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Significance of the Tabernacle

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The tabernacle was the gospel’s message in the Old Testament. How? This article explains the significance of the tabernacle. It signified God’s presence, His identity with His people, and a way for sinners, and pointed to Christ.

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The Table of Showbread

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The tabernacle was the gospel’s message in the Old Testament. How? This article explains the significance of the furniture in the tabernacle, focusing on the table of showbread. 

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Introduction to the Tabernacle: The Gospel in the Old Testament

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The tabernacle was the gospel’s message in the Old Testament. How? The article explains this by looking at the tabernacle, its ministry in the Old Testament, and its relation to the New Testament. 

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The Tabernacle of the Wilderness

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The tabernacle was the gospel’s message in the Old Testament. How? This article explains the ministry of the tabernacle as the place of worship, its description, and its position. 

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The Sanctuary and It's Furniture

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The tabernacle was the gospel’s message in the Old Testament. How? This article explains the significance of the furniture in the tabernacle, focusing on the tabernacle’s candlestick and its significance. 

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The Golden Altar of Incense

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The tabernacle was the gospel’s message in the Old Testament. How? This article explains the significance of the furniture in the tabernacle, especially the significance of the golden altar of incense and the tabernacle veil. 

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The Ark

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The tabernacle was the gospel’s message in the Old Testament. How? This article explains the significance of the furniture in the tabernacle: in particular, the significance of the ark. 

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Contributing To Build God's Temple

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  • Everett A. Henes

Is the any connection between the giving for the tabernacle, the temple, and the church today? This article shows that giving has always been an act of worship, and that God's people always gave from what God gave them. Most importantly, they always gave for God's cause. This is the connection. How? 

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The Ripped Veil Exodus 26:31-33

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  • David Murray

Why did God instruct the building of the tabernacle? This article looks at the curtain in the tabernacle as it is explained in Exodus 26:31-33. It shows how Christ through his suffering opened the way to God.

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The Covenant Ark Exodus 25:10-22

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  • David Murray

Why did God instruct the building of the tabernacle? This article looks at the covenant ark in the tabernacle as it is explained in Exodus 25:10-22.

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The Incense Altar

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  • David Murray

Why did God instruct the building of the tabernacle? This article looks at the incense altar in the tabernacle as it is explained in Exodus 30:1-10 and Exodus 37:25-29. Its message is that of prayer and propitiation.

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The Golden Lamp Read Exodus 25:31-39, 27:20, and Leviticus 24:1-4

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  • David Murray

This article looks at the golden lampstand in the tabernacle as it is explained in Exodus 25:31-39 and Leviticus 24:1-4. It explains that the lampstand pointed to God as the Lightgiver and Lifegiver.

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The Bread of God Read: Exodus 25:23-30 and Leviticus 24:5-9

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  • David Murray

Why did God instruct the building of the tabernacle? This article looks at the bread of Presence in the tabernacle as it is explained in Exodus 25:23-30 and Leviticus 24:5-9. The author explains that the bread was for God, from God, and represented fellowship with God.

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The Bath Made with Mirrors Read: Exodus 30:17-21

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  • David Murray

Why did God command the building of the tabernacle? This article looks at the bronze basin in the tabernacle as it is explained in Exodus 30:17-21. It pointed to the cleansing required and how God provided for such cleansing.

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We Have an Altar Exodus 27:1-8; 38:1-8; Matthew 23:17; Hebrews 13:10-12

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  • David Murray

This article looks at the altar in the tabernacle. It shows that the message of the altar was sanctification, support, and salvation.

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God’s Tent

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  • David Murray

Why did God instruct the building of the tabernacle? This article based on Exodus 25:8 explains that the tabernacle was God’s residence and his revelation.

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The World’s Largest “Visual Aid”

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  • David Murray

This article introduces the importance of the tabernacle by pointing out that God gave it to his people to teach them about himself, but also that the tabernacle carried a prophetic message.

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The Message of the Tabernacle

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  • A. V. McCandlish

Exodus 25-Exodus 40 provides instructions for the building of the tabernacle. This article explains in three points the message of the tabernacle.

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Lessons of Holy Furniture How the Tabernacle Illuminates Jesus’ Life and Purpose

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  • Mark Powell

This article explains how the furniture in the tabernacle points us to Christ.

