Faith (AnalysisBelief and doubt (Religious aspectsGod (KnowablenessThe book 'Why Christianity Must Change or Die,' written by Episcopal bishop John Shelby Spong, offers honest non-traditional religious thoughts to which modern-day Christians may find their own confusions echoed. Preachers have made ...
we believe the usage of the phrase “covenant of works” is open to misinterpretation by modern Christians. By way of clarification, we deny that any covenant can be kept without faith, and we affirm that good works flow out of faith in God, and not vice versa...
After all, Iwasa Christian; Christians don’t struggle withthat. Good heavens. Rather than label megay, I imagined everyone in my perpetual Christian bubble of school-church-family simply assuming me a quiet coward when it came to girls. If only. In the climactic fifth and sixth confessions ...
Withal my mother was extremely careful that no books of a corruptive tendency should come into my hands: immodest writings I would, of my own accord, have cast away; for my princes and my princesses were all extremely virtuous. To my mother, and my zeal for knowledge, it was owing that...
faith. We understand that we come from a long line of brothers and sisters who went before us. The historic Christian faith is much older than even the 19th century. The earliest post-apostolic Christians spoke of the “rule of faith,” which became what today is called theApostles’ Creed...
As in the past so in the future, Baptists should hold themselves free to revise their statements of faith as may seem to them wise and expedient at any time. • (3) That any group of Baptists, large or small, have the inherent right to draw up for themselves and publish to the ...
Overall:This is an okay study Bible option for upper elementary and middle grade readers. I would be inclined to use it in a small group or Sunday school setting. However, I feel like it trivializes some big questions of faith that kids are perfectly capable of thinking and talking about....
I always loved the Motel 6 commercial that ended with the words, “We’ll leave the light on for you.” Throughout history there have been moments, in the midst of horror, when Christians were the source of safe passage for the afflicted. In her book, Making Room, Christine Pohl write...
Our confessions of faith are rooted in historical precedent, as the church in every age has been called upon to define and defend its beliefs. Each generation of Christians bears the responsibility of guarding the treasury of truth that has been entrusted to us [2 Timothy 1:14]. Facing a ...
One of the things that has long amazed me and given me joy is how there is room for everyone in the Catholic Church. We have people of all races, from almost every imaginable culture celebrating their faith within the Church. We have different Rites for different cultures and different tradi...