The two ideas of Christianity in which many religious concepts are support are atonement and incarnation. In the bible, incarnation and atonement became satisfaction and a sacrifice to God or a way in with him. Jesus, who is the son of God born of the Virgin Mary, came to earth with a purpose. His purpose was to protect mankind from themselves and restore the world to a loving and compassionate place, like that of which God had for humanity despite the corruptness of the world. Jesus was initially
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The story of the lesson from the withered fig tree, it helps to reinforce the notion from Jesus of having faith in God, and on the aspect of forgiveness. By asking for something, and believing in it, the notion will come true. In “The New Interpreter’s Bible,” they raise different issues about the text. They suggest issues concerning Israel, the season which the fig tree is in, words expressing prayer and faith and Jesus emphasizing on forgiveness. All of these issues seem to relate to other sections
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church; we get to influence people while they are here, and they are going to go all over the country and all of the world” (personal communication, April 22, 2018). Pastor Dan’s statement demonstrates his familiarity with the church’s vision for expansion and the benefits of having a congregation composed mostly of soldiers and their families. He went on to state, “we can never get complacent, we always have to follow up with new visitors, we always have to make sure we are fresh and new, and always
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The Christian Story and Our Stories: Narrative Pedagogy in Congregation Life In the feature article " The Christian Story and Our Stories: Narrative Pedagogy in Congregation Life" the author, Benjamin D. Espinoza, explains the educational strategy of narrative pedagogy, its characteristics and creative ways to apply it effectively in religious and secular ambits in our life. First, narrative pedagogy is an approach to teaching that involve our life stories through creative ways and another life
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As I read in my book of Church Administration it brought to my attention how the church came about and the many ways how people look at things. How it began at the beginning with the people of Israel. They were to be called now a person of spirit and not a person of flesh. The church of today is one that should be the body of Christ as Apostle Paul called it. The 20th century humanity came to accomplish what the old humanity could not. Old humanity- self-centered, rooted in the law and judgement
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school of thought other than Jesus encouraged Christians to stay true to the Lord? Human nature is to repel authoritative powers, which compels us to disregard the Lord. In order to stay true to the Lord, we are invited to have a personal relationship with him where we are to fight our fleshly desires (Galatians 5:17) that cause us to rebel. Paul known as the greatest commissioner, understood human defyance and dedicated his life to encouraging Christians to remain strong in their faith and therefore
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He came to do that unless He confronted them? Now in biblical times, if you were known to have a demon they would not have allowed you to be in the synagogue. You would have been an outcast and rejected by the people. Many demonized people were forced out of the city to live with the other outcast…grave dwellers…Like in Mark 5, the Demoniac. If the people in the synagogue would have known this man had a demon they would not have allowed him in the synagogue. What's the point? Apparently this
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day when Jesus was on the cross, or the earthquake that split the curtain in the temple. There are many studies on these verses cross referencing other historical documents that further prove that what was prophesied came true. To a believing christian it is not too hard to believe that what God wrote into the Bible is true and that a prophecy that he told David to write down would become true, He is all-knowing. But to someone who doubts
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ultimately excluded the weak and the aliens” (189). After teaching the basic things, such as the true identification of God and Jesus, he started confront the significant matters at churches: bodily resurrection, ethics (lawsuits between fellow Christians), and helping the
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Puritan Culture in “The Scarlet Letter” Starting in the sixteenth century, Puritan culture and life was very religion based, as it was shown in “The Scarlet Letter”. The Puritans believed in free will and predestination, in which God would determine who is to be damned. But at the same time, they believed that the human will may be renewed if they can correct their wrongdoings to conform back to the true standard of righteousness. The Puritans were known for wanting to “purify” the church. Anyone
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