter 22 - " To Be African - American or Just American " Chapter 23 Conclusion - " Renew Your Own Mind , 119 Think for Yourself " ............ 125 Bibliography 132 Introduction From September 1991 to February ...
... Christianity Today " 114 Chapter 22 - " To Be African - American or Just American " Chapter 23 Conclusion - " Renew Your Own Mind , 119 Think for Yourself " ............ 125 Bibliography 132 Introduction From September 1991 to February ...
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... Christian home . My mother was the daughter of a preacher and saintly mother . Two of her brothers were ministers . My father has been a Bible teacher for years and all of my brothers , sisters and I spent at least the first 18 or so ...
... Christian home . My mother was the daughter of a preacher and saintly mother . Two of her brothers were ministers . My father has been a Bible teacher for years and all of my brothers , sisters and I spent at least the first 18 or so ...
Pagina 5
... Christians , who are not supposed to be driven by such vanities , have begun to use these very same indulgences as proof that they are children of God . When I stepped back and looked at all this I knew I had to renew my mind , and ...
... Christians , who are not supposed to be driven by such vanities , have begun to use these very same indulgences as proof that they are children of God . When I stepped back and looked at all this I knew I had to renew my mind , and ...
Pagina 6
... Christians don't understand what Jesus meant when he said , " For the love of money is the root of all evil . " And what do we see when we look around us ? Huge churches , pastors and ministers driving Rolls Royces and Mercedes , and ...
... Christians don't understand what Jesus meant when he said , " For the love of money is the root of all evil . " And what do we see when we look around us ? Huge churches , pastors and ministers driving Rolls Royces and Mercedes , and ...
Pagina 7
... Christianity was in jeopardy of being thrown out . Then came the day when I realized that I could not-- and no longer felt it was necessary to-- call myself a Christian . That was the scariest day of my life . Me , not a Christian ...
... Christianity was in jeopardy of being thrown out . Then came the day when I realized that I could not-- and no longer felt it was necessary to-- call myself a Christian . That was the scariest day of my life . Me , not a Christian ...
Inhoudsopgave
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We Have Work to | 29 |
The Cultural Horizon | 45 |
Attack on the Black | 56 |
Why I Do What I | 84 |
3 Strikes and Youre Out or In for Good | 92 |
Unity in the Community | 109 |
To Be AfricanAmerican or Just American | 119 |
Think for Yourself | 125 |
Bibliography | 132 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 56 - And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo, a black horse ; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny ; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Pagina 52 - Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Pagina 41 - BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Pagina 29 - And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet ; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
Pagina 67 - Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel : therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die ; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life ; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Pagina 53 - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Pagina 51 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication...
Pagina 52 - And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Pagina 105 - In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. 56 But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
Pagina 87 - And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead.