atoning work of Christ’s death on the cross. In the book of (Romans 5:10 NLT), Paul wrote “when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His son.” These words not only define the meaning of atonement; they reveal the heart of the Gospel as…
Education Department reversed the decision (Wood 2015). In an interview about the incident, Dr Dickson mentioned that the Department seemed to had made a rushed judgement to ban the books simply based on the anti-religion groups’ complaints (Bain 2015 The Gospel Coalition…
died for saying he was god that was a crime to state. And for Christians, Jesus is everything (Who is Jesus, October 9, 2015. For all the sacrifice he did for us that led to his death. From all the idea of who Jesus was, were able to get from the gospels. Additionally, have Jesus would do “healings, raising dead back to life, casting out demons= healings, supernatural “provision”, supernatural power over nature” (ministry of Jesus, October 14, 2015). He would be the one to help other and then…
The New Testament records the timeline of the early first century about a man by the name of Jesus who claimed to be the Messiah "Son of God". Jesus ' coming was through the calling of offering eternal salvation through the faith and grace of God 's mercy. The establishment of the early church covenant was offered to all who believed and desired to understand God and his will. The writers of the books of the New Testament intended to for the Scriptures to be serviceable to all followers of…
In this ever changing world it is not uncommon to see so many worldviews on religion. It's stated in Hebrews 13:8 "that Jesus is the same yesterday today and for ever more". This cannot be said for many that claim to be Christian. In saying this take a look at Postmodemism, which has become a way of denying the absolute truth. As such this way of thinking cause great concern as it denies ultimate reality, at the same time it fails to honor God as the ultimate source of creation. Everyone…
In 1992, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham addressed the need for greater voice in African American women’s history, naming the limits of white feminist scholarship and theory in its appeal to homogeneous conceptions of “womanhood,” “woman’s culture,” and “patriarchal oppression of women.” Diagnosing how this narrow practice of the field had resulted in an extensive backgrounding of race in the crossings of gender, sexuality, and class, Higginbotham’s critical intervention not only entailed the…
A important to remember about Christianity is it’s roots. Christianity did not suddenly appear out of nowhere and it was not given to the world whole in its entirety. The church was born from the jewish religion, more specifically second Temple Judaism, but the two religions diverged in the first century after Jesus of Nazareth. Christianity shares its History, texts, traditions, rituals, and many other aspects with Judaism. Christianity began as a sect of Judaism, because of this there are…
matter the color of your skin, the language you speak, and the shoes you wear, God loves you all the same. Is God a racist God? Absolutely not, God loves all people. But unfortunately, the Jews were acting as such and consequently did not spread the Gospel. They thought the Gentiles were evil. However, through God’s Holy Spirit, Philipp, a man of God, went to speak to a Eunuch who was not…
Greg Miller and Nathan Komlanc went Grace Church at 5905 E Southport Road in Indianapolis on September 25th, 2016. There motto was “Grow in the and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” It was a decent size church made of bricks that sat just over 350 people. The church was made on a carpeted basketball court with basketball goals raised to the ceiling. There were crosses placed in the back of the stage and on the podium. They also had two big screens to display videos or the…
Mother’s Day Message Theme: An Exceptional Mother Key Scriptures: “Her children rise up and bless her; her husband also, and he praises her, saying: "Many daughters have done nobly, but you excel them all.” Proverbs 31: 28 – 29. Introduction On this special occasion of the celebration of Mother’s Day, we are going to explore some basic qualities of an exceptional mother. In other words, we are going to look at those five basic qualities a Christian mother MUST possess to make her exceptional;…