Needs and importance of sound doctrine in the contemporary world - Rev L. John Gangte
Sound teaching leads to sound living. But all sound living does not necessarily stem from sound doctrine. The goal of every Christian is not just a good character, to live a good life and make the society and the world a better place. Our main goal is that through our doctrine and teaching we ourselves and the people whom we teach become a child of God and our spirit might inherit the kingdom of God eternally. So, our goal is to prepare our people to be able to enter the Spiritual Land. Francis Schaeffer once said, "If we do not make clear by word and practice our position for truth and against false doctrine we are building a wall between the next generation and the gospel"....
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Turning the World Upside Down through Oneness Spirituality - Rev L. John Gangte
We all know that man is created a spiritual being in contrast to other living beings. It will not be possible to know spiritual life unless we are certain that of this great privilege God has given us. It will not be possible to grow spiritually without understanding the functions of the spirit of man. CBC notes defining spiritual life and spiritual death may help us understand this better...
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Light Of The World By Giving Sight To The Blind- Rev L. John Gangte
THE IDENTITY OF JESUS - In John 9, we see a progressive development in the revelation of Jesus' identity. Now keep in mind that this is continuing the narrative that was previously found in John chapters seven and eight, namely, the feast of tabernacles...
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Reaffirming the Lordship of Christ to bring a Light into the World - Pastor K. Lalthazuala
Living in a post-modern world full of competition having a theme "accumulation of wealth (both materialism and spirituality) for oneself" it is indeed an urgent task for the CBCians to reaffirm the Lordship of Christ to our neighbor and to oneself - oneself in a sense that breaking the "I" ness of self-centered by accepted Christ-centered lifestyle. However, one must be aware that affirming the Lordship of Christ for us and others first requires an inclusive examination of the identity of who Jesus is? Thus, the paper, recognizing the limitless of man's ability will attempt to present and answer - Who Jesus is? from the Biblical perspective starting with the confession of the 1st century Christianity in the light of the true identity of Jesus as LORD. In addition, a glimpse of the confession of Jesus outside the Biblical literature will be incorporated in our paper to prove the authenticity of the historical Jesus as a historical person....
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Turning the World Upside Down through Oneness Pentecostal Preaching & Evangelism - Pastor K. Lalthazuala
Preaching is indispensable to Christianity. Without preaching a necessary part of its authenticity has been lost. John Stott rightly asserts that for Christianity is, in its very essence, a religion of the Word of God. In supplementing this, Oswald J. Smith argues that the supreme task of the Church is the evangelization of the world. As such, it is indeed an urgent needs for the contemporary Oneness Pentecostal Churches especially the United Pentecostal Church of North East India with its ministers, old and young, to study and reflect on our topic "Turning the world upside down through Oneness Pentecostal preaching and evangelism."...
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A Challenge in Contemporary Pentecostal Missiology - Pastor K. Lalthazuala
The entire question of paradigm shifts in Pentecostal theology and missiology is difficult to explore. In line with the word of Frank D. Macchia, the difficulty involves the well-known fact that a fully developed Pentecostal theology along with missiology has not yet been written. Pentecostals have generally felt that Bible study and proclamation were sufficient to guide the church in its fellowship and mission. Any critical reflection on the meaning of the scriptural witness for the life and mission of the people of God from various contemporary contexts was an enterprise that few Pentecostals believed was essential enough to pursue...
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Witnessing Ourselves As The Light Of The World To Enlighten The Missions Field - Pastor B. D. Kowarson
The Lord had appealed to all the Christians saying that "ye are the light of the world…" in (Matthew 5:14) and then He said again that "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven" in (Matt 5:16)...
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Queen Vashti: From Another View - Pastor C. Mangthangvunga
When we read the first chapter of theBook of Esther, we see that King Ahasuerus was getting angry with queen Vashti and was replaced by Esther, because Queen Vashti did not obey the order of her husband King Ahasuerus, which is to answer the call of her husband and show her beauty to the people and the princes.As mentioned earlier, if we only look from one view, we may blame Queen Vashti as proud and disobedience for she had refused the call of the king, butif we observe from another angle, we may find that Queen Vashti was neither rebellious nor proud, rather she was a brave queen and a person who loved dignity...
