The New Apostolic Reformation and the Word of Faith Movements?
I would like to share with you about two movements circulating explicitly and implicitly within the contemporary church settings: the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and the Word of Faith (WOF). You may have your own opinions about them already, because they are not new movements. Maybe you never heard about them, but you probably heard about this evangelist, Jesse Duplantis, who recently asked his congregation to purchase the fourth private jet. Don’t worry, it is only about “fifty-four million-dollars.” If you found his request troublesome and outrageous and even wondered how he could argue that his demand was biblically supported, you want to pay attention to the following writings, because the motifs and principles of his ministries are inter-connected to the movements of the NAR and WOF.
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Suffering of the Almighty God
Why should suffering be an important matter for Christians? During the time when the gospel began to circulate around the world, most of Greeks had no conflict with the beliefs in the virgin birth of and incarnation of God in the flesh, because the Greek legends and mythologies also taught similar themes to their adherents. The Greek gods were portrayed as human beings and having intimate and even sexual relationship with human beings.
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The Origin of Suffering from Genesis Part III
As we have been exploring the origin of suffering from Genesis, On this post, I will further demonstrate how suffering was inflicted upon the world and how we need someone greater than ourselves to liberate us from what seems to be an endless cycle of curse and misery.
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The Origin of Suffering from Genesis Part II
In the previous post, I examined whether brokenness existed before the magnificent creation according to Genesis 1. I concluded that the origin of pain was neither in the will of God, nor in the eternal fellowship of the triune God, nor in God’s actual handiwork, nor in the Creator-creation relationship, nor in the lives of human beings. Suffering was never part of God’s holy and mighty plan. Now, in this post, moving on to Genesis 2 and 3, I will once again assess the cause of brokenness, especially the broken relationship between Yahweh and humanity, and the broken human relationship.
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The Origin of Suffering from Genesis, Part I
Suffering in life is the universal experience for all human beings, regardless of gender, sex, social class, or culture, even for atheists and theists. Suffering is evil because it is composed of pain, wickedness, burden, weakness, and other negative components. Throughout the history of humanity, religions, philosophies, cultures, societies, and individuals have endeavored to comprehend the cause of suffering, even suggesting that it is the purpose of the common experience of human beings.
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