Christian Faith Reflection

In this school year so far, I have learned many things about my faith. Through religion class, youth ministry (6th grade dive leader and attending EDGE(7th and 8th graders), and going to retreats (Youth 2000 and the EDGE Fall Retreat). Three things that I learned this year that I learned this year in religion class that stood out to me are the Breaking Bread Together story, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, and the teachings fighting heresies. These are things learned in religion class that have impacted me.

My personal faith grows daily by my choice to follow my love and savior, Jesus, every day I wake up. It was by no accident that God showed me Liberty University, and has now become a top option in my choices of colleges. I believe in the deep mission Liberty University has to develop Christ-centered believers because it is the same mission I strive to live out daily in my walk as a follower of Christ. My season of life will not always be the same as someone else's, but I pray that what I have walked through and what God taught me in those seasons can give perspective to others. I have grown up always knowing God but not until my sophomore year in high school did I truly start to live that out. I took two opportunities in the past two years

The purpose of this book is meant to create a foundation for Christian lifestyles. It addresses the origin of Christian values, and portrays the evolution of Christian worldviews throughout history. It briefly explains the biblical narrative and develops ideas in which Christians are able to live out their faith and deal with other worldviews existing in our world today.

Walking into class for the first time, I did not know what to expect. I grew up going to church every Sunday and going to Sunday School after the church service, it was a Christian household. I know the stories, the important Bible versus and the songs. I would say that I know my faith, my faith was something that I knew and I wouldn 't question it. It was something I was confident with since its something I have known since birth. In this class we question faith, we question everything, even Jesus. I am learning that questions are the best way someone can learn. While reading Night, The Plague and The Gospel of Mark, I got to explore the meaning of the word God.

Within this paper I will be reflecting over the first part of Theology 104. This class has addressed many topics that have given me a better understanding on Christianity, the Bible and most importantly Jesus Christ. I will be addressing two topics that I feel are very important to Christianity the first topic being the Importance of Personal Testimony and the second topic covering the Importance of Maintaining a Christian Lifestyle. Both of those topics I think help lay a foundation for an individual’s walk with Christ.

My Christian faith is the reason I have accomplished what I have and why I am who I am today. A lot of my activities that I am involved in or have been involved in were centered on my faith. My faith has helped me through high school and given me purpose as well as strength to reach the high goals I have set for myself. God has been with me through difficult decisions and situations, guiding me along the way. I usually base my decisions on what I feel would be right by God.

1. Is the present day Christian faith in harmony with and growing out of that continuous faith of Christians found in the New Testament? 2. Is your faith available to all individuals? 3. Is private faith based on objective faith? 4. Are the symbols of one’s faith meaningful?

I haven't always been such a great example in this area, but my faith has undoubtedly motivated me to try and be an ambassador to those around me, showing them the unconditional love which Christ showed us. Within the church, I believe the biggest area my faith has impacted me is growth. Prompting me to ask questions which are uncomfortable, and step outside of my comfort zone, in order that I might be refined through these experiences. Questions that stimulate growth by furthering my understanding of key issues and concepts within the faith. Lastly, extra-curricular activities have been influence the most by my faith. Before realizing the importance of my faith, the stage and the field served one purpose, bringing me personal pleasure and praise. This remained way for quite some time, even after I had supposedly embraced this faith lifestyle. However both singing and soccer became increasingly less fun, causing me to question why I was involved with these

Theology 104 has really changed my outlook and views regarding systematic theology. I now understand more clearly that as Christians, in order to be able to accurately share our faith that we must all be a theologian to some extent. Looking at the totality of it all, the four religion courses I have taken since January 2015 have really expanded my views and understanding of what it is to be a Christian. Between Philosophy and Contemporary Ideas (PHIL201), Contemporary Worldviews (APOL 104), Survey of Biblical Literature (BIBL 104), and Introduction to Christian Thought (THEO 104), my understanding of the Bible and Christianity in general has increased exponentially. While my overall belief system has not been impacted, I now have a better

The first question given in the book is if we have the power to make choices ourselves or if we are simply following some sort of programming, like our brains, and not actually making choices ourselves. I answered yes to this question. I find it hard to believe that we do not have any sense of free will or ability to make choices ourselves. I do believe that God has a plan for us and that He is an omniscient God, I still believe that God gave us the free will to make our own decisions. For example, we choose to whether or not we want to follow God.

Over the past fifteen years, my parents have raised me in the Christian faith. Faith to me is not simply something I believe in, but the way in which I choose to live my life. My faith determines how I make my decisions, and what decisions I make. My dad is the preacher of the South College Road Church of Christ, and I’ve been raised in that congregation. My dad’s work moved us to Louisiana eleven years ago,

Everyone has their own personal faith story. Personally, I haven't had the wide awakening of my faith or something big to encourage my faith more than it is. Just as most kids in high school I struggle with keeping my faith my number one priority. For example, I struggle with doing things in likeness of God. Everyone, not just high school kids, we struggle with temptations into drugs, alcohol, lying, lust and many more things. This is something that I need my faith the most.

I know that for my religion it is important to go to church and keep learning about Jesus’ teachings, but from these religions I learned to focus on the here and now. I know that I can become a better more spiritual person with these techniques. It is exciting for me to see how much college is allowing me to grow in my faith. I have always been religious in going to church and completing service, but I have never felt so connected through God until now, all due to trying new things such as SEARCH, mediation, and many other

profession of faith in Jesus Christ. I was about six years old, but I believe

As I reflect on how Mere Christianity benefited me personally, I can sincerely say that it helped provide support to my understandings and views of how a Christian life should be lived in a practical sense, dealing with authentic concerns and circumstances of the present world. Furthermore, it reinforced my belief that as Christians, “coming from among them” makes more sense when it is thought of as allowing God to make you a “Son of God”, “infecting” others so they could do likewise, and leaving this world in a better way than you found it, rather than stressing to avoid others and pretending to be more righteous than everyone else around, including believers of other denomination — all done while waiting around to go to