God in Christianity

If one is to write about Christianity and the nature of God, one must have a foundation to rely upon. Both theology and our epistemological queries concerning God must be crafted from a source. Michael Bird in his Evangelical Theology notes that the prolegomena or things we say before saying anything about God must be predicated upon a critical source. This source is God’s Word and is revealed in multiple ways. If one is to conduct a Credo or apologetic stance of his Christian faith, this person

Essay 1 After creating humans God wanted to partner with them to work creating a perfect world. But yet, humanity as a whole rejected this partnership and turned away from God. God then set apart a smaller nation, Israel to form a partnership or a covenant with him. God makes promises to them, in return the Israelites have to live up to God's standards and accept the terms of the covenant. Besides being holy God asks the Israelites to be ambassadors representing God not only through holiness abut

claim Christianity. Christianity follows its inception and its convictions to the teachings of Jesus Christ, who existed very nearly 2,000 years prior. Yet it is a mystery that large portions of the followers to Christianity are not mindful of Jesus' main teachings. Therefore, it is once in a while announced. The heart and center of Jesus Christ's message was that the Kingdom of God would be created on earth. The pupils of Jesus clearly comprehended His message. References to the Kingdom of God--or

people in the World who follow and support the Catholic Church. Christianity is a religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Ever since Christianity started to emerge in the mid-first century it has only increased in size and became even more powerful now than in the origins of the Religion. Jesus Christ is considered to be the Son of God and through the Bible’s scriptures that include many sacred writings of Christianity it has given people hope and more importantly something to

between God and humanity brings with it also the seeds of religion as the expression of our connection with God, and therefore of religion as a historical phenomenon. In discussing the fundamental nature of our relationship with God, Schelling approaches the narrative of Genesis in a way analogous to that he uses for the monotheistic dogma. Therefore, Schelling reads the history of the original couple as carrying in itself an account of the ideal or negative image of our relationship with God. In this

Christianity is among the few religion which has male power as a dominant power. This can be possible that man has a fear that the feminine symbolism would make all the women strong and they would think that men and women had same power and they were equal to men in all means. In the article “what became of God the Mother? Conflicting Images of God in Early Christianity” Elaine Pagels discusses that how the early development of Christianity God is seen as a masculine figure and there is a lack of

stays right by their side at all times, watching over them at all times. God and his righteousness strikes fear in the devil. The devil fears his power may one day diminish and his world would cease to exist. Because of this, the devil puts in a greater effort as an attempt to win the battle against each individual soul. The widely known epic poem, Beowulf, proves this theory. Some people assume that in Beowulf, the Christianity through the story was added in by Christian monks on a mission to lead

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 There once was an old miser who hid all his gold at the foot of a tree. Each week he would dig it up and gloat over it. One day a robber happened to notice what the old miser was doing. When the miser was done, the robber went to the tree, dug up the gold and took all of it

Richard Wilbur, God, and Christianity        A recurring theme in the poetry of Richard Wilbur is one of God and Christianity.  Biblical references can be found throughout his work, even in poems that have little to do with religion.  However, this theme is quite prominent as there are several poems contain more than passing references. Wilbur provides in these poems ideas that Christians can identify with, either in the Christian lifestyle or straight from the Bible.  Richard Wilbur was

story of Beowulf there are many an allusion to Christianity, Jesus, and God. This was not in the original oral story, as the original story had a more Pagan influence, especially with its incorporation of the Heroic Code. It is blatantly obvious the distinct and plentiful clashes the story has with itself, as it tries to keep elements of the Heroic Code as well as implementing elements of Christianity and the Bible. The shifts from Heroic Code to Christianity and vice verse aren’t even spaced out evenly