The Bible is accurate and without fault in the divine revealing of Jesus to the early Church and reflects the disclosure of God in Christ. He presents the divine transcendence and divine immanence in three ways from God in the Bible. 1. The Bible is a revelation of God in that it is a witness which testifies to God’s revelation in history. 2.
Explain how Christians make moral decisions. (25 marks) Christians have different ways of making moral decisions. Some rely on pure Biblical teaching, others on the Churches leadership, and others on their own conscience and others on Thomas Aquinas’ Natural Law. People of the Catholic Church believe Jesus gave His authority to Peter, and it has been passed down ever since, currently lying with Pope Benedict. The Catholic Church has a magisterium - its teachings have a God-given authority that is equal to the authority of scripture.
There are lots of different interpretations of which source of morality is the greatest for use within the contemporary world. There are also two main categories these sources fall into; intellectual or instinctual. The Bible “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, in order that the man of God may be fully qualified, equipped for every good work.” For orthodox Protestants (Jehovah’s witnesses) and Evangelical Christians they affirm the Bible, first and foremost, as the inspired narrative of God's loving plan of redemption for His creation. These sects of Christianity tend to believe that the Bible is the only method that should be used when making ethical decisions, with writer Carl F. H. Henry calling ‘biblical ethics’ ‘Christian ethics.’ There is a diversity of approaches in the Bible which Christians can use to make ethical decisions; the Old Testament which includes the Decalogue, many of which have been applied in practical law today (‘thou shalt not kill’); and the New Testament involving the teachings of Jesus and St. Paul and the Golden Rule (‘treat others how you’d like to be treated’). The Bible is the witness to the central events of the Christian faith.
He does draw up excellent characteristics of a Christian leader than can be transposed into any culture. I felt this needed expounding a little more. What became apparent as I read further into the book was his passion to recover missional leadership in missional churches. He addresses the `transaction' leadership of keeping the organization in check and running rather than a fluid movement in keeping with original biblical
On the other hand, the Address mainly focused on the argument of unity. In the above discussion, other major principles of the document include the purpose and the method of restoring peace and unity with the Christendom. For instance, the primary objective, in this case, entails the unification of Christians as the people of God. Disunity in Christianity is a stumbling block to progress among Christian faithful. About the method of restoring peace and unity, Thomas Campbell in his document highly believed in a direct appeal to the
As a Christian our lives are to serve and obey God’s Laws his commandments and the purpose is to get into heaven. This and now is only a test to see if your worthy to enter and inherit his praise. In conclusion: The overall view of this module I learned about the Christian Worldview and how Christianity is viewed in the world. The Bible timeline open thoughts on my own beliefs, and knowing that I am a Christian and find more about my personal views. The detail outline really made me focus on critical thinking of GOD and what I truly believe in accordance to worldview and notice that majority of my commitments are consistent with the beliefs of Christian Theism.
My first reason for wanting to be confirmed is to understand God more fully and be come not only a better man by the experiences but a better catholic and during the process I wish to become a complete Christian, to help myself and help others, to help heal and be faithful. My confirmation will help will help me understand what It means to be a Christian, and how to live the life in my Christian community. I think confirmation will help me in making many decisions ahead of me in my life and understand more fully the teachings of the church.
The two groups’ backgrounds both highly honor scripture. In the second chapter of Square Peg Robert Mulholland discloses the idea that fundamentalists believe the Bible has “comprehensive and rationally accessible inerrant divine truths or propositions.” Their idea of the Bible is that it becomes a collection of information given vocally or dictated to writers. On the contrary, Wesleyans have the belief that the Bible is the resource by which believers need to focus on the message of God. This message is most definitively given through Jesus Christ coming to earth. However, it appears that the shift in focus can drastically change the interpretations in the Bible.
Introduction My purpose in writing this paper is to examine one of the most significant passages of scripture in one of the most significant books in the New Testament. Romans 1:14-17 can be described as the mission statement of the Apostle Paul in all of his missionary endeavors. Understanding this passage is the key in understanding the core Christian doctrines that the Apostle Paul would articulate in this letter to the Romans. In this report, I intend to answer the following questions: What is the gospel? How does the power of the gospel translate to sinful man?
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.