Funeral Sermon: Our Eternal Hope is in Christ the LordText: John 11:25-26 (ESV) - \\\"Jesus said to her, \\\'I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall Continue Reading...
Main Idea and Outline 1 John 5:13-21: John concludes his letter with a few parting thoughts on the faith of the believers and the confidence they should have in God, as well as encouragement to avoid sin and idolatry, pray for sinners, and flee the Continue Reading...
Purpose of Text and Intended Audience Written for a Christian audience ill at ease in the dominant culture, Francis Schaeffer traces European or “Western” civilization through a Biblical lens. The purpose of the text is twofold. One of th Continue Reading...
Introduction As Christ is the center of the Gospels and Epistles—the ultimate endpoint of the Old Testament—the epicenter of all human history, and the One Being upon Whom our salvation depends, it is imperative that Christ ultimately be Continue Reading...
Preaching is speaking the truth about the word of God. In the Second Edition of McDill’s now classic text, The 12 Essential Skills for Great Preaching, the author revises the original text to make it relevant to the next generation of preachers Continue Reading...
The Importance of Preaching in A Multi-Faith WorldWhile Christianity remains among the largest religions in the world today, the church is losing congregants for a number of reasons, including most especially the need to connect with a new, younger g Continue Reading...
The Buddhist Understanding of DukkhaDukkha is often translated as suffering. Given that the first noble truth of Buddhism is that there is suffering, many Westerners unfairly characterize Buddhism as an unnecessarily depressing religion (Olendzki, 20 Continue Reading...
The Gospel of Mark: What Does it Mean? The Gospel of Mark is widely considered to be the oldest gospel, and is also is the shortest of the gospel narratives. Mark offers the narrative structure that will inspire and guide that of the other synoptic g Continue Reading...
Is Scientology a Religion? One common objection raised against so-called New Age religions like Scientology is that they are not truly faith-based systems, but function more as businesses or cults. Scientologists and atheists and agnostics alike, how Continue Reading...
Spiritual Leadership and the Role of Self Knowledge in Accepting God's Grace Barton (2018) describes the soul as that “part of you that is most real—the very essence of you that God knew before he brought you forth in physical form&rd Continue Reading...
Resurrection of Jesus Christ Introduction The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Gary Habermas and Michael Licona is divided into four parts, each part examining some aspect of the subject of the Resurrection of Christ. Part 1 examines the signifi Continue Reading...
Responding to McCloskey McCloskey conflates argument with proof because theists take the argument as proof—i.e., as something that cannot be refuted. For McCloskey just because they cannot be refuted does not mean that one has to accept that a Continue Reading...
The Church of Scientology is one of the most controversial and high profile new religious movement, more commonly called a cult. Although the Church of Scientology itself strongly objects to being called a cult, an abundance of evidence from former m Continue Reading...
Defining the Christian Faith Introduction When defining the Christian Faith, one must focus on three aspects of that faith: 1) the cognitive, 2) the relational, and 3) the behavioral. The Christian Faith is based upon a cognitive process—i.e., Continue Reading...
Part 1: The role of teachers is that of passing down the wisdom gained to one who is beginning. The problem with 21st century teachers is that some of the ‘wisdom’ is not wisdom at all, but rather, false teachings. If one examines 2 Timot Continue Reading...
Introduction “Practice what you preach” has become an adage so overused that it is in danger of becoming a cliché. Yet now more than ever, preachers need to recognize the importance of walking the walk, not just talking the talk. P Continue Reading...
Reflection Summary: Preaching that Changes Lives by Mike Fabarez (2005) Because the weekly sermon is typically the most visible and by far the most common interaction that most congregants have with their church, developing an acute sense of what ser Continue Reading...
Faith and Reason Paper Introduction Faith starts in the mind and moves to the will. Aquinas is one of the most well-known scholastics to make that argument.[footnoteRef:2] The mind must consent to the truths of the faith and the heart and mind must t Continue Reading...
HTH-515 Topic 2Revelation and GodI. Ranking Christian Doctrines Activity and ReflectionWithout doing any prior research, use the chart below to organize the following 20 doctrines by placing them under the category you think they best fit.Election Si Continue Reading...
Book ReviewGeisler, Norman L., and Frank Turek.I Don\\\'t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist.Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2004.IntroductionGeisler and Turek have written a book that seeks to show why faith in atheistic materialism is irrational and not bas Continue Reading...
The character of God as revealed in the Biblical text Table of Contents Introduction 1 Goal of this research 2 Research question 2 Definition of terms 2 Literature review 2 Liberationist hermeneutics 2 Principles guiding hermeneutic liberationist 3 M Continue Reading...
Introduction The field of Biblical Theology is different from that of Systematic Theology with regards to its principle of establishment: that is, the former is historical and not logical. It commences with understanding the Scripture's historica Continue Reading...
Action and Reflection Reading, meditating, praying and contemplating are the four steps of the Lectio Divina. By inviting the community to take part in this process, my goal was to increase the presence of the Holy Spirit in the community and in the Continue Reading...
One of the arguments made by atheists against the existence of God is that there is just no hard, empirical evidence for His existence. Everything ultimately comes down to faith. One believes because one wants to believe—one has faith in God. W Continue Reading...
The Scope of Jewish Ethics When one thinks of the ethics of any religion, behavior of the individual often comes to mind initially. However, the behavior of the micro informs the macro, as the creators of the code of Jewish ethics are well aware. Th Continue Reading...
The Order of Baptism for Several ChildrenThe Order of Baptism for Several Children is a fascinating theological document that highlights the Trinitarian nature of the baptismal rite. The order makes it clear that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are Continue Reading...
Catechetical Plan: Understanding Amoris Laetitia1. Topic 9-session program for adults (Summary of Chapter Five of Amoris Laetitia)2. Intended Adult AudienceAt Sacred Heart parish, we developed a program to help couples get more involved in the church Continue Reading...
My Lament: My Gift to GodMinisterial context:As an immigrant woman of Color, I can say in no uncertain terms that I understand what is meant by the term historical trauma. But historical trauma is not something unique to only people of color, immigra Continue Reading...
Historical Evidence of the ResurrectionOne of the most compelling stories of all time is the Resurrection of Jesus. But how do we know it really happened? Are we merely supposed to take everyones word for it? Or is there historical evidence that Jesu Continue Reading...
