Obama, in Philadelphia, PA. This speech was giving during the 2008 campaign for nomination into a first term of office for President Obama. President Obama opens up his speech by addressing the crowd with mentioning the first three words of the United States Constitution “We the People”. This statement is followed by Mr. Obama describing how farmers, scholars, statesmen, and patriots traveled to finally make real their declaration of independence at a conference lasting thru spring of 1787. There
On March 18, 2008, in the midst of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination, Barack Obama manage to give one of the most persuasive and significant speeches that has gone down in American history. Obama developed a strikingly effective speech that trails his audience into a controversial issue and encourages them to join his attempt to abolish inequality. Obama’s speech is powerful because although the public is mindful of the discrepancy between races, it draws attention due to Obama publicly
According to The United Methodist Book of Discipline paragraph 120 “the mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Local churches provide the most significant arena through which disciple-making occurs.” The rational of the mission statement goes on to indicate that “proclaiming the good news of God’s grace and by exemplifying Jesus’ command to love God and neighbor” aids in pursuing the satisfaction of God’s supremacy and reign of the entire
Origin of the Trinity All Christians believe in God the creator, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. However, not all of the denominations accept the idea of the Trinity (“threefold”) which is “one God in three Divine Persons.”The Trinity played an important role in the development of early Christianity, Christians either accepted it or declared it as heretical. For something to be so important it must be written in the bible, or mentioned by Jesus Christ. However, there is no written evidence of
Spirit? How is God best understood? How can the Church communicate this today? D14734 Essay Question What does it mean to say the one God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit? How is God’s being best understood? How can the Church communicate this today? Introduction In this essay, I am investigating the Trinity, God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and how God understood. I will also consider how this can be communicated in the church today. Essay 1. What is means to say the one
What is the Trinity? Is written by RC Sproul and gives historical and philosophical context as to the relationship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Sproul starts the book with a look into what monotheism is and how religion has evolved. He explains all religions evolved from animism to polytheism, henotheism, and then monotheism. There has been much debate since then as to whether the bible is monotheistic and what the origins of monotheism were. Other than where, when, and with whom monotheism
identity and mission of the Church, with specific mention of the Triune God at work throughout the ages of salvation history. Thereafter, an examination will be made of Jesus’ commissioning of his Apostles, the unity he desired for his Church and the foundation he laid for said unity. Finally, a scrutiny will be made of St. Ignatius’ appeals to the various churches echoing this call for unity and his reasoning to how it can be achieved, namely
which are Catholic and Baptist. As I am a Catholic, I decide to visit a non-Catholic church. I attended a service at St. John’s United Methodist Church on February 15th. This church is located in Springfield, Virginia. Compared to those Catholic churches I have been to, this church’s sanctuary is very simple. After attending the service, I learn that both Catholic and Methodist churches believe in Jesus Christ and Jesus was human as well as divine. As the service I attended was the day after Valentine’s
serve to demarcate the doctrinal substance and boundaries of orthodox Christian theology. These four creeds represent the culmination of several hundred years of early Christian debate centered on what eventually became known as the doctrine of the trinity. The
who found no Biblical basis to support the Trinity (Harris 280). The Unitarian church’s stance was that people should follow Jesus, but not worship him—they saw no benefit to the deification of Christ, nor to the rote recitation of religious creeds. David’s belief that “we need not think alike to love alike” (Harris xxi) not only gave rise to the formation of the Unitarian church, but reflects a fundamental tenet of the modern Unitarian Universalist church that continues
to Augustine, anyone who denies the Trinity is in danger of losing her salvation, but anyone who tries to understand the Trinity is in danger of losing her mind” (Olson & Hall, 2002, p. 1). The Trinity is an important doctrine of the Christian faith but is extremely complex and difficult to understand. McGrath describes it as, “The doctrine of the Trinity is widely regarded as one of the most difficult aspects of Christian theology” (2017, p. 299). The Trinity is essential to the Christian faith
Introduction Since the beginning of Christianity, the Christian Church had survived many controversies. However, in the early fourth century the Arian Controversy questioned the divinity of Jesus and placed the unity of the Church at risk. The Controversy was sponsored by Arius a presbyter presiding under the guidance of Alexander the Bishop of Alexandria. Arius believed in the divinity of Jesus but He did not believe Jesus was eternal. In other words, Arius believed Jesus was lower than God
for example, in the Trinity, the covenants God makes throughout Scripture, and the adoption of Christians into the family of God. Man bears the image of God by relating to God and to others, therefore Biblical counseling relies on the relationship between man God, the relationship of
The Person of Christ When discussing and proving the person of Christ, there are two basic laws that must be addressed and proven. First you must prove that Christ is one hundred percent human (humanity), then you must prove that at the same time Christ is one hundred percent God (deity). As human, Christ had a body, he had a soul and spirit, he had human characteristics, and he was called by human names. In Luke 2:52, it is written that Christ, even though he had a virgin birth, He was born
There are five core beliefs in the Bible that has a significant impact on the Christian faith and the lives of its adherents. These five beliefs are, the divinity and humanity of Jesus, the death and resurrection of Jesus, the nature of God and the trinity, the revelation and salvation. These beliefs are all clearly demonstrated in various forms and quantities across all Christian denominations. One of the main principles of Christianity is the belief in both the divinity and humanity of Jesus, that
attributes of God. While this doctrine has infinite applications in human interaction, the relational aspect of the Imago Dei is the critical to the practice of sound Biblical counseling. The relational attribute can be seen throughout Scripture in the Trinity, the covenants God makes throughout Scripture, and the adoption of the elect into the family of God. Man bears the image of God by relating to God and to others, therefore Biblical counseling relies on the relationship between man God, relationship
needed answers. Jesus was just arisen from the dead. The Church now had Jesus and God to look to, but who was the leader of it all? Who were they to worship? Where does the Spirit fit into all of this? After many questions, they looked to Scripture. Christians have had the belief of Monotheism and that there is One God. Yet, it wasn’t until the Church looked to Scripture that they pieced together what is now known as the Holy Trinity. The Church found their foundational text in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, known
in all matters of history and science for which it speaks. (Migliore: Pg. 50) He also states that scripture is the unique and irreplaceable witness to the liberating and reconciling activity of God in the history of Israel and supremely in Jesus Christ. Paul writes in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 that “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every
How can we understand the second person of the Trinity? It’s difficult to think of Jesus as both fully human and fully divine, so let’s try to put some language around it. Though this doctrine can be a challenge to wrap our heads around, “belief in the true Incarnation of the Son of God is the distinctive sign of the Christian faith” (CCC 463). It is the belief in the Incarnation that reveals the mystery of the Trinity, the central mystery of our faith. Since belief in the Incarnation reveals truth
Lonnie Brookins CHHI 301 8/30/16 Research Paper 1 1. Persecution of the Early Church- According to Emeka C. Ekeke, Department of Religious and Cultural Studies University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria, the Emperor Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome, was the first person to persecute the church. This was imparted due to “the Roman distaste for Christianity arose in a large part from its sense that it was not in line with ancient customs and that it was inappropriate for society.” At that time most of