Non-denominational Christianity

In times of sorrow, especially the loss of a loved one, some people turn to religion. In many ways, religion can be helpful to cope with a death, but other times it can be abused; used to submerge in and forget the outside world. In the novel A Death In The Family, written by James Agee, Mary is an abuser of religion. In addition to being used for self-medicating, religion is displayed in a negative light throughout the novel. An overcasting theme in many scenes, a disreputable view of faith is…

denominations. The evangelical faith consists of four specific elements: Biblical, theological, historical, and cultural (Webber, 2002). Evangelical faith includes the supremacy of the Gospel, Scripture and early church creeds, a renewal of historic Christianity, and adaptation to cultural context. The two central beliefs of Sola Scriptura and Christ alone compose Evangelical Theology. Sola Scriptura states the Bible is God’s self-revelation and its best interpreter with the guidance of the Holy…

To start off, Christianity is a religion which originates from Judaism, concluding that Judaism is the past of Christianity. Jewish festivities celebrate and honour Jewish history and tradition, and through Christian perspective, celebrating the history of Christianity (Messianic Judaism 2015). Judaism is an important part of the Christian religion and is meant to be honoured and celebrated…

The invention of reading and writing created a mean of communication that allowed anyone to send any message to masses of people. The problem was that when this capability got into the wrong hands, the wrong message can be sent to the public. This is why those who are in power must take it upon themselves to control who is allowed to harness this technology and what is allowed to be written. The term “censura librorum” is a term used by the Catholic Church for the act of having religious…

King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth of Spain established had the intention to initiate an Inquisition, meaning a period of time to question or investigate, to prolong Catholicism and beliefs in the Spaniard kingdom. It’s purpose was to manage Catholic faith within any Spaniard kingdom. A number of reasons have been indicted for creating the movement. Some include: “To establish political and religious unity”, “To weaken local political opposition to the Catholic Monarchs”, “To do away with…

To what extent is the Hindu festival Diwali similar to the Christian holiday Christmas? Within the Hindu tradition, followers aim to live moral lives, called dharma, in order to break the cycle of reincarnation and achieve moksa, a transcendent state free of reincarnation (Wilkinson 172). Hindus aspire to live in a manner to produce positive karma that will break the cycle of samsara, or reincarnation (172). Hindus who meditate, practice yoga, study Hindu texts, or act selflessly believe they…

Argumentative Essay For centuries, great minds have examined the debate on the impact of the Reformation, Scientific Advancement and Explorers between the 16th and 18th centuries. Many events occurred, such as, the Reformation against the Roman Catholic Church popes which changed a lot of religions and peoples thoughts about the Roman Catholic Church. All of these events contributed to the idea that reformation and religion are better than scientific revolution and explorers. Thus reformation…

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share a lot of similarity. They are all originated in what is called today “middle east”. They are considered the three major monotheistic religions in the world, they all believe and worship one god, and even if it’s called different names by each religion it still the same transcendent that is beyond our ability to comprehend, the creator and the sustainer of the universe, and that speaks through prophet …as sacred texts called holly book which differ for each…

The Sunday School Easter program was about to begin at Bethesda Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. For my last time speaking in front of the congregation before leaving for Tennessee State University (TSU), I was charged with introducing the speaker of the program. As I stood in front of hundreds of people to recite the introduction that I wrote, I was confident and thoughts of how far I had come since giving my life to Christ ran thru my mind. My spiritual journey began when I was about 5…

For example, Christianity has always experienced a disengagement with the Islamic religion, however after the events that occurred in America on September 11th, 2001, new prejudices began arising. Christians often assume Muslims to be inherently violent, lacking a rightful…