I Believe
I believe in the Holy Trinity. I believe in God the Father, God the Son-Jesus Christ-, and God the Holy Spirit. Three entities completely mend into one- God the Father. The three have their own separate personalities and amazing abilities. Recently, I read a book called “The Shack” by William P. Young that was about a man who got to encounter the three in each form. Now I might ask how can I believe something can be three things at once? It's simple; in Matthew 8:18-19 it states, “ Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”.
God the Father is the origin.
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Many people have taken offense to the display of God as a black women. Many Christians believe that God is a Spirit, he takes no human form. The problem with the grasp of the idea of Him being a black women is not the race factor, yet the disgrace of trying to view God in a human image instead of human being in God’s image. In Genesis 1:27 it states, “ So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” God is His own, and He needs to be exalted on high.
What is the problem with the Holy Spirit being perceived as a Asian gardener? The problem with the Holy Spirit is very simple. In the Bible the Holy Spirit is a Spirit, it in the book the author displays the Spirit as a person. In John 3:6 it explains, “Flesh gives birth to flesh, but Spirit gives birth to spirit.” The book also provides a deranged view of the character- the Asian gardener. It does not give any implications of what the real Holy Spirit does and it’s purpose in
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Many viewers would call this book a Pseudo-Christian. “Pseudo-Christian media is any book, movie, etc. that presents itself as Christian, but is an imitation or intentional deception of the true gospel of Jesus Christ.” (Fairchild) Pseudo-Christian is a manipulative way to get a hidden message across. There are many movies, books , and tv shows that try to use Christian views and religion, but they manipulate it in such a way it isn't noticeable to nonbelievers. It is the devil who manipulates religion and faith to try to deceive people. Matthew 7:15 warns us, “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous
Throughout history, women’s roles have increased slowly. Not until the second Great Awakening did black women begin to gain roles in Christianity and in society. Between the 19th and 20th century black women used multiple methods to gain authority. Some women preached and gave speeches while other women used nonverbal approaches like writing articles. During this time period everyone wasn’t welcoming to the idea of a woman being consider a leader of any major movement. Black women didn’t always have authority in religious settings, but as time progress women became influenced by Christianity which ultimately pushed them to become leaders even though they knew everyone wouldn’t accept them.
We should learn that we are all alike to God. It not based on color or figure as some people would go by. God is going to look as equal because we are no better off than next the person. Even though homo-sapiens are judgmental and superior like Mrs. Turpin, Humans must understand that god judges humans as we judge others. Humans should take that in to consideration to avoid doing the similar thing that Mrs. Turpin is doing. If humans do, they won’t be in front of heaven; instead they will be in the rear of this great parade.
...nity. The Holy Spirit allows human beings to become closer to God, and the relationship between the Father and the Son. After writing about both the Trinity and Salvation, I have learned that they are immensely interconnected. The Trinity allows human beings to find Salvation. All in all, the Trinity is not three separate parts, but one part with three different essences.
Many Christians try to avoid reading this book simply because to them they find it intimidating and it talks about the end times.
Womanist biblical hermeneutics centers Black women’s experience and identity, social location, historical memory, a hermeneutics of suspicion, and a hermeneutics of affirmation. In addition, womanist biblical hermeneutics are radical and subversive forms of biblical interpretation that provide multi-dimensional systemic analysis and critique, acknowledge and affirm a multiplicity of voices and identities. Womanist biblical hermeneutics provide a means for Black women to critique unjust forms of oppression, discourse, and practices, especially in relation to the use of scripture in order to facilitate social transformation. This bibliographic essay will map the various conceptual frameworks and methods of religious scholars engaging in womanist’s
In Christianity one of their primary beliefs is the idea of a Triune God, which means the belief of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit as one entity not three separate beings. This would result in God being indivisible and could not be divided into three different parts for an ...
...ds to film, the religious stories surrounding the scenario are more than likely far less exciting and more straightforward than what is portrayed. The depiction of Christianity in a melodramatic fashion aims to keep people interested but it is not taken into consideration that the events that had taken place in Christian texts such as the bible could be equally interesting and exciting if they are depicted accurately within the story being narrated. Movies are over eager when they get a religious topic to work with and place it unnecessarily over the top, so that the religious undertones and lessons are almost lost and to get them, one must pay extremely close attention.
