Hell Debate The debate over hell is a complex one, not so different than the multi-layered aspects of the matters of the Charismatic Gifts, Christology, Providence or the fate of the non-evangelized, etc. There are different views and facets to the Continue Reading...
The Kingdom of God annotated bibliography And Essay Part I: Introduction with Thesis Statement The Kingdom of God is a much different kingdom than the earthly kingdom the Pharisees were expecting. What characterizes the kingdom of God? Isaiah 11:1-9 Continue Reading...
Unreached People Group Project (Iraq) Language Culture Economy Religion Family A Survey of Mission Work History of Mission Work Current Status of the Church Number of Known Believers Challenges Present Strategies Unreached People Group Pr 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...
In addition for many years it was indeed considered impolite to laugh out loud in public which had an impact on the aesthetic value of the period in history. Conclusion The faith of Ancient Buddhism is perceived to be one of the oldest faiths in Continue Reading...
Western Studies emphasizes on the following two topics namely, Inspirational artists during the Renaissance and England before becoming a Constitutional Monarchy. The first topic takes into account the Renaissance era and the artists produced during Continue Reading...
Most conclusions on this approach were vague or indecisive in terms of social, psychological or mental significance (Rice, 1978, 1981; Graen et al., 1972; Ashour, 1973). Furthermore, over the years, many scholars have come to the realization that l Continue Reading...
Calvin, John. Calvin's "Institutes": A New Compend. Introduction by Hugh Kerr. John Knox Press, 1989 According to author and theologian Hugh Kerr, regarding the founder of Calvinism, "much of Calvin's system, as well as his polemics against Roman C Continue Reading...
Christian Counseling According to McMinn Counseling others through difficult time, challenging personal crises or the simple complexities of everyday life requires patience, compassion and selflessness. These are also all features of a good Christia Continue Reading...
Religion Is Jesus the Only Savoir? Is Ronald H. Nash's opportunity to develop a passionate and well-developed argument answering yes: yes, Jesus is the only Savoir. However, Nash does not rest on the reader's understanding or experience of faith to Continue Reading...
Haddon W. Robinson first published Biblical Preaching in 1980. The book quickly became a classic in its field because of Robinson’s straightforward writing style and his ability to synthesize the necessary ingredients for an effective, scriptur Continue Reading...
In explaining his theories and conceptions regarding the divine nature, the writer helps us understand what the Thomistic school of thought is. It must be underlined that the Thomistic conceptions reach a very profound philosophical level. Regardles Continue Reading...
" This point-of-view makes sense. Stuart and Fee have already suggested that the point of Biblical interpretation is not to look for a novel or unique interpretation, but to really try to understand the point of the passages being studied. Therefore Continue Reading...
Similarly, no one can deny that this Pope's message of peace and tolerance was more than Papal doctrine and became, instead, Vatican Foreign Policy, delivered in person by someone who "walked the walk and talked the talk." Precisely because of this, Continue Reading...
If there was a weakness, it was the repetitiveness of the many different hymns and chants. Many of them seemed to repeat themselves throughout the book, such as the many different chants and hymns to heaven and dawn, and to the various gods. I under Continue Reading...
Kaiser's Toward An Exegetical Theology And Goldsworthy's Preaching The Whole Bible As Christian Scripture Both Walter Kaiser and Graeme Goldsworthy take very different approaches to the Bible in their respective works Toward an Exegetical Theology Continue Reading...
Platt Book Critique Religion is an integral part of human culture -- a set of organized beliefs about the universe, humanity, and the larger questions surrounding the spiritual values akin to society. Philosophers have debated the notions of religio Continue Reading...
Barth Review Part 1 The main ideas of Barth’s Evangelical Theology are that it is a combination of New Testament theology and early Reformation theology. It is not meant to be confessional or denominational. Evangelical in this instance refers Continue Reading...