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The Shadow of Christ

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  • Vern S. Poythress

The tabernacle symbolized Jesus Christ, God’s dwelling with Israel, and it pointed to heaven. This article draws implications for the believer today on the meaning of the tabernacle.

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The Central Sanctuary: Where and When?

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  • Jeffrey J. Niehaus

What is the significance and intention of the call in Deuteronomy 12:5? How should readers understand this command and its application in the historical books of the Old Testament? This article argues that the Old Testament record is sufficiently clear and consistent, and that the traditional view adopted by Thompson, Craigie, Kitchen, and others has support from the ancient Near East.

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Names of the Sanctuary

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  • Peter J. Leithart

This article discusses the biblical terms and phrases used for the tabernacle in order to provide some insights into its nature and function.

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Christmas: The Word Tabernacles among Men

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  • Mike Riccardi

This article offers an explanation of John 1:14 and its mention of the Word dwelling among us. The article considers the Old Testament background, namely, the tabernacle as it's introduced in Exodus.

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The Nearness of God – Incarnation as Presence

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  • Lanier J. Burns

In Chapter 1 Burns discusses the subject of the presence of God in John 1:1-18. The focus of the chapter is verse 14.

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Garden Temple

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  • Gregory K. Beale

Beale notes the cultic affinities drawn between the garden of Eden and the temple of Israel. The word pair usually translated as "cultivate" ('abad) and "keep" (shamar) occur together in the Old Testament elsewhere referring only either to Israelites "serving" God and "guarding" (keeping) God's Word, or to priests who "keep" the "service" (or "charge") of the tabernacle.

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They Speak to Me

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  • Jeremy McKeen

From John 1:1,14 this article shows how the tabernacle pointed to Christ.

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Christ and the Desert Tabernacle - Building Materials

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  • John V. Fesko

This book maintains that the Old Testament tabernacle is a shadowy picture of Christ and the church. In this chapter, the author discusses how the materials used to build the tabernacle (as recorded in Exodus 25:1-9) are significant for the church today.

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A Doorkeeper in the House of My God

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  • Jannes Smith

In the Old Testament, gatekeepers played a big role in guarding the holiness of the tabernacle and temple in reference to those who were coming to worship. This role was fulfilled in Christ. Today, officebearers serve as gatekeepers, and Christians can be gatekeepers as citizens of their country.

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The Congregation’s Support of the Ministry of the Gospel (2)

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  • Douglas J. Kuiper

These two articles build off of the series entitled The Congregation's Support of Her Diaconate​. Is it the obligation of each church member to financially support the ministry of the Gospel? This article looks at the Old Testament in order to answer this question. The author discusses tithing, free will offerings, and assessed fees, showing that these were given to support the tabernacle and temple ministry.

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The Bronze Altar

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  • Wybren H. Oord

This article is about the bronze altar as part of the tabernacle.

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Exodus 25:8, 22 - The Curtains of the Tabernacle

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  • Wybren H. Oord

This article on Exodus 25:8, 22 looks at the tabernacle as the place where God wished to dwell with His people.

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The Tabernacle of God is with men

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  • William MacLeod

The Bible uses various pictures to describe heaven. This article looks at the significance of the Old Testament tabernacle. In the New Testament the tabernacle points to heaven, since Christians are promised God's presence and glory in heaven.

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The Ark of the Covenant

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  • Wybren H. Oord

This article looks at the ark of the covenant in the tabernacle.

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The Veil of the Tabernacle

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  • Wybren H. Oord

This article is about the veil of the tabernacle and the abolishment of this veil through Christ's death.

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God with Us: The Gospel of the Holy of Holies

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  • Cornelis van Dam

This article is about the presence of God with his people. The author looks at the relation of temple and church, and the temple and Jesus Christ. A special focus is on the Holy of holies in the tabernacle/temple. Fellowship with God is an important topic of this article, as well as God dwelling with his people.

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The Bronze Laver

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  • Wybren H. Oord

This article is about the bronze laver in the tabernacle. The author also looks at Exodus 38:8.

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The Table of Showbread

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  • Wybren H. Oord

This article is about the table of showbread in the tabernacle. The author also looks at Exodus 25:30.

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The Golden Altar of Incense

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  • Wybren H. Oord

This article is about the golden altar of incense in the tabernacle. The author also looks at Exodus 30:1.

