Religious text

It is an old age question that seems utterly inexplicable: what is religion? Although this question infinitely varies depending on the person, one often feels very strongly on this subject. Whether an Atheist, Buddhist, Jew, Hindu, Mormon, or Christian, there is much to be said on beliefs and how one goes about living life strictly based on those vary beliefs. My beliefs, however, do not urge me to answer the question regarding what a religion in itself is, but rather what justifies religion.…

John 17:14; “I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.” This scripture has impressed my mind when the stresses of the world apply their chokeholds and temptations. Never has it filled my mind as often, or sent more solace and strengthened reassurance than since I have been feasting on the teachings and examples of Christ in these four New Testament Gospels. My sister is an atheist. She is in "satan 's power" and…

In viewing many online debates between Christians and non-believers concerning the matter of God, often times it is the non-believer who obtains the upper hand in the argument. When confronted with difficult questions concerning God’s revelation, many Christians are unable to properly defend the questions of objectors or even the Christian faith. For many Christians, God’s revelation is through the lens of a less than Christian worldview where knowledge of God is imperfect and clarified…

would consist of one going to the Bible as all sufficient. In this case, there is no way to determine when a woman is exercising “authority over a man.” The second issue is defining when and where “in the churches” occurs. The words used in this text can be defined and redefined, but the end result is that the Word is not sufficient to answer these questions that are in addition to the scripture. There is a different application that has been popular in many conservative Protestant circles.…

1The snake was sneakier than any of the other wild animals that the Lord God had made (Bible Gateway, 1995). One day it came to the woman and asked, “Did God tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?” 2 The woman answered, “God said we could eat fruit from any tree in the garden, 3 except the one in the middle. He told us not to eat fruit from that tree or even to touch it. If we do, we will die.” 4 “No, you won’t!” the snake replied (Bible Gateway, 1995). From the above, it is…

The David C. Cook Bible in Life Adult Sunday School curriculum for December 2015 to February 2016 follows the International Sunday School Lectionary (ISSL). It consists of 13 lessons, broken down into 3 units, thus each month centers on a specific theme: December focuses on the Christmas story and compels Christians to sacrificially and generously give to God; January examines the marriage relationship and how it could speak about our relationship with God; and February explores the Old…

In Doriani chapter eleven he stresses that reflection is the key to applying the main point of the biblical text. He then explains the goal of reflecting is to discover and teach the main lesson of biblical text. Doriani goes on to explain steps which are to identify, topic, point, message, application, and Christ. Doriani explains that some texts are easy to answer the steps, but others are going to have more attention to find the answers to these steps. Doriani then breaks these steps down and…

The first point is that people must approach the Bible as scripture rather than text. If we contextualize the Bible, our own judgements get passed and an outside influence determines what we choose as values, rather than the Bible itself. Second, the story of the Bible is what we must show in our daily lives. Through the story of God…

I want to talk with you about the Bible. I think the Bible is a very interesting subject because it is such a worldwide book, everybody has their own idea about the Bible. Maybe you can think of your own thoughts on the Bible. Some say it is a book of God. Still, others say it is just a book written by humans many years ago. I wanted to dig deep to see what the facts are about this book that many have devoted their life to, The Book of God. The Bible itself says that it is inspired by God but to…

Defining Congregational Worship The polemic surely has a clear-cut definition of congregational worship for music to be so abstractly removed from it a priori. If this definition is tested lexically against scripture, however, we find that it cannot stand, and the premise defeated. Whale believed that “worship is the only sufficient evidence of living religion” and Luther famously said habere deum est colere deum, or “to believe in God is to go down on your knees.” For such bold assertions to…