42They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts.
I see more great examples of faith throughout this chapter. Luke 8 At this time Jesus had went throughout every city and village preaching and showing the word of God, while having the 12 disciples with him. He gave the “parable of the sower”, in this parable; The seed is God’s word The stones represent those who, when they receive the word of God have no foundation and in temptation, they will succumb and fall away. The thorns represent those choked with cares and riches and pleasures of the world. The good ground are those with a honest, good heart, having heard the word of God.
Christianity has flourished for the past thousand years and has taken hold in every continent in some form or fashion. In order to sell Christianity, it was important that many of the locals find some form of acceptance or way to identify with the new religion. Such a representation can be found the Celtic Cross. The Celts had many gods, but they had one deity above the rest, Morrigan. Morrigan was the sun god and had a symbol that resembled a circle.
These flags that are carried represent the people and the environment they live in; an American flag, flags of each tribe, an eagle staff, and finally the powwow flag. The elders, because of their experience get to carry the ‘Eagle Staff’ because of their tremendous spiritual experience and knowledge. The aboriginal people get carry the US flag with respect even though they faced tremendous suffering from the Americans. All these flags have many meanings; One is to remember their elders who held their faith to fight against America and it represents the symbol of America (which includes the natives). When everyone is in the arbor, a prayer is
Lewis, a name many people associate with Narnia, is more than just a writer. Lewis is a role model, an inspiration, and most of all, a hero. He was faced with several challenges and obstacles that could have steered him away from God, but Lewis rose above each one and touched numerous people in the process. Because of him, countless individuals have been introduced to Christianity. It wasn’t his writings alone, however, that sparked the faith in these people.
Being the diehard Christian that he was, brought spirit lifting tales to isolated Native Americans. Giving a clear understanding for his religion to every place he went. As long as he was traveling, his belief would spread. One way it spread to people was through stories and the biggest story that spread was Uncles Tom’s Cabin. In a chain of reaction Columbus brought Christian culture, as time passed the thought of Christianity spread to the story of Uncle Tom and that brought people hope.
His speech was extremely persuasive in nature. The use of Biblical references was powerful. One of those powerful references included “Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?” (1) This quickly appealed to the audience’s faith. During this time period individuals took their faith and religious beliefs very seriously. With Henry appealing to something like faith that the audience members held so dearly he was able to not only capture their attention, but keep their attention and ultimately persuaded them to his sentiments.
It provided answers to why things happened the way they did and it gave. Puritans had their Bible which detailed their entire religion and held the answers to all possible questions. The Native Americans on the other hand relied on oral transmission of their theology. As a whole Native American culture is a thing of beauty, celebrating not only the physical
Jesus Christ was clear in his instructions to the disciples about the Great Commission. Jesus said many times all people and all nations. We are commanded to love each other. We all have different views and perspectives on just about everything. This is a part of what makes us human.
Using this new medium the major religions spread like wild fire. Putting myths, rituals, and traditions into text helped spread and standardize the way religion was used by the mass. With the ability to write and read the myths, stories and practices they could be wide spread in a short amount of time, going into great detail about specific rituals, stories. The Catholic and Christian church used text to spread their religion all over the world. These religions spread from England to the Americas, and even the Middle