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The Golden Candlestick

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  • Wybren H. Oord

This article is about the golden candlestick in the tabernacle. The author also looks at Exodus 25:31.

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The True Tabernacle

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  • Douglas F. Kelly

This article is about Jesus Christ as the true tabernacle (temple) of God. The article also looks at the indwelling of God, Jesus Christ and the new covenant, and Jesus Christ as Mediator and High Priest.

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    • Preaching of the Confessions
  • Doctrine of life - Ethical principles
    • Christ and the Christian life
    • Purpose of Christian life
    • Discovering the will of God - General
    • Use of Scripture in ethics
    • Seeking the kingdom of heaven
    • Christian freedom
    • Discipleship
    • Following and Imitation of Christ
    • Old Testament Ethics
    • Ten Commandments
      • Ten Commandments (General)
      • First commandment
      • Second commandment
      • Third commandment
      • Fourth commandment
      • Fifth commandment
      • Sixth commandment
      • Seventh commandment
      • Eight commandment
      • Ninth commandment
      • Tenth commandment
    • Law
      • Law (General)
      • Fulfillment of the Law
      • Legalism
      • Law and Gospel
      • Theonomy
    • Case Laws
    • Natural Law
    • Creation order
    • Sermon on the Mount and Ethics
    • Guidance of the Spirit
    • Identity of God's people
    • Love and hate
    • Common good
    • Authority
    • Position of the Christian in this world
    • Christian mind
    • Conviction and tolerance
    • Discernment
    • Christian lifestyle
    • Responsibility & Collective Responsibility
    • Compromise
    • Conflicting obligation
    • Conscience
    • Impartiality
    • Justice
    • Tradition and accomodation
    • Wisdom and prudence
    • Ethics of Christian Community
    • Indifferent things (Adiaphora)
    • Submission
    • Self-denial and Hedonism
    • Temperance and Abstinence
    • Virtue
    • Worldview
    • Vocation
    • Truth and lying
  • Doctrine of life - Ethical themes
    • Gender - Role of manhood and womanhood
    • Sexual Ethics
      • Sexual Ethics - General
      • Homosexuality
      • Premarital Sex
      • Sex Education
      • Lustfulness and Chastity
      • Pornography
    • Dating and Singleness
    • Marriage and Family
      • Marriage (General)
      • Family (General)
      • Adoption
      • Procreation and Family Planning
      • Adultery
      • Celibacy
      • Childhood
      • Adolescence
      • Young Adulthood (Twenties and Thirties)
      • Middle-Age (Forties and Fifties)
    • Divorce and remarriage
    • Education (General)
      • Christian education
      • Purpose of Education
      • Discipline
      • The child
      • Child development
      • Theories of Education
      • History of Christian Education
    • Parenting
    • Schooling
      • Teaching and Learning (General)
      • The Christian school
      • Home schooling
      • Teaching methods
      • The Curriculum and Evaluation
      • The Teacher
      • The School Board
      • Parents and the School
      • Church and the School
      • Place of Government in Education
    • Friendship
    • Hospitality
    • Economics
      • Economics (General)
      • Code of ethics for economists
      • Economic Theories
      • Development
      • Income Distribution
      • Inequality
      • Scarcity
      • Sustainability
    • Work & Employment
    • Business Ethics
      • Trade Unions and Strikes
      • Wages and Salaries
      • Prices
      • Labour Standards
      • Minimum Wages
      • Business Ethics (General)
      • Corporate Social Responsibility
    • Wealth & Poverty
      • Money and Possessions
      • Tithing
      • Generosity
      • Borrowing and Lending
      • Poverty
      • Consumerism
      • Taxes
      • Gambling
      • Prosperity gospel
    • Environmental Ethics
      • Environmental Ethics (General)
      • Energy and Energy Consumption
      • Global Warming
    • Public Ethics
      • Public Ethics (General)
      • Human Rights
      • Equality and Discrimination
      • Race and Racism
      • Nationalism and Patriotism
      • Judicial System
      • Crime and Punishment
      • Capital Punishment
      • Social welfare
      • Social gospel
    • Political Ethics
      • Government - Role and Responsibility
      • Democracy
      • Civil Disobedience and Revolution
      • State and Church Relationship
