God in Christianity

Christianity Discussion The question asked is, “What does differentiate Christianity from other religions or faiths that allow Christians to make unique truth claims?” Well, for me, there is only one answer. It is the Person of Jesus Christ. He makes all the difference. Only in Him is there absolute truth. The truth that sets a person free, free indeed from the penalty of sin, free from the power of sin, and ultimately free from the presence of sin. He is the way, the truth, and the life:…

As Christians believe in the afterlife, it is of the concept of heaven and hell, which in Hinduism is much different. When someone dies, you have the extreme of two option in Christianity. If you die without repenting of sin and following what the Bible says. In Christianity, hell is different as you must be an extreme sinner in the person’s former life and get torture and chastisement from demons. In the Hinduisms’ view of hell, you get the freedom after chastisement and take part in…

Christianity. It is a single word with great and powerful meaning, but one that is defined differently by people of many different denominational backgrounds. According to Dictionary.com, christianity is “The religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, sent by God. They believe that Jesus, by dying and rising from the dead, made up for the sin of Adam and thus redeemed the world, allowing all who believe in him to enter heaven.…

While thanksgiving is a key component in all the hymns, Puech identifies two major areas of theological discussion that inspire thanksgiving to God: “the salvation of the just, and the final doom of the godless.” Menahem Mansoor provides the more detailed themes of God and creation, knowledge, salvation through election, humanity’s frailty and sinfulness, and dualism and predestination. Others have divided the theological themes by the two categories…

challenges to Christianity in the first three centuries and how the Apostolic Fathers and the Apologists responded to each. One of the main challenges that faced Christianity in the first three centuries was Gnosticism. Cerinthus was one of the earliest Gnostic teacher and troublers during the 1st Century (28). Gnostics believed that each person possessed a special, higher spiritual knowledge (29), and that humans are made up of matter. One of the biggest arguments Gnosticism placed on…

prayed for victory to the Christian god, who he knew, because of his Christian mother. When he went on to win an against-all-odds victory and found himself ruler of the Roman Empire, he did what any superstitious Roman soldier would have done - he kept his end of the bargain. He converted to the Christian faith and honored the god that he considered the source of his victory and his power. In other words, the purpose for St. Constantine approval of Christianity as his religion was that he had…

originally. Many have questioned this because God has created us all and why would he create us to be born with evil and malicious intent? However we must remember that God had created the Devil, who was at one point an angel in his camp. So what causes us to bring out these evil and malicious actions against ourselves and others? As we read more, we learn that it comes from our free will. The problem of evil that has been introduced to us; is that God created all things which means he created…

November 2016 The Influence of Religion on Anglo Saxon Literature In early times, religion has always played a major role in forming society, be it Christianity or the religion of Ancient Greece and Rome. In the Anglo-Saxon culture, Christianity was the main religion that people would follow, with this being shown in many works of literature from it. Christianity is influential on Anglo-Saxon literature in works such as “The Seafarer”, “The Wanderer”, and Beowulf. “The Seafarer” is an Old…

blessing day because I got an opportunity to praise the God and to visit the church. God give people six days and only Sunday God want people to take time to praise the lord in this blessing day. A church is the very special and peaceful place for Christian. People go there to learn the wisdom of God, to pray and to get the blessing. It is mandatory and very important for Christian to go to church and pray to closer their life with God. A good Christianity will never avoid church; will never…

Christianity is the world’s largest religion, with over 2.4 billion known adherents. Widely practiced through South America, Europe, Russia and most dominant in North America. There teachings are based on the life, death and teachings of Jesus Christ from almost 2,000 years ago. Christianity is one of the most influential religions in history. They have one god that created heaven, earth and the universe. In the United States 70.6% of adults 18 and up identify themselves as Christians. Biblicism…