Anthony Stockton Dr. Hayes CED 2020 21 Oct. 2012 Toward a Philosophy of Christian Education Christian education is one of the most important things an individual can participate in throughout their lifetime. It is a lifelong process‚ beginning when we reach an age of awareness and ability to learn‚ and does not end until we reach our physical deaths. This is an ever-evolving progression that changes over the course of a person’s life. People have the capability to constantly grow in spiritual
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A Christian worldview is the total opposite of the secular humanist worldview. Christianity teaches individuals a set of beliefs that help form the basis of this worldview. Multiple elements inspire the Christian worldview. These features include: an absolute God exists‚ God created the universe‚ man is created in God’s image‚ and man created in God’s image is all worthy of respect and honor‚ man was given dominion over creation by God‚ mankind is fallen‚ Jesus is mankind’s only hope for redemption
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Carmelle Beaugelin Probe #3 ANALYZING ASPECTS OF EARLY CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS OF THE LORD’S PRAYER First Century Jewish and Christian Connotation of “God’s Kingdom” In Matthew 6 and Luke 11‚ Jesus teaches his followers how to pray. Jesus’ prayer includes themes found within Jewish prayer. Themes such as petitions for forgiveness and provision would have been familiar to an audience of God-fearers and Jews who attended synagogue. It is significant that the first petition in The Lord’s Prayer is for
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list of Early Church Fathers who were pro-universal salvation‚ and connects the switch in Christian theology to exclusivism with the writings of Augustine (in the late fourth and early fifth centuries)‚ the Emperor Justinian‚ and the Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinople in the sixth century. As a student of patristics‚ I find this timing significant. Almost anyone who has studied the history of the Christian faith knows the name of Constantine as the emperor who made Christianity the religion of
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supreme potential indicates Maritan’s strong belief in the compatibility of Christianity and modern liberal democracy when properly influenced by each other. He doesn’t believe we should “…pretend that Christianity is linked to democracy and the Christian faith compels every believer to be a democrat‚” but he does believe “democracy is linked to Christianity and that the democratic impulse has arisen in human history as a temporal manifestation the
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A Model of Christian Charity In 1630‚ John Winthrop led a fleet of 17 ships and a thousand puritans from England to the Massachusetts Bay. With a new place to call home‚ John Winthrop and the puritans hoped for a fresh start in the new world. The main reason for this new beginning was due to the fact that they had broken apart from England’s Church and had declared to start their own church. They believed that starting a new church was ordained by God and that the Massachusetts Bay area was given
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2011 Manana: Christian Theology From A Hispanic Perspective Manana: Christian Theology From A Hispanic Perspective examines the basic ideas and concepts of Christian theology through the lens of the Hispanic culture. Justo Gonzalez‚ who writes the book‚ is a Cuban immigrant who feels as though the world in which he grew up helps him understand not only the Hispanic culture better‚ but theology and how it relates to Hispanics. Gonzalez explores different divisions within Christian theology in the
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Janine Espiritu 10 Christian Service Reflection Paper The nature of the Christian Service is the act of doing work for God with a willing heart. Many religious people think that "Christian service" signifies Christian usefulness: to be a regular attender at church‚ to pray‚ and a contributor to its finances. Also‚ to become a teacher of a class‚ or a leader of young people’s society‚ to engage in evangelistic activities and do personal work. And tell others what Christ means to you. I volunteered
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World View implications Name: Annmarie Richardson School affiliation: Grand Canyon University Date : 4/16/2015 Topic 6 Study Guide 1. Read the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20. a. Briefly list the commandments. The Ten Commandments‚ also known as Decalogue direct the Israelites: i. Not to worship other gods before their God ii. Not to make idols iii. Not to take the name of God in vain iv. To remember and keep holy the Sabbath day v. To honor the parents vi. Not to murder vii. Not to commit adultery
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the society. In A Model of Christian Charity‚ Winthrop lays out specific guidelines that must be followed in order for the Puritan settlers to live cordially together in this New World. He writes‚ “every man might have need of other‚ and from hence they might be all knit more nearly together in the Bonds of brotherly affection”(60). He wanted the Puritans to collectively embrace their future challenges‚ unite as one‚ and fulfill the task of establishing a new Christian
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