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if it is the Son who joins us to the Father, and only God can join us to God, then the Son is God; and if, in the sacraments of the Church and the life of faith, it is the Spirit who joins us to the Son, and only God can join us to God, then the Spirit too must be God.
David Bentley Hart • The Story of Christianity
When you live out your faith as a father, you're showing God to the world. Put another way, for you and me, our highest calling is to represent God to the world. The stakes are higher than us getting accolades, becoming respected in the community, raising great kids or even building a thriving marriage.
Fathers are the lens through which the next ge
... See moreKent Evans • The Manhood Journey
the true paterfamilias is God.
The Westar Institute • After Jesus Before Christianity
“Our mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the
John W. Stewart • Envisioning the Congregation, Practicing the Gospel
- A SU MINISTERIO LE HACÍA FALTA DEVOCIÓN.
Paul David Tripp • El llamamiento peligroso: Enfrentando los singulares desafíos del Ministerio Pastoral (Spanish Edition)
If we are going to build with care, as Paul admonishes the Corinthians, we must build on the foundation of Jesus (the Apostle) and the other apostles. So everything that the modern church does must be built on an apostolic foundation. If we continue building on the pastoral foundation that tradition has handed us, that foundation could be seriously
... See moreDr. Jonathan Welton • Equipping the Equippers: Handbook for Raising Up Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, & Teachers
As leaders we must remember that we have been given to the Church. The Church has not been given to us.
Andrew Murray • Seeing The Church: When your purpose collides with God's passion
Bernard himself visited the Languedoc in 1145, suspicious that the count of Toulouse, Alfonso-Jordan, was not doing enough to check the apparent growth of heresy in his lands.
Sean Martin • The Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages
That heresy seems to have died down almost completely in the second half of the eleventh century is possibly related to the fact that the Church was starting a programme of reform that had been initiated by Pope Leo IX (1049–54). The greatest of the reforming pontiffs of this period – and indeed one of the most significant of all mediaeval popes –
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