Christian Universalism

The original term apostle usually refers to the twelve men that Jesus called to carry the gospel to spread the gospel to the world. These men traveled with Jesus during His earthly ministry. The original twelve apostles were “sent out to preach and teach as apostles” (Orr 2). They also saw the crucifixion and the resurrection. Jesus called His first two disciples by the Sea of Galilee. Peter and his brother Andrew were both fishermen. In Matthew 4:19 Jesus said “Follow me and I will make you

Pope John XXII’s surprising call for a general council during the early months of his papacy not only stunned the Church, but allowed him to achieve one of his personal goals for his papacy and enabled the Church to seek renewal of doctrines, unification with the universal church, and increase the Church’s relevancy. John XXIII saw the need to call the Second Vatican Council in order to update Church so to more efficiently and effectively minister to the faithful and respond to the needs of the

1. What does this story say about people? What this story says about people is that God will use people suffering to teach about faith and to glorify God. Sometime, he uses it for us, and sometimes he uses it for other people. This story teaches that people should never question God about why they are suffering, instead ask God to give us a clearer perspective on what is happening. Once people are healed they should be a testimony to others, and not be afraid to share it. 2. What does this story

When comparing Mary Rowlandson with Jonathan Edwards they both have an understanding of who Jesus Christ is, but differ on their views on how to live their earthly lives. I would have to say that Rowlandson faith showed a raw and relevant relationship with God. While she was being held in captivity by the American Indians, she was able to find comfort in her faith, Mary is able to pull memorized verses from out from her head to bring her peace, which to me showed that she knows and understands the

Even though first Corinthians and second Corinthians are similar there are differences between them. There are a lot of differences like even the reason they were created. First and second Corinthians were written to the Corinthians, but for different reasons. First Corinthians was written to correct the Corinthians in their wrong doings. The Corinthians were doing a lot of sinning. First Corinthians is mainly for correcting the Corinthians and people who are sinning and want to know how to stop

The Case For Christ ought to be required perusing for all Christians. A striking explanation, I know, yet it really is a mind blowing book. I positively would not state it is the best book I've ever perused, nor the most significant. Be that as it may, what this book does, and does, is put forward in an unmistakable and unequivocal way, the confirmation that Christ existed and that He was precisely who and what He said He was. The book takes after writer Lee Strobel on his journey to find

left out. If an atheist were to pick up this book, he or she may feel as though Sire spent more time on the Christian worldview than giving “legitimate” arguments for other worldviews. Is there a way to read Sire’s book, as a non-Christian, and agree with his statements, or is this book only for Christian students (who will mostly agree since they already hold his presuppositions)? The Christian may be satisfied with his answers, but if his goal is to educate on other worldviews; this book may get dismissed

Lucifer was preordained to this condemnation of eternal fire so are his followers pre-ordained to this same condemnation and endanger of hell fire. The Luciferians defile the word They are the Apostate teachers The apostate teachers are the people voted in office by vote or belong to a corporation, These teachers will despise and dominion and pull down the gospel of God. This is Apostacy that Jude is trying to warn the Christian's about, not to be deceived and seduced by the god of forces that has

The focus of this week’s reading is on creating a future for the United Methodist Church. The first four pathways which Bishop Jones and Ough put forth are a comforting notion that the leadership found in our denomination shows legitimate concern for the local church people (potential ones and current) and their immediate leaders. However, when compared to the reading pertaining to itinerant pastors, the four pathways begin to sound better in theory than in practice for me. I appreciate the insight

In 1 Samuel 17, a story of a young man defeating a giant is written. David, the young man, trusts God and defeats a human war machine. Towering at almost 11 feet tall, this giant was known as Goliath. In the beginning of the story, Goliath stood at a battlefield imposing the Israelites waiting for a challenger. The Israelites were frightened and no one would step up to fight the “unbeatable” warrior. This was until David, the youngest of eight boys, showed that he trusted in God and stepped up and