...Benjamin deBorde EVAN101 B22 LUO September 5, 2011 Testimony Paper Part ONE – My life before I came to Christ. My life before Christ is pretty much the typical testimony you hear. I grew up in a Christian home and regularly went to church. I never really felt my need for Christ nor did I really search for Him. I went on about my life without a care in the world. Yes I had times where I felt God speak to me at various youth events but never really applied it to my own life. I didn’t really see the importance. I knew I was doing wrong things that were considered sin, but after all I was a teenager and the only thing on my mind was me. Part TWO – How I came to see my need for Chris. The summer after I graduated high school I began a job at Nike, where I had a devout Christian manager. He would occasionally witness to me but never told me my life was wrong. I eventually began seeing what he had and I became jealous of his joy and patience and all around happiness of his life. So then I asked the questions of how I could get that. I finally saw my need for Jesus. Part THREE – Circumstances surrounding your conversion My conversion wasn’t typical or huge. It was a simple, glorious eye opener in my own car before work. I prayed and told God that I wanted Him, all of Him and that I didn’t want to bath in sin any longer. My chains were broken. I felt more free that I ever have before. I opened my bible and read then entire book of James through tears of joy, sorrow, and...
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...Testimony Paper Timothy E. Beville, Jr. Liberty University Online My life before I came to Christ. I had the privilege of growing up in a Christian home. I was raised by my grandparents, a Baptist preacher/funeral director and a grandmother who was the church organist. My early years were spent in the church, Tuesday evening testimony service, Wednesday evening bible study, Thursday evening prayer, Friday night choir practice, Sunday morning church school, then service and capped off with Sunday evening worship. I went to all of these things, and just did what everyone else did and said. Deep down, in my mind I had always thought, when I get old enough I am never going to church again. I was just faking it! How I came to a cognitive knowledge of who Jesus is and what He did for me. I had everything a young child could ask for, yet I was still full of hatred toward my father for the way he treated my mother and I. My grandfather explained to me that the only way to be made whole was to truly allow Christ into my heart. He told me that Christ came to bear my sins, so that I could have a life that is full and rich. It was then that I realized my thoughts were truly sinful in nature, and I needed to change that. Circumstances surrounding my conversion. I was fourteen years old and attending Baptist Bible Camp that was hosted by my grandfather. During a sermon entitled “And You Think You Can Do This Without Him”, I realized deep in my heart that I had to forgive...
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...TESTIMONY PAPER My life before I came to Christ wasn't a long period of time. I was adopted by a Christian family when I was four and a half. At the age of five years old going to a Christian Baptist school in Raleigh, NC called Friendship Christian. I ran from God my whole life and didn't really start living for Him until about two years ago. The situation of my running from God reminds me of the story of Jonah in the Bible. I came to a cognitive knowledge of Christ when I was young. That didn't mean I always lived my life by His rules. During the time I thought I was living for myself, I was still in the plan that God had for me. It took many mistakes before I accepted that Christ was all I needed in my life. I lost my biological mom in a hit and run when I was ten. The major circumstance surrounding my conversion to live for Christ and serve Him was the death of my adoptive mother three years ago to cancer. This was what broke me from running from God. I would describe my spiritual growth in the last two years as monumental. In the past two years I have helped bring nine people to Christ and had six baptized in Jesus name, this number including my two children. I struggled for a place to live but trusted God and he blessed me with a house. I also struggled to get into school and the Lord blessed me with an answer to that prayer also. Praise God, I am now studying religion at Liberty University...
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...Reflection Paper #2 Introduction On this reflection paper, the topics I choose were the “Baptism of the Holy Spirit” and the “Rapture”. I choose these topics because they both bring topics of debate with them. There are many different views on these two topics and I will try to shed some light on them. Through Biblical research and theological definitions, we will try to discover the purpose and meanings of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the Rapture. The first topic of discussion is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. This topic stirs up much debate in the denominational realms of the church. There are many different views and standpoints on this topic. John 1:33 states that when John the Baptist, after witnessing the descent of the Holy Spirit as a dove at the baptism of Jesus, recorded these words: “He that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizes with the Holy Ghost”. Later Jesus promised His disciples, “Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence” (Acts 1:5). On the day of Pentecost, the disciples had a number of experiences involving the Holy Spirit, including the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The disciples spoke in tongues to address the gospel of Christ to many different nations in attendance of Pentecost. This event was the start of the church and its spread of the gospel of Christ to all nations. Many Christians today have confused...
