The True Believer

function places the believer in a humble state when the realization of how miniscule they are compared to their “god.” The mystical function unites the believer with the “transcendent reality” to which they originated from. This function is meant to instill a sense of faith to that which cannot be directly seen but is felt when engaged in the…

about abandoning ourselves.”(7) If one feels called to stay in America and not pursue overseas missions I could see where, after reading this book, they may feel a sense of inadequacy or feel as though they are outside of the will of God, yet Platt never says in order to be obedient you must go overseas and share the Gospel. Some would argue that a sense of guilty or shame after reading this book would be conviction instead of a response to contravening views. In any religious or political…

pluralism teaches that there are multiple religions that are equally true and valid. However, people question how do we be faithful to our own beliefs while making space for others? According to Elizabeth Johnson’s chapter, religious pluralism includes different responses about God. For example, exclusivism believes only the true believers of one true religion are saved. Whereas inclusivism believes only one religion saves its true believers and those of other religions. The Catholic church…

creates a problem of sampling because no matter what the actual experiment may be, the sample only consists of believers which is not an accurate representation of the population. According to Rice…

Old Testament there are examples of separation and the New Testament contains warnings and commands for separation as well. God is Holy and because of this, He requires that believers and local Churches be Holy. For instance, in Leviticus 11:45 it says “Speak to all the congregation of the people…

debate over who was the true author of the book of Ephesians. Two separate ideas the first being that the Apostle Paul wrote the book during his time under house arrest in Rome and the second that a loyal disciple of Paul wrote the letter some 15 to 20 years after Paul’s death. There is much backing…

people. Some may say that the Church exists to glorify God and others will add that the Church is to evangelize (Moore, 25). When people talk about the Church today, they talk about the building or the programs that it puts on. But this is far from true; the Church is made up of flesh and blood rather than bricks (Moore, 26). Ephesians 3:6 states that the Gentiles are together with…

from the preparation to lead a church at the mission field. Furthermore, this book not only teaches how to make people to become true Christians, but also how to overcome their bad situation by the biblical perspectives. Moreover, adding the author’s personal experiences at the mission fields made me to see what are the things Cambodians are going through to be a true Christians, and how the author dealt with those people to make them believe God. As Forrest McPhail mentioned in his book,…

years. Such changes include where believers met and worshiped, activities and responsibilities, and leaders of the church. However, there are certain things that have not changed since the start of the church. This report will discuss these differences and similarities. The place of meeting when the church began was most often the different homes of believers. Christians would go house to house, teaching and preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ, never ceasing. Believers would attend the temple…

of First Christians The first Christians were a diverse body of believers with “one heart and soul” (Acts 2:1-12, 4:32). They were a community of believers (Acts 2:42-47) who were all witnesses to the resurrection and truth that Jesus was, in fact, God (Acts 2:32, 3:15, 4:2). As God’s true people, were called to accomplish God’s will in the redemption of the nations (Acts 5:30-31, 24:14-16). 1.2. My Identity As a baptized believer in truth of God’s Word and the death and resurrection of…