Charles Kraft's Christianity With Power

In the monograph Power, Politics, and the Missouri Synod: A Conflict That Changed American Christianity, James C. Burkee argues that the 1974 schism of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod commonly called “Seminex” was not only about theology but something more. Burkee is able successfully support his thesis. He does so by using quotations and observations from the time and from those who lived during seminex. Burkee also is able to show how seminex was about more than just theology by setting up the history of the LCMS before the actually event. Burkee makes reference that he was warned when he started his quest to learn more about seminex, this supports his claim in an interesting way.

Charles Brockden Brown’s Wieland paints a picture of religion that faults its practice in early America. As a force of plot in the novel, it is blind faith in one’s religion that leads to both Elder Wieland and Theodore’s eventual demise, but as a more present force, Brown’s perspective on religion in the novel points to a distaste for enlightenment thinking based upon what happens to both Theordore and Elder Wieland. The novel begins by describing the strange circumstances that lead to Elder Wieland’s demise.

The book “The Heathen School” is a novel written by John Demos about the story of the Foreign Mission School, or “Heathen School”, located in Cornwall, Connecticut. The school was established in 1817. The school was inspired by the Second Great Awakening and the teachings of getting the gospel out to all nations. The school was lead by Protestant ministers. The goal was to convert, Hawaiians, Native Americans, and any other race deemed to be “heathens” by whites, to Christianity to go back to their native lands and preach the gospel to their fellow natives.

A Man of Faith Who has preached to 210 million people through a live audience? Billy Graham is best known as the most inspirational television Christian Evangelist and the “President’s Pastor.” Through his powerful messages and his great connection with God, Billy Graham is one of the greatest men of faith there has ever been. William Franklin Graham ,Jr. was born on November 7, 1918 to William and Morrow Graham in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Striving to understand who God is and how he wants us to live is important to our worldviews. My worldview is virtually identical, and I agree with Kuyper’s worldview. Once we have tasted and seen God’s goodness, we should perceive

Entwistle (2015) expounds upon the Allies model in more detail, revealing that it is not only the mere unity of psychology and Christianity, but that Allies presents all truth as God’s truth. The Allies model asserts that God is sovereign over both psychology and Christianity, and both are to be used in ways that glorify Him (Entwistle, 2015). Another characteristic of the Allies model that makes it unique from many of the other models, is its view of the Two

Religion is a prominent factor in American literature, writers are able to express their values and opinions in several manners, albeit personal or factural. This is established through three writers in the mid-1700s, they are Winthorp, Edwards, and Paine. Firstly, Jonathan Edwards presents his views of religion and God by expressing personal experiences with the audience in his "Personal Narrative". For example, he prays five times a day by himself or with friends. When he was younger he had a "particular secret place of my own in the woods, where i used to retire by myself," (p398) this secret praying location was where he could engage in his religious duties and contemplate life.

This style concerns the degree to which a person is cognitively willing to tolerate ideas and propositions that run counter to his/her own belief system or structure of knowledge. Some people are, for example, relatively open-minded in accepting ideologies and events and facts that contradict their own views; they are more content than others to entertain and even internalize contradictory propositions. Others, more close-minded and dogmatic, tend to reject items

Why is it important for Christians to have a God-centered worldview? From a Christian view, the

One of our first obstacles is defining exactly what assumptions are constitutive of a uniquely Christian approach to psychology. How do we identify the core convictions of Christianity, and how can we leave room for a divergence of different Christian approaches?” (Entwistle 2015). The main problem that Entwistle is addressing is integration and the boundaries in which they both inhabit together. Where do the bounds of psychology and theology begin and end?

The way people delineate reality and respond to that

Religious leaders tend to separate God and aliens, however, one Fundamentalist Christian believes they might be one in the same. Charles Lawson went on a rant the other day claiming that scientists are abandoning evolution and the church is made up of UFO's. CHURCH MAY BE IMPLODING Religion is under serious threat these days as the ever increasing impact of technology continues to challenge the concept of God. Technology, research, medicine and space exploration are where the people are looking for answers. Instead of fighting this notion, one Tennesse Pastor is using his idea of science to fit into his Church ideologies.

A short critique - “The Reformed Pastor” by Richard Baxter Richard Baxter’s writings on the “The Reformed Pastor” is a wake up call to every shepherd of the flocks to examine their soul’s condition and their flocks as well. So, the minister, coming into ministry with much infirmity, has before him a great responsibility and yet difficult office to undertake and to accomplish. Every minister’s success in accomplishing God ordained duties and responsibilities depends on the thoroughness of his examination of his own soul – “It is most necessary, therefore, that men of so much infirmity should take heed to themselves, and be careful in the oversight of their own souls.” While he takes care of his own soul diligently, the same way he needs to care for his flocks welfare – soul’s betterment. Richard Baxter’s writing had been a humble yet an authoritative call to reform ministers’ actions and live their lives as if the souls of his flock depend on his actions.

The Gospel According to Jesus In The Gospel According to Jesus, John MacArthur discusses four main issues: assurance, faith, repentance, and the relationship between salvation and discipleship. MacArthur will also defend the belief of lordship salvation, which is one who completely gives up all of himself to serve and follow the Lord. This means that submitting to the Lord goes along with trusting him as Savior too.

After the migration, each individual of overseas students are maintaining one’s cultural identity. However adaptation to a new environment is necessary regardless of how long the duration of their migration. Meanwhile during the process many of them are challenged on so many different levels. Due to the different culture from one’s country, each individual encountered different challenges of unfamiliar situations. All of these processes influenced individuals’ cognitive process, behavior and influenced perception of how they interpret the world.