The Guiding Hand of God Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid... for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. - Deuteronomy 31: 1-6 American literature has always been faced with very contrasting views on the Lord, ou...

Saint John of the Cross - "I abandoned and forgot myself, laying my face on my Beloved; all things ceased; I went out from myself, leaving my cares forgotten among the lilies." John of the Cross is one of the acknowledged masters of mystical theology. It is thought among present day theo...

The Lutheran and Calvinist Reformations are very similar in principle. Martin Luther and John Calvin hold that not mere abuses of the Roman Catholic Church need correcting, but that the Catholic Church itself is wrong in principle. I will discuss the platforms from which religious revolutionaries Lu...

There are no absolutes, no clear-cut black and white answers, no accurate gauge for justice - right and wrong - no real way to a world beyond physical death. This is the thinking of our age, an age of confusion. People hunger for answers but find only more questions. Christians are unsure of their...

Salvation My detailed Bible Study on Salvation Salvation is simply a gift of God. It is the eternal redemption of your soul. It is a promise of the Lord that you will reside with Him in heaven once this life is over as opposed to spending it in hell. Who needs salvation.... For all have sinned,...

Does God Love You? Q. What kind of a question is that? Anyone who can read sees signs, tracts, booklets and bumper stickers saying, "God Loves You." Isn't that true? A. It's true that God offers His love to the whole world, as we read in one of the most quoted verses in the Bible: "For God so loved...

The Bible Teaches many truths about itself. 1. It claims God as its author All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. - 2 Timothy 3:16 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any p...

Abigail Abigail was the wife of Nabal. Nabal was rich but quite mean and surly in his dealings whereas Abigail was intelligent and beautiful. Her intelligence and discernment saved her family from destruction (1 Samuel 25) When Peter made his famous statement about women being the weaker ve...

Bible 301 Our English word Bible comes from the Greek word Biblos, which means "book." In theology a study of the Bible is called bibliology. While the word Bible simply means "book" the words "The Bible" distinguish it as the supreme, unique and incomparable Holy Bib...

The Seven Churches There are seven letters written in the book of Revelations in chapters two and three. Each letter was written to a specific church. All seven letters are personally from Christ written by John. This paper is going to explain general information about the letters then give deta...

Short Answer, Question #1 Augustine's discussion of "use" and "enjoyment" is an interesting one because it is so easily applied to our daily life. When this concept is grasped, it can help us make decisions to become worthy of living in God's presence. His d...

I believe that there is a supernatural being. This being is so powerful and almighty that no one can fully understand how or why He does such amazing and sometimes shattering things. The God I put my faith in shows me in many ways that He is the creator and Lord of everything. He controls all...

(A cult in the webster's is defined as," a system of religious worship, especially with the reference to it's rites and ceremonies".) The word cult comes from the Latin word cultus, which means "worship". "In this sense the cultic act is an act of worship, inv...

Did God Create evil or did man? Ever since the beginning of time, our reality has been based on the conflict between good and evil. From the story of Adam and Eve to modern day and everything done by the human race has been a battle between these two. Many theologians and scholars have trie...

There was a movement in mainstream churches that still exists today, often called the Charismatic Renewal. It was given this name because the movement itself is that of the Holy Spirit, the third person in the Trinity. The word "Charismatic" refers to the charisms of the Holy Spirit, his personality...

The 'flood' as found in Genesis is a multidimensional and an archetypal source of metaphor and myth. The 'flood' is an example of metaphorical and mythological language that provides foundational constructs upon which other aspects of the Biblical text and other works can b...

The Fall of Satan from Paradise: Cause? Effect? The Fall of Satan from Paradise Lost, by John Milton, is an epic poem, which illustrates of Satan's rebellion and exile from the great celestial city. In the poem Satan stands up against The Almighty GOD and as a result he is cast out of heaven ...

Discovering the essence of Christianity is too varied and diverse a topic for anyone to pin to solely one definition. How one approaches the topic of Christianity is often in accordance to their personal foundations of religious belief. Sometimes these beliefs are deeply seeded during childhood ...

Read from the book of Mark 13:6-8, 12-13, 21-23, 29-31. Now in my sermon today we will analyze the differences between scientific and biblical studies, before Christ, and after.... First, scientist believe in what is know as the human evolution. Now according to the Encarta encyclopedi...

Three thousand years before the birth of Christ, the peace in which the people of the Lord had been living was broken as fierce enemies moved against them. History does not record the reason for the hatred that drove the attacking army, but they seemed intent on exterminating these early Saints. The...

In our world today there are many different religions, Christianity being the most widely spread of them all. In Christianity there are numerous numbers of denominations all claiming to believe in the same god, but having different stances on certain issues. Each denomination stands firm on the ...

"Who is God" So many people have a false interpretation of who God really is. Understanding who God really is can clear up a lot of false pretences (ideas) that so many people have about Him. According to the Bible, there are a number of different names and interpretations for who ...

Zechariah is one of the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. His book is located between the books of Haggai and Malachi. Zechariah is thought to have preached from about 520-518 B.C. The book of Zechariah deals with the restoration of Jerusalem, the Temple, and God 's people. Chapter ...

As I have grown, changed, and learned through my high school career. I have found many things that are helpful in life and many that on the contrary are very unhelpful, but most importantly I have found the answer, the missing puzzle piece, the one and only thing that can truly make us whole. Du...

JONAH, also known as the "Missionary Prophet", was an Israelite prophet against Nineveh. The author of the book is unknown, on the other hand, according to uniform Jewish and early Christian belief; Jonah wrote this narrative of which he is the central human character. If so, he likely wrote d...