My Christian Experience

I was raised a Christian. I attended a small Christian School in southwest Ohio from kindergarten all the way through my senior year of high school. As students, we were required to bring proof that we attended church each Sunday. We memorized Bible verses every week. We even had mini church services in school once a week. All of these activities contributed to our grade in our Bible classes, which was required every semester. I can't say that my experience in a Christian School was the worst thing

Carmanie Bhatti’s Written Response to 310.2 a-d For The Board of Ordained Ministry, Northern Illinois Conference of the UMC   i.         The Most Formative Experience of My Christian Life: I grew up in Pakistan with a diverse culture around me. Before moving to the U.S., the city I grew up in was a blend of people who lived there because of their jobs, education and business purposes. I learned that poverty, marginalization and violence, neither had a religion nor selects people of a specific

I applied to many Christian colleges but was only accepted at Asbury. Coming to Asbury scared me because I am quiet and don’t tend to make friends easily and was convinced that everyone already would have friends of their own coming in. I worried and stressed over this and then prayed over it for weeks before I got an email inviting me to join the Archway’s camping trip. Now I am not that much of an athlete so a hiking camping trip is an odd place to see me, but the email reassured me that no prior

opportunity to attend church with my friend Norbentina who is originally from Honduras. She attends Southwest Christian Church which is an all speaking Spanish congregation. I accompanied Norbentina to a Sunday morning service and as you can imagine it was quite different than what I’m usually use to. The first thing that was significantly different was how everyone greeted each other. Each person whose hand I shook said this phrase in Spanish “Dios te bendiga”. When my friend Norbentina was greeted

My Christian experience was not without some doubt filled moments. I was raised in a Christian home in the late sixties through the mid eighties. I am a fourth generation Christian, meaning, my great grandparents, my grandparents, my parents, and myself were all Christians. My sister and brother each went through some very rebellious years while in high school while I never really questioned my faith. Upon graduation from high school I attended a Bible college in Minnesota. This was a very interesting

My Experiences Listening to a Live Performance of Christian McBride Big Band. I have never been in a jazz club before. I always wanted to attend a live performance of American jazz musicians and learn more about the history of jazz. It was one of the reasons I chose this class in the first place. From my perspective, I view jazz together with classical instrumental music as elegant and exclusive. I associate it with luxurious restaurants, theaters, places like Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, where

continue my education through a Christian academic program. To able to continue my education here will allow be to grow in my Christian faith and as better person. Azusa is known as great university that help student in their Christian faith and educational. My reason for continuing my education through Christian academic program is enrich my learning, be in a community that is around faith and to grow from the experience that university provides. In continuing my education through Christian academic

fascinating story describes the life of Christian, a married man living in the City of Destruction, who longs to travel to the Celestial City. As Christian struggles to stay on the right, though more difficult path, I fight to focus in school and not pay attention to distracting ideas. I also fight to get strong enough in dance to become a professional dancer, just as Christian has to climb the Hill of Difficulty to get to the Palace Beautiful. In order for Christian to arrive at the Celestial City without

assignment, to complete under the Christian Liberal Arts Curriculum. It is my job to be as servant one and two were -- to fulfill my tasks that are given. With that in mind, I shall achieve all of my vocational and avocational desires by valuing what the Christian Liberal Arts Curriculum has to offer -- faith, freedom, and education. One of the key core values of the Christian Liberal Arts Curriculum is faith. It is incorporated into every aspect of the experience, yet it is not forced upon me. I

in a Christian environment receive positive classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning. However, numerous individuals do not grow up in a positive Christian environment or have had negative experiences related to Christianity. How are they persuaded to belief in God? Rick Wade (1998) in his article “The Relevance of Christianity: An Apologetic,” offers one dimension to persuading non-Christians to believe. Wade’s perspective, however, had little relevance to my own conversion