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States, whether a member of the Christian church or not, would argue with the statement that the American Christian Church has external and internal struggles it has been facing for years. An issue that the American church has really struggled with recently is the issue of homosexuality and the sinfulness of it. The book Struggling with Scripture by authors Walter Brueggemann, William C. Placher, and Brian K. Blount each write their thoughts on the interpretation of scripture and how it relates to this

Timothy 4:11-15 First Timothy 4:11-15 was written by the Apostle Paul to Timothy. He writes this letter after he leaves Timothy and goes to Macedonia during his fourth missionary. At the time of these letters, Timothy was serving as pastor of the local church in Ephesus. Timothy was a native of Lystra, a Roman colony in the province of Galatia. He was a pastor who accompanied Paul on his second and third missionary. He seemed to become Paul’s protégé, and Paul spoke of himself as Timothy’s “father” and

the Church when he posted his 95 Theses on the door of a German church and started the reformation. Deriving from this act, the 5 Solas of the reformation were formed. The Solas rewrote the way churches were to present the salvation of Christ to the congregation by striping down centuries of tradition to return to a form of early Christianity. Of the 5 Solas, Sola Scriptura, by Scripture alone, is arguably the most important to the whole reformation movement. Reformers taught that scripture, being

about any one thing about religion, it is exactly what we make of it. That is to say that when Christians speak about God or the bible they speak only about what they find important and pertinent, whether to themselves alone or all of Christianity. Any new Christian speech seems to be paradoxical in both the fact that it threatens the validity of the religion by calling into question scripture or other church ideas, but also allows a breadth of new believers. I'd like to delve into when this question

death of Christ, the church joined the deliberation to demonstrate the answer to all of life’s questions. The church accomplished this, with numerous trials, by defining and defending the Christian worldview demonstrated through creeds. While the church has suffered its heretical trials, the early church fathers left their legacy of truth within creeds. The Controversy The apostolic fathers—men believed to have known an apostle—were early theologians and leaders of a Christian audience. They played

On March 26, 2017, I visited Palos Heights Christian Reformed Church, 7059 West 127th Street, Palos Heights, Illinois. A Christian Reformed Church service is completely different than a Catholic mass. I had been going to Palos Heights CRC since the beginning of the year and noticed that they celebrate the Lord’s Supper about once a month with pieces of bread and sparkling grape juice. The Sunday prior to the Lord’s Supper mass is dedicated to repenting and preparing the congregation for the celebration

The United Methodist Church’s Book of Discipline states, “Wesley believed that the living core of the Christian faith was revealed in Scripture, illuminated by tradition, vivified in personal experience, and confirmed by reason”. This statement outlines the concept of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral. Interestingly, John Wesley never actually used the term “quadrilateral” and the American Methodist scholar, Albert C. Outler, who later stated that he regretted doing so as it has been misconstrued, named

about during the Christian Reformation 16th and 17th century. Martin Luther opposed the Roman Catholic Church, Huldrych Zwingli led the protestant reformation in Switzerland, and this led to more radical reform in Switzerland led by Conrad Grebel with Anabaptists. One of the main causes of the reformation was individuals looking at the church and scriptures and seeing where things did not line up biblically. There was a distinct difference between the views of the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant

Scripture Introduction Scripture is fundamental to Christian faith, but who gives it authority? What makes it fundamental. Beyond these questions, you may wonder if it is historical accurate or if science disproves scripture. If you decide that scripture stands the test of history and science, you may wonder if the words are literal, contextual, or an allegory. These are questions that Christians may have to wrestle with throughout their lives. Luckily, today’s Christians are not the first to

of many Christians around the country. Many took to social media and with the terror and panic of Chicken Little cried, “The sky is falling”, while others lashed out in hateful speech towards the lawmakers and the homosexual community that celebrated their newly given liberty. As Christians begin to look toward the future with a new definition of marriage put into effect before the country, many begin to question what this will mean for the next generation of believers and for the church moving