Christian soteriology

Part A 1. Before studying pastoral preaching I thought that pastoral care and preaching were mutually exclusive. I believed that pastoral care was concerned about meeting the needs of the people by shepherding them. This entailed visitations, be it at homes or hospitals, funerals, weddings, and doing things that are expected from a pastor. I believed the preaching was for the edification of the saints. The preaching is a herald of God’s word. The preacher spent a majority of his time in…

ministry, though it is important that these methods be in conformity to the Divine Pedagogy. Groome’s Shared Christian Praxis and Cavalletti’s Catechesis of the Good Shepherd draw upon the Pedagogy of God through the role of the catechist and through the means by which one obtains knowledge. According to Groome’s pedagogy, the role of the catechist is exceedingly active and directive; shared Christian Praxis requires a significant amount of time, energy and effort from the catechist. Especially…

nothing greater can be conceived.” This argument itself was not negate of debate, nor will it be any time soon. Nevertheless, the argument does bring light to Christian believers that God does exist and He does so in a way that no other being can exist. His existence is one of His attributes. What, then, is the essence of His existence? Christian doctrine affirms a Trinitarian aspect, that being “everything that God does is from the Father, through the Son, and in the Spirit” (Highfield,…

It is a personal right to choose to be a Christian, and it will always be a personal right. Choosing one’s path is for everyone, whether living good and having a good ending, or choosing a life of sin and destruction, diseases and many other awful things. All know that if we escape Heaven, we won’t…

What do you think about when you hear the phrase, Christlike attributes? Personally, I think about the many wonderful and amazing qualities Jesus Christ has. Then I remember how we have been told to follow and become more like our Savior. However, becoming more like Him is a whole lot easier said than done. Today, I want to talk about how, if we develop these attributes, then we can receive so many blessings. So what are Christlike attributes? How can we develop them? How can developing…

and Jürgen Moltmann to theology are similar, but, at the same time, they are discrepant. A notable similarity between the two theologians’ approaches is that both theologians bring the hope for the eschatological kingdom of God into the center of Christian life. They both stress in their theology the power of the future over the present. A significant difference between them is that whereas Moltmann wants theology to relate to the experiences of life, especially the problem of theodicy,…

The Dark Knight was the second of a trilogy of the Batman movie series directed by Christopher Nolan. The movie promise to be one to be remember and as others might say an iconic movie for what superheroes and/or future Batman movies should be. The Dark Knight movie was released in July 2008, and for the comic book/superheroes fans that have not seen it I can only tell you one thing: go see it. It was produced by the well-known Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. who are known for producing movies…

result of one, holy, catholic, and apostolic, the church has been shaped the way that we know it today. The first element that structures the way we recognize the church, is the word “one”. The Catholic Church is engaged in working to unite all Christians to stand…

In our society there are a lot of ways people look at one another. Society and political views often affects the reputation of others based on their current situation, appearance, actions and how they’re involved in the community. The social construction of reality of the person judging the other is basically what they feel that is a real in a certain situation which is frequently negative. Hope is the driving force that often causes people to migrate to a different place, where they seek for…

doctrine, which together, made up Christianity at that time. Religion today is much more refined, Christians participate in church, reading scripture in their spare time, as well as teaching to non-believers. It is easy to be a Christian in todays time as we do not have the same time of issues as those during the time of early Christianity when there were so many contradictory sources. Many Christians had difficulty determining which beliefs and scriptures were "right" because some things…