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The book is designed to provide a textbook that gives insight defining the differences and differing perspectives to Christian Ethics. The book also provides a comprehensive analysis three of the distinct phases of western Christianity. The book is divided into five sections, the first section pertaining to the methodological issues in Christian ethics. The second through section four focuses on the issues in social ethics. Section five pertains to the personal status. Provides a system for…

comparisons and contrasts between secular futurology and Christian eschatology and secular futurology raises questions about every organization’s mission and its reason for being. Braaten (1979) says “The future in secular futurology is reached by a process of the world’s becoming. The future in Christian eschatology arrives by the coming of God’s kingdom.” For years, there have been profound dynamisms in this crossroads between the Christian eschatology and secular futurology. Secular…

Backsliding is not losing salvation, but simply a Christian falling away from God and reverting to sinful ways. A Christian's life is defined by their actions, growing closer to God and following his mission and purpose. They no longer live in sin and worldly things, having found the light and salvation. When these characteristics are not present, and the person living in sin claims to be a Christian, it becomes a question of their true salvation and character. When God said," depart from me I…

Christian vocation is a life calling from God, relating to work, personal growth, career and often marriage. All baptised Christian are called to live a vocation of priest, prophet and king, three anointed figures in the Old Testament. Jesus lived as an example of all three offices, his very name, ‘Messiah’, meaning the ‘anointed’ one. In living a priestly life, Christians are required to make sacrifices and walk in fellowship with God. Jesus fulfilled both these tasks, further acting as the…

Bertrand Russell's "Why I Am Not A Christian" was originally a talk he gave that was published as a pamphlet later that same year. The lecture was given at Battersea Town Hall to the South London Branch of the National Secular Society on March 6, 1927. Russell gave this lecture after his secular views cost him a job. Due to his political and secular standpoints and his acceptance of the "gay until graduation" version of homosexuality, Russell was denied a professorship In New York. In fact,…

Churches are the main places of worship for Christians and it is a place for a person to go and have time for themselves and time for God. Not to mention, Christians also worship in cathedrals. The influence of Christianity in architecture can best be described in the context of the church which dominated art and architecture in the Middle Ages. From the ninth century onwards, the Christian Church was inextricably linked to the fine arts of architecture. All of beautiful…

up and being raised in a Christian home, I believe a lot of things that David Kinnaman discusses to be true even through a Christian's point of view. The view of many of those outside of the church believe that Christians often shove their beliefs down people’s throats and won’t stop until others see things the way they do and that’s not okay. I have noticed this alot even with the people inside the church I attended to back at home. I think it’s important that Christians realize that it’s not…

Part II: Articulating a Biblical /Christian Worldview The Question of Origin: The biblical/Christian worldview is that God is the Creator of all things (Genesis 1:1, Holman Christian Standard Bible). God spoke and created everything out of nothing. In Colossians 1:16-17 (HCSB) the Apostle Paul wrote of the role of Jesus Christ, that by Him all things were created. The Question of Identity: From a biblical/Christian worldview man was created by God in His image. Humans were given the…

In his book, Exploring Christian Spirituality: An Ecumenical Reader, Collins (2000) presented Christian spirituality perspectives of the seven Christian traditions: Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Methodist, Evangelical. In this section of the essay, I discuss my reasons for identifying with one particular tradition and my zeal for its unique characteristics. Shortly after the North Vietnamese took control of Vietnam in 1975, the United States government began…

Carlee Heinz Mr. McGraw Concert choir May 19th, 2017 For KING & COUNTRY For KING & COUNTRY is the warmhearted contemporary Christian band of brothers, Joel and Luke Smallbone. Born in Sydney, Australia to their father, David Smallbone, who was involved in music, and siblings to Rebecca St. James who was also a contemporary Christian singer/songwriter. The brothers moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1991 because of their father’s job relocation as a music promoter. During high school,…