contemplating what my worldview was since I am a Christian. This led to me thinking about my journey as a Christian and what has changed in my beliefs. I went to a Lutheran school from 1st grade until sophomore year of high school. The fundamentals of Christianity had been taught to me time and time again‚ yet I had not fully engulfed myself into the Christian way of life. Once I started at my public school‚ I truly embraced my faith. I see myself as a religious person because I do belong to a church community
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became virgin born; as the God-man became the Mediator‚ offering a perfect sacrifice Christ purchased reconciliation for all those whom the Father has given Him.” Calvinistic view taught that the two natures run in a straight parallel line maintaining their separate identity‚ but united without losing any attribute. For this reason‚ Calvin’s doctrine is in alignment with the teachings of the two natures of Jesus Christ‚ as well. Lutheran view‚ beliefs that the Son of God became a true man‚ assuming
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night it finally clicked. I understood that it was only through Jesus Christ that I could get to heaven‚ and it was in Him that I placed my faith. He took away my sins by dying for me‚ baring my sins with him. Although I truly did become a Child of God that night and it is definitely the most important event in my life‚ it was not the most life-changing. The eventual understanding of the gospel that took place over the next three years‚ because of this spiritual salvation would have to be my most
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Living as Those Made Alive in Christ You have been raised with Christ‚ set your hearts on things above‚ where Christ is‚ seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above‚ not on earthly things. For you died‚ and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. . Put to death‚ therefore‚ whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality‚ impurity‚ lust‚ evil desires and greed‚ which is idolatry. You used to walk in these ways‚ in the life you once lived. But now you must also
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other than God knows what is in the heart of an individual and God has mercy on whomever He wants. Religion by itself cannot save the human being. God demands obedience and although religion helps individuals to reach the knowledge needed to understand‚ it does not guarantee the salvation. Matthew 19:25-26 & 30 “25 When the disciples heard this‚ they were greatly astonished and asked‚ “Who then can be saved?” 26 Jesus looked at them and said‚ “With man this is impossible‚ but with God all things
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Sayings of an Ex-Atheist and an Ex-Christian Lewis: I believe in Christianity as I believe in the risen sun: not only because I can see it‚ but because it illuminates everything else. Pullman: Christianity is a powerful and very convincing mistake. You must know this. Lewis: The sun in the sky‚ the creatures of the world‚ the earth and all of its elements. All of these things tell me that there is a God. Pullman: To believe in God is to subjugate yourself to a being of higher power that you do
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he taught or believed‚ because there are details of Pythagoras’s life from early biographies which use important original sources. Yet these biographies are written by authors who attribute divine powers to him‚ and whose aim was to present him as a god-like figure. What will be presented in the rest of this paper is an attempt to collect together the most reliable sources to reconstruct an account of Pythagoras’s meta-physic‚ epistemology‚ and ethics‚ but first‚ in order to understand Pythagoras more
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in a pagan Saxon society‚ before Christianity was introduced. However‚ the poem was once again rewritten around the 18th centuries by a Christian poet. There is evidence of this throughout Beowulf as the author is in conflict when it comes to mix his Christian belief with the pagan society of Beowulf. When I look at the text‚ I see two different element of religion mixed together as one. As a result‚ this leads to frequent biblical allusion and references to God‚ Cain‚ heaven‚ hell and "creator"
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other beliefs that flow out of its core paradigm which accepts different denominations and variants and in collaboration work together. For instance‚ there are other beliefs that are upheld by some within a religious tradition but not by others. In Christianity‚ there are a great number of denominations where many of the beliefs share variation‚ yet the paradigm is clearly that Jesus Christ died and rose from the dead‚ in order to save humanity from sin and death. Believers are the individuals who live
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way and simply accept their beliefs as fact. Core beliefs are the assumptions (right or wrong) that we make about ourselves‚ others‚ and the world (Beck & Beck‚ 1996). If a non-believing (i.e.‚ of Christ) client presents with resistance toward Christianity or Christian ethics and absolute moral values‚ then you may be dealing with some type of negative core belief that runs contrary to the Good News. Take for instance the negative core beliefs “I am unlovable” and “I am not good enough”. If your
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