Christian Music is my favorite genre of music. Now, the term ‘genre’ means “a specific type of music, film, or writing” according to vocabulary.com, but my example is a little bit broader than the actual definition of a genre. The ‘genre’ of Christian music is a very broad and wide subject to cross. So, if I were to narrow it down a bit into more understandable ranges I could say my favorite genre was contemporary Christian music or pop Christian music. I chose this genre because it is what I listen
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include some type of relationship with the lord Jesus Christ. Many Christians see him as their savior or father figure. There is a Christian belief that exists that any amount of good will an individual performs will not be enough to get them into Heaven. The only way to make it to Heaven after death is to accept Jesus Christ as your lord and Savior. This belief helps us to answer the question of what it means to be a Christian because it eliminates a lot of myths surrounding the topic. For example
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Master Thesis Study: Friendship Baptist Church Friendship Baptist Church is a religious non-profit established in Merced, California. Friendship is experiencing a decline in organizational membership and effective ministry opportunities Organizational History: Friendship Baptist Church Friendship Baptist Church, founded in 1976, by a small contingency of disgruntled members of a local church. The group separated from the offending church and elected their first leader. A demographic profile of the
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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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