Growing up in a Baptist church, I expressed my emotions through worship. During Sunday service, I started my week by releasing any worries, thoughts, or anxieties gathered throughout the past seven days. Throwing my hands up in praise started to become my outlet, where I could speak to the Lord about anything. However, up until I was in high school, my faith was mainly private. It was not that I was scared or nervous to preach to anyone or share my form of praise; I was confident in my beliefs and was willing to help anyone that was struggling in their faith. However, I found it difficult to make it public and awkward to offer my words of wisdom or encouragement through the Word to anyone. I assumed anyone in church or who was a believer simply had the same thoughts or form of reverence as me. When the pandemic hit as an …show more content…
The one thing that comes to mind when asked how I convey my thoughts to the world is how sharing worship and prayer makes me feel. My testimony is my form of preaching to someone how my life has changed through worship. Ever since this realization, I feel the Lord pushing me to pursue the people who can rely on Him to release their consternation. Worship compels me to be in this pursuit every day and express the Word through my actions. Any struggle, anger, joy, and truly amazing things can be conveyed through worship, and my belief is that everyone needs to experience this feeling just once. When I see someone's life changed through their faith, even if not by my own doing, it brings me peace knowing another soul is in Heaven. The world, unfortunately, has painted a resentful picture toward passionate Christians, being seen as insane for having our beliefs directed toward “an imaginary man in the sky”. As a consequence, sharing my thoughts or feelings with someone struggling and helping guide them toward Christ is not an easy
not an option. In my mind, it was never whether there was a greater power, but how that
Growing up in a traditional catholic family I attended catholic school and church just like everyone else in my family. Every Sunday and Tuesday growing up I spent time at church. Going to church taught all about religion and forgiveness. I learned from the bible that god knows we are all sinners and that if we ask for forgiveness he forgives us. I was told that to church is a safe place for someone to go if they need help and that everyone has their arms open to people in need. The catholic religion says that god loves all his children even when they sin.
The soul of the world to me is my Religion, it has had an influence on my life for as long as I can remember. I was just a little preschooler when I was introduced to my faith, my parents sent me to a church camp after school for an hour or so every day. I had never had any real connections like many of the pastors claimed but I knew as long as I believed that good would come. For many years it didn't, yet I remained faithful. I always believed that if I remained faithful that nothing could ever hurt me, still with all my faith there were days where I questioned my belief. I wondered how any of this could actually be possible, if there was really a big man up in the sky watching me then why don't I ever see him. But as I grew older I learned
As I was driving into the church parking lot I had to take a deep breath. After leaving another frustrating day at school and then going to work right afterwards, I needed to calm myself down. I looked in the rear view mirror one more time to make sure I looked halfway presentable. I fixed my wind-blown hair by pulling it back in a high ponytail and put on some Burt’s Bees lip balm before exiting the car. I grabbed my Bible and notebook and locked the doors. As I walked towards the youth building a wave of comfort washed over me.
Today, there are humans around the globe that never even heard of the name, Jesus. We know that the consequence of Hell is real. We know that heaven is an alternative. As Christians, we also know that the love of Christ exists. He helped thousands of people in the past, and He can heal countless more in the future. With such reasons, we should never tire from sharing the Gospel. It is a life-changing news to announce. Despite what some may say or feel about evangelism, it is something necessary. It is the greatest hope for all humans. Though some have applied it terribly in history, it should not prevent us from accomplishing its message.
A group of excited high school guys cram tightly into the back of a car on a weekend night. They aren't going to a party tonight or seeing a movie at the theater. Instead they pull into the church parking lot.
The Baptist faith believes in the precepts of Trinity, Heaven, and Hell. Surprisingly Mary does not have a special place in the Baptist religion. They don’t teach the assumption of Mary because Mary is seen as just Jesus’ mother. As for the belief in Saints, they really don’t designate saints because they believe that we all have been saved and we are all God’s messengers. Unlike Christianity, Baptists don’t have bishops or Cardinals. The Baptist religion has a much more loose structure than the Catholic faith.
I am particularly moved by the idea of “in your urging, move them by the deep, deep love of Jesus.” To always challenge people by moving them by the love of Jesus is both beautiful and challenging as preacher. Finally, I was challenged by Arthurs reminder that “a primary but overlooked function of preaching is simply reminding. Preach should help us remember who we are, where we came from, and where we're going. ”8 I personally needed this reminder because it is easy to be discourage when you feel that God has laid a message on your heart and yet there is no response.
I originally grew up attending a Baptist church that my family and I hardly ever went to, so when I first got introduced to Pentecostalism, it honestly really scared me and I thought that it was not normal. I remember sitting in a Sunday service at an Assemblies of God church for the first time and hearing someone shout and speak in other tongues. I had no idea what was going on with this lady! I was frantically looking around to see what everyone else was doing, and everyone had closed their eyes and began praying; I had no idea why. I also remember shortly after she spoke in tongues, someone else in the congregation began to interpret what she said.
I really enjoyed listening to the presentations and reading assignments on “How to Share Jesus Without Fear”. It has enlightened me with new information on how Christians should share Jesus without being afraid or worrying about how people response to the word of God. The reading also summarizes different approaches on how Christians should share the word of God to non-believers and how to answer questions that may come up when sharing the word of God. We must approach people without fear and be led by the Holy Spirit. We can no longer be afraid to share God’s word.
Religion is a strong foundation in my family, it has always been since I was a small child. It has been instilled in me and I have been taught to lean on it when there is nothing else to lean on. I have been a part of only a few churches; each a different denomination. Interestingly, I have not always been a part of the Baptist religion. I was baptized Catholic and even went as far as my first communion. Even though I have been Baptist since I was around twelve, I have only somewhat looked at the history of what the religion is. So what is the Baptist religion? Wikipedia describes Baptists as “Baptists are individuals who comprise a group of denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing
John A. Studebaker said we are called to be ambassadors of Christ, so we have to learn how to bridge the gap between Christ’s church and the world. He quoted David Hesselgrave who wrote in his book Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally, “understanding another person’s world view or belief system is the starting point for communicating the gospel”
This can be done in many ways. By expressing their faith, they are deepening their relationship with God. They are expressing their views and opinions of religion in everyday life and They can add to their views and opinions by learning more about them. at the mass of the. St. Thomas Aquinas suggested that the most important element of mass is the forgiveness of sin.
Unbelievers or those who are not born-again people should not be in a member of Baptist church. The Bible teaches about how to become a church member, but no one can force to be in a church member. It is matter of obedience. The regeneration church membership is the most important issues it could be than other issues. Some other denominations and Baptist are different between who should accept or who should not to become a member.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss a service that I got to attend that was different from my own religious tradition. I decided to go with my chosen topic because to be honest I had never experienced or thought to experience a different type of church service other than the one I grew up in. I grew up in a Christian home and attended a non-denominational Christian church on a regular basis. I just never felt the need to experience something that was different. So I decided to attend a mass at a Catholic church. I had been to weddings in a Catholic church and even funerals with a Catholic involvement but not an actual mass.