Loving God and People | JOSH P. S. SAMUEL, PhD https://joshsamuel.com THEOLOGY BREAKDOWN: Breaking down the transforming themes of theology in an accessible manner. Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:52:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://joshsamuel.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/White-Black-Monogram-M-Business-Logo-1-144x144.png Loving God and People | JOSH P. S. SAMUEL, PhD https://joshsamuel.com 32 32 My New Book, “The Holy Spirit in Worship Music, Preaching, and the Altar” is Now Available https://joshsamuel.com/2018/07/my-new-book-the-holy-spirit-in-worship-music-preaching-and-the-altar-is-now-available/ https://joshsamuel.com/2018/07/my-new-book-the-holy-spirit-in-worship-music-preaching-and-the-altar-is-now-available/#respond Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:06:39 +0000 https://joshsamuel.com/?p=693 Dear Friends, Just wanted to let you know that my first book is officially available. It’s called “The Holy Spirit in Worship Music, Preaching, and the Altar: Renewing Pentecostal Corporate Worship.” The themes I address in the book relate to issues I’ve regularly wrestled with as someone who has participated and led in corporate worship […]

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]]> https://joshsamuel.com/2018/07/my-new-book-the-holy-spirit-in-worship-music-preaching-and-the-altar-is-now-available/feed/ 0 “He Was There”: Remembering Pastor Easaw Philip (my father-in-law) https://joshsamuel.com/2017/09/he-was-there-remembering-pastor-easaw-philip-my-father-in-law/ https://joshsamuel.com/2017/09/he-was-there-remembering-pastor-easaw-philip-my-father-in-law/#comments Sun, 24 Sep 2017 21:06:04 +0000 https://joshsamuel.com/?p=626 My father-in-law, Pastor Easaw Philip/Dad (1945-2017), passed away after a long battle with cancer earlier this month. He was 72 years old. During his funeral, I had a chance to share a few thoughts on my father-in-law, which I would like to share here, with a few additions. My father-in-law was my senior pastor growing […]

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]]> https://joshsamuel.com/2017/09/he-was-there-remembering-pastor-easaw-philip-my-father-in-law/feed/ 4 Why Bother With The Old Testament, Since It’s “Old”? https://joshsamuel.com/2016/10/why-bother-with-the-old-testament-since-its-old/ https://joshsamuel.com/2016/10/why-bother-with-the-old-testament-since-its-old/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2016 22:31:33 +0000 https://joshsamuel.com/?p=589 I heard about a preacher who came to my city a while ago, and preached that we didn’t really need to read or apply the Psalms to our lives since it’s from the Old Testament and not necessary for us Christians. I also read an article, written by a Christian author, which stated that we […]

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]]> https://joshsamuel.com/2011/03/being-born-again/feed/ 0 Reflections from My Trip to India – Communication and Communion with God https://joshsamuel.com/2011/03/reflections-from-my-trip-to-india-communication-and-communion-with-god/ https://joshsamuel.com/2011/03/reflections-from-my-trip-to-india-communication-and-communion-with-god/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 05:43:49 +0000 https://joshsamuel.com/?p=165 It has been a long time since I’ve written anything here, but I’ve been quite busy with teaching and a trip to India. For this entry, I thought I would include a few (among many) random reflections on my trip to India with my wife Joyce. 1) India is tremendously diverse. As soon as you […]

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]]> https://joshsamuel.com/2011/03/reflections-from-my-trip-to-india-communication-and-communion-with-god/feed/ 2 Loving God and People https://joshsamuel.com/2011/01/loving-god-and-people/ https://joshsamuel.com/2011/01/loving-god-and-people/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:56:39 +0000 https://joshsamuel.com/?p=111 I have been meaning for a while to start up a site for ministry purposes, but have kept putting it off. I decided I just needed to do something. So for one of my first blogs, I thought I should start with the rationale for the name of this site: Loving God and People. The […]

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