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Saint Thomas Aquinas was a thirteenth century Dominican monk: Soccio notes that "Dominicans were dedicated to education and to preaching to common people" (Soccio 219). It is this learned quality which permeates…

¶ … World War I and World War II, a great deal of interest has been paid to the German Christian Church and Movement. The focus of this discussion will be on the German Christian Church and movement, specifically the…

The Roman Catholic church is not generally considered doctrinally "broad," and indeed many of its most fascinating theological voices -- ranging from Pelagius in the fifth century to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., in…

The issue of the death penalty raises deep emotions on all sides of the debate. Many feel that the death penalty no longer holds value as a tool for society to prevent heinous crimes.

This paper is a book review of Calvin, John. Calvin's "Institutes": A New Compend. Introduction by Hugh Ker (John Knox Press, 1989). It is composed partially of analysis and partially of summary of the materials. The paper suggests that Calvin's writings offer many insights into today's theological debates, even though he is no longer a fashionable theologian.

The concept of eternal security denotes that one who recognizes Christ as his Lord and Savior will be granted eternal salvation. However, some Christian scholars object to this perspective, instead arguing that this allows leniency for sinful behavior. The discussion here measures this view of conditional security against the concept of eternal security.

Chapter one of Charles Stanley's book begins with a definition of exactly what is the Holy Spirit. Stanley states that it is the "Promise of our heavenly Father to each one of us." (Stanley, 11) The Holy Spirit, as…

Three page paper on: Your friend Steve was very unsettled after reading the following quote from Clark Pinnock: "How can Christians possibly project a deity of such cruelty and vindictiveness whose ways include inflicting everlasting torture upon His creatures, however sinful they may have been? Surely a God who would do such a thing is more nearly like Satan than like God, at least by any ordinary moral standards, and by the gospel itself." Defines eternal damnation, annihilation, and universalism as well as sheol, hades, and gehanna.

Robinson, Haddon W. Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2001.

In "The Resurrection of Christ," Wallace outlines an argument against the watering down of gospel by denying the resurrection. Wallace points out that many modern "Christians" are trying too hard to fit the gospel truth…