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The fourth chapter of the book focuses on enlightening readers on ‘the crucified messiah’. Wright begins the chapter by highlighting two critical questions of whether Jesus was aware that He was the Messiah and how He perceived such a position. The question regards Jesus and whether He had the intention of accepting death.
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Browns arguments for the existence of Pauline churches during the sub-apostolic period are erroneous based on the varied principle teachings of Timothy and Titus, Colossians and Ephesians and Luke and acts. However, examination of the lives of the earlier Christians indicates a common religious fellowship termed by Paul, as Koinonia.
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Abrahamic Tradition is a historic religion, which follows the monotheistic faiths of the three prime religions including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The Abrahamic traditions share similar values to the aforementioned religions. The culture and theology of Judaism gave birth to the Abrahamic Tradition.
Although Muslims are allowed to eat cloven-hoofed mammals, the meat of swine is forbidden according to the Old Testament and Koran. Researches show that this prohibition in some way has no reason; they argue that swine flash may be prohibited because of pigs’ promiscuity in food or their “dirty” lifestyle.
Shamans can control supernatural powers. A shaman is a religious entrepreneur who communicates with the spirits on behalf of humans. He establishes the cause of misfortunes in society and performs acts
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Getting an admission opportunity in a church has been one of the greatest achievements of my life. I consider this as a holy prospect to serve a spiritual foundation area through which, people communicate to their God. However, attaining this opportunity did not turn out to be an easy task, as it required a great amount of effort.
Extreme weather conditions including global warming, flood, hurricane, and earthquakes are identified to cost society, environment, vegetation, and people to a large extent. In this context, the rise in a natural disaster and man-made emergencies have been symbolized as the coming of the rider of a pale horse bringing death globally (Sena, 2006).
I was born into a religious family and I have spent my life understanding religious concepts. Everything I do aims at generating faith taught by the Unitarian Universalism. I relate curiously with individuals, but courageously open to love. I believe in the teachings of the Bible with a deep trust that the world provides me with the best concepts.
Although the content of theology has not yet become an important force in the church, it became very influential in the intellectual sphere of seminaries and graduate schools. In Christianity, theology is understood under the systematic analysis of the nature, intentions, and activities of God as an attempt to speak about the divine being.
The power behind religion is indistinguishable and subtle. This is what makes people develop faith. In this argument, a group becomes religious after integrating the ideology cognitively. This happens through social and emotional communications and combines a series of evolutionary cognitive processes perceived to be important.
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Miracles supernatural powers and it does not happen under any given predictable circumstance. The fact that 4000 are fed and left over-realized is a unique fact in itself. In all the instances, scholars believe the leftovers are symbolic: the 12 baskets left over when he fed 5000 people symbolized the 12 tribes of Israel in the Old Testament and the 12 disciples in the New Testament.
The legal concept of atonement presented by Anselm is rather different from those developed by other scholastics. Its essence is as follows. The original sin is a misdeed against the just order established by God, and therefore it constitutes an affront to God's greatness. The scale of the guilt is determined in accordance with the rank of the offended party, that is, God.
Pastoral care derives its name from the biblical image of shepherds taking good and complete care of their flocks of sheep. The entire concept of pastoral care is directed towards two goals viz, helping the helpless and bewildered men find the right way in the world and spreading God’s loving care on the lost sheep.
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The word missionary has mixed connotations. For some people, missionaries are heroes and spiritual giants, worthy to be put on a pedestal. Missionaries are thought to religious fanatics who destroy cultures and stir up sectarian strife”. The duality of the missionary’s personality remains the main topic of any theological discussion.
Ecclesiology is known as the study of the church. It helps to understand our role in the church and the role of the church. The church is an assembly of people who believe in God and belong to God. The word ecclesial means church. The church is a holy place where people worship God and receive blessings in return to reduce their sins.
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The disciplines play various general purposes as Foster affirms. In a fundamental manner, the Disciplines result to existential Christianity (Foster, 1988, 1). The will of a man, in isolation, cannot be able to induce a transformation of the inner spirit and hence the urgent need for the Disciplines to aid in the performance of this task.
