Believers

express will come off controversial and I don’t want to offend. The ‘inner turmoil’ I speak of pertains to my faith, beliefs and struggle to grasp religious obligations handed down by religious authorities, as well, as the personal opinions of fellow believers. And, moreover, the institutions of organized religions and conditioning of faith since childhood. At the time of my first years of life, I was surrounded by some spiritual and christian beliefs. It was intertwined through the church where…

. The Spirit Movements of the Twentieth Century The Overview section of our course relates that: “Demographers of Christian Churches such as D.B. Barrett tell us in publications such as World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) that the P/C movements number something like 600 million members today. This is a truly phenomenal growth. In one century, this movement has outstripped all the rest of Protestantism together, and the Reformation dates back four centuries!” TM online) According to the…

The Bible tells us in Revelation 3-12 that there will be Two Witnesses that prophesy on the earth. But the question that lingers is, “Who are the Two Witnesses?”. There are many different possibilities as for who could be the Two Witnesses, each is uniquely qualified to be one of the Witnesses. The first possibility is Moses and Elijah, this is an idea that is made popular by the Jewish people. The next idea is Enoch and Elijah, I think that this idea is well supported by the Bible. The third…

Key Bible Words. Step 1: Observation - What could the word mean? As a slave or soldier is marked so has God also marked those who belong to Him. In the TDNT, it says that believers are marked and God is now in possession of each believer. “The Holy Spirit as the pledge of the inheritance is now the seal with which the believer is marked, appointed and kept for the redemption. It shows that he is God’s possession…

• It obviously does not do any good if we simply view the Bible as a text book. This is why we cannot refer it, sprinkle it, or concordance it. The Bible speaks in a manner of unfolding a grand drama. The Bible is sufficient and it speaks concerning the areas of our lives. Yet, because it doesn’t provide meticulous details for life, we must also excavate relevant applications from the truth hidden in the Bible, as the Bible provides general principles for the way of life. The Bible needs to be…

The Gospel is the life-transforming message for the Christian. It is the story that God saves His people time and time again, even after they continually turn away from Him. It is the message that gives hope to the Christian. It takes the broken, hopeless, sinner, and allows him or her to approach the Holy God. As defined by pastors Chandler, Patterson, and Geiger, “In its simplest from, the Gospel is God’s reconciling work in Christ-that through the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, God…

Biblical Integration To close out this study, charge should be given to believers to thoroughly contemplate not only the ethical questions raised against these two tax systems, but also the biblical orientation regarding the following: the biblical view of wealth redistribution; the biblical mandate to pay taxes; the biblical view of freely giving and having the correct heart; and the biblical view of tithe. Professor Susan Pace Hamill of the Univ. of Alabama, during an interview with PBS,…

The historical period in which the Roman Catholic Church was established in the United States is approximated to be in the 16th Century. The first group to bring Catholicism to the thirteen English colonies were the Spaniards, followed by the French. After the region was colonized by England, the British missionaries brought their influence and affirmed Catholicism in the thirteen British colonies. Roman Catholicism was established during the colonial period and the majority of the members were…

Any religious believer can develop a standard of inquiry and evaluation that can assist him or her in guarding self against religious authorities laying on them a false hermeneutics or flawed interpretation of religious texts. For instance, in the three monotheistic religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, each tradition establishes assertively that their respective religious scriptures or texts are the de jure holy book because God Himself was responsible for providing it to…

Alanna Allen 10/2/15 Period 1 1 Thess. Background 1 Thessalonians is written by the apostle Paul. No one really argues about his authorship due to him referring to himself throughout his letter. Some critics attempt to state that Paul is indeed not the author but failed (BKC.1 Thess p.690). He often used three first person plural pronouns when referring to himself or Silas and Timothy (MSB 1 Thess p.1841). Paul and Silas first went to preach in Berea but once the…