the year 313‚ the newly accepted church still had obstacles to overcome in regards to maintaining the faith. The Christian church was still undecided in what the true gospel of what should be preached to their followers. Around the years 200 and moving forward several offshoots of Christianity sprung up across the continent caused by what was seen as misinterpretations by the Christian majority of the scriptures. Eventually these conflicting views culminated until action must be taken in order for
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As we heard our professor Peter Grover saying‚ the purpose of John’s Gospel is to promote‚ to persuade Christians to testify about Jesus‚ who is the Truth from the Father so that people believe and become adopted Children of God (a new creation) and then could get the inheritance of Eternal Life. Throughout the same gospel we have seen that the mother of Jesus‚ the beloved disciples‚ the Samaritan woman‚ and so on‚ are not called by their personal names because their identities are now in Christ
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Christian’s acceptances of Jesus Christ as the Messiah. Referring back to their beliefs in an afterlife‚ Christians believe that their souls go to heaven and hell after death based on good or bad conduct and Jews believe in some sort of afterlife‚ which is best left in the hands of God. The Christian’s divergence from Judaism led to many changes that affected different aspects of the religion. Christians and Jews believe that this God is the origin and source of all that exists. God cares about the
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Luther was saying that the people who are really penitent know that buying indulgences was not the correct way of forgiveness of sins‚ but it is really hard to find who are truly penitent. A thesis 36 is supporting this thesis as “Any truly repentant Christian has a right to full remission of penalty and guilt‚ even without indulgence letters.” Theses 79 states “To say that the cross emblazoned with the papal coat of arms‚ and set up by the indulgence preachers is equal in worth to the cross of Christ
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religions. His life is recorded in the New Testament‚ more a theological document than a biography. According to Christians‚ Jesus is considered the incarnation of God and his teachings an example for living a more spiritual life. Christians believe he died for the sins of all people and rose from the dead. His mother‚ Mary‚ was a virgin who was betrothed to Joseph‚ a carpenter. Christians believe Jesus was born through Immaculate Conception. His lineage can be traced back to the house of David. When
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MRS 325: Major themes in Acts For our goals‚ it might be useful to concentrate on three; although scholars may find various themes in the book of Acts. Two of these were particularly crucial that you the earliest Christians‚ and a third is essential to the followers of Jesus Christ now. (Biblehub.com‚ 2016) Having these topics at heart will help bring the occasions of the novel to life. In the end‚ the apostle Paul himself tells us that all Scripture--including the Acts of the Apostles--"is inspired
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Nineteenth century America contained a bewildering array of Protestant sects and denominations‚ with different doctrines‚ practices‚ and organizational forms. But by the 1830s almost all of these bodies had a deep evangelical emphasis in common. Protestantism has always contained an important evangelical strain‚ but it was in the nineteenth century that a particular style of evangelicalism became the dominant form of spiritual expression. What above all else characterized this evangelicalism was
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the two imperatives in the Great Commission? Evangelism and Education What are motives for Christians to evangelize non-Christians? ...1) Tell others that God loves them because God’s love is so great. 2) To be obedient to the commands of Christ. 3) Because of One’s love for the Person in whom we are witnessing. 4) The rewards as a Christian will receive when he meets Christ in heaven 5) Christians will lose their rewards at the judgement seat of Christ if they do not faithfully witness for
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persecutions” and “Two Christian Responses: The Glory of Martyrdom and Apologetics” are segments within this scholarly journal. Therefore‚ each segment relates to persecution with in the early church‚ gives a list on the persecutions and touches on ten of Christianity persecutors. This article also gives an account on martyrs who died for the sake of the faith and the birthing of apologetics primary goal‚ defending the faith of Christianity. Pax Romana and the Rise of the Christian church‚” reflects
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More importantly‚ the entire Christian faith has its foundation on the authority of the Scriptures. But what if fault were to be found in the Bible? To find error in the Scriptures would invalidate the church‚ Christianity and God himself. This necessitates a study of the inerrancy of the Scriptures. By gaining a thorough understanding of inerrancy Christians will be better equipped to understand and communicate what we believe and why we believe
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