capacity for God which allows us to recognise God or the movement of God in our lives and‚ in the light of this recognition and experience of God‚ our lived response to God (quoted from SF from the heart pdf). We can define growing up spiritually as the processes when our human capacity to recognize‚ experience‚ and response to God is increasing and we much more love and value God as our partner of marriage. The processes are through the steps how we encounter God‚ what we know of God‚ and how we
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years of age during this time period. Hughes also makes it clear that this revival situation had a major impact on his beliefs in Jesus. Although some readers may understand the content‚ other readers believe this essay criticizes the religion of Christianity. We have all gone through numerous situations in life where we must decide whether to speak up or to be silent for the sake of peace. Langston decided to keep his doubts‚ comments‚ and personal thoughts to himself. Throughout our lives we have
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Introduction Over the last seven weeks‚ this theology class has discussed several topics that have been very insightful and helpful in my Christian walk. I have learned many new things and have also gone deeper in my understanding of the things I already knew. In this paper‚ I would like to discuss three topics that I found to be the most interesting. The topics that will be discussed are as follows: Did Jesus need to be born of a virgin? If a person is a Christian‚ does it matter how they live
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denomination. I replied‚ “I’m a Baptist.” He then asked another question‚ “Do you believe in one God?” I was officially appalled by his words and my face showed my dismay. I readily responded‚ “Of course there is only one God!” He smiled with the sweetest of expressions‚ leaned in gently and asked‚ “Can you explain the Holy Trinity?” Of course I could‚ for this is the basis of Christian belief. I said to him‚ “God the Father‚
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Trinity Doctrine is the solid foundation for Christianity. Trinity has been discussed both in the Old Testament and New Testament. One of the most difficult things for all humanity is trying to explain Trinity; this is way above human comprehension. The Bible teaches us about the Father is God (Exodus 3:14)‚ that Jesus is God (John 8:58)‚ and that the Holy Spirt is God (Acts 5:3-4). In Deuteronomy 6:4 and James 2:19 scripture tells us there is only one God. Each performs independently and remains distinct
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Walk……………………………………………….5 A Personal Vision for the Immediate Future……………………………………...7 Specific and Immediate Plans for Implementation………………………………..8 Family Matters……………………………………………………………………….9 Community Relations……………………………………………………………….12 Conclusion: What God is doing in My life in Evangelism..………………………14 Bibliography………………………………………………………………………….16 Introduction A great chasm exists that separates unbelievers from believers1. An example of this chasm is presented in the Gospel of Luke‚ “And in hell
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St. Augustine was a fifth century Bishop of Hippo. He is credited with building the foundation of Christian just war theory. He describes that individuals of Christianity do not have authority to resort to violence if only themselves or property are threatened. Though these Christians should be compelled to protect innocents who are being attacked. Even if it means sacrificing themselves in the process. Augustine’s just war teachings were developed from old Roman legal tradition. The right of authority
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former Muslim who after years of seeking to disprove Christianity and convince others of his own faith’s legitimacy‚ came to faith in Jesus Christ. In his presentation‚ Murray takes a section from his book Grand Central Question: Answering the Critical Concerns of the Major Worldviews and discusses how the Gospel answers Islam’s question and desires for the very nature of God. In their own declarations of Allah Akbar‚ Muslims declare that God is greater or the greatest. Murray states that he himself
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Many of the doctrines and concepts central to Christianity have important philosophical implications or presuppositions. In this article we will take a closer look at some of the central doctrines and concepts‚ and their philosophical relevance. Of course‚ many philosophically laden doctrines and concepts are relevant to Christianity‚ and we cannot discuss them all here. Rather‚ our focus will be on those concepts and doctrines that are distinctively Christian‚ and which have been the focus of
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Dispensations- period of time in which god gives man a test‚ human kind fails that test and is punished and then there is a new test that man will fail Edenic dispensation- genesis 1- genesis 3 Human kind were given a specific command to not eat from the tree of knowledge Eve was tempted by the serpent and ate the fruit Shared with Adam and he also ate and God confronts them Adam blames Eve Eve blames serpent God address’s eve saying you will have pain during child birth God gave Adam and eve a new command’-
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