Q. Describe when and how you became a Christian. A. Although I grew up as a Christian from the beginning of my life, I might be able to confess that I became a true believer through my father absence. His last few months made me see that God gave solid faith to my father, and God is working because my father never gave up his faith even while losing his mind due to a maintenance drug to reduce pains. However, after his death, I could not overcome the state feeling emptiness not because my father is absent but because man’s life in this world seemed to be meaningless before death. Through my father, I could believe that there is God doubtlessly, but I could not find the purpose of creation and meaning of this life. After wandering 1 year, …show more content…
After confessing God, he led me into a Korean reformed church. My country, South Korea, has a big Christian population; nevertheless, reformed church is a pretty minority. However, as leading me to the reformed church, I realized that I had not any knowledge of God and I was a churchgoer. Before attending the reformed church, I have never studied the Bible because nobody encourages or advises to study the doctrines or to read Westminster Confession of Faith. Through knowing reformed theology, God let me understand that I just know God superficially. 1 year later, Pastor Song, who is one of the few reformed pastors, recommended studying in Canada. He said that he knows a mature and solid reformed church in Canada, that is Riverside Church in Ontario, and he advises me to learn(redefine) what is the church from Canada. The reason why he recommends this is that, according to his 30 years pastoral experience, South Korea has a desolate spiritual environment to build the solid church, so he said that waiting for a solid church might wasting time for the young generation. Thus, he advised that the young generation should go out to meet a mature and solid reformed church, and grow up under the church which has the capacity to care …show more content…
To explain the desire to take theological education, I believe there are two reasons: personal reason and external reason. Personal reasons have four points. First of all, His knowledge is the only truth, so to know his knowledge is to understand the truth. What is more precious to know God’s truth in this world? Secondly, a spiritual issue is the most serious realistic issue. A human being lives in this world, but this earth is a temporal step. After this world, the only eternal God waited for us with eternal world. Then, to know God’s knowledge will deal with the spiritual issue, and it would be to understand the most serious realistic issue. Thirdly, God’s knowledge makes us recover man-centered worldview. The influence of man-centered is so huge, so a lot of people are living with false worldview; however, we could recover a true worldview as knowing God. Finally, the most powerful desire to take theological education is that God lets me have previous three points. I believe that to give the desire to know God and to make us understand the seriousness of spiritual issue are a great privilege. Then, this privilege makes me desire to know God’s word
Religion is not just a collaboration of spiritual ideas and writings from ancient books. Religion has become more than just that within our modern society. Some have went as far as to say that religion is the ultimate drive; that guides our human emotions, our actions, and even to some our very own existence. Though religion can be considered a broad topic, there are rooted ideas and concepts that almost all spiritual beliefs entail. Any person with some religious drive will ultimately face their own inner resistance at one point or another, and will be forced to overcome the profane world in which they live to understand the more spiritual and sacred life they choose to lead. These revelations within ones spiritual journey allow personal transformations to occur; resulting in greater religious understandings within their own lives.
In the end, God guided me to APU because He wanted me to learn about Christianity and its purpose. I was fearful at first because I did not know much about God or faith. Several times, I was asked by several APU staff and students which church I attended, but in reality I had never been to church except the one time I had a piano recital. I became curious when I went to my very first chapel. I did not understand why Christians were so strong-willed and crazed about God. When I looked around me, people had their hands in the air with their arms reaching out. I did not understand how they could praise God, someone who cannot be seen with the naked eye, with so much love. Two weeks passed, and I still did not quite understand the Christian religion and its purpose. I remember clearly that one of the apex meetings that I had with my mentor, Phoebe, completely altered my understanding of the Christian religion. She told me the story of Jesus Christ, which I wish someone had taught me earlier. She said that God created all of us humans, but
Many people would not believe that worldview would be involved in the topic of work, but it certainly is. Worldview stretches throughout almost every facet of our lives and is even an intricate part of work. Christian and secular viewpoints differ immensely when it comes to work. Many Christians believe that work is an intricate part of God’s plan for mankind while the secular viewpoint sees it as more of a personal, everyday activity the serves no more of a purpose that that of personal success. The secular worldview has distorted the context of work and only the Christian worldview can redeem it to its original context.
Jesus Christ is arguably the most world-changing figure in the entirety of human history. Author Paul Little writes: Jesus has been the subject of more literature, art and music than any other person.
In consideration to the theological rationale the researcher will examine the 23rd Psalm. This Psalm illustrates how God acts in regards to his people. In this Psalm, God is the Shepherd and the congregation represents the sheep. God shows his love and care for the sheep. The shepherd and sheep relationship works best when the sheep remain in the fold and listen to the shepherd.
