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a simple, earnest message concerning the Christian faith to the despairing population. The broadcasts were well received, and Lewis later published these talks as three separate works: Broadcast Talks (1942), Christian Behavior (1943), and Beyond Personality (1944). Eventually, Lewis merged the trio into a single body: Mere Christianity. This piece housed a preface, a foreword, and four distinct “books” that each targeted a separate portion of Christian theology. Prior to the primary…

The identity of the Christian church has become confused; the church is not the building people gather at on Sundays or holidays and it is not the denomination they belong to. Rather, the church transcends time, it is the totality of every believer ever. This misconception has lead to the rapid failure of the church today. Churches are becoming impersonal institutions that focus on their programs and attendance more than the people they are herding in. There is a serious lack of transformation…

I. SUMMARY Reading Selection 1: Diarmaid MacCulloch, Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, 1-12 According to MacCulloch, Christian history is a story which was told and believed by Jesus’ disciples. He calls Christianity a “personality cult” in which he describes Jesus as a historical figure who was admired and present as God by the early believers. The Christian story is long enough with two millennia for historians to study, yet is a short story as Christianity is young when compared…

example, when King Athelstan learns that Olaf has brought people to England and invaded a large chunk of it, Athelstan just knew what to do and didn’t have to worry about figuring out what heathens would prefer as a course of action versus what Christians might have preferred. The author writes, “All this when Athelstan learned, he summoned to conference his captains and his counsellors; he inquired of them what were best to do; he told the whole council point by point what he had ascertained…

Assignment: Gospel Essentials The Christian worldview has different beliefs regarding the creation of the earth and humankind, than other worldviews. Understanding the main elements of the Christian worldview gives you a better idea on why Christian worldview is different to other worldviews. This paper will describe what some of the beliefs in Christian worldview are when it comes to God, humanity, Jesus, and restoration and learning how these topics make the Christian worldview different than…

beliefs of 1st century Christians is important. It is essential that 21st century Christians have the same beliefs as those of the 1st century. Reason being, Christians of the 1st century were the ones who lived closest to the time when Jesus Christ preached, “the Gospel of the Kingdom of God”. Christians back then believed that the Old Testament was inspired by God. We, Christians of the 21st century shall believe in the same. The Christians of the 1st century teach Christians of the 21st…

1 Corinthian 8:1-11:1, there are different views among the scholars. Some scholars say that Paul had given permission for Christians to eat idol meat in their private houses. Others say that Paul had given full permission for…

sacred worship places on the account of Jesus’ teaching on love. Heartsong Church and Aldersgate Methodist Church all-encompassing support of allowing Muslims to worship in their church voids the importance of sacred places. Not by any means should Christian disrespect or show hatred towards another religious beliefs. However, churches should not allow their places of worship to be shared or desecrated in order to appear to model the love of Jesus Christ. This exhibit of “What would Jesus do?”…

Awakening is when the Baptist took off it became the largest Christian community in most of the southern states.…

“Christian values and virtues should govern the workplace, with worker and employer united in serving each other’s interests” (Tindall and Shi 722). Social Gospels and Settlement Houses are two of the means that had reformers looking to better the United States. They attacked social problems each in a different way. Social gospels taught Christian values and inspiration, settlement houses focused on the more tangible problems of the poor. Social Gospels would apply Christian teachings…