H. Richard Niebuhr’s piece “Christ and Culture,” is a piece that takes an in depth look at relationship between Christ and society. What Niebuhr thinks the major problem is how can Jesus interconnect with human-made culture? He points out that Christ is sinless and we are imperfect, and since we created culture it is imperfect, so how can a being that is perfect connect with something that is at its roots, fundamentally imperfect. He goes on to show five different ways that Christians attempt to
Christian Church, The Evangelical Synod of North America, and The Reformed Church in the United States. These churches had firm Protestant roots in England, Germany, Sweden, and the United States, totaling over 49 years in their own traditions and fellowship. On June 25, of 1957, the four churches held a synod meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, to commit more fully to unity, liberty, freedom in Christ, and the evangelism of the world. These groups, under the head of the Uniting General Synod, became the United
June 21, 1892 as the son of Gustav and Lydia Niebuhr. His father, Gustav was an immigrant from Germany and became an ordained minister of the German Evangelical Synod after graduating from Eden Seminary at St. Louis, the training school for ministers of the Deutsche Evangelical Synod of North America. His mother was a daughter of German Evangelical Synod missionary, Edward Hosto. Gustav and Lydia had four children, Hulda, Walter, Reinhold, and Helmut Richard (who is as famous as Reinhold in theological
Comparing Biblical Tradition with Modern Denominational Practices of Baptism One of the main reasons for the different denominations is their core, or fundamental, difference of belief concerning baptism. I hope to show many of the individual beliefs that are held by the different denominations, and to go back to the Bible and show what it has to say concerning baptism. The point is not to distinguish who is right and who is wrong, but to make people think about what they have been taught
Theological Perspective I have had many opportunities to write “statements of faith” in my many years of being entrenched in Evangelicalism. When writing a statement of faith in that context, I was essentially asked to affirm my belief in what those churches believed to be true. I wasn’t allowed to think or wrestle on my own to come up with my own theology. Writing my theological perspective here for the United Church of Christ is a new experience as I grapple with what it is I really believe
Christian Perspectives on Personal, Social, and World Issues Statement of intent =================== Throughout this report I intend to answer the following question: "Can Euthanasia be justified in today's society?" I intend to look at the hospice movement as an alternative to euthanasia. I will draw a conclusion, taking all opinions into consideration, whether Euthanasia is the wrong or right route to take. What is Euthanasia? =================== a) I) The word Euthanasia