Religious

“Interpreting the bible”, the couple had the purpose and goal to equip” prospective pastors, as well as other Christian leaders in developing sound principals of interpretation that would help them to understand the truths of the bible and to evaluate the religious ideas that are brought and carried out in our daily lives” After many years of having their textbook in seminaries, colleges, and other institutions of higher learning, the couple decided that they needed to reach out to a different…

As the Middle Ages began to make way there was a battle between literal interpretation of Scripture and allegorical interpretation. Medieval Interpreter, Martin Luther relied solely on the literal meaning of scripture, challenged the authority of the Catholic Church as well as the Church Fathers. Luther despised the incorporation of allegory while performing interpretation. Luther 's extreme dislike of the use of allegory came directly from extreme levels of dislike for the arrogance of the…

Developed and built by, Rev. James Cleveland, “the Gospel Music Workshop of America” remains outstanding for the gifted gospel music we love to listen to today. Music is the primary purpose of the organization. The Gospel Music of America was incorporated in Detroit, Michigan. In March of 1967, an effort to brainstorm his ideas he came together with friends, producing a venue for gospel music presentations. Furthermore, The Gospel Music Workshop of America is a Christian group. Rev. Cleveland…

In every faith there will always be group of people who tend to hold a more extremely traditional belief of their religious views. These groups of individuals are more commonly referred to as fundamentalists. While there are fundamentalists for all religions, this looks very different depending on the faith. Understanding Fundamentalism Christianity, Islam, and Jewish Movements, by Richard T. Antoun, aids in looking at fundamentalism in the three most widely practiced religions in the world. In…

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…

The founder of Liberalism Schleiermacher based his viewpoint of Christian theology on the feelings and experiences of the individual. The Bible is a “record of human religious experience rather than a revelation from God or a record of God’s historic acts.” (CHT PG 239) 1 Interpretation is key in this view religion is based on one's own personal experience. To another interpreter, Bultmann scripture could be taken apart…

Serving our Persecuted Brothers and Sisters. Eliezer G. Mwankenja Messiah College Serving our Persecuted Brothers and Sisters. Before Jesus was crucified on the cross, he told his disciples that in this world they will have tribulation. Also, Jesus told his disciples that they do not belong to the world anymore because he chose them out of it. As a result, the world will hate them because they belong to him and because the world hated Jesus first. Furthermore, Jesus told his…

The film, Noah, directed by Darren Aronofsky, written by Ari Handel was released recently in March 2014 and is based on the biblical event of Noah’s ark. Several historical books contain the story of Noah and early civilizations have flood stories recorded at around the same time period. It is hard to pin down what actually happened in the flood account because it happened in a very early time period and there are several different versions of the story. The film portrays the story of Noah in a…

You are a religious person who is very close to their family. You love having your cellphone and you also like listening to music. I would say spaghetti is your favorite dish and Pepsi Cola would be your favorite drink. Your lucky Jordan Eclipse sneakers must also be…

These Christians would have raised the cross as a banner against Saddam, Hitler, or Mao. There are church members who wanted to use preventative war to stop communist china from making atomic weapons before they could use them to endanger the United States. They would also advocate landing marines in Iraq before the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) got a strong foothold. Such anticipatory actions are based on the notion that our cause is consistently good, while that of our enemies is…