Romans and James. This is inevitable, and need occasion no perplexity to Christian faith. All theology is partly interpretation--the relation of universal and eternal reality to personal thought. Hofmann rightly says that genuine Christian faith is one and the same for all, but that everyone ...
Positive Impact 1 – The Conversion of Paul and a Spreading Message of Hope The conversation of Paul to Christianity had a big impact on the Romans. Paul’s missions into Roman spread the hope of Jesus Christ among the Roman people. The Bible tells us that while Paul was imprisoned in Rom...
The French Bishops’ Conference slammed the tableau as a “mockery and derision of Christianity.” Mike Johnson, the right-wing Evangelical Speaker of the House in the United States Congress, decreed the performance “shocking and insulting to Christian people around the world.” The event’s arti...
Christianity posed a number of challenges for the Roman government. It wasn't exactly illegal, but Christians were subject to persecution by the Romans. The growth of Christianity out of Judaism, as well as disputes among Christian factions over the teaching of Jesus, led to civil unrest in th...
Jesus was arrested in Jerusalem and crucified by the Romans. He was executed as a public nuisance, not for claiming to be the Son of God. The empty tomb is a fiction – Jesus was not raised bodily from the dead. Belief in the resurrection is based on the visionary experiences of Paul,...
As I read this, it makes me think of Romans 2:5-11, where Paul writes, But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. ...
This is in sharp contrast to the active attack strategy adopted by the Romans in worship of the God of war. Third, Christianity developed from an anti secular regime and anti rich religion to a dominant religion in the Roman Empire. Although its nature has changed, its religious activities st...
I shifted "if this is a command I have to do it" to "this is a symbol of my joyful submission to God's created order" Moving from wide head bands to a more traditional cover, I discovered "Garlands of Grace" The study of this passage took a couple of months, so I did due dili...
Now the former Labour MP has finally published the fruits of his lifelong obsession - a book about how Christianity defeated all odds to become the faith of the Roman Empire. How a Welsh childhood inspired former MP's book on Romans and religion; He's a veteran former MP who served under...
. Christians were sometimes severely persecuted by the Romans. In the early 4th century, the Roman Emperor Constantine experienced a miraculous conversion and made it legally acceptable to be a Christian. Less than a hundred years later, the Roman Emperor Theodosius made Christianity the official ...