Believers

or heart to see if one is a true believer, Christian faith can be viewed in one’s daily life. Christians are expected to follow the beatitudes, have a personal relationship with God, trust in the Bible, and perform good deeds. Though these actions are not what makes one a Christian, they illustrate that one is in fact a believer in Christ. In Miguel de Unamuno’s San Manuel Bueno, Mártir, San Manuel Bueno portrays the life of a Christian, but is he truly a believer? To adequately assess one’s…

revelations lasted for many years and were eventually written after his death and became what is known now as the bible of Islam called the Qur’an. The origin of Islam has become a very controversial topic in recent years. The book, Muhammad and the Believers: at the Origins of Islam is historian Fred Donner’s interpretation of what may have really happened in early Islamic history. The book consists of five chapters. The first chapter, called “The Near East on the Eve of Islam,” talks about…

sit and be attentive, you will miss a few sermons, but it is worth it for the eternal impact it has on your child. Church is a learning curve for them, as it teaches them how to worship, study and learn from God’s Word, become a part of a body of believers, and respect others by sitting still, which is another plus for you. Answering questions will also help them understand things like offering and raising hands in worship. These will all help them learn to respect and pay attention in…

who were Christian would be executed and those who followed the teachings of their gods would have nothing done to them. The Islamic faith per the Quran the non-believers (In this case Christians) are incorrect in their beliefs because they are corrupt in the way they teach. Both ways of teaching could involve the death of Christian believers but, they both have the Christians killed because the beliefs of Christian faith are a harm to the established religion. The two different stories differ…

John the Baptist: Although John the Baptist’s birthdate is not known, we know from scripture that he was born in Jerusalem to Zechariah (a priest) and Elizabeth. He is a relative of Jesus Christ through his mother’s family line and was about six months older than Jesus. John the Baptist was a preacher in the wilderness and the last prophet in the New Testament. While living in the wilderness (desert), John’s diet consisted of locusts with honey. He is mentioned in the Book of John, 1 and 2…

After completing the religion tests, my results concluded that my beliefs matched with the Conservative Christian/Protestant. This religion originated during the 16th century, however, the idea began in 1517. Martin Luther, whose life began in Germany was a priest of the Roman Catholic church who challenged the beliefs of the church during 1517. He disagreed with the religious beliefs and the studies of the religion, coming up with 95 theses that ruled out the faults of the church. With a man…

in God and allows Jesus Christ to take a place in his/her heart, a life of the new believer changes radically. The new Christian’s soul begins to awaken spiritually. He/she starts to see the world differently moreover the new believer begins to have a great desire to grow in the knowledge of God. However, at some point of Christian life, this feeling and desire gradually fade and the spiritual growth of the believer becomes weaker and does not allow us to move to a new spiritual level.…

“Sometimes Christians will insist that the only work that is truly worthwhile, pleasing to God, and spiritual is the work of serving the proclamation of the gospel across the world” (Barrs, 21). What those Christians fail to realize is that the arts give believers another opportunity to honor God and utilize our gifts and talents for Him. Other people's creativity can also help us even when we don't realize that they do. In C.S. Lewis’s book, An Experiment in Criticism, he wrote that “Good…

away moments can be a place out in the wilderness, or in a room when the believer is all by themselves. Overall, the main objective is to go somewhere that a believer will be in complete silence and be able to full focus their attention on God. This was also very evident in Jesus’ strategy to practice this spiritual discipline in Mark 1:21-39. These are some of the main areas that Whitney discussed in his book, to help a believer stray away from falling from this…

cleansing from sin, and rising to new life. Baptism is the first foundational sacrament that includes believers into the Christian Church. The believer is immersed in water while the priest blesses them. The act of baptism originated before Christianity itself, Jewish groups practised baptism before Jesus. Christians believe that the act of baptism has a sense of repentance as the believers become cleansed of their sins once the enter the Christian Church, Baptism is an act of…