On September 27, 2015, in front of my family and friends, my life changed forever. Now I wasn’t just living my life, I was living my life with total trust and reliance on God. On that late September morning, my life was changed forever. Since being been baptized, I’ve not been the same person. I’ll try to put into words how powerful this was for me. Many will question this symbolic event and how one’s life can be changed after simply being dunked underwater. The water isn’t anything special, it’s
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When one thinks of salvation for a man’s soul what comes to mind? “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?” -Ecclesiastes 4:9-12. The salvation of a man’s soul through thick and thin is having a companion. Mary Shelley’s ideas regarding the importance of companionship
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needy and really share the Gospel with them. We have to look past appearances and actions in order to genuinely see these people in Jesus's eyes, people worth dying for. Christianity changed the world in that the moral standard we have was set by Christians with a Biblical worldview. This moral standard was set in place
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You have a mind so hear is a quote from Inherit the Wind, Rachel said,” Bert left the church, but he didn’t abandon God.” Do you believe that you can serve god but not attend the church. You might say no or yes, there is no problem in thinking no for all we know god gave us a mind to think for ourselves. The choice is yours to think but I think that Bert can still serve god and not attend church. There are ways to deny god but many ways to let god into your life and follow him or serve. One way
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What is the Atonement? The word atonement isn't used as much in the local, contemporary church as it once was in the Early Church. Atonement is the sacrifice Jesus Christ made to help us overcome sin, adversity, and death. Jesus’s atoning sacrifice took place in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross at Calvary. He paid the price for our sins, took upon Himself death, and was resurrected. The Atonement is the supreme expression of the love of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Without this expression
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Our Sexual Holy Grail T he Acts of Peter and the letter to Theodore by Clement of Alexandria, plainly demonstrates an ongoing battle of evil within early Christian development and its teachings. Moreover, Peter’s focus on the devil’s sexual involvement with humanity and how lust influences and damages people’s sexual awareness from the beginning of time, coincides completely with Jesus’ hostility against Satan. Although, outwardly the church condemned Peter’s teaching of ‘celibacy for everyone;’
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Throughout the Christian biblical texts the theme of divine and human language constantly emerges. The way in which these two languages differ gives great insight into the moral characteristics of both the mortal beings as well the characteristics of the divinities. The way the divinities speak both contrasts and compares to the way the mortals use their language. Although in all of the texts the divinities use speech to create bounds while the mortals are simply unable to do anything but comply
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Gospel Essentials Introduction As a Christian it stands very important to understand the main basis of the faith that guides your life. One’s life is guided every day by the beliefs in God and His Son Jesus Christ. Christians believe that faith in Jesus is the only way to heaven. It is this faith in Jesus that guides every Christian’s life. With the faith in Jesus Christ Christians also strive towards being like Him. If Christians do not understand the gospel essentials of their philosophies they
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a) To offer some background information to this topic for this week’s discussion board. Although the agency does not advocate religion with its members and staff, the Lutheran Social Service is true to its goal. Which states; “Change the world - one grace-filled life at a time.” The mission is, therefore; “motivated by the compassion of Christ, we help people improve the quality of their lives.” The spring city corner clubhouse (SCCC) obviously does not invoke religious principles on its members
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60 hermeneutics.92 Therefore, there is some urgency to restore for the Christian biblical interpreter a theological understanding of Scripture. C. M. Wood rightly points out, “As theological inquiry, theological hermeneutics is critical reflection upon Christian understanding.”93 Thus, in this section we will explore three aspects that nourish our theological understanding of texts: (1) Divine discourse, (2) Intertextuality, and (3) Canonical-linguistic approach: theo-drama. 92Stephen E. Fowl, Engaging
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