Church of the Brethren

The Book of 1st Corinthians is letter from Paul addressing the church of Corinth about the immorality and divisions that had come about and how to correct these issues. In the first four chapters, Paul received reports of issues from the church residing in Corinth and he then address their disorders, “there are quarrels among you” (1 Cor 1:11). Paul later claims that God has “chosen them” and “because of Him you are in Christ Jesus” which relieves all believers because it lets them know God is

In John 6, Jesus gives a fairly disturbing statement to the crowd gathered to hear him. Roughly paraphrased, he says that those who eat the Son of Man’s flesh and drink his blood will have eternal life. As a result, many who hear Christ’s words turn away and leave him. Christ then asks the 12 disciples if they, too, will turn away after receiving this hard teaching. Simon Peter replies, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are

Introduction: The Baptism Debate In Christianity, baptism is one of the first public exhibitions of religion made by many people. The acceptance of Christ is at the center of this for this as the individual accepts Him as their savior, it is also considered a sign that the believer wants to build his relationship with God. There are many questions about whether baptism should be done early in life, as a child, or if the ritual should be saved until the individual consciously can make a public statement

Jonas wrote this work, as previously stated, for Pippin of Aquitaine. This writing occurred during a time in which Louis the Pious and Pippin quarreled. The way that Louis handled this argument spoke to Jonas and he congratulated both Louis and Pippin for the way that they resolved the issues. Jonas constantly, throughout his time as bishop, worked tirelessly to assist Louis with everything he could. One of the many things he constantly relates to Pippin is that he needs to keep wise counselors.

that we are allowed to live in community with Christian brethren.”(20) He emphasizes the differences in community as either divine reality or human ideal. According to Bonhoeffer the church is not only a visionary outcome of desire, nor should humans claim to be fully responsible for the failures. Instead the author asserts that Jesus Christ is the one who solely created the church, therefore Christian’s job being solely to partake in the church with thankful and open hearts and seeking

“John Wesley remains one of the most influential individuals in the history and development of the Methodist Church because his leadership ultimately steered Methodist principles to exact a stronger focus upon personal holiness and church community”(GF289). His teachings stressed that sanctity is an impossible and vain pursuit without an initial, personal intervention from God in the person’s life. His spiritual intervention came on the heels of a failed mission trip to the new colonies of the United

Fortunately, the Church has invested and provided several mixed media resources, including songs, videos and even memes, that emphasize promote Gospel principles and are available on lds.org These resources can be especially helpful when its time to teach lessons on sensitive

tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.” That statement would apply to Israel, which shows that this book was written for Jews. In that, James is writing to fellow Christians, so most likely they were Jewish converts and were fellow brethren. Those fellow brethren would be the Jewish Christians that have been scattered across for various reasons, but there is another view. The other view is that this book was written for all Jews. In regards to when the book of James was written there is debate

where he learned reading, writing and Latin. At 13, Luther began to attend a school run by the Brethren of the Common Life in Magdeburg. The Brethren’s teachings

perspective without nullifying its general application to all church saints in every age. James, like all books of the Bible, is for ALL Christians as we are all one in Christ Jesus. This oneness is taught by the Apostle Paul in Galatians 3:28: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Yet in the desire to emphasize this oneness, some in the church, especially within Reformed circles, interpret and apply