Most people believe that the outcome of elections in Texas is decided by the voters, but in our current single-member district system of electing representatives, frequently that is not the case. Often times who will win in an election is decided long before election day, usually by those who draw the district lines. For example, if the districts in texas are drawn to be 65 percent republican then the outcome will most likely result in republicans that have the majority of seats in the…
We believe that those with the gift of leadership should lead the ministry. Within the ministry are leaders committed to the ministry teams and consensus in prayerful dependence on God’s word, the Holy Spirit and one another. Which begins with the church leaders, who have the final responsibility for guiding and shepherding all ministry areas. “Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with…
THE INCONGRUITY, SUPERLATIVES AND THE SPIRITS OF CATHOLICISM, EVANGELISM IN OJUKWU: General Ojukwu was a man of many parts and strands. Though, he was a Catholic by birth and Orientation- But he also practiced Calvinism and Necromancy. Yet, his daily life consisted of living by the Anglo-Protestant ethics of hard-work, honesty, fair-play, courage, loyalty and patriotism. The Profound Impact of Catholic Dogma on Ojukwu: Intimates of General Ojukwu privately nick-named him "the Holy General"…
had seen satire as something funny due to the fact that it was making fun of other races, Mark twain had a deeper meaning through his literature. In the passage where the King preaches at the camp meeting (p.131-132) Mark Twain is making fun of evangelism, sentimentality, as well as chicanery by creating this setting, being in the camp meeting where the king receives the opportunity to begin to say that he was a pirate from the Indian Ocean and that, he doesn’t have any money to go back to sea,…
Critically evaluate the critique of the Fresh Expressions movement in Davison & Milbank’s For the Parish (2010). For The Parish [FTP] by Andrew Davison and Alison Milbank (2010) is a literary paradox. It has the power at times to be resoundingly insightful, gracious and well considered, and yet can also be misleading and discourteous. Its theological critique oscillates between rich, penetrating scholarship and poorly executed exegesis. As a critique of fresh expressions it is largely…
Christian in Art These days, many people are interested in art and people live with art; many pictures like drawing from Salvador Dali, Van Gogh and Picasso are exhibited in museum; people sometimes go there during the break and people usually listen brilliant songs wherever they go. Art is the most effective system to influence people, recently. Not only art is big influential for nowadays, but also it was big influential before. According to Jane Dillenberger, in Style and Content in…
What is culture and what does it have to do with Christianity? Was Jesus “culturally engaged”? Did Jesus even care about culture at all? Cultural engagement is the acknowledgment of culture outside of our own and actively participating in applying its uniqueness to our lives, or using it as a tool for ministry. As Christians, we must first look at our Leader to understand if we should culturally engage or not, and, in this case, we will see that it is important. In many parables, Jesus used the…
In The Religious Beliefs of America’s Founders: Reason, Revelation, and Revolution by Gregg L. Frazer, Frazer is explaining that many of the Founding Fathers were not Christian or Atheist or even that they are not Deist, as is commonly argued, they were Theistic Rationalist. Frazer does this by firstly pointing out that Theistic Rationalism was a major belief during the foundering of the United States. Since Theistic Rationalism was a major belief, the Founders were also influenced by many…
Baptist Church where she sings in the choir and been a puppeteer. She has volunteered for both Habitat for Humanity and for the Lenawee Therapeutic Riding Program. She has also participated for three years in the Southeast division of CEF (Child Evangelism Fellowship). She is currently attending the EMT program at LISD Vo-Tech Center. We tried to meet at two other places for our interview, but unfortunately both were closed, so we finally settled on meeting to talk in the sitting area at The…
Other characteristics of Pentecostalism are evangelism, spontaneity, direct communication with God and divine healing (Cooper 2011, Poloma and Green 2010). Additionally, Pentecostalism is defined by its mystical features of glossolalia (speaking in tongues), prophetic dreams, and being called or summoned…