Many believe in him, others don’t. Anselmo d’Aosta said that we should not give sentences on things out of our sensitive knowledge – the experience. In fact, why should we try to find explanations for things that probably doesn’t exist?!? only because the church tries to make us believe in such things? I don’t think is enough… the so called ‘sacred texts’ that form the Holly Bible, were re-written after the 4th century, probably during the Constantine’s reign. In 325 at Nicaea the Christian Creed was composed, and many other writings that formed the Holly Bible were retouched trying to give a certain form, useful to the emperor.
“In God We Trust” is America's motto, introduced in 1956 to replace the original motto E Pluribus Unum, but was America Founded as a Christian nation? The major hurdle in answering the question is to define terms properly. The concept of a Christian nation is often written off because of misconceptions as to what this means. A Christian nation is not one in which all people in a society are all Christians, just as in an Islamic country, not all people are necessarily Moslems. But in a Christian nation, as our Founders would have defined it, the principles and institutional foundations are Biblically based and the people in general share a Biblical world-view.
The sermon explains in detail of the wrath God has and what Hell has in store for the non-believers. It is very clear from this document religion was a very important part of people’s lives during colonial times. “The Great Awakening” was a spiritual movement in the 18th century for the English colonies. The Great Awakening was caused because of the growing number of disbelievers of Christianity, and from a political point of view, it was weakening the colonies government’s steadiness. In order for political power to not decrease, since religion and government went together, the colonists started The Great Awakening.
“Making disciples” has been reinterpreted these days to mean “make converts.” I do not believe any Christian is called to merely make converts. I especially do not believe that chaplains are called to proselytize within their unit or Area of Operations (AO). In fact, to proselytize is diametrically opposed to the role of chaplain and the job description—it will get a chaplain removed from post, as I think it should. Let me explain the
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY evangelism vision paper A PAPER SUBMITTED TO Dr. homer massey IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE EVAN 525 LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY DAVID E. ROBERTS LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2014 Table of Contents Introduction 3 New View of Evangelism 3 My Evangelism Vision 5 My Future in Ministry and Evangelism 7 Conclusion 8 Bibliography 9 Introduction Evangelism doesn’t come easy for me. I get nervous and doubt my ability to fulfill the Lord’s expectation for me. At least that is what I tell myself. Evangelist G.K. Chesterton covered the issue when he wrote “Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it’s been found difficult and not tried.” This statement is a reflection of my evangelical history, I am saddened to admit. Although I am certain of God’s calling for my life, discerning His specific mission for me is am intimidating task.
Critique of Competent to Counsel Wendell Otto Dr. Mark Cook PCC 610 Nouthetic Counseling 3/1/2012 One area of Christian ministry that has the greatest need for the influence of biblical theology is counseling. Counseling both in the world and within the church has neglected to study and apply sound theology from the Scriptures. Instead, for at least a century (especially, since the rise of Freudian psychology) the Church has been taking its cues from the “world,” rather than from the inspired Scriptures. As a result, much of the teaching, instruction, and practice of “Christian counseling” has been deficient because it has embraced the “wisdom of this world [which] is folly with God” (1Cor 3:19-20). When it comes to counseling,
HOW TO SHARE EVANGELICAL WORLDVIEW WITH LIBERATION THEOLOGISTS As is often the case, new interpretations or corrections of traditional christianity morph to fill a perceived void or special interest group agenda. In modern day, we see that Liberation Theology has moved into environmental concerns and the mainstreaming of marginalized members of our society. Latin revolutionary Che Guevara has been rediscovered as a representative icon of liberation of the poor and oppressed in present day North America. An obvious candidate for personal salvation would be someone who is actually preaching the Gospel and doesn’t know it. Two such groups would be secular activists and progressive Christians of faiths that emphasize social activism, yet have abandoned the revelation of the Bible’s truth.
II. Related the Topic: I personally was in that situation where I’ve rejected someone’s church invitation because I’m ethnocentric towards religion and I just don’t believe in religion. III. Thesis: Religion like many social institutions tends to help its members to find their identity and help them
When you pass away no one really knows what happens next, but the Bible tells you what happens if you take the word and believe and be forgiven of your sins that you will go to Heaven, it gives a sense of power of your life and meaning. What is the nature of the universe? I believe the we are more than matter, the way Mark Cosgrave explains” That if you believe the universe is nothing but matter, then you have no choice but to believe that human beings, who are part of the universe, are also mere matter” ( Foundations of Christian thoughts Page 33). This sentence really had me thinking on my own beliefs, I believe personally that we are more than mere matter, I believe in the Lord that created us in his image and that we are more then molecules, this is when Faith comes in to comfort the unknowing, and believe in the word of the Bible. How do you know what you know?
writes, "The church's singular failure in recent decades has been the failure to see Christianity as a life system, or worldview, that III governs every area of existence.” He goes on to say that “our failure to see Christianity as a comprehensive framework of truth has crippled our efforts to have a redemptive effect on the surrounding culture. At its most fundamental level, the culture war is a clash of belief systems…Only when we see this can we effectively evangelize a post-Christian culture, bringing God's righteousness to bear in the world around us.” As a nation, we no longer accept the truths that our predecessors did. Instead, what we have today is moral relativism, and there is no right or wrong, no good or evil. Moral relativism teaches that we are all products of the evolutionary process, there is no God and no plan or purpose for our lives, and we all have our own truth. It teaches that we are all basically