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Leadership from the Life of Joshua for Today - Pastor C. Mangthangvunga
In the Holy Bible we see a number of pictures of outstanding persons who have ideal characteristics for a good leader. Out of many, in this paper, I will try to look at the life and characteristics of Joshua as a model for the good leader in our context. Joshua was a member of one of the largest tribes in Israel, the tribe of Ephraim. His name originally was ‘Hoshea’ (salvation), but Moses renames him ‘Joshua’, which means ‘Yahweh saves’ (Num. 13:16). He was the successor of the great leader Moses, and he led the people of Israelite into the land of Canaan as the Lord had promised to them. By studying him we can see how leaders are made and what qualities a leader should have...
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Re-Affirming Our Identity As The Light Of The World To The Contemporary Society - Pastor C. Mangthangvunga
A countless people had lived and died in this world. It is an undeniable fact that no one will stay forever here on this earth. Each of our ancestors or the people in the past had lived their lives in their own contemporary world. The way how they were living in their respective times would be so different comparing to as of now. As the time has changed gradually, the inclination of the traditions and ethos of the society also has changed time by time. The prevailing issues, ideas, evils, value systems, etc. of each contemporary society could be varied from one generation to another. One thing which is very clear is that from the first generation, the people have been facing some burning issues as well as prevailing evils in the society...
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Re-Affirming The Apostolic Doctrine In Modern Pluralistic Context - Pastor C. Malsawmzela
Six blind men were touching an elephant. The first blind man was holding the elephant's leg. He said, "I think an elephant is like the trunk of a great tree." The second blind man disagreed. While holding the elephant's trunk he said, "I believe an elephant is like a large snake," The third blind man was holding the tail. He said, "I think an elephant is like a broom." The fourth blind man was touching the tusk. He said, "No, an elephant is like rod." The fifth blind man disagreed and he said, "An elephant is like a fan," he was holding the ear. The sixth blind man believed they were all wrong. "An elephant is like a great wall," he exclaimed. He was touching the elephant's side. Each blind man was convinced he was right and others were wrong without ever realizing they were all touching the same elephant...
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Building Relationship - Pastor C. Malsawmzela
In life, everyone needs a relationship with his/her fellow human being and with God (with whatever God they worshiped). Especially, we the believers of the true God are commanded to live together in harmony and with love. Our God also wants to have a good relationship with his children and that is why our loving God humbled himself and suffer for us on the cross. The main reason for this is to bind the broken relationship. Therefore, in this paper we will study together the horizontal relationship and vertical relationship that the human beings ought to have. The horizontal relationship will deal with our relationship with our fellow human and the vertical relationship will deal with our relationship with God...
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Turning The World Upside Down Through Information And Communication Technology - Pastor C. Malsawmzela
As the world is developing its technology, it provides us different kinds of useful equipment. These developments of technology extend the domain of business which presents the worldwide trading called 'Globalization'. This Globalization does not end itself in business circle only, it further extend its realm to different areas and penetrate into our culture. And it use media as its instrument, where mobile phone, computer and internet are part and parcel. This media penetrate through our innocent culture, infiltrate the heart of our Christianity and pull us down in our Christian life...
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Elohim - Pastor C. Mangthangvunga
Mi tam takin "Thuthlung Hlui huna Israelten Pathian sawina atana an hman thin Elohim tih hi plural form a ni a, chuvang chuan Pathian pakhata minung pathum sawina a ni" an ti thin. Tin, Genesis 1:26 thu-a Pathian thilsiam chungchangah pawh Pathianin "Kan anpuiin, keimahni ang takin, mihring siam ila..." a tih kan hmu a...
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Fight a Good Fight in Information Technology - Pastor C. Mangthangvunga
Madam Enid Bloomy was right when she said, "The youth of this generation seldom talked to each other even though they sit together in a room, rather they touch the screen of their mobile phones and pay attention to that. They are starting to lose the essence of social humanity." I also join her statement because I have witnessed it too.
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Historical Growth and Development of Satanism and the Challenge of the Church towards Satanism - Pastor C. Mangthangvunga
We cannot deny the fact that the worship of Satan or Satanism is prevalent in our today‘s world. Nowadays, we often hear the mockery of Christian churches by the Satanists. They used to enter inside the church and desecrated it. Usually, they burnt Holy Bible and Hymn books, drawn the Satanic signs, and wrote words ridiculing Christianity. One of our churches in Mizoram is also one of the victims of this kind of disrespect..
