American Christians

Fear is an unshakable feeling that is driven by both rational, and irrational causes, but in the heat of the moment differentiating the rational, from the irrational can be nearly impossible. When control is given into the hands of fear, no matter how pure or genuine the intention, the outcome will be horrific. The Crusades and The Salem Witch Trials are two historical events that started with the idea of holy purification, but because of the corruption of man both events turned into hellish conquests

the first half of western civilizations, it is easy to extract several key learning principles for the Christian life. All of these principles have to do with the way a Christian should live their life. From the readings and discussions, I was reminded of how we should live our lives by viewing all people as God would view them, with radical faith, intention, humility, and commitment. Christian community is vital for carrying each other’s burdens. I believe one of the foundational things that people

towards Christians is that they are very judgemental. Many people believe that Christians are too quick to judge someone and never really bother to figure out what those people actually think and why they think a certain way on something. Sadly, this stigma that is linked to Christians will always be a part of the word Christian. So why is it that when people hear the word Christian, they automatically think “judgemental”? There are many reasons one of them being that while many Christians are more

by a family of Christians and Christian ideas helped me be a better, more responsible person. As I was taught, our main objective as Christians is to spread the word and love of Jesus to non-Christians in the hope that they would see Jesus for who he has always been. We do this in a very peaceful way by talking to people and helping others in need. No violence of any sort is used. Sometimes I have come across people, either in person, or comments left on Facebook with non-Christians. Sometimes they

Top Sites for Christian Singles "You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with." --Wayne Dyer While I enjoy being single, I do occasionally like male company for dinner, dancing or just good conversation. Fortunately, there are many sites for singles to find friends, dates and even mates; however, I was interested in sites for Christian singles. After contacting several megachurches to inquire as to which sites were most used by their singles, we learned that the directors

contain numerous attributes of Christian propaganda. Throughout the story of Beowulf, there are several circumstances and coincidences that distinctly relate to the Christian belief system. One can only imagine that these ideas of Christian propaganda; which include the use of Christian themes and beliefs in works of literary art, were strategically placed throughout the story of Beowulf to help the conversion from the old world pagan religious belief system to the Christian beliefs of the new world.

Characterizing the Religious Encounter between Moravians and Saramakas When Moravians in Germany sent three missionaries to Suriname in 1765 to witness to the Saramakas, two groups with unique and fundamentally different cultural, social, and religious beliefs and structures met. During the course of their stay, the Moravians were hounded by disease and disappointed by the poor reception of the gospel; meanwhile, the Saramakas were plagued with inter-tribal rivalries and poor relations with the

Kim writes that the Apostle Paul and the reformer Martin Luther were both utilizing this approach. e. Christ the Transformer of Culture – Hopefully all Christians use this at least part of the time. Kim mentions that from this perspective, “culture would be viewed as internally redeemable by Christ … it is neither good nor fallen but transformed by Christ.” Since culture is man-made, I agree that it is

In the epic poem Beowulf the poem depicts the time in religious history where Christian and pagan beliefs were introduced to society. This poem was written in the time of the Anglo-Saxon period where pagan was the preferred religion. In later years as time gradually passed, Christianity became one of the more favored religions. Beowulf contains many elements of both religions. Though paganism was very popular throughout this poem, it showed a mixture of the two beliefs. These beliefs played a major

How does the Christian world look to the outsider? David Kinnaman along with the Barna group attempt to answer this question in UnChristian. Oddly enough the five most common adjectives used by people literalistic, anti-intellectual, self-righteous, judgmental, and bigoted. Us Christians might object, rather defensively to try an sway the crowd, playing the card off, “that 's unfair to draw sweeping conclusions based upon the report of one person in the church.” If you think that way, you 'd be right