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...Reflections I. Introduction: This assignment has been a tough one for me to decide which three topics to reflect on. All nine topics that we were presented with that we are to choose from are very interesting and thought provoking. I have decided to go with the following three because they each sparked my interest either during the Class or during my walk with the Lord. The first one that I am going to address is “What can your local church do to better communicate God’s love to your community”? The second topic that I am going to address is “If a person is a Christian, does it matter how they live their life”? And last but not least I am going to address the topic that asks us “Does the Bible have authority”? II. I am first going to address the topic “What can your (my) local Church do to better communicate God’s love to your (my) community”? This is a simple question for me to answer. First I think that my Church should have a food pantry. This food pantry should be available to anyone and everybody….not just members of the congregation. If we just made the food items available to Church members, I don’t think that would be demonstrating Christ’s love to the community. Jesus Christ mingled with all types of people and he healed all types. They didn’t belong to any particular ethnic group or congregation and they didn’t have to fill out a survey to see if they qualified. Another way that I think a Church should do to demonstrate God’s love to the community is to show tolerance...
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...C. Drayton Evan 101-C05 LUC February 24, 2013 Testimony Paper My life before I came to Christ I did not grow up in a Christian home, but had the opportunity to attend church. I had to walk many miles to go to church. God was my close friend as a child. I could not explain how, but he was. As a teenager I spent many days and nights praying asking, “God to help me get away from my parents, because they were abusing me”. God didn’t answer my prayers so I just stopped believing in him. I could not understand how a God that’s so loving and caring would allow someone to hurt his child. How I came to see my need for Christ One night I was going to a party with one a friend. When I was sitting in her vehicle, God spoke to me saying, it was time for me to let go of the hurt and pain I was carrying for so many years. It felt like I was carrying the weight of the world on my back. I tried to get rid of the pain by smoking and drinking. God further said, “I have work for you to do, and many things to show you.” I thought I was losing my mind, and wanted to drop off the face of the earth. Circumstances surrounding your conversion One Sunday morning I was driving passing a church that my Grandmother attended. I walked through the doors because I really needed help. I was tired of the pain I was carrying all those years, disappointments, drinking, sleeping around with man. I wanted God to love me, and hold me in his arms so tight. I remember asking God to forgive...
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...Testimony Paper My life before I came to Christ. My life before I came to Christ was really hard. I use to drink and party all the time trying to escape the pain and hurt I was feeling from such a bad childhood. Not to mention, I was in an abusive relationship with my kid’s father that had me depressed and empty. What am I going to do is a question that I asked myself time after time, looking down at my boys who often seen the abuse and so many times we tried to escape but couldn’t. I was torn inside and didn’t know how fix it. So I thought my drinking could take me away from it, away from the pain, a least for that moment. How I came to a cognitive knowledge of Who Jesus is and what He did for me. But this day I did something different, after talking to my grandmother who was very religious. She told me to pray, pray and believe the Lord for he is God almighty, and I did just that. I prayed, I prayed that God take him out of my life, but lord I don’t want him to die just to be removed. A month later he was at the wrong place at the wrong time (really right time) and was sentenced to eight years in prison. You see that sincere prayer that day changed my life, it allowed Jesus to come in and rescue me from my kids father and myself, I was totally broken and no person on earth could have fixed me. But Jesus saved me and delivered me. Circumstances surrounding your conversion. I forgot to mention that everything I had belonged to my kid’s father so I had nothing...