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Pathian Hming - Pastor C. Mangthangvunga
"Isua hi Pathian a ni" kan han tih hian Trinitarian ho pawhin, "ni e, a dik alawm" an ti sam ve thei mai zel a. Amaherawhchu, "Pathian hming chu Isua a ni" kan tih hian an helh deuh a, an hrethiam thei thin lo tlat zel. "Tunge Pathian hming?" tia zawh pawh hian, "Ele, Pathian a ni mai a lawm" an ti liam zel mai bawk a! A pawi hle. Pathian hian hming a nei tih te, chu hming chuan awmzia a nei tih te, Pathian hming chuan thil a ti thei a ni tih te hi ringtute hian kan hriat chian a tul tak zet a ni. Thuthlung Hlui hunah engtinnge Pathian hi an lo koh thin, tih leh chu Pathian chu mihring zinga a lo kalin eng hming nge a put, tihte ngun taka zir ho i lo tum ang u..
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Repairer of the Breach: Economics - Pastor C. Mangthangvunga
Economics is the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth. The Wikipedia defines Economics as the social science that studies economic activity to gain an understanding of the processes that govern the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services in an exchange economy. We cannot hide the fact that we are living in a world where economic injustice is rampant everywhere..
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Fight the Good Fight in the Church - Pastor BD Kowarson
In today's world to achieved something we need to be skillful. It may be in any kinds of work. So even in the church ministry one need to be skillful in the field of Missions and Evangelism. It is necessary to know the skills that will be effective for the church ministry especially in the field of missions and evangelism. The outcomes of those skills are to win the un-reach people to the Lord and save their souls. So let's deal with some of the skills which will be a great helps for the Church ministry in Missions and Evangelism. And this ministry is the noble's work of the church contributing for the kingdom of God and to this world..
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God's Purpose - Pastor BD Kowarson
The great commission is the connective foundation of the church expansion. It is the church orientation of Christ. It is lifted out because of its singularity as a command of the Lord Jesus Christ. The great commission appears in all four Gospels and in the book of Acts. Christ's command to His disciples to go to the whole nations that is a comprehensive task that aim at developing a worldwide civilization and culture. The aim of this brief article is to examine the great commission in order to expose some common usages of it and to determine its real meaning and significance for the Church and the missionary.
The imperatives of the great commission are based on the fact that Jesus Christ has all authority. Christ's humiliation consists of laying aside the divine majesty, assuming a human nations, and coming in the form of a servant and subjecting himself to the demands and curse of the law to redeem, who are under the bondages of evil in Gal 4:4,5..
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Issues and Challanges of Exorcism - Pastor C. Malsawmzela
In today's world, we the Christians are confronted with many kinds of problems, and one of the most significant and important problems we are confronting now is the battle with the demons or the devil. In Eph. 6:12, we see that our battle is not against flesh and blood, rather it is against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. The devil is trying to devour people as much as he can as the end time is coming nearer and nearer. The devil is trying to create problem as much as he can, while he can. That is why exorcism became a big challenge for Christians now-a-day. So, as a Christian we need to be alert and ready to confront the work of the devil..
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Khualbukah A Leng Ve Lo - Pastor C. Malsawmzela
Thuthlung Hlui lam kan zir chian chuan Hebrai tawnga 'malon' tih hi khualbuk kan tih sawi nana hman a ni thin a, chumi awmzia nia Bible mithiam ten an sawi danin tunlaia hotel leh restaurant changkang tak tak ang hi ni lovin "zan lam atana chawlhna" a ni e an ti a ni. Khatih hunlai kha chuan khang khualbukah khan ei leh in tur an pe tel lova, zan lama chawlh nan zin mite khan an hmang thin a ni. Tin, heng zin mite hi khatih hunlai kha chuan sanghawngsei te, leh ran dang dang hmanga zin kual thin an nih avangin heng khualbuk bulah te hian ran dahna in a awm deuh zel thin a ni awm e.
Thuthlung Hlui huna khualbuk te kha Midlle- East lamah chuan 'khan'(hei hi Turko-Mongolian tawng atanga lo chhuak a ni a) emaw 'caravanserai' (hei pawh hi Persian tawng atanga rawn chhuak a ni a) an ti a, chungah chuan zin mite'n an hman rante leh an tawlailir (caravan) hnuh dah nante an hmang thin a, chawlh lawk nan an hmang thin a ni. Jeremia 41:17 kan chhiar chuan Kerea fapa Johanana leh a thuihhruaite chu Bethlehem khaw bula Geruth Chimham-ah (a hming Geruth Chimham tih pawh hi II Sam 19:37,38-a kan hmuh Chimhama hming chawia phuah a ni ang e an ti bawk) an chawl tih kan hmu a, hei hi Bethlehema khualbuk chu a ni ang a ti ten thenkhat chuan an sawi a ni..
