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Book of Acts and the Early Church

In five pages this paper examines the early church as it is presented in the Book of Acts. Four sources are cited in the bibliogr...

The Mosaic Timeline -- Rome's Santa Maria Maggiore

The oldest surviving example of mosaic in a Christian church, the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome shows Christianity's biblical timel...

North American Asian Indian Temples or Churches

in the existence of Brahma or "the supreme world soul or spirit" (Ramisetty-Mikler, 1993, p. 36). The older generation incorporat...

Church and Leadership

group falls apart, with the other toddlers wandering off. Having said that, leadership can be a learned skill. One can lea...

Church and State Separation Necessity in Canadian Education

of the public school system, discrepancies in standards, democratic rights and the need for financial efficiency, there should be ...

Deacon's Role as Prophet

special messages to the people. Jonah, who refused to take the message the Lord gave him into Nineveh, suffered the consequences o...

Life and Works of Nineteenth Century French Composer Cesar Franck

(1822-1890) was born in Liege where he also first studied as a piano virtuoso from 1830-1835. Franck first toured Belgium at the a...

Elders According to Doctrine of Ecclesiology

the Bible is "overseer," the implication is that the verse is referring to a position of leadership in which the individual is res...

New France and British Conquest

and its failure to promote education for all Canadians, male and female. In the seventeenth century, the first French colonists t...

Prebaptism Initiation Rite

and changed Christianity from first a persecuted sect to a tolerated religion and finally to the legal and preferred religion, the...

Same Sex Marriages and the Baptist Church

that will be addressed on the following pages. Possible Causes of Homosexuality When exploring a subject as controversial and vo...

Roman Catholic Teachings and Suicide

in putting an end to the lives of handicapped, sick, or dying persons. It is morally unacceptable" (The Vatican n.d.). Father Sau...

Education, the Separation of Church and State and the 2002 US Supreme Court Case of Zelman v. Simmons-Harris

The controversy over this program surrounded the fact that in the 1999 to 2000 school year some 82% of the private...

Thoughts on Music and Worship

This essay pertains to the debate in Christian churches over what sort of music should be played during services, traditional hymn...

Divorce and Remarriage, A Christian Perspective

This essay offers an overview of the issues associated with divorce and remarriage from the perspective of scripture and the Chris...

Pastoring in the City

This paper reports an interview with an urban pastor. The writer identifies the pastor's theology and philosophy and provides a lo...

Koinonia, Views of L.F. Fuchs

This essay pertains to the perspective of theologian L.F. Fuchs on koinonia, a defining concept that characterizes the early Chris...

Koinonia, the Perspective of Jeffrey Gros

This essay pertains to theologian Jeffrey Gros's views on the biblical concept of koinonia, which translates as "fellowship" Gros ...

Third Sacrament in Christian Initiation

A Sacrament is a Christian rite recognized as of particular importance and significance. Not all denominations recognize the same ...

The Thirteenth Century French Greyhound St Guineforte

Although the tale of St. Guineforte revolved to a large degree around Christian iconography and teachings, it was condemned by the...

Changes in Missional Strategies

There have been missionaries since the early days of the Christian church. This paper examines the way in which early missionaries...

"Church as Forgiving Community," Summary and Reflection

This essay offers a summary of "The Church as Forgiving Community" by Chad M. Magnuson and Robert D. Enright. The article describe...

Daryl Eldridge's The Teaching Ministry of the Church

educator should not be undertaken lightly. Whereas the disciples call is to learn, the Church and the family are called to teach. ...

Communications, Leadership, Church Organization

This paper presents the speaker notes to a twelve-slide power point presentation, khspnotchman.ppt, and pertains to the topic lead...

Justification By Faith

Justification by faith alone is what Paul preached. It was different than what the people had heard before. At the time he wrote t...

Models of the Church by Avery Dulles

order" (Dulles PG). The reincarnation of the sacramental model, according to Dulles, is traced back some sixty years ago when th...

The Fall of the Humanists in the Sixteenth Century by Jacob Burckhardt

individual" (Burckhardt, 1878; Mosaic, 2003). Modern historians often dispute some of Burckhardts claims but most concede that in ...

Christian Theology, Family, and Marriage

covenant of irrevocable personal consent" and that procreation was not the sole purpose or the basis for the union (Lawler, 2001, ...

Corinthian Church and Paul's Beliefs

Paul wrote several letters to the Corinthians, addressing his concerns (Pauls First Letter to the Corinthians, 2003). First, he...

Attending Church and Religion

of voluntary association, such as union membership (Bruce, 2002). He also discusses the advent of television evangelism and the da...