I first wanted to say; I enjoyed this video the most of all the classes I took at Cornerstone University. Very impressive and real on what we should be doing at ministry leaders in the real world. Thank you so much for this video. What is significant about the format and approach Keller employs in this conversation? Is there anything we can learn from it? Keller approach was very cool, calm and collective as my grandma always says to me when she is checking on me. It is not an easy task for what he was trying to accomplish. A book called, Why Nobody Wants To Go To Church by Group Publishing backs this kind of Christian interaction with one of their four acts of love, called Fearless Conversation. Allowing people to chew on the tough topics. As you can see in this video, the wheels were turning in all of their heads. No, they did not drop on the floor and claimed Jesus as their Lord and savior. But it got them to openly think about the hope that we have. 1 Peter 3:15 reads, “But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you.” Love this verse as it helps me be equipped to answer people who have questions and it reminds me to stay cool, calm and collective during our talks. Has the church failed God and/or the world in its mission, and why might some …show more content…
In my transition point in life from high school to college, I had many questions. This is a time in your life where you are introduced to so many claims of truth, evolution, atheism, Islam, and the list goes on. Sadly, during my transition point in life, no local ministries help me during this time. They wanted to stay away from the hard topics, leaving me to fend for myself. There was a point where I almost gave up my faith due to Christian hating college professors and my life, which was heavily involved with science. Luckily, God had other plans for me and never left my
Lee includes Scripture, Gospel, Hymns, Prayers and concludes the sermon in an “Amen” (37) by switching the posture to the audience. Perelman examined, “Every technique promoting the communion of the speaker with his audience will decrease the opposition between them” (79). Since Lee’s meaningful sermon consisted of the most essential techniques, her audience recognized her authority and capability to preach. She not only knew about the role of a minister, but also knew how to carry out her responsibilities as a minister, which enforced the appeal to ethos from the audience’s point of view. Lee compelled the audience to reconceive their discrimination of women
Why I Left the Church” by Richard Garcia is a poem that explores the ongoing and conflicting relationship between a child’s fantasy and the Church. Although the majority of the text is told in present tense, readers are put through the lenses of a young boy who contemplates the legitimacy of the restricting and constricting nature of worship. It is a narrative that mixes a realist approach of storytelling with a fantasy twist that goes from literal metaphors to figurative metaphors in the description of why the narrator left the church. The poet presents the issue of childhood innocence and preset mindsets created by the Church using strong metaphors and imagery that appeal to all the senses.
...o believe in active listening, and now all the arguments I have had with boyfriends, parents, and peers make more sense: people do not like being told how they are doing things wrong. That is a slight misrepresentation, Gottman talked about issues being solved through being polite and gentle. So there are ways to tell someone that they have done something wrong without hurting their feelings. I would like to see more examples of how this is done. Gottman’s research has greatly piqued my interest. I watched as he showed examples of stonewalling and other issues in relationships, and saw my own past failures and those of the people in my life and around me. I wish that everyone could see this video and understand it; I feel that working towards treating everyone the way Gottman says successful spouses treat each other would lead to a gentler and more pleasant society.
I now know that I was not adequately prepared nor experienced enough in this area to encourage the change that church needed. And at the end of the day most people automatically default to what they know best; their own desires. We most often start by setting goals through the limited purview of the eye of personal individualism. In short we do or set goals and makes decision the way we prefer to see things. “It’s our way most often, because we want things done that way.”
In conclusion, it is important to study religion off campus as Smart (1994) has said one must “walk a mile in [the] moccasins [of religious people]” in order to gain a real understanding of how belief has an impact on people and how it motivates people to live their lives, this cannot be obtained through textbooks or media reports. It is how Harvey (2013) suggests that belief has to be learnt and is enacted by others through witnessing, speaking, reading, ritualising, congregation and acceptance. Studying off campus does not mean challenging the traditional understanding of religion. Historical and textual books should still be used to provide foundation knowledge but one must go beyond this and engage with living religions in order to obtain a rich first-hand experience.
This video was about making a clearer and more interesting introduction. It was effective as the woman talked about the different levels of an introduction and how it should be presented. The diagrams and examples were very useful.
Being born into a Christocentric household, I have always been told the stories of the Bible starting from the age that I could talk. My mother decorated my bedroom with crosses and posters of Jesus; we even had a shrine dedicated to prayers in our family room. Every night before bed, I would kneel in front of our own “holy place” and thank God for a day well-spent. In my family, going to mass services and helping out the Church was a way of life. There was no discussion; here is Jesus, he’s our savior, believe in him. I accepted all the truths that my mother, priest, and community told me to me and never asked any questions. At the tender age of ten, the seed of doubt implanted itself in my mind due to one reason, death.
