At the Christian university I attended, all students were required to take the course, Philosophy and Christian Thought. One of our textbooks (a very thick one!) was titled,The Protestant Faith. And though the differences between denominations were certainly laid out, I was struck by how much ...
This Creed is shared as a statement of faith for all the major denominations in Christianity - including the Orthodox, Catholic and the various streams of the Protestant Church. It is a useful benchmark in determining whether a church upholds the traditional beliefs of the Christian church or is...
but the apostles themselves, except for a white male as Judas, are black or mixed-race and not exclusively male. They all wear traditional biblical dress, except for Jesus, who is naked. Played by the artist herself, the
Man’s eternal destiny and how we are to approach it have been revealed in Christ, and this “message of reconciliation” was entrusted to the Apostles, not to Caesar (2 Cor. 5:19-20). It was to Peter and the Apostles, not Pilate or Herod, that He said: “As the Father has sent...
One of the major controversies during the Protestant Reformation on the Pope’s claim to special access to the treasury of merit. In particular, the popes claimed that one could obtain indulgences from the Church, which could reduce the temporal punishment due for sins committed on earth. This ...
You can download a printable copy of the complete set ofIn Light of the Cross Bible Study Guidesfor freehere. You can purchase a copy for your Kindlehere Christian Living Brief overview:We are called to be a godly people who think, feel, and act in harmony with the principles of heaven...
The World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910 (2009), is the major account of this influential missions conference that set the scene for the work of Protestant missionary societies in the twentieth century. The Global Diffusion of Evangelicalism: the Age of Billy Graham and John Stott (2013) ...
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fearing increased competition for jobs. Although the Catholic church was not rent by the issue as were many Protestant churches, it did teach that slaves must be treated humanely, and many northern Catholics came to oppose the institution. When war broke out, Catholics on both sides enthusiastical...