Following Jesus has risks that must be faced. Everyone who will enter into fellowship with Him will be challenged. That challenge to “take up the cross” was presented by Jesus when He was in the world. Everyone who follows Him, will experience suffering. The suffering faced is not the result of a grievous error, but because of the differences between the self-gratifying normal of the previous situation to the self-denying that Jesus calls us too. A person is required to imitate Jesus in facing the various suffering from self-denying that results from his fellowship with Jesus. A person who can endure suffering will continue to be in fellowship with Jesus. Fortitude in dealing with such situations will lead to similarity with Jesus. Similarity is an important part of fellowship with Jesus.
Toraja woven fabrics are work of the Toraja people. The weaving process can be lost if children are not given education about woven fabrics and how to make them. Their knowledge of how to make woven fabrics can arouse love and help the family economy. The woven fabrics produced can be sold to the market or to people in need. Based on the results of observations made, there are some children in Batang Palli Hamlet who know how to weave, but they don’t do the weaving process. Some people really don’t know how to weave, and they only know it as a parent’s job. This is what encourages education to the children who are there.
Spiritualitas merupakan bagian penting dalam kehidupan umat Kristen. Spiritualitas Kristen dibangun berdasarkan kehidupan dan teladan dari Yesus Kristus. Problematika yang terjadi dalam kehidupan umat Kristen saat ini adalah spiritualitas yang cenderung bersifat subyektif dan tidak memiliki korelasi dengan sesama manusia, bahkan ada spiritualitas yang hanya meninggikan hal-hal spiritual dan mengabaikan disiplin ilmu yang penting dalam kehidupan ini dan spiritualitas yang justru menyebabkan terjadinya tindakan asketis yang menyakitkan diri sendiri. Melalui metode analisis deskriptif penulis akan melakukan kajian terhadap problematika kehidupan spiritualitas. Penulis meneliti bahwa kehidupan pelayanan Yesus dalam misinya memiliki tiga aspek penting yaitu penginjilan, pengajaran dan penyembuhan. Dengan demikian penulis akan memberikan jawaban terhadap problematika di atas berdasarkan kehidupan misi pelayanan Yesus Kristus. Penelitian ini memiliki kebaharuan secara khusus memberikan konsep kehidupan spiritualitas yang berkorelasi dengan realitas sosial, ilmu pengetahuan dan medis.
The growth of technology in the last few decades has made the church opts for technology to comply with the social distancing policy during the Covid-19 pandemic that forbids worshipping on-site. Technology allows churches to worship, conduct church events, and have fellowship online. That situation leads to the ongoing theological discussion on the possibilities of having a virtual sacred space for the people of God to experience His presence. This topic has sparked a growing interest among theologians and since this topic connects faith issues and technology, it might open further interdisciplinary discussions among scholars from various expertise. This paper argues that to join and contribute to the discussion, the topic of sacred space for worship should be addressed theologically. From a systematic theology point of view, this paper attempts to elaborate that there is a wide opened possibility for Christians to worship through a virtual sacred space. That position does not mean that this article advocates uncritical usages of the internet; it rather affirms that while the internet could be used for devastating negative causes, it could still also be used for the glory of God. Since there is nothing in the creation that God could not consecrate for His sacred purpose, there is no legitimate theological reason to invalidate the possibility of a virtual sacred space.
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