Trinity United Church of Christ

Life as a Christian versus Buddhism As a Christian you have taken on the likeness of Jesus Christ in the flesh. You are to walk and talk as he did when he walked the earth. But, as a Buddhist, you take on the likeness of a child that did not want to be a “god.” I will talk about the differences between Christianity and Buddhism and then give information on the matters. But, first we will have to understand the formation and beginnings of the two religions. Buddhism, which has been around for

of life, not just spiritual matters. The Anabaptist tradition is not characterized by a distinctive theology, but shaped by the communal living out of implicit beliefs. Believing that the Reformation did not do enough to restore a NT perspective on Christ and the Apostles, the Anabaptists built their tradition on a strong conviction to follow the teachings of Jesus, especially as it pertained to communal living, peacemaking and serving others (particularly marginalized communities). In terms of the

would be attending church. When I was younger, I remember attending a service once because all of my friends and their families were attending and I wanted to go with them. At the service, I was not truly paying attention to what the pastor was speaking, I was just trying to play with my friends. I vividly remember the look one of my friend’s mother gave me after I joked with my friend about how boring the service was. I, at the age of 8, remember being so bored, that I left the church while the pastor

In the United Nations article 18 states “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.” (UDHR, art. 18) Although many people around the world get punished for practicing religion. The two religions bear some superficial similarities, the differences between

from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and from there, sin and death was created for the rest of humanity. Fortunately, Romans 6:23 (ESV) gives hope to humanity saying that the “free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”. In order to have eternal life in Christ, you must have a relationship with him, which then leads to human purpose. To live out God’s word and share his love means Christian’s are going to have to be in relation with God throughout their life. According to Swidler

A Guide to Rosebank College BY FABIAN Chapter 1 The 7 Sacraments The seven sacraments are a group of ordeals that are celebrated by the catholic church. These are undergone to prepare an individual for a certain stage of their life. The 7 sacraments were not made up they were passed on through scriptures and were first performed by Jesus himself. There are many scriptures that instruct us how to perform these sacraments. There are three types of sacraments including Sacraments of initiation

governs both our individual and collective life (Hajizadeh, 2013). Religion plays an integral role in every country whether it is a third-world country, such as some African or Middle Eastern countries, or industrialized capitalist countries like the United States and the European Union. Over the past few decades many global events have brought religion’s growing influence over society, especially its role in affecting politics (Hajizadeh, 2013). The biggest religious event/influence in recent years

manufacturing cellular phones, that has the second-to-none ship-making company, that is the top in distributed rate of superspeed internet, but that was ranked 63rd among 70 countries according to GEM (Gender Empowerment Measure), in the report issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) last year. This country is Korea. She grew considerably over the last couple of decades in economic terms, but not as much in social and political aspects. Women in Korea are still under the struggle against the

campaigning for the presidency in February of 2007, while his was running against Senator Hillary Clinton. During the speech, he addresses the topic about his pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, and he also addresses the broader issue of race in the United States. He does this by using the words

Colombia, South America and moved to United States fifteen years ago. I was raised Catholic but looking back I did not have a close relationship with Jesus. When I was living in Colombia, spirituality was not of much interest for me. Now I could say that the gospel I lived was a “gospel of sin management” as Dallas Willard described in the Divine Conspiracy chapter 2. Transformation of life and character was no part of the redemptive message. It was only in the United States, six years ago, when I attended