Date: 3/27/2004
Time: 2:25:57 PM
We all are called to be "witnesses" for Jesus. We might examine what it means to be a "witness" for Jesus in 2004. Do we bear witness to the resurrection? PH in OH
Date: 4/5/2004
Time: 5:18:38 AM
Peter's sermon to Cornelius and his household tells a condensed version of the gospel story. Though he and the other apostles were not eyewitnesses to the Resurrection, they experienced the resurrected Christ and were able to share the power of the story with others. In this sense we are all witnesses to the Resurrection as we proclaim the good news.
Date: 4/5/2004
Time: 5:25:32 AM
Peter's sermon, delivered at the home of Cornelius, a Roman army officer, is a summary of the essential message of Christianity. Everyone who believes in Jesus, whose life, death, and resurrection fulfilled the words of the prophets, receives forgiveness of sins through his name.
Date: 4/5/2004
Time: 1:25:43 PM
v. 41 - God allowed Jesus to show himself - "not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead." Isn't that partiality?
Granted, Peter is talking about God including the Gentiles into the fold, but it seems Peter is still a little bit "elitist."
But, I doubt I'll preach THAT - it's just interesting.
I'm pondering the "witness" aspect. Usually we think of "witnessing" in a Christian perspective as a testimony or telling someone about Christ. However, a witness is one who saw.
Our human understanding is so fragile, though, that what we REALLY witness and what we THINK we witness are often quite different events. I recall a car accident we were in once - 4 of us in the car, and we couldn't even agree on what color the other car was.
Is one who persists hard-heartedly in their sin, a witness to Christ?
Sally
Date: 4/6/2004
Time: 3:17:17 PM
We need different witnesses because of different background, personal and corporate histories, we see through different worldviews. Perhaps that is why one author divide theologies into 5 theological worlds. Just musing on that part. Is being a witness basic to faith or is it a gift? "All the prophets tesify about him..." sermon title "2nd Hand witness". Nancy-Wi