Saul was not a believer. He accused Christians of blasphemy. Paul’s thoughts about Christianity changed one day on the side of a road. Paul had a vision of Christ on the road to Damascus. Paul was blinded temporarily by this vision and this is what led to his conversion. After he saw the vision and heard the message‚ his name became Paul. Paul was a Roman citizen so he had connections and standing that helped him. This is important because other Christian leaders lacked the skills and political
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is inappropriate in the case of the Native Americans. Warriors starts off by saying that Christians try to fight for the rights of Native Americans and that because of the church’s prosperous financial‚ political‚ and institutional resources‚ this help is much needed. Nevertheless‚ Warrior then explains that the inclusion of Native Americans in Christian political praxis is difficult mainly because Christians have a different way of going about the struggle for justice than most Native Americans‚
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Alan Hirsch asks the question‚ how did the church grow from as few as 25‚000 Christians in AD100 to nearly 20 million only two centuries later? This was despite Christianity being an “illegal religion‚” and not having “any church buildings as we know them‚” nor the Scriptures in their finalised form and without the institutions and methods that are present in the church today. [3] To counter a claim that this may have been an historical aberration‚ Hirsch further illustrates the point by drawing
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Foster emphasizes that confession to other Christians is very important to freeing one’s self from the guilt and pain of sin. Although‚ I have heard this I never truly understand why it is so important. God has already forgiven the sins of humanity‚ through the death of Jesus on the cross‚ when they choose to make him Lord of their life. It is up to the person to come to terms with there sinful actions‚ and often times it is hard to feel the full forgiveness of our sin. Confession to others allows
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Many different Christian churches were founded as a result of breaking away from the main church. People disagreed with how the church had turned into something that they did not believe it should be. Therefore people broke away and created many new Christian churches with their own distinct beliefs and practices. The majority of these Christian faiths are still present and have followers today. One of these Christian churches is the Baptist church which began in the early seventeenth century.
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The Gospel of Mark is the oldest known surviving account of the ministry of Jesus Christ that exists today. Written approximately in the year 65 CE in Rome by an unknown writer‚ people have attributed the name Mark to the author‚ although this may not have been his actual name (I will use the name Mark to refer to the author of the gospel of Mark). As the oldest record of Christ’s ministry‚ it is believed that through other pieces or fragments of Jesus’ teachings and sayings‚ as well as stories passed
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indulgences was questioned by a german monk “Martin Luther”‚ the man who believed in “sola fide”‚ meaning faith alone. Moreover‚ his ideology towards salvation was the sole authority of scripture‚ no human authority is required for salvation‚ all Christians are spiritually equal. Luther’s primary purpose was to reject authority of the papacy and this led towards Protestantism. However‚ his message was misguided by the peasants; there ideology was based on misperception of the scripture (the peasant’s
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as Holy Scripture - the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired.” Basically the Canon is a selection of books used by the Church for public worship and also the books which the Church acknowledge as inspired scripture normative for faith and practice. The term (the Greek ‘kanon’ means ‘reed’‚ which went on to mean ‘measuring rod’ and then finally the list written in the column) was coined by Christians‚ but the idea is found in Jewish sources - Rabbinic Judaism
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Fr. Jon Sobrino attempts to use a Christology ‘from below’ in an effort to highlight the words and actions of the historical Jesus with respect to understanding how the Christian world allows for abject poverty and oppression‚ especially in Central and South America. His belief that an unequal Christological focus on the divine Christ‚ ‘Christology from above’‚ blinds many to truly understanding who the Kingdom of God was meant for‚ as per the words of Jesus in the Gospels. Through the Christology
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Course Syllabus THEO 104 Introduction to Christian Thought Course Description This course is an introduction to the basic tenets of Christianity. Rationale Unfortunately‚ the poor‚ unbalanced teaching of many church leaders and the hypocrisy of professing Christians continues to contribute to the postmodern skepticism of the miraculous and bold claims of Christianity. As a result‚ there is an increasing need for believers to be acquainted with a general overview of the basic doctrines of Scripture
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