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Grace is defined as “God’s unmerited favor” (Cole, n.d.). If salvation comes by grace, then it means man has not done anything to deserve it. When God gives something to a person because he has done something good or has shown the potential to keep trust in God in the future, then it is not grace. Grace is the gift of God that is not deserved by man.
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It also provides the truth about the spiritual life that symbolizes Jesus Christ, and after death becomes eternal, “We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true--even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life” (Life Bible Verses).
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The followers of God are divided into two camps – one questions the duty of God towards mankind while the other questions the duty of man towards God. However, according to Ephesians 2:8-9, mankind can be “saved by grace through faith, and not by one or the other” (Wommack, 2009, p.2). Grace is the blessing of God which is “unmerited, unearned, undeserved favor” (Wommack, 2009, p.3).
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The theological important words in this text are verse 20 where peter out rightly answers Jesus that he is the Christ of God. Thus, he meant that since the disciples have known who he is, it will be easier for them to spread the gospel in his name. If they had not yet recognized him as other people did, it could be difficult for them to spread the gospel.
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The functional theory is similar to the contingency theory in that it ignores the controlling psychology of people, does not recognize the leadership presence, and finally ascertains that all leaders can ape behavioral requirements only after behavioral (altering) training, although the majority cannot (Mannix & Neale, 2012).
St. Ambrose believes that the celebration of the Eucharist is more ancient than the rites followed by Judaism. St. Ambrose argues that the flesh and blood of Christ had the power to quench hunger and thirst for eternity. It was superior to the earthly food and is the bread and wine that shall redeem humanity. The feast of the Eucharist can be attended only by the initiated, or the baptized.
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Sumney further notes that the book is one of the few books in the Hebrew Bible which is apocalyptic in nature, as it suggests that God will save the Jews even after and because they are persecuted in life (Sumney 164). This would have been a message that resonated well with Jews who were being persecuted in Israel in the second century BC.
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St. Paul is important in the studies of the New Testament, many theologians and even Scholars agree that Paul was a great and influential person in the history of Christianity. Paul's theology and his eschatology are linked. This makes it very hard for an individual to understand his theology without comprehending his eschatology.
The movement toward intellectual conversion is argued to have numerous limitations detailed by the rationalists, materialists, and determinists. According to the worldview of rationalists, the conversion to Christianity considers a wide range of reasons due to the numerous ethical principles of in Christian faith.
The War in Afghanistan is one of the most significant events of the 21century and this has been a result of the need by the American government to prevent terrorist attacks against the country in the magnitude of 9/11. The main argument of the Bush administration in going into the war was that there was the need to bring down the Taliban.
There have been controversies among the Christian scholars on pertinent issues that surround the history of Christianity. Chief among these is the concept of the Holy Trinity and the precedence of the Holy Spirit. In the Old Testament of the Bible, the trinity doctrine does not feature prominently as it is the case in the New Testament.
Prior to the Arian controversy, which started in 319, Athanasius was one of the most well-known theological theorists and in addition to publishing the incarnation of the word, he also had an essay titled ‘against the gentiles’. These and most of his works other essays are apologetic treatises whose objective is to contend with controversial matters.
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The information in the article sparked a controversy in the United States and the world at large in that Washington had allowed residents of Washington, D.C. to possess marijuana as long as it weighs less than one ounce. This announcement went viral after Washington’s City Council officer Tommy Wells’ proposed law of legalizing marijuana succeeded.
Religion is the belief in a supernatural being that has control of all the universe. This supernatural being, therefore, command its subject; that is a human being, to worship it. In many religions, the worshipped being is considered to be a god. Different people have different physical objects that they consider to be gods.
Not only does it speak of an early Christian attempt at the alleviation of poverty in Israel, but it also speaks of the social character of the reformation that Christ sought to bring about. Christ’s actions can also be interpreted as a protest against Roman Imperialism that caused widespread misery in the areas surrounding Jerusalem and Nazareth.
Those who seek power even in the modern world have been attracted to the magical pursuit, seeking monetary excellence, glory earning, or life-giving ends. From the ancient and modern magic, the lures of wealth, eternal life, and health have charmed several an alchemist to madness, poorhouse, or to ultimate deaths.
In other words, unlike any other established religions, Shamanism is something that remains to be fathomed as to the level of its commonality to all other cultures trying to employ it. It is something that requires more meaningful or scholarly analysis, as far as understanding its potential cultural implications is concerned.
