Since Becoming A Christian Analysis

“Only in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist.” -Lee Strobel in The Case for Christ. This to me is a very interesting and profound quote. To the best of my ability I try to thinking logically. For in a world filled with people who are driven not because of reason, logic, or coming to a conclusion, more people need to be more intentional rather than the focus on just being louder. This 46 letter quote has challenged me more than most of the book.

I will approach this chapter by defending the position that Christianity is not salvageable (75). History has proven that Christians are ruthless, controlling, brain washing people who feel they are completely superior to all others. McLaren starts out this chapter with just this claim (71). The stance of Anglican Christians who settled within the colonies is that all who do not follow the Holy Bible and are not Anglican are heathens. The heathens are too stupid to know what is best for themselves so the Anglican Christians had to come into their lives to show them how to act, dress, work, speak, and worship the Almighty God.

Growing up and going to school at Conquering Word Christian Academy I never was the person to communicate with others in my school; teachers thought I had a problem but I believed that no one clearly understood me for who I was. I was only trying to protect myself from hurt and from people who told lies all the time but then I realized that not only was I lonely without any friends, but I actually was giving off a “leave me alone” facial expression. This made people move away from even trying to be my friend. I wanted to associate with people but thought no one would want to be bothered with me because of my attitude. Always being angry made other students in my class think of me as a careless person, but I was far from that. However, I never knew that my face expression would play a vital role in me not having friends to communicate with; but I knew I had to understand that what I thought was okay and just me, others felt otherwise and it was time for me to show a different side.

In C.S Lewis’ novel, Mere Christianity, he dives into the differences that can be within a moral code, while also proving that they are all the same that the base. Lewis also tries to answer a question that does not have a simple and clear-cut answer: why do we feel bad when we misbehave, if everyone misbehaves?

If all else were for not, restoring our relationship with the God of the universe should be enough, but His blessings go deeper still and a relationship with Him is so much more. God offers us rest in this life. Though the natural corruption of man incites attitudes that are directly controversial to the Jesus’s teaching of the Beatitudes10, if we accept His teachings and nurture in our lives the meekness He speaks of in the gospel of Matthew, we will begin to experience God’s kingdom manifested in this life. No longer should we see through the corrupt lenses of this world into the kingdom of God, but we are to see through the pure and perfect eyes of God into the kingdom of man. Keeping a heavenly-sighted mind as described earlier in the

Defining the difference between right and wrong is only as good as the ethical standards that are judging the difference. Without a foundation providing standards to define right and wrong there is no real reason to define it at all. What is morally right for one person does not have to be what is right for another. This is the society we live in today. This modern view has no solid foundation and instead relies on philosophy, science, traditions, or cultural norms to establish these standards. These standards that can be interpreted differently by any individual based on how the morals relate to a specific culture, the individual themselves, or a specific time in history. Something that may have once been considered an abomination could very well now be tolerated or even considered normal if someone is provided with enough exposure. Tolerance is no longer defined as respectfully recognizing someone else’s values without having to

For me, my Spirituality is center to my church doctrine, which enforces Christ like behavior. I have a fundamental notion to spirituality; it is the connection between me and God I serve. My relationship with the most high is the most consecrated relationship there is and nothing comes between that. With this perspective then, perfection is not compulsory nor is it needed. I am not sure if God demand perfection from us. If God says we are perfect, then we are. If he says we are imperfect then we are. Either way, God does not judge the situation, but just lets everything be as it

In Simply Christian chapters 1-4 there are many high points to view in these few chapters. Chapter one, putting the world to rights, covers by talking justice in the chapter and shows examples by Adolf Hitler involved with the Holocaust. It covers three ideas of ‘’ We can say if we like…Only a dream, dream of a different world all together, and reason we have these dreams.

(You will have in me a president who respects you, who represents you decently and who appreciates you).

Have you ever heard of the religion christianity before? Christianity is the religion based off the person and teachings of Jesus. Jesus is the son of god and role model and important leader in jewish history. Christianity is made up of good thoughts, equality, and real peace. At this time christianity increased 40% every ten years. There are many reasons why christianity took hold in the ancient world but here are the 3 main reasons.

Christian practice e.g., Leviticus 14:8, (Fairchild, 2012). Baptism was also used to initiate converts to Judaism, and the Essenes, contemporaries of Jesus, practiced a daily ritual of bathing. Sharing the bread and wine is held to remember Christ's first coming, anticipate his second coming, and create a unity, or communion, of believers. The male role in the Christian religion is to be the head of his home (Fairchild, 2012). The woman’s role is to be loved and to be a helpmate to her husband (Fairchild, 2012). The activities of strong, capable women have broken many barriers to the full participation of women in the life of the Church, and women now serve as influential leaders, ministers, theologians, and even bishops in some communities.

Great to here that you have been impacted tremendously by this course. I believe that one of the greatest accomplishments of a Christian is to understand and learn how to make right choices in life. Such as, choosing to be obedient to the word of God, choosing that which is not passing, and choosing that which is for eternity can take time to learn. Why? It is so important, for the reason that one’s choices will determine the quality of life, circumstances, successes, victories, accomplishments, purposes, achievements, prosperity, triumph, tranquility, etc. On the other hand, not to choice wisely can bring failure, lack of success, nonfulfillment, dereliction, collapse, suffering, pain, lostness, aguish, spiritual bankruptcy, etc. Just as your

In the Bible, the Lord commanded His children to come out and separate themselves from the world, and we can find this in verse 17a of 2nd Corinthians chapter 6 - NLT, and it reads, “Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the LORD.” This separation from the world is what allows the Christian to live a life full of faith, hope, and love because they are children of the Highest God.

According to Paul, Christian life is not simple, and neither is enduring persecution. There are difficulties in coping with life in a world full of sin especially with bodies that are corruptible. However, Paul states that “our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us” (verse 18). Just as there was joy set before Jesus after his suffering the same is in store for Christians- a future so glorious that all of the suffering we currently undergo will seem minor. Human beings are however not the only ones who will benefit in the end. According to Paul, there is a comic significance to the plan of God what is currently working itself out for us. “For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed” (verse 19). This means that everything around us, everything God created, nature, is also waiting to see God’s glory in us. For this reason, the world and everything in it should be seen as rooting for us. This is because all the creation suffers the same frustration that people do. This verse, therefore, urges Christians to wait in eagerness for the day when their bodies will be resurrected and their adoption completed. We should live for what’s to come rather than struggle with the past (Barclay

I enjoyed reading about Charles Hodge and some of the things Olson recorded about Hodge really spoke to me. One topic I enjoyed was Hodge 's belief that God would not ask or command us to do something that is morally wrong (p.225). Hodge also believed that God would not reveal anything that would contradict a well authenticated truth or revelation (p. 225). I think Hodge is correct with his assumption because God does not change His mind or ask us to do something immoral. I think many people believe that God changed His mind and sent Jesus after His first attempt the Law of Moses had failed. We know the Law was a part of the plan for Jesus ' entrance into this world. Hodge 's statement is