God in Christianity

What God and Jesus mean to me. Christianity has many questions that can only be answered with a true relationship with God, Jesus and yourself. Knowing God as well as Jesus will help you understand how and why you feel the way you do. Having a good relationship with you self allows you to be open to having a relationship with Jesus and understanding why God made you the way you are. Finding your true self will open up new roads that you never knew existed. The baby steps we take in faith…

Introduction Prayer is a powerful, intimate, relational discipline used to express to God all the areas of one’s heart. This essay has been written to reflect on what I have come to understand about prayer as a spiritual discipline. I will briefly explore Teresa Avila, a significant Christian in history who has expressed the importance of prayer and take a look into how both Catholic and Pentecostal denominations pray. Summarise your original understanding of the discipline before the course…

To understand the Christian Worldview is to know God: who He is and what He means to Christians. In the beginning, God is the sole creator and ruler of the heavens and the earth, the creatures that dwell upon the earth, and all things seen and unseen. A “God who is to be feared, known, and loved as the sovereign Creator of the universe to whom all glory, honor, and praise belong” (Diffey, n.d., para. 9). To Christians, there is but only one God, however, he exists in three persons: Father, Son,…

Marino Caracciolo “Keep me safe, O God, in you I take refuge.” St Francis of Assisi was born on September 26, 1182 in Assisi, Italy. He was born into a very rich family. He was spoiled and his parents didn’t discipline him. As a result of his free reign, he became a troubled child where he drank at a very early age, he partied, and was very rebellious. His parents didn’t seem to think that the way Francis was acting at a young age was a bad thing and didn’t think to reprimand him. He was…

In “Salvation,” Langston Hughes narrates his own life about when he was searching and seeking Jesus. God convicts Langston Hughes in love when he is thirteen by making him aware of his sins. During this time, Hughes said that he is saved, but in reality he was not saved. Hughes makes in explanation in the story when he attends his aunt’s church by putting on a false disguise in front of her and the entire congregation that he envisioned Jesus and receives the Holy Spirit. Hughes expresses his…

Many assumptions are made when it comes to Christianity. Is Jesus Christ human, divine, or both? How do we know the answer? Different people believe different things but there is proof in not only the Bible, but also many other sources that Jesus Christ is both fully human and fully divine. “In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God; He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made”, John 1:1-3 (2…

Christianists perceived salvation as a favor from God which they refuted later one by judging people in term of their faith and believe. Furthermore, they also believe someone is saved when he reach the requirements of heaven and their expectation to the eternal life. By reviewing the requirements of salvation according to the Christian Bible Site which are; “loving God, loving your neighbor, put your faith in God, and heart is more important than laws and rules.” (What does Bible…

Throughout the story there is a repetition of the number three; everything comes in threes. The number three in a religious perspective is the Trinity. The Trinity is the representation of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The big comparison in the Deirdre story is when a question is asked, the answer usually comes in threes and with a denial or lie after each one. For instance, when Deirdre and her foster mother, Levercham, are sitting…

Christianity and Islam are some of the most well-known religions in the world, and often thought of as completely separate. However, in actuality, they share as many resemblances as they do distinctions. Islam’s beginnings came about before Christianity. Christianity was created after Jesus came to the earth. Thus, Christianity was founded a couple centuries after Abraham formed his family. Christianity is a religion that bases its teachings on the those of Jesus Christ. Whereas, Islam is a…

Christianity and Islam are expected to be complete opposites, although despite common beliefs this isn’t true according to www.dscoreringislam.org. They have more in common then you may even realize like their beliefs in is Jesus. As a matter of fact, what the church is to Christianity the umma is to Islam. In both religions they view God in a similar light. They both believe in only having one supreme God. Which leads to their being one creator and sustainer if the universe.…