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As time advanced, many new conflicts came about which the primitive churches didn’t have to deal without. There are many ways that an early Christian church differs from a contemporary Church. The first factor is that in the primitive church all of the believers were together and had everything in common. Throughout history many new cultures came about which created differences within the church community. Furthermore, there can be some people that may be insulted by what the pastor/ priest…

Zion Christian Center (ZCC), located in Roxboro, North Carolina is a non-denominational Church. The Pastors are Danny and Teresa Johnson. These Pastors have a vi-sion for Zion Christian Center is to “build a body of believers that’s united in love, strengthen-ing the family, impacting our community and reaching the world”. Within the church the cul-ture is set to be a loving, learning and leading church. Pastor Johnson is dedicated to “teaching principles for success and inspiring people to…

Throughout the centuries, many attitudes and perspectives of Jewish and Christian mindset have changed, thus causing the focus to shift towards the two branches coming from the same root and be understood in the context of a servant. This mission to the gentiles as a “shoot” sprouting out of the tree stump, once cut down and predestined to arise in Isaiah 49:6. It reads, “Is it not enough that you are merely my servant to raise up the tribes of Ya’akov and restore the offspring of Israel; I will…

The study of history is a complex endeavor and the study of Christian history is no exception. Rowan Williams takes a theological approach to history to open our eyes to understanding the history of the church in context. Williams advocates for studying the past as a means of understanding who we are in the present. The following will show the effectiveness of Williams' examination of the origin of church history including the identity of the early church, the effects of the Reformation and the…

no amount of good deeds can produce freedom to soul, only those who have faith in the holy word of God can free their soul. To support the argument that Martin Luther makes we will look closely at one of Martin Luther’s treaties The Freedom of a Christian. This treatise was supposed to be a sign of good faith to show the Pope that there were no hard feelings but “in the eyes of many it became a classic document of liberation” (Marty 63). In his treatise Martin Luther denounces the argument made…

In the morning, have you ever noticed the light comes through from the window and spilled onto the floor? It is a tranquil and peaceful moment. Just like my first time stepping into a magnificent chapel at seven-year-old. Jesus was carved on the window which faced straightly to the aisle and the light came through from the stained glass, shining on the his face. I felt like everything was at the standstill, except the small molecules in the air. It is like the light comes through the window,…

While animals of the natural world are depicted in many historical artworks, their depiction in Medieval Christian art as symbolic representations are repeated in various media throughout the Middle Ages. To demonstrate, I will compare the animal imagery depicted in Salonika: Hosios David: Apse Mosaic: Christ with symbols of the Evangelists Luke and Mark, c.5th A.D. (Fig.1) and Gospel Book Cod. 348 fol. 8v Hand of God & Evangelist Symbols, c.820 A.D. (Fig.2). To begin, Fig.1 is Byzantine mosaic…

can learn from. Christians will never fully be able to understand the concept of evil until the day it is revealed to them by God; however, the willingness and commitment to understand shows a great commitment to Christianity. Another one of Origen’s great works is his Doctrine of the Soul, in which he focuses on soul division, embodiment, and dual souls. Origen believed the soul suffered “from a moral crisis, the confrontation of its transcendent spiritual vocation with its current fleshly…

is seen as a religion that is false and one where the followers are mindlessly following a God that isn't real. Some have even gone far enough attempt to find all the evidence in the world to disprove the resurrection and ultimately destroy the Christian faith. Many have walked down this path but none return the same as they were before. This can be said for a man named Lee Strobel for he too has walked this path and returned a different man. The events of his journey are recorded…

of the most popular passions, music. We can't help but share it with whomever we come into contact with. Just being able to share your passion and having those you care about experience it with you is such an amazing thing to witness. Our walk as Christians should be just like sharing our passions, except in this case, the gospel is our passion. Why is it that we have no issue talking about things we love yet we hesitate to mention the one we love, and who loved us unconditionally? It is…