Part of this is the reason for engaging in study of other such world religions. ... Not just the naming and overviews of these four religions (Christianity, Islam, Taoism, Buddhism), rather the in-depth study of concerns and practices throughout past and present times. ... I realize that our goal was to study a religion that is different from our own, but in order to accurately express the whole problem of religion in China, I want to first talk about Christianity in China. ...

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Since it first appeared on Korean soil and was nourished by the Korean philosophy of life, the new movement was naturally influenced to some extent by its environment. ... Oriental philosophy of history is cyclical and therefore pessimistic while Western philosophy of history is linear and optimistic. ... Greek philosophy was a valuable preparation for Christian theology. ...

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No Christian can study God=s Word for very long without coming face-to-face with the dilemma concerning predestination and free will. ... The above questions became important to me as I began my graduate studies in clinical psychology almost 15 years ago at Wheaton (and remain to this day) and continue as I have pursued formal theological education (MDiv) from Liberty. ... But this is not an exhaustive study due to space limitations (e.g., the doctrine of sanctification is not covered in this paper). Nor is this the study of a theologian. ...

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One traditional Christian view of survival of death runs, in outline form, something like this: On some future day all the dead will be bodily raised, both the righteous and the unrighteous alike, to be judged by God ; and the guarantee and model of the general resurrection (i.e., the raising of the dead in the last days) is the already accomplished resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.My aim in this paper is to explain and defend this basic view of resurrection. There are many ways it might be understood, of course, and perhaps more than one is coherent and even from a Christian point o...

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These families' circle of acquaintances consists mainly of persons from the church and it is not unheard of that the families send their children to Sunday school before the actual worship session, then send them to youth group on Wednesdays and the adults themselves go to bible studies on Monday evenings, often hosted by one of the church members. ... Like any person through the course of their life, Jefferson's personal opinions on religion changed as he aged, but "through all the changes in the evolution of Jefferson's faith, there was at least one point of consistency, a ...

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Packer concedes that "Universalism in all its forms is a human wish seeking a divine warrant"20 An Evangelical study group known as ACUTE released a 140 page report titled "Hell is there and 'Occupied'". ...

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