Christian eschatology

Aphorism essay A truly outstanding wise man had once said these words,” Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you”. His name is Jesus, and I adopted this aphorism in my own life. The reason no, the reasons I wanted to use this is because I want to be remembered in life, be able to help out my family more back in Mexico, I care more deeply about them and their needs, than I do my own self. People today need to adopt this in…

up which were clearly not part of early Christianity. For instance while celebrating Christmas, the tree, and feasts are all Pagan rituals that were incorporated into Christianity as a means to convert the non – Christians (Maroney, 2006). Another main festive that is followed by Christians is the Easter egg trend, which is nothing more than a resurrection of Greek and Roman Pagan rituals which were incorporated into Christianity. Here the most logical reasoning of incorporating the different…

My Pentecostal Experience For new church experience, I went to a Pentecostal church. The Pentecost has always been something that I heard of, but never experience it for myself. I decided to go to experience it for myself and because I had a friend who invited me to go with him to his church. His name is Kyle. The experience was something that was different and I’m glad I experience it, because it help me to grow stronger in my faith. I attended a Pentecostal church in Katy, Texas. The…

The order that Francis founded started with a simple idea of living a very poor life, preaching the teaching of Jesus and submission to the church or assistance to anyone in need. A main part of Francis’s vision involved helping those in need without receiving anything in return. But in spite of the success of the order he started, Francis decided to resign his position as the head of the order. His resignation emerges from his understanding that his movement has changed too much. Lepers play a…

The Trinity is an icon created by a Russian painter Andrei Rublev in the 15th century. The Trinity icon is also known as The Hospitality of Abraham. It is Rublev's most famous work, and the most famous of all Russian icons, regard as one of the highest achievements of Russian art. The prototype for this icon was the mysterious appearance of the Holy Trinity in the form of three travelers to Abraham and Sarah under the oak of Mamre. The Church has many different depictions of the Holy…

an interesting topic that seems to be an endless discussion for pastors, professors, and theologians. It is essentially a spiritual glue that holds us as Christians together in order to seek after God. My personal understanding of the Gospel was bland before taking GLST 220 and I am grateful to have a better understanding of it now. As Christians, we should always be seeking how to fully understand the Gospel and what it means to serve the Kingdom of God. My understanding of the Gospel was not…

Elijah was known for being a prophet. “His example of trusting in God’s word is the best one we can find in the Old Testament prophets.” Elijah confronted Ahab two times, once when devaluing God granting inheritance of the land and the second is the murder of Naboth. Elijah confronted Baal and his rule, because people believed that Baal could control the rains. “ Yet the rains were a gift of Yahweh, not Baal; Yahweh decided when it would rain. Baal’s followers thought him dead when drought…

Indulgences were grants given by the pope to forgive sins. They could forgive sins you have comminted or sins of your living or dead realtives. People back then really believed it; they thought they could but their way into salvation. As Luther puts it, Christians should be exhorted to be diligent in following Christ, their Head, through penalties, death and hell./And thus be confident of entering into heaven through many tribulations rather than through the false security of peace. He cites…

Steinbeck reminds us that while life can force people to abandon religion even in dire straits, people will cling to their core values. Throughout the novel, characters learn that the loss of religion does not equate to the loss of spirituality. The retention of such spirituality brings forth ideas of self, which helps us maintain our values. Jim Casy, a very spiritual preacher, makes his opinion on the matter clear by exclaiming that "'there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just…

“Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” -Vince Lombardi. The Chrysalids by John Wyndham introduces two societies, Waknuk and Sealand. Waknuk is an intolerant society in a developmental hiatus, and Sealand is a technologically and socially sophisticated community. Waknuk is ignorant of individual’s abilities, causing division among it’s people. However, Sealand embraces these extraordinary traits and…