Christian terms

Christianity is one of the world’s largest religions; however, Christianity is no longer a united religion with one understanding of the faith. The numerous different interpretations of the Holy Bible and the Christian faith have led to various denominations. One main controversy between Christian denominations is the belief or non-belief of the holy trinity. Pentecostal churches and Baptist are just opposing side of the controversy; while Pentecostal belief is the literal interpretation of the Bible

The Five Faithful Sayings of the Pastoral Epistles for the Growing Christian The Christian today, gets saved and then continues in his life without spiritual growth or nurturing. "Clergy assume that believers are familiar with the contents of those Bibles sitting on their bookshelves. They assume church members understand the teachings of other major religions and can hold thoughtful, respectful conversations about the differences between these faiths," states Patheos in reference to a Gallop

Sittser: The Word of God, whether revealed in scripture or in the life of Christ, I believe – along with the reformers – that it is the primary fulcrum of the Christian faith. I’m proud of my protestant roots, and this week's reading from Sittser made me smile as I read about the work of the great Christian reformers. I admire their dogma, their style, their boldness, and their theology, which is summarized by the five Solas. Again their eloquence and style – at least to me – is unparalleled, I particularly

Introduction Despite centuries of contemplation, the topic of soul origination remains divisive within the Christian community. Recognizing the significant ramifications which follow from anthropological doctrines, Lindsey Disney and Larry Poston purpose to outline historical Christian positions of soul ontology, along with examining their implications for contemporary ethical issues. Disappointingly, Disney and Poston fail to provide any useful insight into the discussion, and this critique will

Dictionary of Christian Theology defines the mark of “Holy” as, “holy in the Spirit and set apart for Christ” (Healy). Michael A. Fahey, in his essay on the Church in Systematic Theology, states that the Church is holy because “it is set apart by God’s graciousness for the reception of a mysterious love of predilection” (Fahey 347). In our class lecture on the marks, the Hebrew word found in the scriptures is kavod, which means set apart (Pugliese). The Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms states

Paul came to agreeable terms on exactly what parts of the Mosaic Torah laws Gentile Christians would have to obey. They determined that Gentile Christians did not have to become circumcised, but they did have to follow Torah laws against sexual misdeeds along with certain dietary rules. After a dispute with Barnabas, Paul recruited new companions, Silas and Timothy, giving him a vision which Macedonian Greeks appeal to him for help. In Phillipi, Paul created the first Christian church and was arrested

To properly label a Christian an evangelical Protestant, one must ask four basic questions and receive an answer that as a whole, evangelical Protestants accept as “correct”. The questions are: “[W]hat must a person do to be saved?[, W]here does religious authority lie?[, W]hat is the church?[,] and [W]hat is the essence of Christian living?” (“Evangelicalism”, Dictionary of Christianity in America) Through answering and receiving the “correct” responses, one should be able to define an evangelical

the best of his abilities, something all Christians ought to be doing anyway, the movie shines because Christians fail dismally in loving out their faith and Doss appears to be a hero, an honor he refused and attributed his heroics to God and to the many soldiers who served his country. Why are so many Christians like Non-Christians in terms of worldliness? I think there are many reasons one of the main ones being Emperor Constantine becoming a Christians and everyone to be in line with the emperor

John Wesley argued Christian perfection throughout his ministry. His quest was holy living. Wesley was focused with the life of holiness than with the philosophy concerning holiness and he was engrossed in the experience than in its principles. When Wesley talked about development in holiness, and the fundamental goal of being entire sanctification, he was fixed that sanctification and justification is by faith. In his preaching, “The Scripture Way of Salvation”, Wesley expounded the faith by which

“spotlighted the exclusion of women” in the public and the church, which has caused discussion on how Christians speak about God. Johnson maintains that the specific use of only make God language in the Christian church is both “religiously idolatrous and socially oppressive” to women (304). In other words, Johnson argues that the use of God in only male terms has a two-fold negative effect on Christians: “it reduces the divine mystery to a single refined metaphor of a ruling male” and the “images and