newtestamentchristianity

                                                                      I. Introduction To Augustine of Hippo, man's greatest temptation since the fall, was not the desire of murder, but the struggle against the sin of lust (which has often resulted in murder). Augustine, who long struggled with the lust of women in his youth, expressed penitence over his sin multiple times throughout his work, The Confessions , in which he prays to God through writing. Thus, while lust had once defined the bishop of Hippo, he had learned that the love of God was a greater pursuit than the satisfaction of lust. Augustine believed that the will is most free when it is obedient to God. The renowned theologian actually believed that sin enslaves us from the Creator. He was aware of not only God's condemnation of sins, but the judgement,...

                                                                                                                                 I. Introduction In this brief post, I wish to demonstrate that the life of every true Christian will entail some sort of persecution. Contrary to what many Americans have been taught, salvation does not begin and end with a one time prayer and confession of faith in Christ. For all Christian history before the Enlightenment, Christians in the Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox traditions understood that Christianity is not part of the life of a Christian, but is the very life of a Christian.          ...

                                                                      1. Introduction:  In a world where the left often upholds Liberal mainstream Judaism in Hollywood, but not Christianity, most Americans are exposed to thinking that Jews are all as they are portrayed in secular Hollywood films. Nowadays, many modern Americans are led to believe that Jesus was not white or black, and questioning this makes one a racist. As a result, modern art often depicts Jesus as darker than how He was historically portrayed in the artwork of Christendom. But as politically incorrect as it is, Jesus was actually white. This is not about racism, but simply affirming historical facts. Middle Eastern people are regarded as white, anyhow. Furthermore, Jesus was probably a redhead. Indeed , t here is actually substantial eviden...

                                                           I. Introduction In the modern world, it's easy to just accept claims without evidence. It's also easy to accept the opinions of one's priest or pastor without ever investigating their claims. And it's also easy to hope to find an answer through a quick Google search without carefully studying the history, philosophy, and theology of a particular doctrine. But Biblical theology requires so much more.  On the other hand, there are many issues concerning Christian history that are not addressed in Scripture. For example, Scripture never claims that Peter the Apostle went to Rome. Nor does it tell us about the origins of the Baptist or the Amish. Thus, when it comes to the study of the history of Christianity, most of it we cannot learn from the Bible alone.  Think of pews or...

Today, Partial Preterism has been accepted by most Roman Catholics and mainline Christians but also among notable Calvinist scholars. Among its recent adherents are: Scott Hahn and Jimmy Akin (Roman Catholic), George Grant and Doug Wilson (Presbyterian), R. C. Sproul and Kenneth Gentry (Presbyterian), James White (Reformed Baptist), and N. T. Wright (Anglican). For reasons discussed briefly in this post, Preterism seems the best understanding of the events described in The Apocalypse, also known as Revelation. Full Preterism, which asserts that Christ has already returned, is generally regarded as heresy by the historic Christian traditions.  While most Biblical scholars today believe that Revelation was written during the reign of Domitian sometime after the destruction of the Temple, a minority of Biblical scholars believe that it was written earlier. Indeed, the minority claim that the Book of Revelation was likely written c. 68 AD, during the reign of Emperor Nero. If true, thi...