Statements of Faith - Heretical for Baptist Communities
Baptists admit that they “do not agree with each other” in the smallest details, and that they do not have a “Baptist doctrine,” or a “historical Baptist belief,” […]
The danger of individualism in the Baptist community
Baptists believe that every human soul has “competence (or responsibility) in matters of religion.” In their opinion, every individual “enjoys the freedom to self-test
Baptists, who are they?
The Baptists, known in Lebanon as the Southern Baptists, are one of a group of sects that mainly reject infant baptism. What matters to us, here, is
Rules of church sermon in the sermons of Peter the Apostle
First Sermon: Pentecost On the day of Pentecost, the Apostle Peter stood up and preached to the groups that had come to Jerusalem from all over the world.
Theodore Abu Qurra, Bishop of Harran
Theodore Abu Qurra (+825) is the Orthodox bishop of the city of Harran. Harran is one of the major cities of Mesopotamia. Born in
Tertullian the sign
Tertullian was born around the year 155 in Carthage to pagan parents. He received high-level education and excelled in philosophy, literature, and even medicine.
The scholar Origen - Origen
Origen is one of the leading scholars and church teachers. He was born in the year 185 to Christian parents in the city of Alexandria. His father, the martyr Leonidas
Ibrahim Al-Tabarani
Ibrahim al-Tabarani was a Palestinian monk who died around the year 820 AD. He introduces himself by saying: “I am Abdullah from the family of Adam
01:1-8 – The voice of one crying in the wilderness
Text: 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, 2 as it is written in the prophets: “Behold, I send before your face my messenger, who
25:14-30 – The parable of the talents
Text: 14 “And as if a man on a journey called his servants and gave them his goods; 15 to one he gave five talents, to another two talents, to another one talent. Each
22:1-14 – Like a king’s feast
Text: 1 And Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding for his son, 3 and sent his servants
17:1-9 - The transfiguration of the Lord Jesus
Text: 1 And after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up to a high mountain apart. 2 And his appearance changed