Atonement in Christianity

doctrines of Christ. Paul called these actions (heresy), and throughout this letter he would continually contend for the faith. In order to maintain structure, order, and sound doctrine back to the body of Christ. The saints were so far away from Christianity that Paul had to bring back to their remembrance the basics of…

The Rival Concepts of God Those who believe that there is a God, have different concepts of who he is, and what he is like. When it comes to his views on right or wrong, beliefs basically can fall into one of two camps. (Lewis, 1952) explores these two views. One view is what is called “pantheism” a view that God “is beyond good and evil”, and its focus is that right or wrong behavior is not determined by what injustice is done to human beings, but what may be done to any created thing, or…

wounded or left for dead (McManamon, 2013, 134). Another important Jesuit activity was to expand the Catholic faith among non-Christians. Francis Xavier, one of the original members of the Jesuit Society, helped deliver the message of Catholic Christianity to the East. He reached Japan in 1549, and spoke highly of them, “They are people of excellent morals-good in general and not malicious.” (Spielvogal, 2011, 281). In 1552, Xavier set out for China but died of fever before he reached the…

mind, which results from success of the attainment of what is considered good’” (Kingwell 413). Happiness is so vaguely defined that while many people want happiness, there is little agreement on what it is. Some people seek answer in religion. In Christianity,…

Throughout all cultures in history, religion has been and is the most influential and controlling power humanity utilizes. In most cases religion is a good tool used to enrich people 's lives and make them better as a whole, but too often religion is used to manipulate and control. It is also used as justification to do wrong things. For example the Muslims suicide bombing, or the purists burning people cause they were not how the purists thought they should be. It is a fact that that one…

Finney and Tocqueville: What America Needs The second Great Awakening was another revival of man’s connection with God; however, this time God is reaching out to individuals and providing them with atonement and salvation. In this time period, America was beginning to expand out West. Religious lectures that lasted weeks, were known as “camp meetings” and they became popular in frontier culture. Frontiersmen would venture out into the wilderness and congregate to celebrate God with weeks of…

to point out, many historians wrote about Jesus during the time of Jesus so there was many outside sources of Jesus other than the bible, so to say Jesus never lived is pretty hard to say when it is well documented. Also think about how popular Christianity with 2.2 billion people, and for people to say it 's a lie do you really think 2.2 billion would all fall for the same lie? Another thing to consider, think about all the people that have been cured from diseases today, you can watch YouTube…

Judaism has a Jewish calendar which dates certain important holidays for those of the Jewish Faith. Rosh Hashanah is their Jewish New Year which encourages self-examination and repentance that follows into Yom Kippur, otherwise known as the Day of Atonement. Another holiday they celebrate is called Passover as it celebrates the deliverance of the Hebrew people from Egypt. Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah to Moses and Sukkot is the harvest festival. Celebrations about being delivered…

and retired Anglican bishop. In academia, he is published as N. T. Wright, but is otherwise known as Tom Wright. Between 2003 and his retirement in 2010, he was the Bishop of Durham. He then became Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St Mary’s College in the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Shout of Death…

be seen as a contributor to more peaceful environment? With that question in mind, I’m articulating some of the important resources for creating and sustaining the culture of peace by eradicating violence. I am not, however, trying to argue that Christianity doesn’t endorse violence or at least historically, less associated with violence than any other religions in the world. This argument is neither necessary or relevant to my point. Arguments about religion, God and violence touch our lives…