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Baptism Necessary for the Christians? Water baptism is the immersion of a repented person in water as an outward proof of repentance. The process of repentance starts from the mind (soul), to the body (public display) and the final stage is spiritual transformation. So, water baptism is an integral part of the public display that shows a new convert giving his life to the Lord. Today’s message gives a scriptural description of water baptism, and how important it is to the Christians. Why Do You…

Applying a Christian Worldview to Criminal Justice When God engineered the world, He factioned law and government into the equation. Humans are encouraged to abide in being just throughout the Bible. Although this is life and not heaven, humans do have the capability to emulate God’s character of justice and righteousness. All of humankind originate from God, therefore all have God’s DNA; ergo, being as God is just (Deuteronomy 32:4), humans naturally desire justice for crimes. Integrating…

Nicene Christology Controversies, Outcomes, and Application BIBL 111: Intro to Christian History and Thought Noah Disbrow Prof. Mark J. Ackerman 5/2/2018 The understanding of Jesus and his divinity is taken for granted by contemporary Christians today. We have our pastors, different versions of the Bible, and Bible Study Commentaries. Access to at least the Bible was not a luxury of our Early Church Fathers in the fourth and fifth century had within their reach. Thankfully, those 4th and 5th…

bow down before King Nebuchadnezzar’s idol, the evangelist said Christians should be willing to martyr themselves or subject themselves to God’s wrath, Raw Story relays. “What would you take a bullet for?” Graham said in his post. “What are the principles and beliefs that you would not compromise under any…

following John Wesley’s death his essential teaching, Christian perfection, was being redefined by his contemporaries in more strictly western theological conceptions than Wesley had ever intended. As has already been seen, Wesley was more profoundly impacted by the teaching of the Eastern Orthodox Fathers than those of the Western Church. Nearly 200 years after Wesley, Mildred Bangs Wynkoop sought to reclaim the core of his conception of Christian perfection as one of relational holiness. In…

image of Christ. Randy Maddox calls this the “gradual spiritual recovery of the likeness of God” (Maddox 177). As we remain obedient to Christ and practice the means of grace, we continue to grow in grace with the goal of “entire” sanctification or “Christian perfection.” Whereas justification releases us from the penalty of sin, God’s sanctifying grace saves us from the power of…

"pragmatic", "provisional", "for the time being", "experimental". Doing less than this is to settle for less than the church's true identity, Jesus Christ, whose capacious identity opens up onto the whole of reality; doing more than this is to misconstrue Christian knowledge of that person—either by turning him into a principle or a schema, ignoring his unsubstitutability, or by short-circuiting his profound eschatological mysteriousness, and settling for a debased form of…

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…

34:14, "For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a Jealous God," This means that God made us for Himself so he is jealous of anything that would hinder us from having the closest relationship possible with Him. As Christians, we should strive to be separated from the world because we cannot serve God fully if we are not fully committed to Him. If we separate ourselves to God we will find that He is our strength and portion. He is everything we need for our…

As followers of Christ, Christians must be knitted together in love. If there is discord among the brethren, how then can we stand for Christ and impact this world for His glory? As Christians, it is essential to strive humbly led by the Holy Ghost to go out into the world to tell people about getting right with God. However, it is essential that we be right with God ourselves as well as our brothers and sisters from other races and ethnicities. If we, the body of Christ, are divided or…