Results for: "Christian Beliefs"

American Christianity, Bible, Christian Beliefs, Christian History

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April Articles, Christian Beliefs, Christian Calendar, December Articles, Jesus Christ, March Articles, Salvation & Grace, Schedule Post

The doctrine of one suffering in the place of another for the forgiveness of sin (vicarious atonement) is one, generally speaking, that has been dismissed from the mind of the American Christian and remains a matter of ridicule for the secularist. Throughout the twentieth century, a sustained attack was waged against the teaching of the Bible concerning the doctrine of how one is...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Christian Beliefs, Christian History, Christian Living, Christian Worldview, Concepts of God, Other Than Christianity

One’s beliefs necessarily determine one’s behavior. Benjamin Franklin clearly understood this fact when he told Thomas Paine that atheism and agnosticism leads only to social anarchy: “If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it.”[1] Paine, who consulted Franklin concerning political matters, had requested Franklin to review his Age of...Read more... Read more...

Bible, Christian Beliefs, Christian Living

In the early Christian Church, believers were forced to decide what books of Scripture they would be willing to die. If a book was not regarded as authoritative, conscience did not forbid them to surrender it to pagan authorities, but if a work was regarded as inspired and evidenced Divine authority, Christians were far less likely to part with it. Yet this was only one of the...Read more... Read more...

Christian Beliefs

To appreciate any discipline beyond a superficial level, a working knowledge of that discipline’s terms and concepts is necessary. This fact is no less true of the discipline or study of Christian theology. While it is true that the terminology associated with Christian theology is ever developing, it is also true that many terms are foundational and, therefore, not as fluid and...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Christian Beliefs, Christian History, January Articles

Leaving the deism of his youth and the immorality it produced, Benjamin Franklin came to realize that the Calvinism of his youth was closer to reality than he had previously imagined.[1] Though never fully returning to this theological tradition in which he was raised, he realized that human government must reflect God’s government of the world, and for this reason, secularists,...Read more... Read more...