Foundations of Christian thoughts and practice January 17‚ 2014 - My reflection of Christian worldviews - Everyone has a worldview. A worldview should answer the big questions in life that we all share: “Who am I”‚ “Where am I”‚ “What is the problem”‚ and “What is the solution”. Of course all of that depends from which country are we. I think that the way people were raised and brought up has a lot to do with how they perceive the world. It provides us with a foundation for the
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2010 02 Christians and War Based on the reading‚ “Christians and War”‚ there are five different views of war. The five views of war are Christian pacifism‚ non-retaliation‚ just peacemaking‚ just war‚ and crusade. These views of war originated from debates concerning whether there are justifiable reasons for war‚ or armed conflict. Christians have struggled for many years with interpreting the bibles approach on war. This struggle has led to many different opinions among the Christian church today
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Essential Activities of Christian Ministry Christian ministry can be defined in many different ways. Ministry is often viewed as meeting a need with compassion‚ whether it is a spiritual‚ physical‚ or emotional need. Ministry done in a Christian context is typically done with the intention of introducing someone to the message of the Gospel or aiding them in maturing in their relationship with Jesus Christ. There are many activities that are important to Christian ministry and important for believers
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Within the Christian community there is a wide variety of opinions concerning and validating psychology. The word psychology is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental process (King‚ 2010). The root word psych means “mind” or some might say “soul‚” and if you look at it in that perspective psychology could be seen as religious in nature and involves the study of the soul. However‚ because psychology is scientific study is does not mean to make any religious statements about the human
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Is Fasting for Christians? IN ANSWER to that question you may have been told: “Yes‚ for Jesus recommended fasting for his followers.” If you are a practicing Catholic‚ you would respond in the affirmative‚ for you recognize certain fast days‚ and in particular you always fast before taking “Holy Communion.” Did Jesus really recommend or command fasting for his followers? In the instances recorded in the Bible‚ fasting was done as an expression of sorrow and repentance for sins or when under distressing
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Christian Worldview The biblical or Christian Worldview‚ a theistic world view‚ “is based on the infallible Word of God” (Tackett‚ 2011‚ para. 2). Answering the questions of origin‚ Identity‚ Meaning/purpose‚ morality and destiny will further help in knowing what a Christian Worldview looks like. The Christian Worldview answers these questions with faithful certainty. The foundation of the biblical worldview is of course that the scripture is entirely true allowing for the words to shape what
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Christian Dior (1905-1957) Christian Dior was born in 1905 in the small French coastal town of Granville‚ the son of a wealthy fertilizer manufacturer. His family had high hopes that the young Christian would become a diplomat. However‚ Dior was artistic and when he left school in 1928 he received money from his father to open a small art gallery. His gallery sold art by the likes of Pablo Picasso but after a financial blow his father lost control of his company and the young Dior was forced to
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Within Sir Orfeo and Sir Launcelot and Queen Gwenyvere many of the characters personal interests entwined with their social duties. Malory writes Sir Launcelot lets his love for Queen Gwenyvere come between his loyalties to both the King and the Knights of the Round Table. In contrast King Arthur is sworn by his ‘duty as king is to uphold the laws and the welfare of his realm before all other considerations’‚ which prevent him from defending his wife when she is accused of treason and adultery.
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for a vacation I might add. I was to attend a Christian apologetics course sponsored by Summit Ministries. The coursework was grueling‚ intense‚ and mind stretching. My living quarters were a small‚ rickety‚ 100 year old (and counting) hotel with paper thin walls shared with 99 other students. I left my sheltered home-school and was introduced to the modern‚ secular world of weird people‚ graphic videos of abortion‚ and the persecution of Christians in Sudan through science‚ history‚ theology‚ and
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//w w w. doe.gov.my Spearheading a Green Culture Malaysia’s Strategic Green Initiatives During the rise of Western Europe in the 18th century‚ the dominant theme of that era was Industrial Revolution. It was a groundbreaking theme that revolutionalised Western economies‚ socio-economic thoughts and contributed to the creation of the term economies of scale in the Western hemisphere. Today‚ the theme has been gradually substituted by the theme Green Revolution which appears to have penetrated
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