Christian anarchism

Suffering, as defined in the dictionary, is “the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship.” It involves an experience of unpleasantness and a significant amount of pain. More often than not, we associate suffering with evil (although they are distinct) due to our belief that committing transgressions will possibly have unpleasant consequences that are in line with these wrongdoings. However, suffering is not only limited to those have a high tendency to tolerate evil. People who have the…

The last supper is one of the most iconic biblical moments. While dining during the jewish holiday of passover, he prophesies that one of his disciples will betray him. This comes true and the most defining part of christianity takes place, the crucifixion. Three days later he returns to life. The crucifixion marks a point where Jesus turns from man to legend, and the last supper the final moments of his mortality. While the Last Suppers painted by Leonardo and Tintoretto take place at the same…

Church is one of the very few churches left in New York that is from the Byzantine era. The spiritual heritage and practices presented in this Byzantine Catholic Church originated from the Christian Church in the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Catholics are followers of Jesus Christ and are descendants of Christians…

Jim Shaddix (M.Div., Southwestern; D.min., Southwestern; and PhD., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary) is a preaching professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Shaddix also serves as the Pastor of Teaching and Training at The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama. Shaddix desired to develop a theology for expository preaching. Before he began his argument, he expressed some basic assumptions: God has spoken, and contained within the Scriptures are these words.…

John Wesley spent the greater portion of his life developing an ordo salutis, or order of salvation. While some aspects of his theory of salvation were similar to that of other major denominations of his day (i.e., Lutheran, Catholic), Wesley’s order of salvation was unique. Where most soteriology almost ignored the third person of the Trinity, much of Wesley’s salvation theory and practice emphasized the Holy Spirit. Another unique aspect was the progression a person would take through each…

Mormons, believe the same doctrines as Christianity, but they do not call themselves Catholic or Protestant (http://www.mormonnewsroom.org). Through his creation of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith started a religion that clarified the axioms of the Christian faith by basing the Church solely on those principles. In the spring of 1820, 14-year-old Joseph Smith prayed to God and had his first vision of God and Jesus Christ. During this vision, Joseph Smith “saw two Personages,…

By late 324, the churches of the East were sharply divided between Arius and Alexander. Presbyter Arius came into a direct disagreement with Bishop Alexander. It appears that Arius reproached Alexander for what he felt were misguided or heretical teachings being taught by the bishop. The disputes over Arianism were enormously significant both for the churches and for the Roman Empire itself. Emperor Constantine wanted to unite the church for the purpose of the Empire, according to several…

One of these worldviews is that of the Christian, a person that has committed his or her life to following the teaching of Jesus Christ. In the following paragraphs we will dissect some of the important aspects in Christian worldview This paper will discuss the essentials of the gospel or “good news” of the Christian faith, focusing on how the Christian worldview sees God, humanity, Jesus, and restoration, and then it will provide an analysis of the Christian worldview and finally a reflection…

was born in North Africa around 354, in the town of Tagaste. He was a fourth century philosopher, with Christian doctrine based on Neoplatonism, a theologian and a bishop. Raised by his Christian mother, he initially took a mild interest towards Christ, but surprisingly more towards the “attractions of sex, fame and pride in his own cleverness.” However, the fact that he was raised as Christian immensely affected him when he was young, and later on his adult life too. Few years later, he became…

While reading The Raisin in the Sun and The Help, I noticed how things are so different when it comes to opposite races other than Caucasian. Today we still have problems with this, but it is not as bad. When I was reading these books the thought that kept recurring was how come we treated black diffrent because they are a different color but we didn't treat Indians, Chinese etc. different. They are just as different as African Americans. Around the time of bad segregation I feel that…