Christian eschatology

Some may ask, “Why are you a Catholic?”, when I am asked this personal question, one could talk for hours and give countless examples, but one may just say because my faith drives me to become a better person, and to always try to improve themselves to be a man or woman for others. This may cause a follow up question, “Why do Catholics believe in and do things that are not within the Bible?” Many Catholics have found God spiritually, in everyday life, while observing God’s creation, such as by…

The United Methodist Church may soon undergo what “ten years ago would be considered a schism” due to the recent election of their first openly gay bishop, Karen Oliveto, this past November (MacDonald). This phrase is referencing the Great Schism of the Roman Catholic Church. As homosexuality is a highly controversial topic within the church, the United Methodist Church is in a unique position in regards to what they will and will not allow. Clearly stated in the church’s Book of Discipline is…

As I look at the chart on page 175 in the book Jensen’s Survey of the New Testament, I see several things that stand out to me; the book of John is written several years after Christ died, Jerusalem has been destroyed, it is written after the other three synoptic gospels, yet stands out to be different, the facts are interpreted, and it is basically written to the world, even though it is addressed to Greeks, Jews, and Romans. Jesus’ beloved John, wrote the book of John in A.D. 85 around Ephesus…

Some apostolic churches can be traced back to the British renaissances of the 1830’s. Apostolic Church in America was first established by German immigrants in Chicago in 1872. Currently there are about 11 million members of the Apostolic United Pentecostal religion. They seek to maintain the traditions and practices of the first church. Similar to majority of evangelical churches they believe and teach the necessity for conviction of sin, and in order to be forgiven you must repent, and there…

I do not believe God created something that was imperfect. God is, was, and will always be perfect. Man was created in the likeness of God. Genesis 1:26 (NLT) reads, “Then God said, ‘Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us.” Everything God created was perfect, including mankind. Sin caused the many imperfections, pain, and suffering people endure. He knew that sin would tempt His perfect creation; therefore, He paid for all of our sins. He endured the beating so that we would not…

Rebeca Lambarria Steve Nelson Theology of Missions and Justice The Little book of Biblical Justice “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly[a] with your God.” Micah 6:8. Many times in the scripture God is described as a God who loves justice, e.g., Isaiah 61:8, Job 34:12, Psalm 9:7-8, 2 Chronicles 19:7 and Deuteronomy 32:4. In “The Little book of Biblical Justice,” Chris Marshall did an exceptional…

Chapter 1: The Most Beautiful Churches in the World In this chapter, Atkinson reminds the reader that the church is not a building but the people of God. A lot of time Christians can get caught up in the building they gather in and miss the whole purpose of church. Churches tend to be ineffective when they think this way. It is important for the leadership of the church to help their congregation understand that it is not about the building they meet in but the people who meet in the building.…

Genesis 3-11 tells us how humanity constantly sinned against God by distorting the original perfect image God had made in Genesis 1 and 2. A question I’m curious about is who wrote the book of Genesis? Who did Noah tell after the flood who would have recorded this story of the flood in Genesis many years later? I learned that Adam lived to be 930 years old which is awesome because I never knew how long he lived after the fall. When the scriptures say that God created us in His image, it does…

gods. For example the Greeks and Romans believed that dream had the power to tell the future. Certain dreams meant that person had direction communication with the supernatural. Some of the most prominent dream interpretations can be seen in the Christian faith. From the numerous stories in the Bible including 1 Kings 3:5. A dream was give to Solomon from God asking what he wanted him to give him. In the end, Solomon chose to receive wisdom. As a young child I dreamt of a man with no face…

The dual store model of memory is classified into three categories which are sensory registry, short-term memory, and long-term memory. Each of these categories has a different processing role within the brain of human. Therefore, this process is known as human information processing (HIP) that allows individuals understanding the amount of information that each category can retrieve, store within, and put out (Dr. Gadomski, M., 2017). Ormrod (2016) states being exposed to new information does…