Lord's Supper by authors Oscar Cullmann and Franz Jehan Leenhardt One of the most perplexing issues facing any Christian today is the issue of how to view the taking of the Lord's Supper every Sunday. The ancient images of wine, bread, and physical Continue Reading...
Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God Packer's latest work is a brief, nontechnical discourse about how God's sovereignty and responsibility of humans impacts evangelism. It is not a guide to the latest in evangelistic action. The primary objective Continue Reading...
Turning the Tide: Chapter Reviews and Summaries "the Rising Tide" In Chapter 1 of Turning the Tide, author Charles Stanley writes about what he considers the main problems of America, namely a lack of civic engagement and religious family values. T Continue Reading...
In the State of Kelantan, the ideal of having the governing but this is inadequate. The PAS-led Firstly, the realities that are related to external factors, from outside the Party, and secondly to internal factors, from within the Party and the PAS Continue Reading...
" It caused missionaries to deal with peoples of other cultures and even Christian traditions -- including the Orthodox -- as inferior. God's mission was understood to have depended upon human efforts, and this is why we came to hold unrealistic univ Continue Reading...
According to the seminal text of Christian Science's founder, Mary Baker Eddy, all people should be able to be their "own physician, and Truth will be the universal panacea." From Eddy's perspective, the ability of prayer to effect a cure for virtu Continue Reading...
Resilient Ministry: What Pastors Told Us about Surviving and Thriving. The book enables discussion on an important topic of resilience; how people remain resilient through difficult times by using faith and God to help them. Paul and his apostles, a Continue Reading...
For a pastor preparing a sermon, this work might be inspiring, despite of its occasional linguistic difficulty, in addressing the idea of fulfillment of promise and prophesy, as well as the many roles played by Christ throughout history, in body an Continue Reading...
God: Review of Karen Armstrong's "History of God" The History of God" by Karen Armstrong reads more like a quest for God amongst the annals of Man's history. It relates the transition of the nature of God as perceived by His human subjects, cateri Continue Reading...
Jesus then recruits other disciples, such as James and John, and decides to spread the Word of God to other parts of the region while doing good deeds, like miraculously healing the sick and the blind. As a symbol of his personality, Jesus does not Continue Reading...
Evelyn Underhill: Mystics of the Church Evelyn Underhill was a prolific writer of some thirty-nine published books and more than three hundred and fifty articles and reviews who wrote about mysticism in her early years and about the spiritual life o Continue Reading...
This is the same in our lives, because if we remain steadfast in out faith, our suffering can only serve to further God's work in our lives. Paul's example also highlights our responsibilities to each other, because through our own example we can he Continue Reading...
Review: Introduction to the New Testament, Berkhof 1915 Summary The most important aspect of Berkhof’s Introduction to the New Testament is its construction and style. It is simple, straight-forward and methodical in its approach to the Book. I Continue Reading...
Theological position of Dwight N. Hopkins The biblical presentation of human existence and its origin and our own experience of human life in this world are to accept the fact that Adam and Eve were real persons and they are the descents of all huma Continue Reading...
Persona Christi An Analysis of the Priesthood "in persona Christi" and "in nominee ecclesiae" The questions that surround the functions of the priesthood and the diaconate today appear to be part and parcel of the greater uncertainty that surround Continue Reading...
Identify prejudices and biases in traditional Christian approaches to non-Christian religions, both in general and specifically. Identify possible objections to Christianity, in terms of theology, ethics, and missiology. Resolve the challenges as Continue Reading...
Neo-Orthodoxy The term "neo-orthodoxy" refers to a 20th century movement among Protestant theologians -- in the United States and in Europe -- that emerged following the bloody carnage of World War I. The disillusionment that several Christian theol Continue Reading...
Religion in the Modern World Religion Modern World Religion is something that is as old as man. It means "almost everything because religions deal with the whole of human life -- and death" (Bowker 2006). Since the beginning of mankind, individuals Continue Reading...
