Fundamentalist Christianity

We first meet Saul during the murder of Stephen. While Saul took no active part in Stephen’s murder, he watched in approval as these Jewish leaders took off their coats, laid them at his feet, and stoned Stephen to death. The stoning of Stephen marked the beginning of the great persecution of the Christians. This persecution was so great, that the Christians fled Jerusalem and went to Judea and Samaria. Notice in verse 8:4 that these Christians who were scattered went and preached the Good News…

Today was a day as any other day, as I sat on the bench at the park and read my daily reading of the Bible. Today I was approached by a lady she actually stopped and ask me what it was in the world that made me sit day after day on my bench and read the Bible? She also wanted to know why I considered it to be an authoritative instrument. I shared with her the views of so many before me: When we refer to the Bible as being authoritative, we mean that it is something that has been either written…

Topic: Swearing public officials into office General Purpose: To argue Specific Purpose: To argue that the federal government should make it illegal to swear public officials in on a religious document I. Central Idea/Thesis Statement: The federal government should prohibit using a religious document in Oath of Office ceremonies because the Officials taking the oath are affirming to protect the laws of our country, not of their religion, their use of these documents does not pass the lemon test,…

The Gospel according to Mark starts out with a man known as John the Baptist. John along with other townspeople went into the wilderness to repent their sins, and John baptizes everyone. During the baptisms, John told the townspeople that someone with greater power then him will be coming soon. Jesus then comes to the river to be baptized by John, and was recognized by the Holy Spirit of God as His son. After being baptized and being recognized, Jesus was sent into the wilderness for 40…

ideas about woman within the family were on the verge of changing, yet not completely equal to men, in the third century with the religion of Christianity coming into affect and changing the cultural and social ideas within the Roman Empire. Christianity started as a small group which eventually led to the official religion of the Roman Empire. Christianity had some radical ideas that changed the dynamic of a woman within the home, but yet it still held a hierarchical system of beliefs about…

We live in a society where times have changed and so have the traditions of many. In this 21st century we have more people open to accepting the beliefs of others, but we still see in some cases how loyalty can fog logical reasoning. Although foggy logical reasoning could be negative their can also be a positive effect in loyal peoples actions. Looking at religion as a whole, we see certain groups of people expressing their faith by committing acts of terrorism, and subordination. In other…

religious world practices their beliefs. The largest of those religions is Christianity, making up 33.0% of the World Population, followed primarily in North and South America as well as Europe (Schaefer, 2015, p. 308). Christianity is defined as “the religion based…

What do you attribute in this particular age, the reason for this growing fascination, and would you encourage people who are dissatisfied with their own Western way of life, those bought up in the mosaic religions, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam would you encourage them to search further in their own religions or look into Buddhist as an alternative? His Holiness answered: That’s a tricky question. Of course from the Buddhist viewpoint we are all human beings and we…

So I am laying down in my bed, about to take my afternoon a nap with my 9 month old daughter, that I look forward too every day. Aas I get comfortable under the sheets, I look over to the left of me and I notice my bible laying on my bed, and before I doze off take my well needed nap, I open my bible and and I stumble across this bible verse- Galations 5 19-21 Galatians 5:19-21New International Version (NIV) 19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and…

the significant social, economic, political and legal privileges accorded to Christian laymen and authorities. Legislation also served to establish an orthodox Christianity in line with the decisions of Church councils while penalizing those adhering to teachings proclaimed heretical. In contrast to the institutionalization of Christianity, pagans and those deemed to have deviated from the catholic faith and their supporters were to be corrected by the teachings of the priesthood as well…