Many who seek mental health professionals are looking to deal with emotions that have reaching a breaking point, often inhibiting normal daily life. At the root panic disorders, anxiety, depression, or even suicidal thoughts, is often the painful seed of emotions such as guilt, remorse, and regret. These feelings may sprout from a sense of responsibility that one did not previously own up to, in which your feel bad about something you did or did not do, or maybe falsely believe you did. Remorse,…
he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.”), was in order to guide them on a path to righteousness despite their innate sinful nature. For example, the law previously required lovers of God to be circumcised in order to achieve grace with God. Romans discusses how circumcision does not make someone closer to God if they do not act in love and faith. Those who are uncircumcised can…
Word of God in flesh and the Light restored to man. As He taught His disciples, He was preparing them to be Apostles. They would start His Church. He also taught us how to become citizens of the Kingdom of God through Him. However, He is holy as the Father is holy and He lived a perfect life in the eyes of God even if men did not like it. This perfection allowed Him to be the sacrifice and Redeemer, the sinless One, this enabled Him to be the Savior for sinful men. Then, He allowed Himself to…
I was getting from people made me feel like I would be rejected and/or ignored. The final straw for me was when I filled out a card with my information and the pastor called me and said that he could fill me with the Holy Spirit. I was taken aback. A person can’t fill me with the Holy Spirit, only God can. Then he went on to say that the church lays hands on new members and once they speak in tongues then they will be invited to be active members. “There are different kinds of gifts, but the…
Renewal was written by Howard A. Snyder, originally published in 1975 through his own personal experience while doing ministry work in Brazil. This book expresses that the church, and the body of Christ, need to be renewed on a consistent basis in order to grow spiritually. The essential meaning of this parable is the wine itself, and the secondary meaning is the wineskins. We are to replace the wine within the wineskins, yet it is essential to put the new wine into new wineskins. Snyder…
Catholic church are the heart of what we believe as Christians. They lead us toward Jesus Christ and help us get to know him fuller. In the sacraments, we are brought to unity with our brothers and sisters in the Catholic faith. When we eat of the Holy Body and Blood at the mass, we are coming into greater communion with our brothers and sisters in Christ. There are many other sacraments that strengthen our unity with…
Dispensationalism may not be a household term, but it is considered to be the most influential tradition in evangelical theology. “A significant change presently taking place in dispensational interpretations of Scripture. This change affects the way dispensationalists understand key biblical themes such as the kingdom of God, the church in God's redemptive program, the interrelationship of the biblical covenants, the historical and prophetic fulfillment of those covenants, and the role of…
still vast differences which have proven to cause conflict throughout history. Catholicism believes that God is the Creator of all and that people were created in His image. Because of this view on life, they believe that you must do good things in order to bring goodness to Him and yourself. Catholics believe that the Bible contains the Word of God, and that the Pope is the speaker of God. They believe in a savior, Jesus Christ, who was born from the Virgin Mary. Jesus was believed to have been…
through a various of essays about missiology approach and evangelical missiology. In his thesis he write about the American ministry and perspective on global perspective. This paper will discuss Escobar approach in comparison and contrast example Holy Spirit and the Bible and some of the theologians such as Barth etc. And about Escobar’s overall theological contribution of perspective of two theologians. Finally, this paper will deliberate on cultural diverse ministries.…
transcendence and light.” High ceilings added to the drama of the distance of God. The altar was a considerable distance away from the first pew. I imagine that this distance makes approaching the altar during communion feel like approaching somewhere that is Holy and heavenly. Moreover, The statues of Joseph and Mary on either side of the altar seemed larger than life. Any individual must look up to glance at their faces, which seem to be tilted slightly downward towards it’s admirer. The…