Essays on Christianity Page 28

Crisis counseling is an aspect of crisis resolution in which emphasis is placed on the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral consequences within a particular crisis. Psychotherapy is a tool that uses a helping process in order to change a person’s feelings as well as patterns of thought and behaviors. This can take place over short, brief…

About the Authors Kathleen Fischer and Thomas Hart specialized in writing about books on Christianity.  Hart has a number of books to his credit such as the widely popular Hidden Spring and the The Art of Christian Listening. Fischer is the author of Christian-inspired books Women at the Well and Autumn Gospel.  Hart and Fischer…

What is the Christian’s Relationship to the Old Testament? Introduction. Before the gospels and Pauline epistles, early church Christians related to the Old Testament as Scripture and viewed their Christian walk as the fulfillment of the promises made to Israel from the Old Testament, which foretold of the coming age of the Messiah. The first…

Ninian Smart’s religious dimensions include that of the ethical, defined as how people behave based on the doctrines and teaching of his particular religion.  This provides people with a certain set of ways on how to “act”.  Ethics is relational “whether expressed as laws, moral commandments, custom, or a system of values, it is the…

Introduction The concept of crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ in the cross has different meaning and implication for the Islam and Christian perspective. In fact, the Islamic perspective do not propose and certainly, they do not believe that Jesus died; rather, he ascended into heaven during the crucifixion (Answering Islam 2009)1. However, for the…

Due to the vast expansion of Islam and Christianity in the time period from 700-1000 CE both religions flourished. While quite similar with their expansions, they developed with various unique characteristics, such as their tolerance for other religions. Islam and Christianity did many things the same that helped their missionary activity to flourish. Both religions…

The Lord answered, “Because you are My creation. You are my child. I will never abandon you. When you cry, I will have compassion and cry with you. When you shout with joy, I will laugh with you. When you are down, I will encourage you. When you fall, I will raise you up. When…

            Simply stated, William P. Young’s work The Shack is not Christianity.  This makes the book neither more nor less important, but different than what is understood as the mainstream form of the religion.  Certainly there are forms within the writing that compare, and compare favorably, to Christianity.  More obvious, however, are the great digressions. …

Ross Boyle and Erica Clare St. Vincent de Paul Interviewer: Hello everyone! We welcome all of you watching todays program. I am your host Grace, and I have a very special guest with me today, St. Vincent de Paul. St. Vincent: Pax! Interviewer: Let me just give a brief introduction about St. Vincent de Paul…

Alexander Pope, an eighteenth-century writer, endured a life of suffering due to a rare form of tuberculosis that caused chronic pain. This illness also stunted his growth, leaving him at a height of approximately four and a half feet. Additionally, Pope frequently experienced migraines (Greenblatt 2714). Despite these obstacles, Pope was able to compose Essay…