CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE: REVISITED I. INTRODUCTION This paper primarily aims at revisiting‚ rectifying and restoring the Christian understanding of eros as a form of love. It aims to redeem the wrong notion that Christian tradition still holds the comprehension that eros is the worldly and possessive love as compared to agape‚ as the heavenly and oblative love grounded in and shaped by faith. Secondarily‚ this paper attempts to propose through phenomenological and metaphysical reflections
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A Christian Leader Audit The Christian Leader Audit helps determine the overall strength of the leader as a Christian. Is the leader a strong Christian leader‚ above average Christian leader and so on? As Malphurs exclaims‚ as Christian leaders our “mandate is to lead Christianly regardless of the context.” This audits one’s commitment to Christ‚ godly character‚ reliance on God and ability to live by example. I scored a nine on the audit and according to my score I am a strong Christian leader
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Book Review Introducing Christian Ethics The book that I have chosen to do my book review on is Introducing Christian Ethics‚ written by Henlee H. Barnette. This book deals with many Christian ethical decisions based on biblical foundations that are applied to various major problems. Some of the major problems pertain to the self‚ marriage and family‚ race relations‚ economic life‚ and political life. This book provides assistance to those in need of ethical guidance. This type of guidance is
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Christians were under persecutions for their faith since the first century. After the second century‚ the persecution of Christians became more widely. There were four main general persecutions during the third century; each of them lasted no more than three years. However‚ after almost half century’s peace‚ it burst the Great Persecution which lasted for ten years at the beginning of the fourth century. The church were commanded to “be leveled to the ground and the Scriptures be destroyed by fire
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I have a Christian worldview. A worldview is the structure by which an individual or group makes sense of the world. Philip Graham Ryken describes it as “our orientation to reality.” It seeks answers to questions like‚ “How did we get here?” and “In what is our ultimate hope?” Ryken believes all worldviews are inherently religious because they reveal our “fundamental convictions‚” particularly what we believe about God. Further‚ he believes we all develop a worldview‚ whether consciously or subconsciously
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Christian Moral Theology engages questions and issues that invite discussion and interpretation of convictions through lenses of theology‚ using The Bible as one of its chief sources. It involves examination of perspectives through sociology‚ history‚ religion‚ ethics‚ policy‚ politics‚ ecclesiology‚ ideology‚ law‚ culture‚ and societal expectations and standards. This paper will focus on answering the question if Christians should desire happiness or not‚ and if they should‚ what are the reasons
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Christian Symbolism Christian symbolism has been an important part of religion from the very beginning; image references such as visual representations‚ and signs have assisted in worship performed by individuals for centuries. Even today symbolism is commonly used to convey a specific meaning or communicate a special message. Christianity in particular is a great example of the use of symbolism for religious purposes. The symbol of the Chi Rho originated in Rome in the year 305
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Atheism vs. Christian Religion Religion gives order or a meaning in one’s life. This is something one believes‚ practices‚ and follows devotedly. Atheism could be either the belief there is no God or the lack of beliefs of any Gods. The only similarity between Christianity and Atheism is that they both are ways to live. Differences in both atheism and Christianity are the beliefs‚ the ways to live‚ and the opinions on the subject. Atheism is the lack of a belief in a God. About 3 in 4 adults
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between Muslims‚ on one hand‚ and Christians and Jews on the other in Al Andalus (Arabic Spain) The Muslims continued to expand territory relentlessly‚ throughout the sixth and the seventh century‚ the century of the prophet Muhammad’s death. In 711 the Islamic armies led by Berber (north African Muslim tribesmen) Tariq ibn-Ziyad crossed the straight of (Gibraltar) from Maghreb (Morocco) and rapidly advanced north conquering Visigoth Spain (Germanic Christian rulers) within seven years. In establishing
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Gospel Essentials Christian worldview is one of the worldviews that determines how a person perceives the world and acts as a foundation of how to live life. Christians believe that God created everything out of nothing and gave us life. Christian worldview heavily focuses on that key point and how Christians should live their lives in a way that God can be proud of and try to spread his teachings. God In short God is everything. He is the reason for the worlds very existence. In the book of Genesis
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