Religious denomination

Taylor Lee Chong Ms. Lesley Kamphaus ENG 105 18th October, 2015. Polar Opposites: Similar Yet Different In Every Way The church is not a building; it is the unifying body of people who have come together with the common intention of prayer and worship. The church used to be a lifeboat rescuing the perishing. However, now it’s just a cruise ship recruiting the promising. With this universal misconception, church congregations, especially in pre-dominantly white churches, have dwindled over the…

that cannot go unrecognized about Christianity and its religion. For instance, how long it took to establish Christianity after Jesus death, the divide within the denominations and any other documented religions prior to the existence of Christianity. Even within Christianity, the divide leads to the judgment of the different denominations, religions and could question overall loyalty to the religion itself. If Christianity is considered to be so prominent, the Bible should not have missing…

My Denomination is Christian reformed, were similar to many others but yet we differ in many ways as well.Our denomination formed on the basis that people wanted and realized they need a reform in the Church.(What is Reformed?) We were originally part of the Roman Catholic Church,what after the time of the great split,had an extremely corrupted clergy and weren 't quite focusing on Christ anymore. People spoke up against the Church, but the Church did not change its ways seeing as how most…

creative ways and comparing biblical life stories to the testimonies to form opinions and change one’s outlook on the past (Espinoza 443). Our second method is rote learning, which is supported in the article, “Rote Learning: A Revived Strategy for Religious Instruction” by Joel A. Smelley Jr, who is Th.M. Student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. As Smelley explains, rote learning emphasizes that memorization is the mainly technique to acquire knowledge, based on recalling and…

These doctrines are agreed upon by all Christian denominations, and are used to determine whether or not a church is a cult. However, some doctrines are not crucial for salvation or for describing God. These doctrines create controversy within the community of believers, and if the conflict is passionate enough, it can create new denominations of faith. New denominations grow in response to changes in culture. In today’s age, there are many denominations that hold an “old,” conservative side and…

Christianity 's Impact on Brokenness The world is a broken place, literally. To be scientific, there has been research done hypothesizing that the earth 's atmosphere and the crust is cracking. Well, the word hypothesizing doesn 't really fit this statement because it is a fact. To including the whole earth, there is physical evidence that the earth has cracks and the atmosphere has cracks. However, the term cracks that is used in this statement should not be used to say that these cracks are…

The European Age Of Exploration There are two era’s which led to a great deal of change in the world, these two ages are known as the Age Of Exploration, and the Protestant Reformation. If someone were to ask which age was more important it would be a tough question to answer, however many people believe that the Age Of Exploration had a greater significance than the protestant reformation. A few reasons the Age Of Exploration is considered to have a greater impact than the Protestant…

6 Thinking Hats Personal Narrative “GOD’S NOT DEAD HE’S SURELY ALIVE!”, I sing along with my church. I go to Mission Community Church where we say, “Do justice. Love mercy. Walk humbly,” based off of Micah 6:8 in the Bible. I have been at Mission for 2.5 years. The current Pastor, Joel Thomas, is not teaching straight from the Bible and is not clear on his teachings. He also focuses too much on grace. My family is contemplating whether or not to stay at Mission. I will be using the…

The Christian Satan Ask any American Christian about Satan and they will probably describe an evil being who hates God and Christians, but this has not always been the case. Much of the present day Christian views on Satan began to take shape during the beginning of Christianity. Early Christian writers helped shape the development of Satan, including his influence on humanity, within the boundaries of the Christian tradition. Such ideas created the framework for the writings of the New…

committed to being mothers and wives. They are named by the Church leaders to be the House mother which organises workforce and household budgets, they carry out duties like grocery shopping, and buy clothing at equitable prices. According to the religious tradition weebly, on an average week a…