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fathers of the Church, Saint John Chrysostoms writings had a uniquely formative impact upon the development of church doctrine and...
have had too much wine" (Acts 2:13). Peter addresses the crowd, pointing out that the men are sober and relating this mira...
of the Divine somewhat differently than do Christians, as while they believe in a variety of "celestial realms," which includes be...
When we accept His will, we know that we are responsible for our own actions so it begins with a desire for good, to do the right ...
always been a problematic issue. To begin with, context is absolutely critical when one attempts to interpret a passage from the B...
While there are some basic similarities between Christianity and Islam, there are also many differences. Both religions have...
Trinity was revealed throughout Scripture. He is an integral part of everything that was done and said. It is through the Spirits ...
historical Jesus is based on two recognitions. The first is that the Jewish Jesus from Galilee is different than the Jesus who has...
would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images" (Plato, 1969. p. 409). He then likens the philosopher to a prisoner who ...
practice of prayer in the two religions is very different. Christianity calls for steady and ongoing prayer. They praised God, ask...
different. Contextual Theology Bergmann reports five models of contextual theology, originally identified by Stephen B. Bevans,...
say that there are people in "our own nation" who are as ignorant of the Gospel as "South Sea savages," Carey grants the validity...
humility. Meek people tend to be on an even keel, they do not get angry or irritated with others, instead, they have enormous pati...
implications about the similarities and differences between religious faiths. The heated debate between the wise men illustrates t...
addressing a culture that is distinct and with its own specific worldviews and orientations (Borthwick, 1999). There are t...
idea of a scientist who believes in God is inconceivable. Science with its rigorous examination of cause and effect, its strict de...
reflecting the image of Christ? An examination of scripture reveals that these two ideas are not contradictory. Rather, the idea o...
popular as a lifestyle choice amongst Americans. He refers specifically to these changes as being "dysfunctional", rather than as ...
but with the passage of time and the emergence of Christ, this necessitated that their ideology allow for both Jew and Greek to me...
actual word, religion, comes from literally means bound to(Larue 2004). Thus, a person is dedicated toward living a certain way, b...
still prevalent in Christian theology, that the all of scripture if divinely inspired and therefore completely correct. On the o...
but others merely put forward objections for discussion. Copies of Luthers document spread throughout Europe during 1518 and 151...
the Reformation had yet to influence the church policies of the Netherlands, and was limited to "local resistance to the sacrament...
slaves rather than honored guests. Four hundred years later, God sent Moses to the current Pharaoh with the demand to allow the H...
he make it eternal anyway? Many people think of the universe as something that was eternal in the first place, irrespective of wha...
contemporary mindset, the word "law" refers to civil law, which is enforced by the police and government officials. As Jesus indic...
second fire, it was reconstructed yet again by Justinian I (Justinian the Great) during the sixth century. Due in large part to J...
examination of one specific piece of sculpture of the time (a sculpture of the Archangel Michael as he was depicted on a sixth cen...
some would believe that Mary and Jesus were married and Jesus traveled to a small village in France carrying Christs child (Jennin...
was accepted as a method for achieving this goal (Beals, 2002, p. 24). During this era, the majority of women seeking abortions we...