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Video Resources
A series of video posts on several topics.
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Treasures and Perspectives
The word treasures is an interesting word, for it denotes that behind an object there is a certain value. Everything that we see around us has a certain money value to it: everything! It is a matter of knowing and discerning. The choice is always present: the pursuit of the present–temporary pleasures or the pursuit of the Kingdom. Pleasures for…
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009-010: የባረከን አባትና አምላክ ይባረክ – ኤፌ. 1:3 (የኤፌሶን ምዕራፍ አንድ ጥናት)
“Blessed be the God and the father of our Lord Jesus Christ…” (Eph. 1:3; Cf. 2 Co 1:3; 1 Pe 1:3). Prayers have context. Growing up most of us heard and prayed “Our Father in heaven hallowed be your name….” Communal prayers, such as the Lord’s Prayer are designed to both teach and preserve important summary of faith to the…
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God’s Revelation and Theology: Thinking his thoughts after him
We discover God! We don’t invent God. No one can discover God, unless he discloses himself. He disclosed himself to us through the Lord Jesus Christ, who himself is the revelation of God. The call of every christian is then to know who God is by paying attention to what He told us about himself. Deeply thinking about God and…
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Martin Luther: A Reformer, Theologian and Bible Translator, Part 4
Here is an oil painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1547, entitled “The Wittenberg Altarpiece“. The congregation’s eyes are fixated upon the crucified Christ, as Luther’s outstretched arm single out Christ and his other hand rest on the Word of God. Cranach tells us that the success of the preacher is measured by how much the preacher points to…
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Martin Luther: A Reformer, Theologian and bible Translator, Part 3
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.” (Ro 1:16–17: NASB) Luther hated…
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Martin Luther: A Reformer, Theologian and bible Translator, Part 2
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods: “Luther is now to be seen as a convicted heretic. He has 21 days from the 15th of April. After that time, no one should give him shelter. His followers also are to be condemned, and his books will be erased from human memory” This was…
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Martin Luther: A Reformer, Theologian and bible Translator, Part 1
Many times, we get to hear fragments of Martin Luther’s life and ministry. But the more I know the ‘man’ Luther, who is complex and interesting in many ways, a bible professor, an ex-priest, a reformer, a national icon and family model for German families, who introduced the modern form of family devotion around dinner table, a bible translator, a…
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009-010: የመጥራቱ ተሥፋ ምን እንደሆን ታውቁ ዘንድ (የኤፌሶን ምዕራፍ አንድ ጥናት)
ስለዚህ እኔ ደግሞ በእናንተ ዘንድ ስለሚሆን በጌታ በኢየሱስ ስለ ማመንና ለቅዱሳን ሁሉ ስለሚሆን መውደድ ሰምቼ፥ ስለ እናንተ እያመሰገንሁ ስጸልይ ስለ እናንተ ማሳሰብን አልተውም፤ የክብር አባት የጌታችን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ አምላክ እርሱን በማወቅ የጥበብንና የመገለጥን መንፈስ እንዲሰጣችሁ እለምናለሁ። [jwplayer player="2" playlistid="3807"] ይህም የልባችሁ ዓይኖች ሲበሩ የመጥራቱ ተስፋ ምን እንዲሆን በቅዱሳንም ዘንድ ያለው የርስት ክብር ባለ ጠግነት ምን እንዲሆን ለምናምን ከሁሉ የሚበልጥ የኃይሉ…
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Age Segregated Ministries: Borrowing a cultural construct?
