Tune and Prepare!

But you are not to be called "Rabbi", for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth "father", for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. The greatest among you will be your servant.. Jesus' words in Mt 23:8-11

Paul says, “You did not learn Christ in this way.” Eph4:20. Are we “learning Christ”? What a statement! He’s worth learning, knowing, loving, feeding on, trusting, watching, listening to. He’s the lesson. Are you learning him? Terry Virgo

Agosto 2016 Andreas J. Köstenberger, Margaret Elizabeth Köstenberger Fuimos creados varón y mujer por designio divino Según el relato de la creación del Génesis, Dios creó a la humanidad hombre y mujer (Gn 1:26-28). La masculinidad y la feminidad son creaciones, no contratos. Son instituidos divinamente y no definidos socialmente. Por lo tanto, nuestra identidad de género no puede renegociarse del mismo modo que refinanciamos una hipoteca o cambiamos la fecha de una cita. Dios nos creó y somos sus criaturas, tanto hombres como mujeres. Fuimos creados varón y mujer a imagen de Dios El diseño de género binario de la humanidad como hombre y mujer refleja de alguna manera misteriosa la naturaleza de Dios. Aunque comparten una humanidad común, el hombre y la mujer son únicos y complementarios más que idénticos. Esta complementariedad, a su vez, refleja una faceta de la propia naturaleza de Dios. También Dios es una unidad dentro de la diversidad (tres en uno, igual en persona, dis...

... they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, ‘ Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed ’ ...  now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.  These verses in Acts 4:23-31 are the longest recorded Christian prayer in the New Testament, and they show us how we can pray powerful prayer...