The Faith Club Analysis

Race: the color of our skin; has carried meaning and status in this country that still divides and separates us. Institutionalized racism, such as Slavery is now longer present in America, nevertheless, racialization and segregation is prevalent and just as divisive. In Divided by Faith, the statement is made that Evangelical Christianity has failed and fails to see racialization and work towards unity within and outward of the church.

Most people when they hear the word "Muslim" they only think about the Middle East, without realizing that there are Muslims everywhere. A Muslim is someone who follows the religion of Islam, but it does not necessary need to be people from the Middle East. There are a lot of people around the world that decide to become Muslims for many reasons. These three young women Nousheen Yousuf-Sadiq, Maria M. Ebrahimji, and Kameelah Janan Rasheed come from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, but considered themselves as Muslims. In their individual short stories, they talk about the difficulties that they have being an American and a Muslim woman at the same time. It is difficult for them because having these two identities interferes

My father and uncles’ instilled a statement in my head from a young age that I will never forget. This statement is closely related to the Law of Legacy and very relevant to being a leader in the modern business world. The statement only consists of a few words, but these words are very powerful and if this statement is followed, your reputation as a leader will be respected and hopefully emulated. The statement is, “Lead by example, do what is right, be the best you can be, and treat others the way you would like to be treated.”

Faith and reason can be viewed as opposites. Faith is an element of belief, something an individual does not necessarily require a reason for accepting without reason. For example, an individual’s reason for believing in God may not seem too rational when they are trying to explain them. They may not even stand up to criticism. On the other hand, reason is constructed as a formula. Faith is basically something we believe in, like something we learn in church. Reason is something we learn in school, such as a math formula.

Each woman read a paragraph from “Prayer for Understanding Others” by Abby Willowroot which Jen proposed. After the prayer, each woman introduced herself briefly, based on the seating arrangement.

Nothing could be further from the truth! But for those who need a more contemporary word other than lukewarm, how about "relevant". There I said it. Churches trying to "relevant" are losing sound doctrine and the power of God. Why is that, the Holy Spirit is grieved and has left the room. If we as a church want revival, we need to be desperate enough, hungry enough to repent of letting the culture transform us. We need to stop demonizing those who don't cave to the culture as "Legalistic", "Pharisaical" and other nasty epithets that are hurled. Its one thing to have a disagreement over non salvific doctrine, its quite another to demonize those with whom you disagree. As a conservative Evangelical millennial, my dream for the church is as follows.

In trying to reconstruct my past to correlate it with James W. Fowler’s stages of faith, who I am now is the lens through which I remember the past. I am rehearsing the past with a present view. James W. Fowler purports faith begins to develop between ages three and seven. I grew up in a rural area in South Carolina. We lived on a farm until I was twelve. Although my dad stopped farming when I was six or seven, we lived in the same house until I was thirteen. My earliest memory with regard to Fowler’s first stage of faith development, Intuitive/Projective Faith was prior to attending elementary school. I don’t remember my exact age, however, my siblings and I were quite imaginative during play time. We conjured these elaborate scenes and characters and envisioned ourselves as owners of mansions and castles. We were encouraged by our parents, particularly, our dad, to dream big dreams.

In the introductory chapter of Jack Cottrell’s, The Faith Once for All: Bible Doctrine for Today, the author made several clarifying points about theology, that I had previously had the privilege to know. The first concept that stood out to me was “the denial of truth,” (12) because of how far-reaching the effects of it are. Cottrell makes the assertion that it may be, “the most pervasive and far-reaching feature of 20th/21st-century western thinking” (12). Essentially, Cottrell means that as a culture, we no longer accept anything as absolute; my truth may differ from someone else’s view, and neither parties are wrong.

We give thanks to the Lord for making this community so strong and unified. We are gracious that you are so peaceful and that you spread the word of God.

Collinsville Faith in Action ended the quarter with a current asset balance of $243,391.. Our P & L showed a deficit of -$11,330 much less than the projected -$25,487. Over $16,000 can be attributed to the move in 2015. The move cost $8,500 in 2014. We are currently at $24,654 in moving costs with handful remaining to be recorded. Our total expenses for the year are at $121,503.

The meaning of “Faith” throughout the story meant something positive only while it lasted. To begin with Goodman Browns young wife was name Faith. He called her “my love and my Faith.” She was his love although they were married shortly she was also what kept him going, and gave him a feeling of being able to conquer anything. “A blessed angel on earth; and after this one night I’ll cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven.” It sounds like no matter the outcome of Goodman’s journey that night, he would go wherever Faith took him. The same Faith that kept him going eventually died. “There was a scream, drowned immediately in a louder murmur of voices, fading into far-off laughter, as the dark cloud swept away, leaving the clear and silent sky above Goodman Brown.” Once that incident occurred, that is when Goodman began experiencing difficulties in the forest. He began to feel more afraid then he initially did at the start of his journey. He also began to feel some sort of competition with the devil. “Ha! ha! ha! roared Goodman Brown, when the wind laughed at him. Let us hear which will laugh loudest!” Although he may have been afraid internally he tried not to show it, by going neck-and-neck with the devil. He tried showing that he was brave. The Puritans strict moral code may actually make people follow a very disciplined moral life. However that is not always the case, Goodman met the man that told him certain

The Dynamics of Faith is an in-depth look at what faith is from a theological perspective. Tillich seems to be replying to all of the writers we have read thus far and placing their arguments within the context of faith. Nowhere is this more apparent than on page 24, in his discussion of community. He rightly acknowledges that faith is usually seen in its sociologic setting. He then proceeds to sort out the different claims, saying that

Faith development theories propose that young adulthood is a critical time for individuals to re-examine the faith of their childhood in light of new discoveries, negotiate their dependence on significant others and relationship to authority, and associate with communities that help them in their quest for meaning (Fowler, 1981, and Parks, 2000). Parks (2000) suggests that young adults benefit from supportive mentoring environments as they traverse these transitional phases of development. Religious groups are well suited to the task so long as they are hospitable to questioning, tolerate ambiguity, encourage interfaith dialogue and diversity, provide comfort, and hope, supply meaningful symbols and stories, and identify the giftedness of young

Everyone lives by faith. Even the atheist. It is an inescapable reality of life on planet earth.

The topic which I have selected is faith. Faith is a complex term that we use casually in the Latter Day Saint community. Yes, it is simple, but it has a much more profound meaning than just believing. It is believing in the Son of God, and that he will deliver you from your trials and tribulations. I will describe to you about my findings on faith. I wanted to focus on four major effects and doctrine of faith, they are how to gain faith, the blessings that come from faith, doubt robs faith, and the effects of faith in my life.