... taking into consideration their sins and past life, all he looks for is repentance and he takes care of the rest. God have up his only son, Jesus Christ, in order to save us from our sins, think that giving up your son for such an unworthy human race is self-explanatory and its significance is ... deaths we are either worthy of heaven or we end up in the fires of hell. The key to our salvation and eternal life in Jesus Christ is that we accept Jesus Christ as our savior and live a life accreting to God's will. We are all imperfect and will sin to the last of our days but ... Heaven is f...

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... doing something; either physically, emotionally or spiritually. Faith encompasses all areas of life, but the focus of this paper will be upon faith in Jesus Christ and allowing that faith to change our lives and very sense of being. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, ... Elder Neal A. Maxwell, a former member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, spoke on being "Grounded, Rooted, Established, and Settled" on Jesus Christ. In this address, it was evident that a person's faith is dependent on a lifetime of choices that have been made. He spoke of much more than ...

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... pursued formal theological education (MDiv) from Liberty. Additionally, having practiced in the counseling field for many years I have encountered individuals who claimed to have a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, but whose lifestyle or belief system seemed to minimize or make irrelevant the character of God. This phenomenon has been confirmed for me in this student's pastoral work as well ... skills that are used, and the goals that counseling seeks to reach. From this perspective the Christian counselor is: • a deeply committed, Spirit-guided (and Spirit-filled) servant of...

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... disciples, because they too have betrayed God. Furthermore, the words "Agony in stony places" and "shouting and the crying" relate to the actual crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Eliot uses this reference to reveal that in the modern world, the pain of Christ's sacrifice does not matter to the spiritually dead people of "The Waste Land." The narrator must point out the pain of ... "The Waste Land," no one seems to notice it. The use of this passage exposes the oblivion of the people of "The Waste Land" to the pain and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Eliot includes other Biblical references in "Th...

• Word Count: 2650
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... the authorities of God, Spirit of God and the Son of God. He exemplifies that as one person can have right over different substances, similarly Jesus Christ has the right over both humanity and divinity, and both exist in equality (Roberts). This paper will deal with Tertullian ideology of Penitential discipline, the ... that that there are three divine persons, not one, and one substance not three. The three persons are The God, The Spirit of God and Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God. All the three exist in eternity and entirety and are distinct to other, yet possess the same substan...

• Word Count: 2524
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... people say that it has existed since Adam and Eve because they were followers of God. Probably the most important figures in the Christian religion are Jesus Christ, the Savior. Most Christians believe in a trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They are three separate beings but they ... make up 5.6 percent of the world's population. The main concentration of Buddhists is in Southeast Asia. Mormonism Joseph Smith founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830 with five other members. Joseph Smith was visited by an angel and given golden tablets containing th...

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... Christ's love. Avoidance of difficult topics or doctrines can only leave our church members unable to answer difficult questions from enquiring friends. Some may start their own search, but in doing so, there is a risk that they may find the wrong answers that seem to be so readily available. Any church that takes seriously the teachings of Jesus ... concede that universalism is not clearly taught in the Bible"18 yet their motivation is "that all will eventually be found acknowledging Christ's dominion as Lord (see Phil 2:9-11)."19 Universalists claim that it is their teaching alone that...

• Word Count: 3061
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... arise from various situations and are introduced due to technological and medicinal advances. It involves our participation in realizing that we are to live in Jesus' way, knowing right from wrong and making correct and informed moral choices as it not only effects ourselves but those around us. Contemporary ... has value and are worthy of great respect and must be free from slavery, manipulation and exploitation." This means that as brothers and sisters in Christ we must treat everyone as equals and respect everyone regardless of age, sex, religion, and status. One of the Catholic Churc...

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... name of God on his lips. His so-called followers measured their moral progress by their material possessions (Brown 331). Gandhi understood the message of Jesus as one of peace and love. The indirect influence of Christianity has been to quicken Hinduism into life (Attenborough 69). But the effect of ... our midst by the average Christian and its effect upon us. Gandhi was never interested in a historical Jesus (Fischer Gandhi 81). He did not care if it was proved by someone that a man called Jesus never lived, and that what was narrated in the Gospels was a figment of the writer's imag...

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... Christian and Jewish is belief. In fact, Muslims accept the teachings of the Bible and the Quran. But one thing that separates the three our their belief and interpretation of Jesus, whom is not though to be The Messiah or the son of God by Jews and Muslims. However all of these religions are faith based religions. Spiritual Traditions such as ... god D. Man, image of god II) Arrival A. The supernatural B. Sin of man C. Misery of man D. Promise of redemption III) Incarnation A. Holy Trinity B. Virgin Mary C. Jesus Christ : the word became flesh D. Sacrifice and triumph of Christ IV) Pen...

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... to God as a personal system of belief. The lamb also becomes a symbol of the deterministic delight of the divine. According to the Bible, Jesus was the Lamb of God. The lamb, thus, becomes a symbol of God and of the innocence of children as it is only in the ... to work and weep in grime and suffering. "The Lamb" and "The Tyger" are contrary poems representing two aspects of Christ. Christianity is the all-embracing force in this world, giving hope, leading to joy, protecting the children against viciousness. The Christianity of Innocence is ... closer to the clear, direct teachings of ...

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... of acclaim he received from adults, as he was a young teenager. Joseph Smith, his followers, and his legacy thrived off of controversy and soon became known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This newly formed gathering of people followed in Smith's steps as he set out to spread his word, and time and time again, in many various ... of this time (Marty, page 86). The central and uniting principle of the Quakers was the theme of priesthood of all believers. They emphasized a personal and direct religious experience of Christ, which was acquired through both direct religi...

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... own power of thought and judgment in exercising that choice; and further, if we open our hearts to God, He has promised to work within us. Third, that Our Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God, when faced with His terrible choice and lonely vigil, chose to lay down His life that our sins may be forgiven. However, one must not profess ... want social changes and benefits or a better standard of behavior, but because they accept the sanctity of life, the responsibility that comes with the freedom, and the supreme sacrifice of Christ expressed. Nowhere is this more evident than in the basic tie...

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... know that he was the same God that Abraham believed and the one he referred to as the Most high, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. In presenting Christ to the Colossians, Paul says, He is the image of the invisible God, the first born over all creation. For by him all things were created, things in heaven and ... and animals and reptiles. But God in his grace forgave the sins that were committed in the times of ignorance and is calling every man to repentance through his son Jesus Christ whom he made heir of all creation....

• Word Count: 3147
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... came down from the period are called mystagogic catecheses" (Lease, 1980, p. 1306) because they were presented entirely with the use of the mystery language. In addition, the new story of Jesus' death and resurrection was formulated in the sumptuous language of the mysteries. The narrative of Christianity presented a story of salvation accomplished through the life of a Savior who was both human ... set the agenda for the discussion, gave the language and provided symbols that were easily usable or ready to hand for Graeco-Roman Christians to interpret their new appurtenance to Christ. ...

• Word Count: 2773
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