Did the Nazis succeed in controlling the churches? Progressively from 1935 onwards Hitler felt much more secure in the Nazis overall control of Germany. From this extra sense of security, Hitler’s following actions were bolder and brasher. Hitler’s first move was setting up a new Department for Church Affairs, which was designed to control the churches. The Gestapo also proceeded in arresting 700 Protestant ministers who were supposedly opposed to the Nazis.
Believers practicing loving God with all their mind would be a witness to this world and even a way of reaching out in compassion and gentleness we have left behind by burying our arguments in our Bibles and not engaging the questions raised by the lost. Understanding where Evangelicals have fallen intellectually will help foster obedience to Christ’s command to love God with all of our mind. The major arguments held by critics Richard Hofstadter, George M. Marsden, and Alister McGrath, declare modern Evangelicalism anti-intellectual. Some of the main reasons for this are the average Evangelicals fear of defending their faith, the separation of the spiritual and secular, and the slothfulness Evangelicals have to
All Christians must be able to give a defense for the hope that is in them, so that the truth will be upheld in every circumstance. The New Apostolic Reformation The teachings of the NAR (New Apostolic Reformation) are nothing new they have been around before the 1950’s, which scholars believe connect to the “Latter Rain Movement”. Many of the leaders in NAR were involved with the “Latter Rain” movement such as, C. Peter Wagner, Bob Jones, and Rick Joyner, just to name a few. The Assemblies of God actually refuted this movement in 1949. “Satan sold them the lie that "unity" is the principal thing and thus they dethroned and eventually jettisoned purity and truth.
Bishop Von Galen, a Nazi Resistor? Bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen has been called both a staunch Nazi resistor, as well as a Nazi sympathizer. Over time scholars have uncovered a grim picture of von Galen, in contrast to the brilliant beam of hope he was thought of as he represented the Church as the state emerged from war. Scholars and theologians have questioned the lengths he was willing to take in his opposition to the Nazis. In the three renowned sermons he gave in 1941, Bishop von Galen was most adamant about his resistance to Nazi ideology.
He mentions how he persecuted God’s church. He tells the Galatians that he was deeply committed to the Jewish faith, and zealous of their traditions. But God, who controls physical birth as well as spiritual birth, called Paul to a spiritual awakening. God provided Paul with the opportunity to accept grace, and then called him to preach and teach among the non-Jewish population. Paul says that he did not wait for human confirmation of this calling.
Hitler was a great leader in a horrible way. These days most people believe that Hitler was a nasty person because of the holocaust he created but what did people think about Hitler during his days. Powerful, a person who spoke out his thoughts, which all were good ideas to the Germans and so eventually he climbed up the hierarchy ladder and reached the top and in 1933 he became the Chancellor of Germany. Hitler was strongly against the Treaty of Versailles. He didn’t like the fact that 15% of their land was taken by all the winning countries.
In Matthew, Christ hears Peter’s confession of his acknowledgment that He is the Son of God. Then Christ states that Peter’s confession will be like a rock “upon which rock He would build his Church so strong, that the gates of hell should not prevail
Since most Germans were Christian Hitler took control of the churches to turn the religion against the Jews and to promote Nazism, On March 23, 1933 Hitler gave a speech to the Reichstag, Hitler described Christianity as the foundation for German values. For example, in the novel night written by Wiesel. Elie talks about how he heard a man call for god to which Elie responded: “Behind me, I heard the same man asking: “for god’s sake, where is god?” and from within me “I heard a voice answer: “where he is? This is where – hanging here from these gallows…” that night, the soup tasted of corpses.” (Wiesel 65). Another example of this is when it is new years in the concentration camp, in this Elie is losing his faith in god because he is the creator, he is questioning why?
Overcoming Racism: The Church Has A Role To Play Morenike Oye Liberty University Abstract “At the heart of racism is the religious assertion that God made a creative mistake when He brought some people into being” Friedrich Otto Hertz. The thought that many Christians today believe that or choose to live in denial that we have gone passed racism or that it is a problem that has been solved a long time ago, hence the need to shift focus and concentrate on more important things is an indication that racism is more of a spiritual warfare than we want to admit. This paper in its three fold objective is aimed at exposing racism as a sin, a spiritual attack on mankind, and a warfare between the devil and the seed of the woman (Genesis 3:13-15). Secondly, to analyze the understanding and role of the early churches and Christians, what was done or should have been done, how they were done and those things that were not done. Thirdly, to make a wake-up call to the new generations churches and strategize on how we can triumph in this battle.
Keith Atkisson BUS303 Business for Nonprofits Essay-Week 3-Christian Stewardship and Ownership February 7, 2015 Biblical views of Christian Stewardship and Ownership To take care of, oversee, manage, and guard from harm. These four terms are a clear depiction of stewardship. On the other hand, dominion, control, and proprietorship are the terms of ownership, and if they are engaged in, they then become worldly behaviors, idols and stumbling blocks and as such are in direct opposition to God’s will and his purpose. Though stewardship is seen by most church-going members as consisting of tithing only, scripture paints an entirely different picture of what is to be expected of each believer in his life. Many believers do not count the cost of following Christ.