I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to hell. The ...
He alluded to criticism of the denomination during thedisaffiliation debatesand said it was holding on to its core beliefs. "Don't you tell us that we don't believe in Scripture," he said. "Don't you tell us that we don't believe in the doctrine of the church. And Lord have m...
Living as United Methodist Christians: Our Story, Our Beliefs, Our Lives [Paperback] This article describes a program launched by the United Methodist Church which aims to train and use lay speakers in its effort to carry on its religious w... A Langford,S Langford 被引量: 0发表: 0年 ...
Internal Revenue Service determination concerning the tax-exempt status of religious organizations does not involve judgment of the merits of a claimed religious belief, but rather looks at whether the asserted religious beliefs of the organization are truly and sincerely held, and whether the practices...
Rev. Luther J. OconerPh.D
After all, every single doctrine of biblical theol- ogy is founded in the history of Genesis 1–11. My father had not developed his thinking in this area as much as we have today at Answers in Genesis, but he clearly understood that if Adam wasn't cre- ated from dust, and that if ...
Religious Beliefs.The overwhelming majority of the people are Christian. Catholicism is the largest single denomination, but Protestants of all denominations (Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and others) outnumber Catholics. Judaism is the largest non-Christian faith, followed by Islam, which...
He lectured widely and wrote scholarly histories of the relations between the USSR and the United States. He was also one of the group of foreign policy elders known as "The Wise Men". During the late 1940s, his writings inspired the Truman Doctrine and the U.S. foreign policy of "...
Thoughareligiousmovement,theAwakeninghadeffectsnotonlyinreligion,butinculturalandpoliticalspheresaswell.ThemajoreffectoftheAwakeningwasarebellionagainstauthoritarianreligiousrule.Revivalisminthecoloniesopposedthenotionofasingletruthorasinglechurch.Aspreachersvisitedtownaftertown,sectsbegantobreakofflargerchurchesandamultitude...
---2. American religious beliefs continue to be strong with social progress. ---3. In the United States, every church is a completely independent organization and concerned with its own finance and its own building. There has been little concentration on doctrine or religious argument such as ...