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Lukewarm Christian: God’s View and His Advice Lukewarm Christian is someone who loves the Lord with a partial heart, and gives the other part of the heart to worldliness. The love for sins and things of the world (invented by Satan) is called worldliness. First John Chapter 2 verse 15 says: “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” The word “lukewarm Christian” refers to someone with an unstable identity in the presence…

We Christian counselors are called to partner with our Lord Jesus Christ. As mentioned by Hawkins & Clinton in their book,"The ultimate task of a Christian counselor is to be Christ's partner in the process of redemption and restoration (2015, p.21)".We are anointed by God to minister as the Word declares, "The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives…

Christian doctrines are revealed in the Bible, and are fundamental for faith and belief. Some doctrines are considered essential for Christianity because they pertain directly to the character of God, the path to salvation, and the Trinity. These doctrines are agreed upon by all Christian denominations, and are used to determine whether or not a church is a cult. However, some doctrines are not crucial for salvation or for describing God. These doctrines create controversy within the community…

identity of Christians is embedded in the etymology of the word “Christian.” This means that not only history, but church history plays a part in the development of how and why we came to be called Christians. This brings forth a question if one who comes to know and accept Christ has the resource or freedom to receive baptism and be received into the Body of Christ. The paper will revolve around the biblical stories and course readings to explore the contribution of Scripture toward Christian…

Every Trinity Christian School senior for the past few years has had the opportunity to take a worldview class for their senior bible credit. The class is based around a book written by Jeff Myers and David Nobel called Understanding the Times from Summit Ministries. This book offers a look at how the principles of the Christian worldview compares with five major competing worldviews of our day: Islam, Secularism, Marxism, New Spirituality, and Postmodernism. As a senior, I have been able to…

Destini Wright Final Paper Christian Excellence vs. Success What characteristics do Christian Excellence and Success have and in what ways do the two differ? Success. One word with so much meaning and room for interpretation. What are you successful at? What have you excelled at? Are you a good mother? A good friend? A hard worker? What about a good Christian? Too often I feel that we get caught up in the buzz of being successful that we forget the trivial details that got us there. We…

Final Paper Christians pray to and worship God in more languages than any other religion in the world (Netland and Ott 15). This can be attributed to the gospel’s power to overcome all cultural boundaries. As heirs to God’s kingdom our truth is no longer found in our worldly identity but in our creator (ESV Gal 3:28). Unfortunately, as fallen humans it is impossible to completely separate our own personal understanding of the world from God’s infallible truth. When we worship God for example,…

During the first decade of Christianity, Christians followed Jewish traditions and went to synagogue with those who had not converted to Christianity. They attended temple daily and celebrated the Sabbath as they always had. Up to about 20 years after Christ’s death Christians had to be converts to Judaism before converting to Christianity. It took the temple being destroyed in 70 a.d. to show the early Christians that they were separate from the Jewish people. They realized that Jesus was the…

According to Tim Clinton, “Much Christian counseling is now done as a variant of cognitive-behavioral therapy.” (Clinton, 2005) It has become a preference amongst Christian counselors, and “at the core of this practice is the process of assessing, identifying, and renouncing faulty thinking, adopting instead the truths and insights of Scripture and right thinking.” (Clinton, 2005) Many patients who come to therapy live the lies that they have told themselves, and it is up to the counselor to…

There are many early Christian symbols, that we get to see even now in a modern day world. One of the most popular symbols, that I am aware of seeing on people‘ s cars are the fish, anchor, or the cross. The fish is probably the earliest Christian symbol that means “Ichthus“ in Greek. The symbol of fish was first used by the people of the sea as a symbol of a familiar deity - Jesus Christ. Today, the symbol serves as a sign between fellow Christians to identify and acknowledge each other.…