Resultados para "The Holy War" en Cristiandad

You must be frightened by the high you experience interacting with porn. You’re alarmed that no matter how you try, you can't stop coming back for more. In your fight to get the upper hand, it hasn’t mattered that you're a Christian and that you really want to walk in spotless integrity. It hasn’t mattered that you have a faithful wife and children or a trusting girlfriend. You’re stuck in a crazy, endless, secret pattern of “sin/confess/repent/repeat”.

As James P. Byrd reveals in this insightful narrative, no book was more important to the Civil War than the Bible. From Massachusetts to Mississippi and beyond, the Bible was the nation's most read and respected book. It presented a drama of salvation and damnation, of providence and judgment, of sacred history and sacrifice. When Americans argued over the issues that divided them - slavery, secession, patriotism, authority, white supremacy, and violence - the Bible was the book they most often invoked.

Is God a sadistic torturer? Coldhearted judge? Genocidal maniac? Unfortunately, our popular caricatures often make him out to be. God has some skeletons in the closet. At least, that's what many of us fear. "How can a loving God send people to hell?" "Isn't it arrogant to believe Jesus is the only way to God?" "What is up with holy war in the Old Testament?" These are difficult questions that our family, our friends, our culture - even we ourselves - are asking.

De Heilige Oorlog van John Bunyan hoort samen met De Christenreis en De Christinnereis tot zijn populairste werken. Eigenlijk zijn het diepzinnige stripverhalen die de geestelijke geheimen van het geloof in beeld brengen.

In Rome, on February 24, 1530, Pope Clement VII placed the ancient crown of the Holy Roman Empire on the head of the 29-year-old Charles V of Habsburg. Born in Flanders, he became Duke of Burgundy and Lord of the Netherlands at the age of six, King of Castile and Aragon at 15, Archduke of Austria at 17, and, finally, King of the Romans three months after that. The last title belonged to the ruler of Germany before he was solemnly crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope.

Every obstacle that the Devil throws in our path must be conquered in order for us to progress. We must pursue God's holy presence with strong, fearless commitment! Nothing should be kept a secret, not even your own narcissistic desires, old grudges, or unforgiveness. Keep asking the Holy Spirit for a spirit of repentance and confessing every fault he brings to your attention. Make every attempt to pursue God fervently, relentlessly, and moment-by-moment. Do not take the urgency of the hour lightly. God's kingdom must be the most important thing you focus on in your life.

The works of John Bunyan are still relevant today as they were 300 years ago. Bunyan faced a lot of religious persecution due to his nonconformist preaching, and due to his faith, he was thrown into prison. Fearing that he might die in prison, John Bunyan synthesized all his struggles and journey of salvation into his writings so that his readers may follow on his path and find God.

It has been famously pointed out that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, but it was also not an empire in the sense people expect when hearing the term. In theory, the emperor was the highest prince in Christendom, and his dominion extended the length and breadth of Western Europe. The empire had been created by the papacy in 801 when Pope Leo III famously crowned the supposedly unwitting Charlemagne in Saint Peter’s Basilica, intending to recreate the Western Roman Empire. In truth, the imperial power did not extend beyond central Europe.