After his resurrection from the dead Jesus met his disciples in Galilee. While Matthew specifically mentions the eleven, this mountain in Galilee may also be the place where 500 of Jesus’ brethren saw him at once (Matthew 28:16-20 and 1 Corinthians 15:1-11). The eleven worshiped [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Worship’
December 11, 2007
Calling Upon the Name
The wonderful story of the conversion of Saul of Tarsus to Jesus as the Messiah is briefly recorded three times in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 9, 22, and 26). The former persecutor of the followers of Jesus is largely known in the history of Christianity as the Apostle Paul. Recalling his [...]
December 7, 2007
Freedom and Conscience: The Stewardship Issue
In Christian Unity I pointed out that the Apostle Paul’s path of Christian unity called for spiritual maturity in the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 1-3; see also the prayers of Philippians 1:9-11, Colossians 1:9-12, and Ephesians 1:15-22 and 3:14-21). Leaders must discern the path that best follows Christ’s mind and soundly build upon [...]
August 21, 2007
Ties are so Cool
Once I had an interesting providential concurrence of events respecting the wearing of ties. First, in a men’s class brothers discussed attire at church. For about 15 minutes of the class there was a very serious discussion about the importance of wearing a tie, especially when participating in the [...]