Niccolo Machiavelli is well known for his philosophical contribution to religion and politics. The complexity of Machiavelli’s ideas made it so difficult to understand most of his (Machiavelli’s) messages. In most cases, Machiavelli appeared to be contradicting his own self to many people (Pico 119).
Though we tend to think of Eastern and Western religions as separate and distinct traditions, their ancient scriptures exhibit some remarkable similarities. In particular, the authors of early Buddhist and Christian Gnostic scriptures saw human beings as trapped by their insatiable appetite for sensual pleasures in a cycle of birth and death.
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There are three contemporary positions of the eschatology, called millennialism, the Historic Premillennialism, Post-Millennialism, and the Amillennialism. According to the “Historic Premillennialism”, the First Advent Christ’s purpose was to die for the sake of humanity’s sins and not to let the kingdom of the Jews get established.
According to the Biblical scripts, Adam and Eve were the first human beings, and God mandated them to take care of the Earth. The scriptures envision God in three forms: God the Father, God the Son, and
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In the second section of the book, the author reveals how the boy’s experiences change when his family moved to America. There is an existing contrast between life in Pakistan and that in Alabama, America where the family settles down. One notable thing is that the boy changes his name in every section of the book.
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The question that always arises in the minds of the believers is that how come same passages exist in the Bible. The answer to this question is always out of reach as most people get busy with the more urgent matters of their life and therefore find no time to search for relevant answers. Then there are others who show eagerness to understand and investigate.
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This research tells that the main goal of the organization has been to alleviate poverty while at the same time advocating for justice. The organization has intervened in quite a number of situations across the world. The financing of the organization has been obtained from the Catholic community in England and Wales, public donations and the British government.
Gospel books highlight the kinds of relationships that Jesus had with his disciples. Notably, Jesus spent three years with his twelve disciples actively involving them in his ministry. In these three years, Jesus sought to impart them with critical skills and knowledge concerning God’s kingdom, God’s purposes, and will.
I esteem that it is not possible for a map to be extensively complete, full size for vision, perfect in detail, and handy in its nature. A large size map will be huge with extensive details. Hence, the local size maps are small and are also printed in small size font. It’s not exactly full of peculiar details (regional) and is not exactly legible.
Constantine the Great or Constantine I was a Roman Emperor, who ruled Rome between 306 and 337 CE, during which time Christianity became the Roman Empire’s dominant religion. Although there is the uncertainty that surrounds the reasons for his favoring Christianity, it is not in doubt his actions resulted in the spread of Christianity throughout Europe.
Religious beliefs guide thoughts on Apocalypticism. While apocalyptic theories previously focused on God’s return, they now dwell on the end of the world, largely because of a global catastrophic event. There are different belief systems that promote their theories, and this means that society appreciates apocalypses differently.
People consider religion and politics differently and there are varying policies adopted by different governments across the world. As a result, there have been arguments across the United States that religion and politics are different sides of the same coin that cannot be isolated to exist in solitary.
The treatment of nature, which Kereszty reflects in the systematic Christology, is based on the notion that Jesus Christ possessed the divine nature as well as the nature of human being, i.e. based on the two criteria of (1) the objective one and (2) the subjective one. These two criteria often lack unifying Christology.
Magic is a concept that started very many years ago and has been practiced in many societies. In the contemporary world, magic has continued to be performed and the reason for this is that people have made a source of income. This is a source of income for people that do not intend on carrying out serious work.
Magic is disregarded in the Muslim community and the reason for this is that it may lead to death. This is in a situation where a person ailing may opt to go to a magician rather than going to a hospital. When the person goes to the magician who carries out acts of sorcery he may create an illusion in the mind of the sick person and make him or her think that he will get well.
Historians applied myriad sources to explore the history of the early church before AD 301. The proliferation of Christianity and its pronounced status in the Roman Empire during the early periods led to the development of unique historiography of Christianity, influenced by both the progression of Christian or Biblical canon and Christian theology.
The debate on Paul's authorship has historically defined as the absence of the name of Pauline in the epistle. The argument of varying grammar, style, and vocabulary is still surrounded by many confusions, particularly since epistles were being written to different addressees and with a different motivation as compared to other epistles of Paul.