Mere Christianity

of those religions? How are we all a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, and a Jew? To figure out the meaning behind this quote I focused on only two religions. I will be comparing and contrasting Hinduism and Christianity. Even though they have very little in common, Hinduism and Christianity are a lot more alike than most people think because they both have higher being that they believe in and it is a faith for people to follow and do something instead of not believing in anything and not…

Bibliology: A Brief Statement The Bible, in its sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, is the written Word of God. It is a holy construction of dual-authorship, consisting both of God’s sovereign influence and man’s directed inscription. There is nothing false or misleading within its pages—whether actual words, intended meaning, or the practices appropriately adapted from it; the Bible is entirely true, wholly helpful, and completely incapable of wrong. As God’s written revelation of…

a Christian is tough, especially in today’s society. Examples being, tragedies occurring in our world today. Christian religions are blamed and the followers rebel against their beliefs. Also, how strenuous it is to speak up for our beliefs in Christianity. Lastly, the…

Pentecost, the birth of the Church, is a defining event in Christianity. Without the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, our Church may not exist. The power of the Holy Spirit propelled the Church outward from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. Pentecost is not the first time the Holy Spirit appeared. The Holy Spirit is present in the Old Testament, in the ministry of Jesus and then culminates for all time at Pentecost. The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, is present in…

Religious reformers such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Henry the eighth all challenged the ideas, vision, and authority of the Catholic Church. This lead to years of war and persecution, but ultimately the development of the Protestant sect of Christianity. The philosophy behind Protestantism is holding the Christian ideals without practicing or abiding by Catholic doctrine, especially the rule and legitimacy of the Pope. The Encyclopedia of Religion summarizes this best stating, “The…

protestation against Christianity by the pagan population. The governor of the region would be forced to placate the community, by condemning the Christians to death. These persecutions were often localized and rare. Pliny the Younger states that the Christians do not commit themselves to crime; they actually take an oath against criminal activities, such as theft, murder and adultery . The admission of Pliny the Younger suggests that the pagans did not have a valid reason to fear Christianity,…

Introduction The first disciples of Christ lived, worked, and matured in the presence of each other. They were not isolated. They did not seclude themselves from others. Instead, they embraced each other, worked through circumstances with one another, and fought the good fight together. These relational components helped develop the first church. The Lord created the church so that people could be mentored and publicly discipled to grow in their relationship with Christ. Of course, the goal is…

Many questions are brought up about a plethora of different topics pertaining to, God, Jesus, and salvation. Most of these questions cannot be answered completely, however, using the Bible they can be answered to a certain extent. By breaking up Christianity into its bare essentials; God, humanity, Jesus, and restoration, its concept can be better understood and explained. God Everybody has their own idea about what God is like both physically, emotionally, and spiritually. The Bible gives…

which says “You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone” to refute Luther’s understanding of the doctrine. Slick points out that what James is talking about is having dead faith instead of having a saving faith. He states that “mere intellectual acknowledgement of Christ is a dead faith that produces no regeneration and no change in a person 's life. This faith does not justify. Rather, it is only that real and believing faith in Christ that results in justification…

Rush Limbaugh has nothing to do with Engel v Vitale, the Red Scare or religions’ proper place in the educational system in the 1960s, but this quote describes exactly what permeated the minds of Americans at the time. It was conservatives against liberals, the United States against the Soviets, religion against secularism, First Amendment activists against anti-Communist crusaders and so on. Freedom from an established religion and the ability to freely exercise any religion of your choosing are…