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Kan Thlarau Lam Hmelma I Do Vang U - Pastor C. Malsawmzela
1 Peter 5:8 "Ngaihven ula, fimkhur rawh u; in khingpui Diabola chu sakeibaknei rum thin angin a ei theih tur zawngin a phi ruai thin; in unau khawvela awm hote chungah chuan chutiang tuarna chu a thleng ve a ni tih hriain, ring nghet taka awmin amah chu do rawh u. "
Ringtu zawng zawngte hian hmelma kan nei theuh a, chu kan hmelma nen chuan nitin kan indo thin a, indona mualah kan awm vek a ni. Kan buante hi tisa leh thisen an ni lova, lalnate, thuneihnate leh he thim chunga khawvel roreltute leh, van hmunah te thlarau sual awm hote an nih zawk thu Ephesi 6:12 kan chhiar chuan kan hre thei awm e. Chuvangin he kan khingpui hi mit lawnga hmuh mai theih a ni lova, mihring rilru suangtuahna maiah hian a awm lova, thawnthu phuahchawp mai mai lah a ni hek lo..
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Calvary Bible College-ah Ngei Aw Niang - Pastor K. Lalthazuala
Pathian thu hi eng nge ni? tih zawhna hi chhang dawn ta ila, chhanna thuhmun vek kan pe ang em le! Chutih rualin chhanna tam ber tur chiangsa bang chu "Bible hi Pathian Thu a ni" tih hi a ni ngei ang. Bible kan chhiar hian khawilai chang pawh chhiar ila, Pathian thu chhiarah kan inngai thin nge, ngai lo zawk? Lo inngai ta lo ila, Bible hi Pathian thu ah kan pawm lo tihna a ni ta em ni ang le? Chuti a nih si chuan Pathian thu-ah lo ngai ta vek ila, "Bible hi Pathian thu" a ni tiin kan pawm tihna a ni mai dawn lawm mi? Mahse le, Bible kan han chhiara rul thusawite, Satana thusawite kan chhiar hian Pathian thu chhiarah kan in ngai ngam tho ang em le? Hetiang tak a nih avang hian mihring ngaihtuahnaah hian thil pathum a lo langchhuak nawlh thin reng a, chungte chu: (1) Bible hi Pathian thu a ni (2)Bible ah hian Pathian thu a awm (3) Bible ah hian Pathian thu lo a awm em?tihte hi kan ngaihtuah ve ngai emaw!.
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Need and Importance of Sound Doctrine - Rev. L. John Gangte
Sound teaching leads to sound living. But all sound living does not necessarily stem from sound doctrine. The goal of every Christian is not just a good character, to live a good life and make the society and the world a better place. Our main goal is that through our doctrine and teaching we ourselves and the people whom we teach become a child of God and our spirit might inherit the kingdom of God eternally. So, our goal is to prepare our people to be able to enter the Spiritual Land. Francis Schaeffer once said, "If we do not make clear by word and practice our position for truth and against false doctrine we are building a wall between the next generation and the gospel"..
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Understanding Satan as Our Spiritual Adversary - Rev. L. John Gangte
Satan is our enemy. One of the most important principles of warfare is to know your enemy. If you are fighting a war and you have a lot of information about your enemy, it makes the battle so much easier. If you know very little about your enemy, the battle will be more difficult. If you know in advance all the questions that are going to come for your examination, the examination will be so much easier for you.
It is exactly the same with the Christian life. If you know your enemy, you can overcome him and be more than a conqueror in every temptation. There are many Christians who struggle throughout their whole lives trying to follow Jesus, but fail. I think one of the main reasons is because they know nothing about their enemy..
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Fight the Good Fight of the Faith to Reform Social and Family Life - Rev. L. John Gangte
Our generation is better educated and most probably the richest in history but most of us have grown to embrace the fact that the material gain from our labour outweighs everything to the point of setting aside our godly responsibility to our society and family. The sphere of materialism is so strong that we have become disillusioned about the importance of moral and spiritual values. The original intention of building a strong Christian society and family foundation becomes secondary...
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