Christian mysticism

Male priesthood is the key to the power and influence of the church, as to where women are key to its organization. Women are the most active and visible participants and truest believer, nonetheless men are in charge of the ward to the family; denying women entry into the priesthood, thus not allowing control of their organization, told to be counselors, a secondary role to their husbands who are the head and providers of the family. Pressed to conform their motherly roles which is the most…

St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans really does set the basis for modern day Christianity and the imparting of a most important teaching to all of the followers of God. Romans is very distinct from his other letters due to the fact that it is his longest and deepest theological letter. Throughout the letter, Paul is concerned that missionaries in Rome with Jewish roots are directing Gentiles to keep Jewish law. Paul teaches that faith in Jesus reconciles us to God, not the law. He also teaches…

Church Comparison For this spiritual growth project, I attended three fairly different Churches. For the first, I attended CCF, which is a non-denominational evangelical Church. The second was First Presbyterian Church of Siloam Springs, a Presbyterian Church USA member. Finally, I went to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, which is under the Diocese of Little Rock, which in turn reports to Rome. Growing up, I have been a part of several Churches, so I really did not have any expectations of what any…

how missions is portrayed today. Ulfilas and Paul are prime examples of missionaries who have impacted Church History. They have influenced the Church through people utilizing their stories and what they did as missionaries for key examples in the Christian Ministry…

The Conservative Movement arose to answer three major concerns. The first concern of the Conservative Movement was to repeal New Deal programs. Over the years this transformed into more of a fight against “big government” and New Deal programs were the central pillar of “big government”. The next goal of the Conservative movement dealt with the destruction of Communism and creating a foreign policy that exemplified this desire. According to the Conservative Movement, Communism was seen as a…

The author of the article, Reasons to Question the Reliability of Scripture, wrote on the basis of trying to disprove or question the reliability of the New Testament by providing multiple arguments against the idea that the oral history of Luke and the other NT authors could be accurate. While I have an answer for all, I’m going to focus on a few that I believe are the most important to help clear up a basis for historical evidence before ever going into faith or Christianity as a theology. The…

In order to find results, the researchers examined couples in their 3rd year of marriage and identified 2 forgiveness dimensions: retaliation, or revenge after a wrong-doing, and benevolence, or the desire to do good to others. The researchers discovered that “husbands ' retaliatory motivation was a significant predictor of poorer wife-reported conflict resolution, whereas wives ' benevolence motivation predicted husbands ' reports of better conflict resolution” (Finchan, Beach, & Davila, 2004,…

In Giorgio Agamben’s The Time That Remains: A Commentary on the Letter to the Romans, he evaluates Paul’s letter by taking a close reading of the opening of Romans and then claims that within these treasured words ultimately lies Paul’s messianic philosophy. Each chapter, interestingly, lays out the context and content that each word of the opening means and what Paul was hoping to convey to the Romans. Agamben also presents Benjamin’s Theory on the Philosophy of History side-by-side Paul’s…

Swing music originated by musicians modifying forms of “jazz", so that by the 1930’s a new form of music emerged called “swing”. Swing is characterized by very large bands, fixed, usually written arrangements, and solos by individual musicians in turn. Swing bands typically used an upright or double bass instead of a tuba and played repeated riffs to give the music a propulsive rhythmic force. Swing combined harmonic sophistication with danceable rhythms and compelling individual…

How My Faith Defines Who I Am Faith: having a strong belief in a religion, or an even stronger belief in a God. I personally believe in God the Father, and that he created each and every one of us in his own image. I believe that Jesus died on the cross to save us from our sin and brought us new life through his death and resurrection. In my faith I stand as a Catholic, which means I believe in only one God. However, God is three persons, also known as the Holy Trinity, meaning there is the…