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Yusuf, 1989). Until today, Muslim still believe that the Gospels have been distorted to turn Jesus into something He never claimed to be (Lyle Vander Werff, 1989). In comparison to Islam, Christianity has more to say about in Christ. Like Muslims, Christians believe that Jesus was miraculously born of the Virgin Mary…

The Cross is a sacred object that has been at the forefront of Jesus and Christianity. Jesus had to carry and die on the Cross, therefore it does not represent good will. The old Christian belief was that Jesus had to die on the Cross in order for God to forgive sins. Some may wonder, why did Jesus have to die on the Cross? Or in general, why did he have to die? There are many reasons why Jesus had to die. One of these reasons was that real forgiveness is costly suffering. “Forgiveness means…

The Doctrine of Atonement The cross means the death of sinners. We have said that we were there on Good Friday with all the people around the cross because we do the same things they did. But the New Testament teaches that we were there also in another sense. We were there on the cross. What happened to Christ also happened to us. When he died for us sinners, we put to death with him (Guthrie, 265). Actually, the cross has a dissimilar meaning for Christians because we look at the fact that…

“restoration of the sinner can be achieved only by grace.” (O’Neill pg. 47) Grace is essential in the lives of Christians because it allows them to share in God’s divine nature, it likewise manifests Yahweh’s image in them, and it also brings about the indwelling of the Trinity within those individuals. (cf. O’Neill pg. 51) Without the assistance of grace, according to O’Neill, it is impossible for Christians…

3.0 Results and Discussion Figure 1 shows the infrared spectrum for both crosslinked and non-crosslinked films. Both carrageenan and vanillin contain similar functional groups such as CH4, C=O, C-O-C, C-OH. There is no significant difference in the spectrum that can be detected for crosslinked and non-crosslinked film samples. The spectrum can be divided into upper and lower spectrum. In the upper spectrum for the region of 2000 – 3600 cm-1, O-H stretching (3100 – 3600 cm-1) and C-H stretching…

claiming to be “Christians” and millions of people are simply jumping on the band wagon. A recent poll revealed that the majority of Americans in the 21st century claim to be some type of Christian. Why you might ask. Part of the reason stems from the incorrect usage of the word “Christian”. According to our culture, a “Christian” is anyone who claims to be a Christian. In the pursuit to find some sort of identity many people have taken up this mantra and proclaim a lie. What than is a…

John Hall who wrote, The Cross in Our Context: Jesus and the Suffering World. Dr. Hall is the Professor Emeritus of Christian Theology for McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. The second theologian is Dr. Clark M. Williamson who wrote, Way of Blessing, Way of Life: A Christian Theology. Dr. Williamson is a Professor Emeritus of Christian Though at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana. Each of these theologians are widely published in the field Christian thought and…

Question: Read Chapter 1 ‘Founded on the Cross of Christ’ by Robert L. Wilken’s The Spirit of Christian Thought. Are there any things that strike you? What does it say about the relation between faith and our perception of reality? ‘Spirit of Early Christian Thought’ by Robert L. Wilken gives the reader of brief insight into the thoughts of early Christian’s scholars, theologians and the so called new thinker’s. This detailed academic research essay will also give many examples of famous…

daily; and so morality is very important study to know. It states what’s right and what’s wrong which changes humans thinking from the roots. We start with four topics, which Christians talked about for centuries: Human nature, pursuit of virtue, diversion and indifference and philosophy of life. Let’s take a look on how Christians see those issues and what solutions and advices they give us. Human nature is inherently flawed by original sin. When Adam and Eve sined it affected all generations…

Earlier in Romans 5:8, Paul shows that the character of the cruciform God is above all else love. The cross represents God’s deep love for us expressed in Christ Jesus dying for the ungodly to make a way for restored relationship. Likewise, Paul, in Romans 12:9-21 and 13:8-14, extols the marks of Christian character as most importantly an expression of love. Paul writes, “Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another…