By Elizabeth Prata I was finishing my book by Scottish Puritan, The Scandal of False Teaching. I love the minds of the Puritans, deep thinkers, and as a result, it was an excellent book. Anyway, in…
One of the delights from my time in seminary was studying important figures from church history. I especially enjoyed studying men who impacted worship reforms, including Hezekiah, Nehemiah, Paul, Augustine, Luther, Calvin, the Puritans, Edwards, and eventually, Asahel Nettleton. Although Nettleton’s name may not ring a bell like the rest, Nettleton’s preaching had a tremendous influence on the Second Great Awakening. When people think of the Second Great Awakening, they often think of the dynam
The deaths of the apostles. The early church in Acts was filled with people who were fully devoted and faithful to Jesus. Despite living in dangerous times.
Paul understood that his life’s work was “to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God” (Ephesians 3:8-9). But how exactly did he do that? How does anyone do that? When you think of Paul and the apostles’ preaching, you probably imagine grand public sermons preached to riveted audiences of eager listeners. In the beginning, there was some of that. In the first half of Acts, our definitive hi
Recently, Mrs. DM has been listening to the podcast “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill Church.“ This podcast was created by Mike Cosper of Christianity Today in 2021. It chronicles the story of Mars Hill Church of Seattle and its demise. In particular, the podcast focuses on the main figure of that story–namely, Mark … Continue reading "Revisiting memories and “The Rise & Fall of Mars Hill Church” Podcast"
Marking the end of the Christmas season in the Christian liturgy, Epiphany Sunday occurs twelve days after Christmas and commemorates three events—manifestations— in the life of Christ:
Who Was Gamaliel? Gamaliel was one of the most famous and influential Jewish men during his time, a grandson of the famous Rabbi Hillel. He served as a rabbi and leader for Sanhedrin. Gamaliel was also a powerful Pharisee and expert in the law of Judaism during Christianity’s early days. Gamaliel was known for being
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I love getting questions from my audience and try to answer all of them to the best of my ability. With a worldwide audience, many of the same questions are asked, so I put my answers all in one po…
Saint Benedict holding his staff, a book and a cup with a black background. The Rule of Benedict: My School The Prologue of the Rule of Benedict contains Always, it feels new. The school of Benedict: my school. When it happened, my initial conversion to Christian Catholicism felt sudden.
By Elizabeth Prata In the first century, there were 7 churches Jesus caused John to write messages for. These were actual churches with actual congregations, doing and saying actual things. Jesus t…
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There’s no substitute for being where God has called you to be doing what God has called you to do. You can plan and orchestrate your path but only God’s plans can never be thwarted. His, not our, wisdom is unsearchable and his ways are higher than our ways. He has you right where he desires you to be – to do all he desires you to do. I started dwelling on this point as I was reading and listening to biographical sketches of the Puritans. It’s surprising how plain many of their conversions we…
This post was originally published in October 2018.–ed. In medieval Europe, the Roman Catholic Church had a stranglehold on all matters pertaining to spiritual life. In an era when Bibles were rare and inaccessible to all but the clergy, the hierarchy of Rome established itself as the gatekeeper controlling access to Scripture, and thus to
God did this within African American history. Although, God did not ordain the sinful acts against African Americans; he worked
In the book of Acts, we read, “And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting” (Acts 2:2) . “So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness
The purpose of the Nicene Creed is not to say that the Son is God but that He always existed inside God and was emitted from God.
Saint Benedict holding his staff, a book and a cup with a black background. Thinking, yet again, about the Rule of Benedict. The Prologue of the Rule of
By Greg Laurie – One of the many innovations that came out of the Jesus Movement was called Jesus Music—and it completely changed the world.
By Elizabeth Prata the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. (1 Corinthians 14:34). Paul was exhorting ab…