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በወንጌል የተቃኘ እምነትና አስተምሕሮት!
ልማድና ልምድ ሁለቱም ‘ለመደ’ ከሚለው ሥርወ-ቃል የመነጩ ቃላቶች ናቸው። ሁለቱም ለሰው ልጆች አስፈላጊ ብቻ ሳይሆኑ መሰረታዊ ናቸው። ልማድ አንድን ተግዳሮት ደጋግሞ በማሰብና በማድረግ የሚገኝ ተመክሮ ሲሆን፤ ‘ልምድ’ ግን በመጀመሪያ ከዚህ ድግግሞች (ልምምድ) የሚገኝ ክሂል ነው። አንዳንድ ሰዎች የሕክምና ሙያን በልምድ ብቻ ስላካበቱ፤ ምንም እንኳ የሕክምና ሳይንሳ ረቂቅ ሐሳብ ባይገባቸውም፤ ነገር ግን በልምምድ ያካባቱት ልምድ ጥሩ ግልጋሎት እንዲሰጡ ይረዳቸውዋል። ለዚህ ብዙዎቻችን…
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Two Fold Purpose of Christ’s Death: Man, This Man Is A Different Man!
Everyone wants to be rich. Rich in everything, lots of money, power, control, security and pleasure. In fact much of our human history has been marked by power struggle and by desire to gain more. However in the midst of such story, came one human being whose ultimate purpose in life was just to ‘die’. Unlike the rest of mankind,…
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What is the Gospel? Learning to avoid Reducing the Gospel (Part 4)
In the following few posts I will be discussing the chief characteristics of the gospel in the life of the early apostolic church, taken from the following few texts. The first is that the gospel is irreducible, second the gospel is central and third, the gospel is Christ centered. Now let’s look at the first attribute of the gospel which…
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What is the Gospel? The Gospel in the New Testament: Fulfillment of the promise (Part3)
3 The Gospel in the New Testament: Fulfillment of the promise “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” According to Mark 1: 15, Jesus proclaimed the Gospel of God saying:The Greek word, euangelion, is used more than 100 times to refer to the Gospel. The New Testament consistently uses…
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What is the Gospel? The Gospel in the Old Testament: Promise of Yahweh’s Return (Part 2)
2 The Gospel in the Old Testament: Promise of Yahweh’s Return The bible uses the word ‘Gospel’ more than 120 times. The Old Testament alone employs the Hebrew word mebǎś∙śēr, translated as: to bring a [good] news, about 30 times (בְּשֹׂרָה, from which we get the Amharic equivalent – ብስራት). The Old Testament every so often uses it broadly to refer…
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What is the Gospel? The Centrality of the Gospel (Part 1)
1 – The Gospel as Christian World View – [su_dropcap]The [/su_dropcap] Gospel has become one of those things that could mean several things to several people. If you would like to prove that, just read few sentences that people write or say that have the word ‘gospel’ in it. If the gospel is a sort of fuzzy word that means…
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የኢየሱስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅነት ሐቲት: ክፍል አንድ
ኢየሱስ ግን። አባቴ እስከ ዛሬ ይሠራል እኔም ደግሞ እሠራለሁ ብሎ መለሰላቸው። እንግዲህ ሰንበትን ስለ ሻረ ብቻ አይደለም፥ ነገር ግን ደግሞ ራሱን ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር አስተካክሎ። እግዚአብሔር አባቴ ነው ስላለ፥ ስለዚህ አይሁድ ሊገድሉት አብዝተው ይፈልጉት ነበር። ስለዚህ ኢየሱስ መለሰ እንዲህም አላቸው። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ አብ ሲያደርግ ያየውን ነው እንጂ ወልድ ከራሱ ሊያደርግ ምንም አይችልም፤ ያ የሚያደርገውን ሁሉ ወልድ ደግሞ ይህን እንዲሁ ያደርጋልና።…
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General Revelation and Special Revelation
Introduction One of the foundational convictions of the Christian faith is that God is transcendent, sovereign and personal. If humankind is to know and worship him, God must disclose himself. There is, therefore, a sense in which God discloses and makes himself accessible to every human being, at all times, without racial distinction. However there is also another sense in…
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የደቀ መዝሙርነት ዓላማ፤ ምንነትና ሕይወት
ማቴዎስ 28:16–20 አሥራ አንዱ ደቀ መዛሙርት ግን ኢየሱስ ወዳዘዛቸው ተራራ ወደ ገሊላ ሄዱ፥ ባዩትም ጊዜ ሰገዱለት፤ የተጠራጠሩ ግን ነበሩ። ኢየሱስም ቀረበና እንዲህ ብሎ ተናገራቸው። ሥልጣን ሁሉ በሰማይና በምድር ተሰጠኝ። እንግዲህ ሂዱና አሕዛብን ሁሉ በአብ በወልድና በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ስም እያጠመቃችኋቸው፥ ያዘዝኋችሁንም ሁሉ እንዲጠብቁ እያስተማራችኋቸው ደቀ መዛሙርት አድርጓቸው፤ እነሆም እኔ እስከ ዓለም ፍጻሜ ድረስ ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር ነኝ። ሒደት አመልካች ቃሎች፡ እየሔዳችሁ….እያጠመቃችኋቸው…እያስተማራችኋቸው…