The Necessity of Religion in Today's Society No, religion in NOT necessary in today’s society. Maybe not every war but, the main cause of some of the most devastating wars has been religion. Today, discrimination is based on a person’s belief or religion. Though some might say that discrimination could be based on clothes or looks, but those trends may be demanded of them by their religious beliefs.
The religious fanfare in America is overwhelmingly Christian. There appears to be a major increase of interest in spirituality. However, there is a vast difference in the devoutness of churchgoers in frequency of church attendance. The manner in which these individuals attend church is influenced by their ages and also whether or not they have endured difficult life situations. After attending a few church services, one becomes very aware of the various types of attendees. There are three types of churchgoer categories: the Never- Miss-a-Service Churchgoers, the Show-Up for Sunday Morning Service Churchgoers, and lastly, but certainly not the least, Holiday Churchgoers.
He says that the actions of people and their words have been what has shocked him the most. A lot of things are shared between church staff members for the benefit of the church. When you are working in the ministry of people, obviously, a lot of drama and tough circumstances will
Why is the Catholic Church so corrupt in its teaching? They have found ways to control the knowledge that their followers contemplate on. The control of knowledge and power is the foundation for every successful religious organization. The Catholic Church have acquired this power through strategic control on the mind of its follower. The Catholic Church propagate their ideals as righteous in order to be accepted; for without this acceptance, they are faced with the task of initiating this power through force. So to beguile their followers, they present themselves in “sheep clothing” (KJV, Matt 7:15). They are accepted as blameless, peaceful, loving and harmless but in actuality, “they are ravening wolves” (KJV, Matt. 7:15).
The deep dark skeleton in the church’s theoretical closet is its members. The church is imperfect and full of totally depraved people. The church faces many problems when it’s individual members fail to obeying our Lord’s commands. In Mark 12:30-31, Jesus tells his disciples, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength; and the second is this, you shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.” The biggest problem with the church is that we can not perfectly carry out these commands. Fortunately, God uses imperfect beings for His perfect will.
The church taught them everything they needed to know; they told them right from wrong, they were the gateway to the afterlife, and they even taught them that boiling an egg took as long as a prayer! They relied on the church for everything, so whenever the black plague hit, people ran to the church. The people assumed the plague was God’s punishment, but they had hope because they thought if they were saved by the church they would be cured. However, the church had no idea how to cure the disease, thus losing a lot of the reputation and trust they had been building for the past centuries. Many people turned to God during this time, but just as many people believed that since the church had broken their trust, there was nothing left to live for, and so they turned to sin and wickedness. Doctors stopped treating patients and told them to go to a priest and confess before they died, only to have the priests reject them or not properly execute the procedure. These people legitimately thought they were going to go to hell because their priests would not complete the procedure, and so people turned even further away from the Catholic Church and all of its beliefs. (“Black Death and Church”) Worse even than many churches turning away people, some churches grew rich off of many sinful practices such as Simony or selling of indulgences. This brings us to our next
One of the many benefits of going to church and becoming a christian is understanding your purpose of being on earth and understanding how to live your life with utmost fulfillment and achieving joy while preserving your morals. While all humans are innately built with a need to achieve pleasure the main difference between those of the world and those in the church are the means and ways of accomplishing this goal. The deviation stems from the difference in the types of pleasure each set out to attain. Many of the world's pleasures conflict with our conscience and morals, and the teachings of the church. It's these conflicting actions which lead to many non-christians being dissatisfied and being unhappy. “Many who don’t belong to a church try desperately to convince themselves that they are happy. They fool everyone but themselves. Or they know they are not happy and try to drown their sorrow in drinking, drugs, sports, work or something else to keep their minds off their unhappiness”(Gritters). This dissatisfied feeling leads to thousands and thousands to suffer from d...
Before beginning my first semester here at Vanguard I often found myself questioning why I believe what I believe. I had a hard time understanding the bible and an even harder time finding answers to my questions. It was difficult for me to find the courage to ask questions because I didn’t want to come off as someone who didn’t know everything about the bible. Once I started my freshman year I began understanding that I am not alone, every one has questions or things that they don’t quite understand. Encountering The New Testament broke down parts of the bible and made it much easier for me to understand.