because they compliment each other. Five facets of theology are: explaining reality (often times looked upon as much more than an explanation of how things work, but a view of their place in God’s plan), systematization of Christian doctrine ( the practice of presenting Christian doctrine as an ordered or coherent whole), defending the faith and as a bridge for nonbelievers (this “apologetic theology” strives to help us refute the argument of those atheists who state that it’s not reasonable to believe
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Christian Education DR.JT. Roberson Final Examination December 7, 2011 Robin Johnson 1. How was Christian Education conducted for African Americans during slavery and while was operational? Christianity and Education was of utmost importance to the African culture. Africans came to America with a rich and dynamic heritage, which they tried to preserve. Black religion, like Black people, began in Africa. In trying to find a starting point of Christian Education, many scholars believe it
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one | | Within our power to choose | Satan | | Fallen angel | | Agent of God | Torah | | Written only | | Written and Oral | Commandments | | Not eternal or valuable | | Eternal and of ultimate value | Exclusivity | | Only Christians go to heaven | | All righteous have a place in the world to come. | Land of Israel | | Irrelevant | | Crucial | Jews | | Replaced by the church; or irrelevant | | God’s chosen people | Judaism is one of the world’s oldest religions
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Here’s where I get confused. T. Dexter (AKA Bishop T. D. Jakes to the sheeple) professes to be a “man of God”, a Christian pursuing holiness, a disciple who wants to be obedient to Christ. He claims to be Spirit-filled, tongues speaking (I know this is true because I saw him speaking in tongues when Tyler Perry laid hand on him and gave him a bunch of money for one of his projects) soldier for Jesus Christ. He is willing to die for Christ, to renounce everything rather than…well, you get the idea
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contrast the two belief systems. Christianity The main focus of believers of Christianity is salvation. It is thought that sin amongst humans is inevitable as we are born into this world with the hereditary stain of original sin. In traditional Christian teaching, original sin is the result of Adam and Eve's disobedience to God when they ate a forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. “Augustine taught that humanity was created good, but through the fall of Adam and Eve (described in Genesis 3) human
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Our Sexual Holy Grail T he Acts of Peter and the letter to Theodore by Clement of Alexandria, plainly demonstrates an ongoing battle of evil within early Christian development and its teachings. Moreover, Peter’s focus on the devil’s sexual involvement with humanity and how lust influences and damages people’s sexual awareness from the beginning of time, coincides completely with Jesus’ hostility against Satan. Although, outwardly the church condemned Peter’s teaching of ‘celibacy for everyone;’
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Christian Worldview I. “A worldview, whether Christian or secular, is the unifying perspective from which we organize our thinking about life, death, art, science, faith, learning, work, money, values, and morals. A worldview is our underlying philosophy of life.” (as cited in Weider & Gutierrez, 2011, p. 50) Basically, a worldview is the way you interpret everything that happens to you, around you, and the rest of the world. II. In the Christian/Biblical worldview, and all other worldviews, there
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Assignment on: Paul Tillich’s Theological Method of Correlation Submitted to: Dr. Samuel George Submitted by: Sunil K. Rajan, M. Div. – III ------------------------------------------------- Date: November 10, 2011 1.0. Introduction Paul Tillich (1886-1965) was a major figure in twentieth-century theology. After holding several academic posts in Germany, he and his family moved to the United States in November 1933. He subsequently held teaching positions at Union Theological Seminary, Harvard
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Introduction As a Christian it stands very important to understand the main basis of the faith that guides your life. One’s life is guided every day by the beliefs in God and His Son Jesus Christ. Christians believe that faith in Jesus is the only way to heaven. It is this faith in Jesus that guides every Christian’s life. With the faith in Jesus Christ Christians also strive towards being like Him. If Christians do not understand the gospel essentials of their philosophies they will not be prepared
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What is Inspiration? Inspiration is define in the book as supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit upon the Scripture writers. The dictionary has inspiration defined as the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something; the quality of being inspired; a person or thing that inspires; a sudden brilliant, creative or timely idea and lastly the divine influence believed to have led to the writing of the Bible. The word inspiration is derived from the word inspire which in Greek is theopneustos
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