Church of God in Christ

that oppress the poor. The church must proclaim Jesus Christ as the liberator of the poor and the oppressed. “The Age of Sabbath,” shows that the kingdom includes the observance of the Sabbath. Since, Jesus has not inaugurated the rest kingdom people must observe the “Sabbath-rest…, for the kingdom has not yet come in its fullness. We must make every effort to enter that rest” (Heb. 4:11); we must still seek first the kingdom of God.” “The Age of Jubilee,” is the kingdom that is realized…

present the attitude of the church in opposition to the needs of the non-churched; but it also presents the heart and desires of Jesus in His ministry of reconciliation, while establishing the fullness of his word as the measuring stick of the righteousness by which the church and the disciples of Christ, should be governed. In the text, Jesus…

Many Christians are leaving the church because of what they come across inside the church; they do not understand why they are going to church. Paul says we are predestined (Ephesians 1: 5 NKJV), God chooses us to salvation (2 Thess. 2:13 NKJV), He does not choose us to be lost, and He never condemns men who deserve to be saved (Rom. 9: 22 – 25). God determined ahead of time that all who would be saved would also be adopted into His family as sons, He could have saved us without making us His…

real presence in the preached word just as there is in the Eucharist. Luther viewed the sermon as the sacramental communication. Luther continued as a scholastic theologian in his preaching. He constructed his theology as the theology of the Word of God. He sided with the historical interpretation of scripture. In his time, the allegorical and doctrinal method of preaching existed dominantly. He preached on the theme of mystery of the Trinity. He was a good Bible expositor in his time.…

1 Corinthians is Paul’s letter to the Corinthian church in Greece that takes on both an admonishing and encouraging tone. Though there are many themes throughout this book, chapter 15 zooms in on one main topic: the resurrection. The church’s beliefs had started to become infused with the culture’s beliefs and they had begun to doubt the truth of the Resurrection. In this chapter, Paul tries to combat this, simultaneously answering several worldview questions. The first and most prominent…

delegated shedding blood to the laity. The Crusades were military expeditions launched against unbelieving Muslims and heretics. 2.) Pope Innocent III believed he could intervene in political affairs when moral or religious issues were involved. The church claimed competence in affairs that might seem personal but were inevitably public and political as well. One example is the centrality of personal oaths in feudal political relations. Another is marriage and reproduction: The church's power…

but because God has given them the gift of salvation. Salvation is the gift of grace given from God. Salvation is completely by grace because it has to be.2 Salvation is the work of God that delivers us from sin and its penalty, restores us to a right relationship with him, and imparts to us eternal life.3 The question of who Jesus is and the question of what faith means cannot be answered apart from each other, only in conjunction with one another.4 Once a person…

“How does one mobilize their Church for mission?” This query is both a complex question, and a question that is of the upmost importance in today’s society. With 3.01 Billion unreached people in the world, the mission of the church is met with an excruciating urgency. Lostness and darkness surround the church from every side. Whether it is the lost or the unreached internationally or the lost within the borders of the church’s home country, the church needs to effectively be on mission. In…

Comparing todays Protestants with sixteenth century Protestant reform shows the Protestant church to have separated themselves from the Reformation Church, and a new reform today is the Messianic Christen movement. During the protestant reform, the church existed in conflict with the Catholic church. The protestant church believed their power came directly from God. In contrast to the Catholic Church who believed the spiritual power came from the Pope and the Pope distributed this power to the…

The issue of whether or not to allow a representation of god or gods has been a central issue in Christianity through history. This issue has played a big part in the Byzantine Empire, alternatively known as the Eastern Roman Empire. Consequently, iconoclasm entitled to a division between Eastern and Western churches, specifically between the 8th and 9th century. Nevertheless, the implication of this issue has occurred because of political, economic and religious ideas. Even today, the idea of…