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I am not a conspiracy theorist but nowhere in the bible does it say that the Eucharist should be conducted only in a building during a church service. I would like to see various Christian religions, or better yet all religions, within our communities come together and share a decent meal with a priest or preacher or someone who is a religious figure presiding over the meal. It is not the meal that makes the Eucharist important, it…

Mount Vernon Baptist Church Monthly Prayer Calendar Let us Pray… Day 1: For the world in which we live and breathe: pray that we would be wise and compassionate stewards of our Father’s World. Pray for Christians around the world: that together we will be faithful witnesses of the Gospel and the kingdom of God. Day 2: For our World: that our leaders may govern wisely, recognizing their need for God’s guidance and that as citizens we may live responsibly, seeking…

To place Christ as part of the divine with a singular God was to deny the emperor his power and influence. Facing these tidal headwinds coming from the emperor, the promotion of Christology was viewed as useful propaganda by early Christians. It became a useful guide to explain many of the mysteries surrounding the human nature of Jesus, his good deeds, and his subsequent resurrection into Heaven. While trying to convince an audience couched in Greek philosophy, practitioners of Christology…

On the 7th of June 2015 at 8am, St George’s Ministry Centre was visited to investigate the denomination of Anglicanism and its beliefs and rituals in relation to those of the Christian religion. Located at 100 Balaclava Rd, Eastwood 2122, the place of worship was small, the exterior structurally inspired by architectural style. Inside, the focal point of the space was the altar, decorated with flowers to signify the beauty of God’s house and recollection of the resurrection. There were around 20…

Abelard and Augustine: Devout Sinners and Christians Abelard and St. Augustine felt compelled to write of their mistakes and misfortunes reflective of their lives. Despite the fact they did so in efforts to confess their sins, the two differ in a multitude of ways. Some of which include their approach for convincing people religion can provide them with salvation, or their attitudes towards religion in their earlier life. St. Augustine wrote within the first century where Christianity was a…

Section Two: Engaging and evaluating the theologians’ ecclesial claims In this section, I analyze and attempt to draw corollaries to the claims made by the various theologians cited above. In so doing, I focus on the contemporary implications of the understandings that I have distilled from these theologians, rather than discussing the implications of their views within their own respective historical contexts. The earliest theologian considered here, Iranaeus of…

Albert M. Wolters’ novel, Creation Regained, is a book on the basics of the Christian worldview and Christian education. This book is divided into five different chapters; What is a Worldview?, Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Discerning Structure and Direction. The first chapter covers the basics of what a worldview is and Wolters defines worldview as “the comprehensive framework of one’s basic beliefs about thing” (2). In the book, Wolters says there are four elements to this definition of…

were together as one (three in one) from the very beginning. The three persons of the Trinity cannot be separated without changing the nature of God. Yet, the three persons of the Trinity have different functions within the Godhead. As a Moravian Christian, I look to Jesus Christ as the ultimate example of what we can know about God’s nature. Moravians have at times been accused of being too Christocentric. However, Jesus’ selfless life, death, and resurrection provide a model for us for how…

memories of their grandparents humming the tune while grocery shopping. Hymns such as Amazing Grace are sung daily by millions of people across the world. These special songs have the power to bring people together, no matter their differences. In the Christian faith, hymns enhance the religious experience by creating a vessel through which active participants are able to communicate their adoration, longing, or praise to God. Hymns are defined as “any religious song intended for the express…

essays designed to combat Liberal theology, the movement grew by leaps and bounds after World War I. During the 1920s, fundamentalists waged a war against modernism in three ways: by (unsuccessfully) attempting to regain control of Protestant denominations, mission boards, and seminaries; by supporting (with mixed success) Prohibition, Sunday “blue laws,” and other measures defending traditional Protestant morality and sensibilities; and (fairly successfully) by attempting to stop the teaching…