Religious denomination

It’s inconceivable as well as unbelievable to think that caring wholistically for one another wasn’t so essential for the church or most Christians 50 years or so ago as it is today. But, all praise to God for illuminating minds and guiding hearts over the years and bringing us to where we’re at today in our journey of bringing the gospel and the work of Jesus Christ to others as Christians. The work of caring wholistically for our neighbors, God’s image-bearers has just begun, and God is well…

Imagine Dragons song Believer is actually a really big story. The meaning of the song goes along with children and adults alike. In the song he talks a little bit about his childhood and taking control or becoming an adult. The song will have different meanings to everyone but it all has one overall meaning. Believer starts off with “First things first I'ma say all the words inside my head” (Imagine Dragons). I chose this verse because it is the very opening of the song and usually the…

“The Liberty of the Truth” Storybooks and movies show that American history has always been one of freedom, independence and liberty. According to these, since the beginning of colonial times, America has been a paradise for those in search of a perfect land where to re-establish God´s law and order, to speak freely and to start a new life without punishment or judgement. New England was the new heavenly kingdom for the Puritans persecuted in England for their radical beliefs. The American story…

America’s Religious Intolerance “The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other,” by Princess Diana. The story of how the United States came to be is a well known story among many Americans. As history tells, many Anti-Federalists did not want to accept the US Constitution because it lacked a list of rights, which protected the people from a powerful government. Therefore, the Bill of Rights were formulated. The first amendment addresses the…

that following a dogma is outdated, and that while religion and spirituality are connected, religion does not inherently contain the spiritual experience that it should. He states that religion is a starting point, and those who are born into a religious family have an advantage as they inevitably move away from creed and towards discovery (Tacey, 2004, pp. 4, 5, 8, 112, 193). A boy of seventeen wrote, “sometimes I go to Church, I sit down, join in the service, and before I go out I feel as if…

secularization has not occurred in a linear trajectory in Canada, and points to the complexity of the religious climate in Canadian society. The study uses the results of the World Values Survey in order to analyze various aspects of religious life such as subjective religiosity, involvement in religious services and organizations, the role of prayer, religious beliefs, confidence in religious institutions and their advice, and how much influence people believe religion should have in politics.…

Essentially it seems that the Wesleyan understanding of holiness encourages ecumenicalism: promoting the cooperation and understanding between different religious denominations to foster Christian unity. Reason is an important part of scripture validity. Reason aids in understanding, various interpretations of the bible would fall here. While reason and interpretation should not be the sole source of one’s faith…

vouchers give taxes to private schools, which include religious schools. In many states’ constitution it is stated that no taxes can go to religious schools. One of these states is Colorado, “the state's Supreme Court ruled against the district's voucher program, which was passed in 2011, saying it violated a plank of the State Constitution that explicitly prevents public money from going to schools ‘controlled by any church or sectarian denomination whatsoever.’” What this makes clear is that…

importance of the Bible in The Pilgrim’s Progress cannot be overemphasized. He says, “[Bunyan] frequently quotes from it explicitly, but often we find that he has absorbed biblical phrasing into his own prose. The Bible was absolutely central to religious thought and practice in the seventeenth century, and to artistic, scientific, and political thought” (Introduction xxiv). Bunyan did not think of his book as a work of fiction. He thought that because of the way he wove the bible into his…

When one possess open, honest and thoughtful communication, you can reveal aspects of life that have been hidden within ones mind. It is a lot easier said than done, because even for myself I know that being superstitious is all about where your mind can take you and its not true reality. It just seems easier to defy logic and proceed in believing our own psychic powers. The validity of superstitions is almost always recognized but just set aside and done nothing with. As followed is a question…