Those who claim they are “Christians” do a lot of this. They judge others based on religion‚ race/appearance‚ culture‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ and even your choices. Before we continue‚ let me make this clear‚ not all people who judge are Christians‚ and not all Christians judge. For the ones who do‚ they have no right to place judgment upon others. It is not there job to do so‚ it is God’s job‚ hence “judgment day”. Allow me to further explain how exactly Christians can judge others. An example
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some verses in the Bible appear to support the idea that Christians who commit suicide go to hell. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (ESV) discusses the fact that a person’s body belongs to God and that anyone who destroys it will be destroyed themselves. Suicide falls under the category of destroying one’s body‚ so the Bible plainly states that God will destroy anyone who kills themselves. Furthermore‚ Hebrews 6:4-6 (ESV) says that anyone who was once "enlightened" and then "falls away" from God will be shamed
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with their wives and children‚ asking God to forgive them and purge them of carnal desires. And the next Saturday night they’d be back at the carnival or some other place of indulgence. "I knew then that the Christian Church thrives on hypocrisy‚ and that man’s carnal nature will out!" From that time early in his life his path was clear. Finally‚ on the last night of April‚ 1966 Walpurgisnacht‚ the most important festival of the believers in witchcraft - LaVey shaved his head in the tradition of
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Much of church administration is about teaching in the moment. Let me explain. I became a Christian at the dinner-table. I did not know at the time that’s what was happening. I can’t point to one decisive moment when intellectual assent turned to trust. But it was at the dinner-table that Christianity became real to me. Each evening as my family ate together‚ we would process the day’s events. "How was school today?" "Who’s going to take me to basketball practice?" But as we processed the events
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Jerusalem is the center of Jewish religion for over 3000 years. The town has the largest Jewish population since 1840. Moses revealed the Torah to the Hebrew people. The first five books of the Bible is what makes up the Torah‚ which contains all the guidelines to the Jewish way of life. But the Hebrew Bible doesn’t include the New Testament. Even though there are around 16 million Jews world wide they are very dispersed
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Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible The Bible is a collection of books‚ inspired by God‚ to be used as God’s revelation of Himself to us. It is God’s doorway to declare his authority over his people. Authority of the Bible is established and/or comes from its own claims. The Old Testament uses the phrase “This is what the Lord says” enough times to give any reader the understanding that it is the word of God. Because the Bible is viewed as God’s Word it is the final word concerning all issues
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Throughout the bible the goodness of God is shown in many ways‚ the bible presents God as being morally perfect‚ and everything that he is or will ever be is also presented as morally perfect; The Bible presents God as benevolent‚ an all loving figure. It displays this in a number of ways throughout the Bible‚ the first and possible the most important way is in the first book of the Bible‚ Genesis. Genesis states that everything that God creates is “Very good”; When God created the world in the
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Introduction Since the crucifixion of Jesus‚ opponents of Christianity have directly criticized the religion’s foundation‚ attempting to belie the historicity of Christ’s physical resurrection. Aiming to nullify Christianity and confute the prospect of supernatural intervention or divine involvement‚ skeptics and opponents of Christianity continually disseminate naturalistic alternatives‚ or conspiracy theories‚ to contradict the resurrection account. One popular notion reasons against the validity
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proudly boasts to be the only Christian nation in Asia. More than 86% of the population is Roman Catholic‚ 6% belong to various nationalized Christian cults‚ and another 2% belong to well over 100 Protestant denominations. In addition to the Christian majority‚ there is a vigorous 4% Muslim minority‚ concentrated on the southern islands of Mindanao‚ Sulu‚ and Palawan. Scattered in isolated mountainous regions‚ the remaining 2% follow non-Western‚ indigenous beliefs and practices. The Chinese minority
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limited to Christians; Jews and Muslims also consider the Bible to be a sacred text. If you think of how there are 2 billion Christians‚ 14 million Jews and 1.3 billion Muslims‚ that means that more than half of the world’s population consider the Bible to be a major influence on their faith. Bible widely used in American society The Bible is especially influential in American society. In the 2012 State of the Bible report released by the American Bible Society‚ commissioned by the American Bible Society
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