      • War and Peace
      • Terrorism
      • Genocide
      • Pacifism
      • Nuclear Weapons
      • Interrogation and Torture
      • Refugees and Genocide
      • Political involvement
    • Christ and Culture
    • Bioethics
      • Bioethics (General)
      • Genetic Engineering
      • Cloning
      • Reproductive Technologies
      • Prenatal Diagnosis
      • Contraception
      • Surrogate Father/Mother
    • Medical ethics
      • Medical Ethics (General)
      • Health
      • Illness
      • Disabilities
      • Health Care
      • Forgoing and Withdrawing Treatment
      • Organ Donation and Transplantation
      • Definition of Death
      • Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide and Letting Die
      • Abortion
      • Sterilization
      • Late Miscarriage & Stillbirth
      • Epidemics
    • Beauty and Arts (General)
    • Appearance
    • Visual Arts
    • Music
    • Drama and Cinema
    • Food and Food Consumption
    • Media and Censorship
    • Sabbath and Sunday
    • Recreation and entertainment
    • Speech and Communication
    • Sport
    • Time Consumption and Priorities
    • Other topics
  • Spirituality & Godliness
    • Fear of the Lord & Godliness
    • Spiritual exercises
    • Means of grace
    • Prayer
      • Prayer - General
      • Intercession
      • God answering prayers
      • Practice of prayer
      • Bodily posture in prayer
      • Private prayer
    • The Lord's Prayer
      • Lord's prayer - General
      • Beginning and Conclusion of Lord's prayer
      • First petition - Hallowed your Name
      • Second petition - Your Kingdom come
      • Third petition - Your will be done
      • Fourth petition - Give us today our daily bread
      • Fifth petition - Forgive us our debts
      • Sixth petition - And lead us not into temptation
    • Fasting
    • Meditation
    • Singing
    • Listening to sermons
    • Personal Devotions (General)
    • Reading of Spiritual Literature
    • Family worship
    • Preparation for home visitation
    • Christ and the new life
    • Personal relationship with God
    • Walking with God
    • Spiritual warfare & struggle against sin
      • Spiritual warfare (General)
      • Struggle against Temptation
      • Living with Hope
      • Desertion by God
      • Place of sin in the believer's life
      • Spiritual growth and backsliding
    • Sanctification of the whole life
    • Spirituality and experience
    • Gratitude
    • Blessedness
    • Different Fruit of the Holy Spirit
    • Different Fruit of the flesh
    • Heavenly mindedness
    • Joy in the Lord
    • History of Spirituality
  • Worship & Liturgy
    • Principles of Worship
      • Principles of Worship (General)
      • Worship as Communion with the Triune God
      • Worship as Communion with the People of God (General)
      • Worship as Gathering and Communion of the Local Church
      • Worship as Communion with Young and Old
      • Worship as Communion with the Church of all Ages and Places
    • Elements of the worship service
      • Liturgy - General
      • Call to worship and Salutation
      • Confessing of sin and assurance of pardon
      • Praise in music and song (General)
      • Public Prayer
      • Scripture reading
      • Preaching (place in worship service)
      • Gifts and offerings
      • Corporate confession of faith
      • The Amen
      • Sacraments in the worship service
      • Benediction
    • Different Liturgies
    • Church music
      • Musical instruments
      • Character and principles of church music
      • Musicians
      • Psalms as songs
      • Hymns
      • Church choir
      • History of church music
    • Liturgical year
      • Liturgical year (General)
      • Christmas
      • Good Friday
      • Easter Sunday
      • Ascension Day
      • Pentecost
    • Church architecture
  • Church Leadership and Offices
    • Church leadership (General)
    • Offices - General
    • Pastor/Preacher - General
    • Pastor/Preacher - Qualifications
    • Pastor/Preacher - Task
    • Pastor and his wife and family
    • Theological Training
    • Elder - General
    • Elder - Qualifications
    • Elder - Task
    • Deacon - General
    • Deacon - Qualifications
    • Deacon - Task
  • Preaching
    • Preaching (General)
      • Preaching, election and the free offer of the gospel
    • Principles of Preaching
    • Purpose and Function of Preaching
    • Types of Preaching
    • Preaching Method and Sermon Preparation Process
    • Sermon Evaluation
    • History of Preaching
    • Preaching style and delivery
    • Steps for making a sermon
  • Pastoral care
    • Principles of Pastorate
