“Pero los que viven con la ambición de hacerse ricos caen en tentación y quedan atrapados por muchos deseos necios y dañinos que los hunden en la ruina y la destrucción. Pues el amor al dinero es la raíz de toda clase de mal; y algunas personas, en su intenso deseo por el dinero, se han desviado de la fe verdadera y se han causado muchas heridas dolorosas.”1 Timoteo 6:9-10 NTV Cuántas heridas más tenemos que causar por este amor pasajero. Tanto tiempo conociéndome y no lo haz entendido. Gracias Dios por Tú palabra!! Orar sin cesar 2015!! Amén
The Danger in Being a Christian: It began as a Jewish sect; fierce persecution only helped it spread Today's reading: Acts 8 Acts 8:1 On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. In some countries, a person who becomes a Christian forfeits a good education and job. And in a few countries, a person who converts risks his or her life. One church historian estimates that more Christians were martyred in the twentieth century than in all preceding centuries put together. Yet, strangely, more often than not, intense persecution of Christians leads to a spurt of growth in the church. An ancient saying expresses this phenomenon: "The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church." The First Big Advance For a while, the new faith enjoyed popular favor. But very soon it involved grave risk. In the book of Acts, the persecution that produced the first Christian martyr, St...
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