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...THE BOOK REVIEW : The Art of Personal Evangelism A Paper Submitted to Dr. Blake Newsom of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course Supervised Ministry I: EVAN 5230 Division of Pastoral Ministries Jieun Yun B.S., Korea Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004 March 5, 2014 The Art of Personal Evangelism: Sharing Jesus in a changing culture By Will McRaney, Jr. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Academic, 2003, 268 pp., $19.99 paper. This book “The Art of Personal Evangelism is not to hard to read all of the task of the person who winning to believe in Jesus Christ. McRaney well said about task of evangelism as a practitioner for both the Christian and the Church for the importance of personal evangelism. Also, He wants to approached the point of the scarcity of quality evangelism from North American churches, and address the foundational elements of personal evangelism, outline theories of communication, and overview techniques. About the Arthur of this book “The Art of Personal Evangelism”, the Arthur is Will McRaney. Will McRaney having served a variety position of evangelism. He earned his Ph.D. in Evangelism from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1992. And He has served as assistant professor of evangelism at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He also works for the Ministry Enhancement Group as co-founder for training and consulting group in the areas...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THE CALLING OF SAUL OF TARSUS A RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. BRANDON JONES IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS For BIBL 364 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY ONLINE BY e of Contents Introduction 3 Saul of Tarsus 3 The Damascus Experience 4 The Call 6 The Conversion Debate 8 Conclusion 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 Introduction The Book of Acts is a literary masterpiece filled with stories of miracles, faith, chronicles of the growth of Christianity, Holy Spirit encounters, and stories of supernatural conversions. It is one of the main books of the Bible studied to learn about the power of the Holy Spirit and God’s ability to use anything and anyone for His purpose. The “call” of Saul was one of the most significant events not only in the Book of Acts, but throughout the Bible. Christians in the Twenty-First Century owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to the Apostle Paul for his courage and obedience in answering the “call” of God. The spontaneous response to this call has a direct impact on Christians, Jews and non-Jews all over the world. The reason Saul’s call was so important was because it was a fulfillment of Jesus’s Great Commission. Saul’s pedigree as well as his character made him the least likely candidate to become one of the greatest Apostles to the Gentiles. This paper will examine who Paul of Tarsus was, the importance of his call, whether or not he was converted, and the impact his decision to answer God’s call...
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...Tenisha Harrell Evan 101 November 7, 2011 Testimony Paper Part ONE – My life before I came to Christ. Before I became to know God for myself I was very much in the world. Although, I was very quiet, and conscious, I did explore a lot with boys especially with oral sex. Just because I thought everyone was doing it and I didn’t want to lose my virginity. I also drank alcohol without my grandparents knowing I had boy’s over when they weren’t home I just was doing what I thought all the kids my age were doing rebelling. It’s crazy that I even acted this way because I did grow up in a church home my grandmother took us to church all the time sunday’s, wednesdays, whenever there was a church function. Even though I was aware of God and knew about all he had done I was not aware of my sinful nature. Part TWO – How I came to see my need for Chris? They way I became to know Christ was I went to teen church at my now church home Bethany Baptist Church. My youth pastor was teaching on sin and what sin is in today’s world it just felt like he was talking directly towards me. Then when he came down the aisle and looked at me in the row something just came over me and I just started to cry I knew at that moment I needed God in my life and it was time for a change. Part THREE – Circumstances surrounding your conversion? After I went to the alter to give God my life a lady came to me and she took me to the back of the sanctuary and explained to me about coming back to Christ, and...
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...Christian Meulemans EVAN 101-B04 LUO 8-28-2012 Testimony Paper Part ONE – My life before I came to Christ. My life before Christ was quiet simple; I was consumed with myself, only carried about myself and what I wanted to do with my life in whatever way I saw fit. I had no time for God or His word. Part TWO – How I came to a cognitive knowledge of Who Jesus is and what He did for me. Throughout my life I had heard off and on the gospel of Christ Jesus but never really took it to heart, sure I wanted to be saved from hell but that was it. The true understand did not occur until I started to read the bible on my own around late May of 2005. This is why I believe faith was truly triggered in my mind and heart which lead me to an understand of my wickedness before God Almighty. Part THREE – Circumstances surrounding your conversion. It was about an eighth month process which began around Oct 2004 leading to June 17th of 2005 of the Lord God dealing with me daily, especially with His Holy Spirit. I had a few dreams that really shook me up and lead me to daily engage with my thoughts concerning if I was truly a Christian as I had always thought I was. Almost every day my mind was bombarded with thoughts like, “If you are really a Christian then why do you not, pray? Why don’t you ever read the bible? Why have I been experiencing these dreams and in the dreams? If I am really a Christian then why don’t I live like one?” After wrestling with these questions for such a long time...
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...Liberty Theological Seminary Share Jesus Without Fear A Paper Submitted to Dr. Douglas Munton In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course Contempary Evangelism EVAN 525-B16 By Clay Potter 15 September 2013 Bibliographical Entry Fay, William and Linda Evans Shepherd. Share Jesus Without Fear. (Nashville, Tenn.:B & H Publishing Group) 1999. William Fay, a former chief executive officer for a major corporation and a former owner of one of the largest houses of prostitution in the United States, is now a chaplain with the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency. He also has his own radio show which is internationally syndicated and known as “Let’s Go”. Since receiving the Lord Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior in 1981, Fay attended Denver Seminary from which he graduated in 1987. Fay has shared the gospel with more than twenty-five thousand people. He lives in Ft. Myers, Florida with his wife. (p. 195, back cover) Linda Evans Shepherd, an award-winning author, travels around the United States speaking to women’s retreats. As a nationally known speaker, she is a member of the National Speaker’s Association. She lives with her family in Longmont, Colorado. (p. 195, back cover) Content Summary Share Jesus Without Fear is a comprehensive blueprint for teaching any would be Christian evangelist how to put aside any fears or hesitations and follow a step...
