Holy Spirit Analysis

I was able to attend three church services at the Athens First United Methodist Church and gain insight on what it was like to be a weekly congregation member. While focusing on the members of the congregation and their mannerisms, the pastor and the way that the congregation was being addressed, and the overall routine of the service I was able to write-up the way that I felt and the things that I noticed while being present. I feel as if the Catholic and Methodist church are different and attending the mass was not something that I was used too. I was experiencing a different religion and church service. I felt like there was a sense of community at each service and I really liked the way that I personally felt welcome each time I went. I am not saying that the catholic church does not have a sense of community, maybe it is because Athens is a small town and members get to know each other very well or what but I felt a strong community vibe. I was able to focus in on the members specifically and the way that they interacted with one another and the pastor. Friendly, is the word that I would use to describe the members. Each person had a smile on their faces on entering and exiting the church. Reverend Robert McDowell did a wonderful job interacting and engaging with the congregation throughout the service. He wanted his people to listen and reflect on the words he was saying not just blankly listen to. Going to the Methodist church was an eye opening experience to me, realizing that going to church and being in college is not a bad thing. It takes up one hour of my time one day a week. This project made me realize the difference between religions and unfamiliar places and how it can be educational and exciting to

On Sunday, November 13, 2016, I visited the Kennedy Road Tabernacle church on 141 Kennedy Rd N, Brampton, ON L6V 1X9 at 8:00 am. This denomination was Christian and I had no experience or background knowledge about Christianity, other than what I have learned in school. I decided to go on a Sunday because I knew many people go on Sundays and it would be a good experience. From my knowledge, Christianity is a monastic religion, that is the belief in one god, and he made things rule over history (Esposito, & Lewis). They also believe that God is higher than everyone, and should not be placed after someone else. They believed that Jesus was born Nazareth in the northern Galilee region on December 25, also the same day as Christmas. Jesus was crucified

LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY RESEARCH PAPER: THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT A Paper Submitted to Liberty Theological Seminary in partial fulfillment of the requirements for completion of the course THEO 530 Systematic Theology II By Grace Park Lynchburg, Virginia August 10, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Thesis and Introduction 3 Understanding of Holy Spirit 3 Understanding of Gifts 4 Definition for the Gifts 4 Distribution of Gifts 8 Recipients of Gifts 8 Purpose of Gifts Classification of Gifts 9 Gifts of motivation 10 Gifts of ministry position 12 Gifts of manifestation 14 Conclusion 15 Bibliography 18 Thesis Statement The various gifts of the Holy Spirit as listed in Scripture are conveyed according to the will of the Holy Spirit to every man for the eventual purpose of the edification and building up the church body.

Being born and bought up in Christian Orthodox Church, for a long time I could not understand the real meaning of Pentecostalism, but things changed dramatically in my life, and so did my theology about Church. Throughout the year I have learnt a

     Another part of the service that I did not get to witness was the actual baptizing part. In the English service they do not have a pool to baptize people in. They only baptize people in the Spanish service so I was not able to see this happen. The rest of the service was all about the preacher preaching. His sermon was not right out of the bible. He talked about real life situations that are related to what the bible talks about so I found it better to relate to what is going on in your life. It got pretty boring though when he kept on talking for around thirty to forty-five minutes. The whole service was around an hour and forty-five minutes to two hours.

The Holy Spirit: Who He is, What He Does Author: Robert Gromacki HOMI 860-397 LUO Jonathan Behler L23929745 In this paper, I will review Robert Gromacki’s book The Holy Spirit: Who He is, What He Does I will detail what I feel the book is about. I will emphasize various points given by the author that stood out to me. Finally, I will give my personal evaluation of the book.

The Holy Spirit of God is the active force or power in one’s life, which most certainly includes spiritual formation (Pettit, 2008, p. 46). When Jesus was speaking with his disciples he made it clear – by using the analogy of a vine and branches – that apart from him they could do nothing (John 15:5). Only if one is connected to Christ will they have the ability to bear fruit and the way Jesus empowers those connected to him is through the Holy Spirt that that father will send in his name (John 14:26). The fact is that the triune God dwells in the Christian in and through the Holy Spirit. One sees this when they place multiple passages together to gain a full understanding of this concept. For example, Jesus made it clear that he and the father would come and make their home with the disciple (John 14:23). In 1 Corinthians 6:19 Paul reminds the Corinthians that their bodies are the very temple of God because the Holy Spirit dwells in them which is similar to what Jesus said would happen when he sent the Holy Spirit after his resurrection and ascension (John 14:17, 16:7).