As a young boy he was left with his grandfather because his mother had gone off to be with her husband in the battlefield. His grandfather who was a very committed Christian always encouraged him to pursue God. He was always confused on what to believe because his mother and father did not support the study and acts of Christianity. As he grew older throughout his studies he soon realized how creation of the planets and the solar system were all pieced together wonderfully by God. He accepted Christ right before he began his studies at his university with the mindset that God was the almighty creator. Since he became a christian he was always questioned about his faith and why he believed in Christ, he would always say “Look to the stars, who do you think made those stars, how do you think they got there? God made them and put them there and that's what i'm trying to figure out.” He eventually started a class that was all about the teachings of God and how science ties in with the
Manytimes one hears the words “and it changed my life forever,” or something to that effect; these words seem to be a bit overused and may have lost their meaning for some. So when I heard them from Jon, I must admit that even though he is a friend, I was a bit dubious.
What is a worldview? A worldview, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is, “a comprehensive conception or apprehension of the world especially from a specific standpoint” (2017). A worldview is what directs us to do certain things and/or make certain choices. I believe it is important to know what your worldview is, so you can have a better understanding of life and can help those around you to better understand theirs. I developed my Christian worldview by studying the Bible. Being a Christian, I look at that world in a different manner than one who is not a Christian. I have gained an understanding of values, morals, and an overall purpose
According to scientists, religion is considered a gift from the human spirit and society is what makes up the whole perception of religion. Society is scared of the unknown and thinks about the different perspectives and conceptions of every religion out there. On the other hand, theologists consider religion a gift of the divine spirit, that there is something bigger out there. Religion is the ultimate concern and is the dimension of depth in our spiritual life such as our morals and aesthetic. Tillich states, “Religion is not a special function of man's spiritual life, but it is the dimension of depth in all of its functions”
What is Christianity all about? What are the basic beliefs of Christianity and how did it begin? According to (AllAboutReligion, 2010),” Christianity began about 2000 years ago in Judea, [presently known today as Israel] with Jesus Christ and His faithful group of disciples”. This paper will address the viewpoint of the Christian faith and its outcome. The central message of Christianity is based upon the teachings of Jesus and his promises. Christianity teaches that there is merely one God in all existence and that God created the universe. It also teaches that Jesus is the only way to be set free from the coming judgment of God and that Jesus desires his values and his standards to abound. Moreover, Christianity is the only religion that offers a savior. Religion has been in every culture since the beginning of human society and there are many religions competing for the heart of humanity throughout the world at large.The following characterizations are based on the Christian faith: redemption, covenant and grace. Although Christianity is a matter of choice for the human race, what type of influence did it have on the China, Africa, and Rome inhabitants?
As we search the word of God with passion and earnestly, the Holy Spirit will illuminate us, so we can grasp his will in our life “until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.” (Eph. 4:13).
All Humans have a natural desire for God, and the ability to respond to God, illustrated by people such as Moses, Saint Ignatius, or even myself. We know this because we can see our desire being fulfilled when we experience natural or divine revelation. We also have this desire fulfilled when we respond to God when he calls us to do something or to act in a certain way. We as people look for some higher form of guidance, and we can find guidance in the way that God reveals himself. God can reveal himself in a divine way, and not just through nature and experiences. For example he sent Jesus. Through divine and natural revelation we can have a better relationship and understanding of God, and it gives us an idea of how God wants us to act. The possibility of a response to God is based on reaction to calling or revelation. These can be from natural revelation, divine revelation, direct confrontation with God, some sort of epiphany, or just the feeling you get when you do the right thing. God may even have some sort of calling that he will use to lead us in the right path. Humans have a desire for God, and we can see that from revelation, our callings from God, and our response to God.
Christianity is now on the rise in our world: people all over the world are coming together to plant churches, to evangelize, to reproduce and to supervise followers. Everywhere in the world leaders are planting churches. Leaders are putting churches in every contery. People that did not know Christ can now come to church and learn about the savior. “The number of Christian in the world is currently 2.18 billion, which is one third of the world’s population.
Christianity: followers of Jesus or Messiah they have over 2.2 million followers in Europe and America. Christians have the Bible that they go based on the Old Testament and New Testament. They celebrate holidays such as Easter, Christmas, Saint’s Day, and Baptism. They also symbolize themselves with cross, dove, anchor, fish, alpa/omega. It is considered to be one of the largest religions in the world.
Before this, I told myself that I was a Christian. Despite my lousy church attendance and selfish prayers, nobody could tell me that I was not. “A Christian is only a person that believes in God”, I told myself. “The other stuff does not matter”. Little did I know how wrong I was.