    • House Visitation
    • Confidentiality
    • Psychology
    • Care in Abuse and Neglect
      • Abuse - General
      • Spiritual Abuse
      • Sexual Abuse - General
      • Child Sexual Abuse
      • Clergy Sexual Abuse
      • Spousal Abuse
      • Elder Abuse
      • Emotional and Verbal Abuse
      • Ministry to Abusers
    • Care in Addictions
    • Care in Conflict and Bad Relations
    • Care in Depression
    • Care in Self-Esteem and Inferiority
    • Care in Anger
    • Care in Anxiety
    • Care in Crisis
    • Care in Psychological illnesses
    • Care in Autism
    • Care in Loneliness
    • Care in Aging
    • Care in the Dying Process
    • Care in Grief
    • Care in Burial Practices
    • Care with Last Will and Testament
    • Care in Honouring and Grieving the Dead
    • Care in Suicide
    • Other themes of Pastorate
  • Youth ministry and catechism
    • Principles of Youth ministry
    • Material for Youth ministry and catechism
      • In Thy Hands Children Material
        • In Thy Hands Part 1
        • In Thy Hands Part 2
    • Public profession of faith
  • Church Government
    • General Principles of Church government
    • Church Order
      • Purpose and observance of the Church order
      • Offices
      • Church Assemblies - General
      • Church Assemblies - Consistory
      • Oversight of doctrine and worship
      • Church Discipline
      • No Lording
    • Different systems of Church government
    • Church government and civil government
  • History & Church History
    • Church history - General
      • Historical writing
    • Church history - Early Church
      • Ignatius of Antioch
      • Constantine the Great
      • Council of Nicea
      • Cyprian
      • Cyril of Alexandria
      • Didache
      • Early Church (general)
      • Gregory of Nazianzus
      • Irenaeus of Lyons
      • Basil the Great
      • Jerome
      • John Chrysostom
      • John of Damascus
      • Justin Martyr
      • Marcion
      • Melito of Sardis
      • Clement of Alexandria
      • Augustine
      • Polycarp
      • Athanasius
      • Patrick of Ireland
      • Origen
      • Tertullian
    • Church history - Middle Ages
    • Church history - Reformation
      • Theodore Beza
      • Ulrich Zwingli
      • William Tyndale
      • Reformation in The Netherlands
      • Renaissance
      • Zacharius Ursinus
      • Reformation in Germany
      • Reformation in France
      • Reformation in England
      • Reformation in Eastern Europe
      • Reformation (General)
      • Philipp Melanchthon
      • Peter Vermigli
      • Martin Luther
      • John Knox
      • John Calvin
      • John a Lasco
      • Hugh Latimer
      • Heinrich Bullinger
      • Guido de Bres
    • Modern Church History
      • Church history - Asia
      • Church history - Europe
      • Church history - Africa
      • Church history - South America
      • Church history - North America
      • Church history - Oceania
    • Different theologies
      • Charismatic theology
      • Evangelical
      • Roman Catholic
      • Reformed
      • Five points of Calvinism
  • Defending the faith (Apologetics)
  • Mission & Evangelism
    • Biblical Basis of Missions
    • Missions and Evangelism
    • God as Missionary God
    • Missions as Work of God
    • Missions and the Glory of God
    • The Great Commission
    • Missions and local church
    • Missions and every believer
    • Church growth
    • The Missionary
    • The Mission Board
    • The Sending Church
    • Missions and Money
    • Short-term Missions
    • Mission Training
    • Missions to Children and Youth
    • Different Mission Approaches
    • Trends in Missions
    • History of Missions
    • Missionary and Culture
    • Missionary and Politics
    • Missions - Word and Deed
    • Missions and the Social Gospel
    • Mission, election and the free offer of the gospel
    • The Message in Missions
    • Mission and the Point of Contact
    • Prayer and Missions
    • The Mission Encounter
    • Boldness in Missions
    • Material to use in Missions
    • Missions and the New Convert
    • Worship in the Mission Field
  • Other religions
    • Relationship between Christianity and other religions
    • Islam
    • Cults
    • Judaism
    • Jehovah's Witnesses
    • New Age
    • African Traditional Religions
    • Atheism
    • Other religions (General)
    • Sects (General)
  • Faith & Science
    • Faith & Science (General)
    • Evolution
  • Philosophy & Culture
Many things I have tried to grasp, and have lost. That which I have placed in God’s hands I still have. Martin Luther
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