Germanic Christianity

3. 1 Timothy 4:8b-9 "But godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation." This saying is of a different "sort of proverbial maxim" according to Eugene Stock, author of Practical Truths from the Pastoral Epistles. This saying is often debated whether or not to include verses 7 and 8a. For this passage, it makes sense that Paul would not make an important statement about the…

It is a question that was hinted in the lectures and then expanded in my own reading. In A History of Christianity, MacCulloch suggests God’s important role in driving the Reformation by saying that ‘at the end of the fifteenth century, it was easy to believe that God had some new and decisive purpose for his creation.’ On a surface level, that suspicion comes…

motivations for all other decisions, and sometimes vice versa. Some of the cultures we studied worshipped nature, others fickle pagan gods, and still others power or wealth. But because of its application to LDS culture, I will focus specifically on Christianity by examining how two of the pieces we studied this semester, Christ Pantocrator and the Beau…

significant in Europe because without it the power the Catholic Church possessed would have only kept getting larger. As in the Renaissance, the Reformation looked back at history for influence. The thinkers of this Age wanted to reinstitute early christianity and its virtue. The Reformation impacted the history of the West greatly. For the very first time Western Europe’s people would be allowed to be a part of a different Christian practices. Martin Luther played a key role in the Reformation…

The Buddha, meaning an enlightened one. His teachings were recorded in Sutras by his students and then arranged into a set of four noble truths, eight ways to avoid suffering, and five guidelines for how to live one’s life . Similarly, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam had their teachings recorded and then passed down from generation to generation. However, the teachings of these three religions are not that of self-realization like the teachings of Buddhism, but the Word of God given to…

pages. I thank the Lord for the patience he gave me to complete it. Before any house is build, a foundation must be prepared this message is no different. Since the beginning of time, what religion has been at war with Christianity? Currently what religion is at war with Christianity? The answer is within this book. You would learn what, who, when, where,…

humans really comprehend it all? People throw questions such as, how do you think worship should be constructed, should women lead the church, was Jesus even a real man who walked this earth, and furthermore. Unfortunately, all the questions about Christianity cannot be answered perfectly. Leaving us with one important question, how do we handle the concept as one? What is “right” and “wrong”? The documentary film, Jesus Camp, assists in answering the questions previously stated and viewers were…

sector of yesterday. The beliefs that the Christians have had are always changing so that they are not out of touch with the world around them. Since Christianity came into existence about two thousand years ago, it has had several beliefs that came and went away. However, there are certain aspects that are still intact. This is proof that Christianity, just like the other aspects of the society, cannot undergo full transformation, as there must be some aspects which have to remain untouched.…

This paper contains two commentaries on our Sunday Morning Worship Services at Rivers Chapel United Methodist Church. The first commentary dealt with the “Word and Table Service” (January 3, 2016). The second commentary deals with January 10, 2016 service on Baptism. The January 3, 2016 Worship Service Program follows the 2016 (Year C) Lectionary Calendar found on the internet. The program not only gave the order of service, it also provided information concerning what period of the…

Before looking at Peter 's preaching, it is helpful to study who Peter was. Peter was a fisherman, a Jew, a Galilean, and a disciple of Jesus Christ. Peter joined the ministry of Jesus at the beginning and studied under Christ for three and half years. During his time with Christ, Peter made many mistakes, but he also had many triumphs. Peter was the only disciple to walk on water, and Peter was in the “inner circle” of Jesus’ disciples. He had the opportunity to get close to Jesus and learn…