The Trinity is made up of God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This concept is what many Catholics believe in, but other worldwide religions believe in other beliefs. Out of all the three Divine Persons, “Jesus is the most qualified to bring the renewal of creation because it was through him that creation came into being” (Pohle February 7th). We as humans will have to face the consequences for actions that we have done in the past, present and future. Jesus has come into the world as a human to show his dignity and save us from sin; he was the world and of all creation. As we come to read more about Jesus we get to know Jesus more, we learn about what he did, how he did it and why he had to do these saving actions.
The Trinity is a complex thought. Even though it gets complicated, to believe in one essence & nature being three persons it is the biggest truth. Discovering what each part of trinity means is and what it includes is where it first starts. The Father, Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit are all one but separate. I believe the Trinity is true but I also believe that the trinity is a true depiction of God.
Now, we are going to examine the “third person” of the Trinitarian Trinity – The Holy Spirit. Between the three “components” of the godhead, the easiest to comprehend and the least misunderstood is The Holy Spirit. The original “three hypostases “ of God (by hypostases I mean essence) are God the Father, His Word (spoken word), and His (Holy) Spirit (the latter two are Gods inasmuch as they are an integral part of God). So the above with its three dimensions is the one true and eternal God. He was singular; an integer God united in Himself (Oneness Christians believe this) and alone in eternity. We have defined the Father (corresponding roughly to the body). We have defined the Word (corresponding to soul). Now we can define the Holy Spirit (corresponding to spirit). The spirit is a force (as the Jehovah Witnesses and others believe), or power that issues or emanates from the Father. It is the life force of God. It is the essence of God. It is invisible. It doesn’t have a form or shape. The Greek word for spirit is “pneuma” meaning “air”, “breeze”. That is the Holy Spirit. From the three “things” that make up God, the Father is the only
It is obvious that over time Whites have created a particular image that most people see when they think about what Jesus looks like. The most common idea of a picture of Jesus is Him having fair skin, blue eyes and long flowing dirty blond hair. Many people do not picture Jesus as a Black person might picture Him. In this alone, there is an implication of a specific stereotype on Jesus, which implies that His message does not apply to everyone. This is the reason why blacks are on a ‘quest’ for a Black messiah. White theology makes it seem as though God’s word is oriented toward white people and not black people. White theology is limited in its interpretation of the Christian faith as far as other races are concerned because Whites never conceived the “Black Jesus walking in the ghettos”. The tragedy of the interpretations of Jesus Christ is that in His name, the most ...
Movies and books such as The Da Vinci Code that carry themes that are directly related to the Bible are going to face criticism, especially when the themes within them display controversial information that undermines how Christians and the Church understand the Bible. The Da Vinci Code explores a conspiracy about the Vatican and Jesus, and director Ron Howard displays on screen what author Dan Brown presented as historical truth in his novel. Much like Brown, director Darren Aronofsky presented his 2014 film Noah to be a truthful account of the famous Biblical story, but in reality rewrote the story to be what many argue is an “anti-biblical” representation of the true story of “Noah’s
The term trinity is used to indicate the doctrine used in the Christian faith that is interpreted as symbolizing that God is unified in his existence in three definite persons which is God the father, God the son and God the holy spirit (Hodgson, Juugel, Kelly, Presitge, Wainwright, 2016). The essence of understanding the Trinity is comprehending that God is three persons, each person is divine, and there is only one God (Johnson, 2014, 174-175). Theologians may debate that the term persons may not be the appropriate term in reference to the trinity just because persons may be viewed as actually being separated in the physical since (Gordon, 2015, 485). However, in reference to God there are not three different beings or entities, but the term trinity helps express the understanding that God is one substance and body (Johnson, 2014, 174).
Scholars engaging in Womanist biblical hermeneutics transform certain strands of biblical interpretation by drawing from literary, biblical, and other extra-biblical sources as a means to illuminate the hegemonic, patriarchal and kyriarchal powers that render Black women exploited, marginalized and oppressed. Philosopher, Clarice Martin and biblical scholar Nyasha Junior’s scholarship highlights American Womanist religious studies scholar’s appropriation of Alice Walker’s definition and concept of womanism as employed in her text In Search of Our Mother’s Garden to reflect their distinctive focus on African American women in their scholarship. Additionally, Junior charts the development of the term “womanist” throughout the expansion of womanist