Worldview Questions The difficulty with worldview is that one does not see it, but then one cannot see everything else with out it. We must resist adapting neither a separatist nor a syncretic worldview towards the cultural war. A separatist worldview says “I form my own culture”. This was the solution adapted by the Essenes of the New Testament period…
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009-009: በወንጌል የተቃኘ ተስፋ-ስለዚህ ተስፋ በወንጌል የእውነት ቃል አስቀድማችሁ ሰማችሁ
ይህ ተስፋ ይዘት ያለው ተስፋ ነው፤ የዚህም ተስፋ ይዘት ከኤጳፍራ የሰሙት ወንጌል ነው እርሱም የእውነት ቃል ነው። ወንጌል ሰዎችን ወደ እ/ር መንገሥት የሚያስገባ መሿለኪያ ብቻ አይደለም። ወንጌል የክርስትና መሰረት ነው። ይህ ወንጌል ለቆላስያስ አማኞች "የሰማችሁት፤ የተቀበላችሁት’ እንዲሁም ደግሞ ሐዋርያው የወንጌል ግዴታቸውን ይህም "ተመሰርታችሁ፤ ተደላድላችሁ..." ምክኒያቱም ወንጌል ሐያል የእ/ር ቃል ነው (1:25) የክርስቶስ ቃል ነው (3:16) ከዚህ የተነሳ ሃያልነቱን በሚያስገርሙ ሰው-መሰል…
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009-008: በወንጌል የተቃኘ የቃል-ኪዳን ሕይወት፡ እምነት ፍቅርና ተስፋ (ፍጻሜ ገንዘቡ የሆነ ሕዝብ P8)
ስለ እናንተ በምንጸልይበት ጊዜ፥ የጌታችንን የኢየሱስን አባት እግዚአብሔርን ሁልጊዜ እናመሰግናለን፤ ምክኒያቱም በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ስላላችሁ እምነትና ለቅዱሳንም ሁሉ ስላላችሁ ፍቅር ሰምተናል[ἀκούσαντες τὴν πίστιν ὑμῶν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀγάπην ἣν ἔχετε εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἁγίους]ሐዋርያው ወደ ምሥጋናና ወደ ልመና ጸሎት ያነሳሳው ስለ ቆላስያስ ሰዎች የሰማው ነገር ነው፦ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ስላላችሁ እምነት፦ ይህ የቆላስያስ ሰዎች በክርስቶስና በወንጌሉ ላይ ያለ እምነታቸውን ያሳያል፤…
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009-007: የአብርሃም በረከት ለአሕዛብ ይደርስ ዘንድ-የመንፈስ ተስፋ! (ፍጻሜ ገንዘቡ የሆነ ሕዝብ P7)
[sz-ytvideo url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GresI587xQ” theme=”dark” cover=”local” responsive=”y” autoplay=”n” loop=”n” fullscreen=”y” disablekeyboard=”n” disableiframe=”n” disablerelated=”n” delayed=”n” schemaorg=”n” /] Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive…
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009-006: ሙታን የእግዚአብሔርን ልጅ ድምጽ የሚሰሙበት ጊዜ ይመጣል! አሁንም መጥቷል! (ፍጻሜ ገንዘቡ የሆነ ሕዝብ P6)
Our Christian hope entails Resurrection Existence Resurrected bodies New heaven and new earth, our home of righteousness (Rev. 21-22) Sabbath rest (Heb. 3-4) Perfected vision and fellowship The above blessings however have begun here on this evil age, while we are in it. Therefore at present we posses eternal life, resurrection power, sabbath rest and a realized vision of and…
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009-005: የማይዋሽ እግዚአብሔር የሰጠው ተስፋ (ፍጻሜ ገንዘቡ የሆነ ሕዝብ P5)
ስለ ዘር አስደናቂ የሆነ እውነት አለ። በእጃችሁ አንድ ዘር፤ ለምሳሌ ያህል የብርቱካን ዘር፤ ብትይዙ በዚህ ዘር ውስጥ እንኳን ትልቅ የብርቱካን ዛፍ የሚያክል ነገር ሊያወጣ ቀርቶ በውስጡ ሕይወት ያለበትም አይመስለም። ሆኖም ግን ዘር ሦስት ነገሮችን ይፈልጋል፦ አየር፤ ርጥበትና አፈር። ከነዚህ ሁለቱ በዙሪያው እውነት ሲሆኑ፤ ዘር አስደናቂ ነገር ያደርጋል። መብቀል ይጀምራል! አንዳንድ ዘር በመጀመሪያ ሥር ይልካል። ይህም ርጥበትና አየር አግኝቻለሁ ነገር ግን…