You Are Made Holy to Me, for I Love You as My Soul Maus is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, serialized from 1980 to 1991. It depicts Spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor. The work shows postmodern techniques and represents Jews as mice and other Germans and Poles as cats and pigs. [Wikipedia 1] Maus shows various points of Vladek Spiegelman's life. Vladek was married twice, in the first part of Maus it shows Vladek life with his Deceased ex-wife, Anja; then it shows his life with his second wife, mala, after the holocaust. When Vladek is telling his story to his son Art, for his Comic book on his dad's life as a Jewish soldier. When comparing Vladek's two marriages

I went to a non-denominational Christian church on 18 July 2015. I grew up as a member of the LDS church and I no longer go to church as well as no longer believe as well. I chose the non-denominational church because it seemed less intimidating as others and I

It seemed that we all agreed and voted on ways to improve life for others. This was interesting because I was able to see all of the work that it takes to donate to companies that help the needy, or even directly help the needy. I was also able to catch a view of how the church runs. It seems like a lot of pointless voting and following strange rules as to how we have to pass different systems that the church uses. The annual meeting was even intense at times as there were questions about church policies and what was the appropriate amount of money in the budget. However, it became apparent that it is very important to follow church policies so that we can all agree upon a conclusion. It would be awesome to finally be able to vote at these meetings and participate on committees once I am confirmed and become a member of the church. In times where decisions are hard within these meetings one can use the bible to help us to remember that we are all one congregation.

Growing up in a Southern Baptist affiliated church encouraged me to contrast my church norm by attending the Episcopal Trinity Church on Wall Street. The church I grew up in maintains a relatively contemporary approach utilizing contemporary music for worship with sermons that follow different series throughout the year. Alternatively, Trinity maintains a traditional approach utilizing hymns for worship and sermons following liturgies outlined in the Book of Common Prayer.

The origin of the Assemblies of God church is 1988. The Assemblies of God believes that the word inspires, There is one true God, eternally existent in three people; God the Father; God the Son; and God the Holy Spirit. The deity of the lord Jesus Christ, The death of Jesus Christ, The resurrection, The

There are many devotions, which help us deep our faith and unity with God such as the Novena of the Holy Spirit. The Novena to the Holy Spirit is done 9 days before Pentecost. The Holy Spirit is important in our daily life since he is with us once we were baptized. However, we spend little time devoting ourselves to God's Holy Spirit. We can deepen our devotion to the Holy Spirit in the Novena's Act of Consecration, prayer for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit and the daily focus.

The gifts of the Holy Spirit contain a big role in the spiritual life of the believer. There are said to be seven gifts to around eighteen gifts of the Spirit to be brought upon those who believe in God. Each denomination has a certain gift that they focus on more then others. As Pentecostals believe that speaking in tongues is the ultimate gifts and thats what shows that a person has been filled with the Spirit, Mennonites dont focus on speaking in tongues at all. Each Gift of the Spirit has a certain use and person in the life of the believer. Some believers often confuse gifts of the Spirit with other things and get confused on when they have been filled with the Holy Spirit. No matter how spectacular, or miraculous, some of

One controversial doctrine is the ability to speak in tongues. To my understanding, Paul reminded the church in Corinth that this was a gift from the Holy Spirit (Act 2, 1 Corinthians 12:10). However, most Christians criticize their counterparts for not using this gift from God, assuming that they will not go to Heaven. The problem with this assumption is that it is limiting one task the Holy Spirit does; if I am not mistaken, Paul mentioned nine gifts of the Holy Spirit. They are prophesying, wisdom vocabulary, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, discerning spirits; the last two are speaking and interpreting tongues (1 Corinthians 12). Paul does mention that if anyone had the same gift, just as if we all are one part of the body of Christ, then we would not function. Instead, God has given us different gifts to different people who are willing to use their gifts