Mere Christianity

Chapter six of Practicing Christian Doctrine, by Beth Felker Jones, chiefly discusses Christology and the various heresies that have surrounded it over the years. Christology, which is the study of Christ, helps one to learn more about Jesus and his identity and how to live a good Christian life by forming a relationship with the Lord. In order for Christology to work, the person of Jesus must be known and a major idea discussed in this novel is homoousios, Jesus is full and truly God. Two other…

[24] For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope for what is seen? For in hope we were saved ties to the redemption of our bodies (v 23) in the future bodily resurrection from the dead, we were saved. Humanity is saved from the certainty of death, with the promise of eternal life. Interestingly, Greathouse and Lyons point out, “This is one of those rare times when Paul speaks of salvation in the aorist tense as a completed action.” This expresses Paul’s confident hope in God’s…

One of the biggest controversies in the United States today is the issue regarding opposing views on abortion amongst different Christian groups. Abortion, in its meaning refers to a woman who is pregnant and chooses to end her pregnancy. This action occurs by a doctor who removes a fetus from the woman’s womb before it is viable and able to survive in the outside world. This such procedure can be done during the woman’s first trimester of pregnancy, but can also be performed in the second…

When trying to persuade someone, in text and speech, using persuasive appeals will help get the people on that person 's perspective. But, what is a persuasive appeal? It is the usage of ethos, logos, pathos and sometimes figurative language to efficiently convince the person(s) to to believe and agree; yet some people do not know what ethos, logos, and pathos are. Ethos: is convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader; logos: is an appeal to logic, and is a way of…

forgiveness. In Beloved, Sethe gives the girl Beloved a home, more than just a place to stay, even though she is not blood. Sethe takes care of Beloved as if she is part of the family. She does not question Beloved’s past, like in the way of Christianity, rather just accepts her . Sethe, like God, does not judge his people. Another parallel that can be drawn between the two is that if a theme in Beloved is that a mother 's love can be murderous, and assuming that Sethe and God are related,…

I chose to attend Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church on November 13. We live in New Braunfels, and our religious options are very limited; we have Catholic churches and various types of Protestant churches. I have always been interested in what happens at a Catholic church; when you have never been to one it can seem interesting and very different. Sts. Peter and Paul is no exception; form the outside alone, I have always considered it one of our most beautiful churches. Sts. Peter and Paul…

communion among the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Presbyterian Church, United Church of Christ, and the Reformed Church in America. Even before Vatican II made ecumenism a pivotal theme Father Yves Congar highlighted the ecumenical issue that divided Christianity. In 1995 John Paul II reaffirmed the catholic commitment to Christian ecumenism with the encyclical of On Commitment to Ecumenism and again when Benedict XVI named ecumenism as a goal of his pontificate in 2005. This decree on Ecumenism…

Should Wives submit to their husbands? “Wives, submit to your own husband as to the Lord, for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the savor of the body. Now as the church are to submit to Christ, so wives are to submit to their in husbands in everything” Ephesians 5:22. The Bible states that it says that wives should submit to their husbands. But what if a wife is a type of person who will not submit? There are more people who think that wives should…

Homiletical Idea and Sermon The definition of homiletics in reference to ministry is clearly defined as the “art of preparing sermons and preaching,” the gospel of Jesus Christ. The art of a sermon is showing or practicing a God given talent or gift before believers of God’s word. In the natural, homiletical idea can be viewed as method of brainstorming to convey God’s word to His people. Unfortunately, God is all spiritual, therefore, any method of preaching or teaching should be approached…

before birth. Each town in the New England colonies had it’s own separate church, not attached to other New England towns or to England. The Spanish and English colonies were similarly religious in the fact that both practiced religious beliefs of Christianity under the sanction of God and believed in Jesus Christ being his son. The religious beliefs were different because the Spanish had a constant catholic…