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...Hinduism under Threat! Copy for General Distribution-Hitaya Hinduism under Threat! 1. Mass Conversions 2. Destruction of Hindu Institutions 3. Vote Bank Politics 4. Hindu Apathy and Ignorance 5. Solutions Copy for General Distribution-Hitaya Mass Conversions -15,018 persons converted in single day in Ongole -10,000 churches planned in 2005 alone, by just one group, the Seventh Day Adventists. Kyle Fiess, Maranatha (Org for building churches) marketing director reports: "We were astonished when Ron Watts (head of Seventh Day Adventists) presented us with a proposal for 10,000 churches in India…After many experiences like the one in Ongole, we no longer consider 10,000 churches to be an unrealistic goal, but an unparalleled opportunity”. http://www.christianaggression.org/item_display.php?type=NEWS&id=1103997730 article has links to may Copy for General Distribution-Hitaya missionary websites. Mass Conversions In 1998, the Seventh Adventist Church reported 225,000 members. In 2005, the numbers reached 825,000. “Most of the people in the villages are from a Hindu background, so it was gratifying to see so many people accepting Jesus," said Stenbakken (Seventh Day Adventist). This much conversion by just one organization. There are several other organizations working in parallel. Copy for General Distribution-Hitaya Mass Conversions Goal of 100 Million Hindu Converts Declared by Reverend Pat Robertson in Dallas Christian Conclave in Oct 2005 ...
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...revolt by the region’s Pueblo Indians. The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 has been characterized as a landmark event of the American history and has attracted the interest of prominent scholars and historians. Although, historians agree on the events during the Pueblo Revolt, they remain divided on what actually caused the Pueblos to rise up in such ferocity against the Spanish. This paper is a study of what caused the Pueblo Revolt and it takes into account Pedro Naranjo personal description on the events, found in Charles Wilson Hackett’s document of the revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, as well as David Webber’s The Spanish Frontier in North America and What Caused the Pueblo Revolt of 1680? Historians at Work, Michael Wilcox’s The Pueblo Revolt and the Mythology of conquest: An Indigenous Archaeology of Contact, Henry Bowden’s American Indians and Christian Missions, Zaragosa Vargas’ Crucible of Struggle and Ramon Gutierrez’s, When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage. Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846to prove that Indian exploitation and mistreatment, as well as forcible conversion to Christianity were what finally prompted the Pueblos to act. With the Spanish colonization of New Mexico came new ideas, new customs and a new way of life. One very identifiable custom that followed the Spanish conquest throughout the world was the encomienda system. The encomienda system was a system that allowed the “encomenderos” or privileged Spaniards and their descendants...
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...Running Head: Book Review: The Impact of St. Augustine's Life LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY THE IMPACT OF ST. AUGUSTINE’S LIFE A Paper Submitted To Dr. John Landers Liberty Theological Seminary In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Course CHHI 520 CHHI-520 HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH I By Dutch Nelson Liberty ID #: L24440559 Lynchburg, Virginia October 7, 2012 Table of Contents Cover Page 1 Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 The Life of Augustine 3 Madaurus 366-370 3 Thagaste 370-371 4 Carthage 371-383 4 Italy 383-387 4 Thagaste 387-390 5 Hippo 390-430 5 Augustine as a Writer 5 Augustine as a Scholar 6 Augustine as a Pagan 7 Augustine and Marriage 8 Augustine’s Journey to Christiainity 9 Augustine as a Christian 10 Augustine as Saint 11 Conclusion 12 Bibliography 14 Introduction Spiritual leaders exemplify themselves by the way they live and the way they impact the lives of others. This normally determines how their congregation and those who hear their word and see their deeds view them. Augustine’s life has not been totally perfect. He like other humans has erred in some way. However, he has had a positive impact on a number of theologians and philosophers (Smith 2008, 1). This paper looks at his life over his 76 years on earth and seeks to provide evidence that Augustine’s life can be used as an example in the preparation of spiritual leaders. The Life of Augustine Augustine’s life...
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