activity. From the time of the fall of Adam and Eve‚ God has had a plan to reconcile Himself with mankind and the world. His nature of love could not allow the world to be lost forever. He is a God of mission with a plan to save the world. Because Christians believe the Bible to be a revelation from God and His will for humanity‚ the thesis is that the living God of the Bible is a God of mission who allows His church to participate in His plan for mission. The existence of relevant Old and New Testament
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1. Because Luke was a gentile Christian writing to a gentile audience‚ he wanted to show them that Jesus was loving and accepting of all people‚ not just Jews. To do this‚ Luke protrayed Jesus as someone who frequently interacted with "outsiders." His love to all people was unconditional‚ no matter their social status‚ gender‚ or place of origin; this implies to the gentile people that he will love them‚ no matter of the religion they were born into. Luke also protrays Jesus as a "flawed" character
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with the Christian gospel?” Potential Theological Shifts for Postmodern Engagement with the Christian Gospel 1 Introduction Bosch says of the Victorian church: ‘evangelicals became a respected power in the state‚ and missionaries...promoters of western expansion’ (Bosch 1991:282) and ‘the new missionary force...imbued with the desire to save the world‚ as a matter of course took charge
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Mansour Sakr 1 Mr. Ammon AP World History‚ Period 3 13 Friday 2012 Oriental Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy is the official religion of the Eastern Christian Churches that identify with only three ecumenical councils. These three councils are as follows: the First Council of Nicaea‚ the First Council of Constantinople‚ and the First Council of Ephesus. Although “Oriental” means Eastern‚ Oriental Orthodox
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Holy Spirit is involved in the interpretative work‚ ‘it brings home its significance to people of faith in every age’. Those who do not share the same faith can read a Christian interpretation comprehensively‚ just like a Christian believer who read a Buddhist’s interpretative work or an artist’s piece of work. However‚ for Christian believers‚ they trust that once the Holy Spirit is involved‚ the accuracy of the interpretation is definitely possible. Karl Barth has stated that the Spirit tells it
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THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS I. Objectives 1. To emphasize the importance of the reception of the seven sacraments to Christian life. 2. To state clearly the definition of the “sacrament”. 3. To realize that the sacraments are symbols of the Church faith and love. 4. To see that in Christ‚ God’s loving-kindness becomes visible in a great sign‚ and this love is continued in the Church and celebrated by the people of God in the sacraments. II. Content A. Traditional Definition of Sacrament
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Stark rejects many of conventional claims such as this one‚ and claims that Christianity grew rapidly because of miraculous demonstrations that drew large numbers of converts. Mr. Stark uses a quantitative approach to explain his theories on how Christians could have gained so many converts without miraculous methods.
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is inappropriate in the case of the Native Americans. Warriors starts off by saying that Christians try to fight for the rights of Native Americans and that because of the church’s prosperous financial‚ political‚ and institutional resources‚ this help is much needed. Nevertheless‚ Warrior then explains that the inclusion of Native Americans in Christian political praxis is difficult mainly because Christians have a different way of going about the struggle for justice than most Native Americans‚
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The Gospel of Mark is the oldest known surviving account of the ministry of Jesus Christ that exists today. Written approximately in the year 65 CE in Rome by an unknown writer‚ people have attributed the name Mark to the author‚ although this may not have been his actual name (I will use the name Mark to refer to the author of the gospel of Mark). As the oldest record of Christ’s ministry‚ it is believed that through other pieces or fragments of Jesus’ teachings and sayings‚ as well as stories passed
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introduces us to a strong church‚ but with problems creeping in. Christianity and Roman religion began to be in conflict‚ because the emperor of Rome had so much power that he forced people to see him as a god‚ this was consider idol worship to the Christians‚ who only bow down to the only true living
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