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Nicene-Constantinople Creed (A.D. 325-381): Part 1
Introduction [su_dropcap]It [/su_dropcap]was the year 325 AD. 318 bishops, from around the Roman Empire, begun to arrive on horseback at Nicaea- a small town in modern iznik, 2 hours from Istanbul, Turkey. Their travel expenses were covered by the Emperor Constantine. This was the first official council met since the persecution ended. Most of the Bishops present at the council…
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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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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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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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To know Him is to have Eternal Life (Article)
፩ እግዚአብሔርን ማወቅ የነገር ሁሉ ግብ ነው (The audio version is here) ያውቁ ዘንድ ይህች የዘላለም ሕይወት ናት! “ኢየሱስም ይህን ተናግሮ ወደ ሰማይ ዓይኖቹን አነሣና እንዲህ አለ። አባት ሆይ፥ ሰዓቱ ደርሶአል፤ ልጅህ ያከብርህ ዘንድ፥ በሥጋም ሁሉ ላይ ሥልጣን እንደ ሰጠኸው፥ ለሰጠኸው ሁሉ የዘላለምን ሕይወት ይሰጣቸው ዘንድ ልጅህን አክብረው። እውነተኛ አምላክ ብቻ የሆንህ አንተን የላክኸውንም ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ያውቁ ዘንድ ይህች…
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-6- ማዕከላዊ ወንጌል ክርስቶስን ማዕከል ያደረገ ነው!
(This is the last post on this series. If you would like to read the whole article in English, click here The Story of the Gospel) (3) ክርስቶስ የወንጌል ማዕከል ነው! “ክርስቶስ ስለ ኃጢአታችን ሞተ፤ ተቀበረ፣ በቅዱሳን መጽሐፍት እንደ ተጻፈዉም በሦስተኛው ቀን ተነሳ፣ ከዚያም ለኬፋ ታየ፣ ቀጥሎም ለአስራ ሁለቱ ታየ፣…” 1 ቆሮ 15፤ 4-5 እስከ አሁን ድረስ የተመለከትነው ወንጌል ማዕከላዊ…
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-5- ወንጌል በመጀመሪያይቱ ቤተክርስቲያን ሕይወት፡ የወንጌልን ንጽሕናና ቀዳሚነት አጥብቆ መያዝ
(If you would like to read the whole article in English, click here The Story of the Gospel) (ለ) የወንጌልን ንጽሕና አጥብቆ መያዝ “የሰበክሁላችሁን ቃል አጥብቃችሁ ብትይዙ፣ በዚህ ወንጌል ትድናላችሁ፤ አለዚያ ያመናችሁት በከንቱ ነው። ( 1 ቆሮ.15፥ 2) የወንጌልን ማዕከላዊነት የምንጠብቅበት ሁለተኛው መንገድ ወንጌልን አጥብቆ በመያዝ ነው። ይህ “አጥብቆ መያዝ” ጳውሎስ ለቆሮንቶስ ሰዎች አንዳስጠነቀቃቸው የወንጌልን የመጀመሪያ ይዘት/መልዕክት (originality) መጠበቅ ማለት ነው። ይህም የተቀበሉትን…
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-4- ወንጌል በመጀመሪያይቱ ቤተክርስቲያን ሕይወት፡ ወንጌልን ከማጥበብ መቆጠብ
(If you would like to read the whole article in English, click here [su_posts template=”templates/teaser-loop.php” posts_per_page=”-1″ taxonomy=”post_tag” tax_term=”165″ tax_operator=”0″ order=”asc”]The Story of the Gospel[/su_posts]) 1 ቆሮንቶስ 15፥ 1-11 [su_quote] አሁንም፣ ወንድሞች ሆይ፣ የሰበክሁላችሁንና የተቀበላችሁትን ደግሞም ጸንታችሁ የቆማችሁበትን ወንጌል ላሳስባችሁ እወዳለሁ፤ የሰበክሁላችሁን ቃል አጥብቃችሁ ብትይዙ፣ በዚህ ወንጌል ትድናላችሁ፤ አለዚያ ያመናችሁት በከንቱ ነው። እኔ የተቀበልሁትንና ከሁሉ በላይ የሆነውንም ለእናንተ አስተላልፌአለሁ፤ ቅዱሳን መጻፍት…
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-3- ወንጌል በአዲስ ኪዳን:- ወንጌል የብሉይ ተስፋ ፍጻሜ ነው!
(If you would like to read the whole article in English, click here The Story of the Gospel) ጌታ እየሱስ “ ጊዜው ደርሷል፣ የእግዚአብሔር መንግስት ቀርባለች፣ ንስሃ ግቡ፣ በወንጌልም እመኑ” በማለት የእግዚአብሔርን ወንጌል አውጇል (ማር. 1፥15)። “ዩዋንጌልዮን” (εὐαγγέλιον, euangelion) የሚለው የግሪክ ቃል ወንጌልን ለመጥቀስ ከ 100 ጊዜ በላይ በአዲስ ኪዳን (በብሉይ ነብያት በእብራይስጡ ‘ብሦራ‘ ብለው የተጠቀሙት ነገር ግን በአዲስ ኪዳን…
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-2- ወንጌል የብሉይ ኪዳን ተስፋና የመንግሥቱ የድል-ምስራች ዜና ነው
(If you would like to read the whole article in English, click here The Story of the Gospel) – ወንጌል የእግዚአብሔር መንግስት የምስራች ዜና ነው – በአንድ አዲስ ግኝት በስተጀርባ የፈጠራው ባለቤት ወይም አዲስ ነገር ያገኘው ሰው አለ። ያ ሰው አዲሱን ነገር ለማግኘት የተነሳሳውና ያከናወነው ደግሞ አንድ የተከሰተ ችግርን ለመፍታት ነው። ስለዚህም ከአንድ አዲስ ግኝት በስተጀርባ አድራጊው ወይንም ተመራማሪው ብቻ ሳይሆን…
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-1- የወንጌል ማዕከላዊነት
መግቢያ (If you would like to read the whole article in English, click here The Story of the Gospel) ‘ወንጌል’ የሚለው ቃል እጅግ ከመለመዱ የተነሳ፤ ‘ወንጌል የብዙ ነገሮች ገላጭ ቃል ሆኖ ሲውል ይደመጣል። ሁልጊዜም እንደሚባለው፤ አንድ ቃል ብዙ ነገሮችን እንዲወክል በተጠቀምነው ቁጥር የቃሉ ይዘትና ክብደት ይቀንሳል። ለምሳሌ ያሕል፤ ጸጋ የሚለውን ቃል በንግግራችን እንዴት እንደምንጠቀመው እንመለከት። ዝናሽና አስቴር ወደ ዋናው አዳርሽ…
