November 25, 2022
by Mariposa Maxim
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Christianity & Culture
We Must Confess
As sinners, our prideful nature would be to conceal our sins from others as we are ashamed. Since we don't want other people to know about our sins, we tend to be alone. However, we can not hide anything from God. Therefore, we should feel comfortable coming to Him with our sins because He already knows. We should confess our sins to God, knowing that we a...
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November 19, 2022
by Mariposa Maxim
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Christianity & Culture
Holding Our Tongue and Listen
As humans, our initial response to help and disciple others is thinking we need to do something. In actuality, some of the first steps we need to take would be not to say or do anything but to be there for someone and listen. As a result of the fall, sin has entered into the world where our pride becomes a ruling factor, where we start to thi...
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November 11, 2022
by Mariposa Maxim
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Christianity & Culture
Being Alone in the Word
We, as Christians, are called to have a relationship with the Lord, being made new in Him. One piece of this relationship is being in His Word daily. Daily, we need to be reminded of God's goodness in our bitterness. In being in His Word, we can hear Him speak into our lives and are being fed the Good News so we can go out and tell others. Being in...
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November 4, 2022
by Mariposa Maxim
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Christianity & Culture
What should prayer look like?
Prayer is very special to Christianity and is something God has commanded us to do, yet it is a gift Christians can take part in together. Prayer can look different throughout someone's day, along with the content of the prayer. Someone can do prayer individually, as a group, or corporately. As Christians, prayer should be intertwined in thei...
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October 28, 2022
by Mariposa Maxim
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Christianity & Culture
What Does Christian Community Look Like?
Christian community can look differently depending on the person or the season of life you are in at the moment. Our life with other fellow believers is bound together by the Word of God and what we share, our faith. Our Christain community doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be people close by. God's people are scattered aroun...
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October 22, 2022
by Mariposa Maxim
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Christianity & Culture
There are three main reasons why I believe God has commanded us to attend a local church, which serves as our benefit. The three would be community, remembrance, and service, all working together for believers to come and glorify our living Savior.
Community
We, as sinners, are now welcomed into the Christian Church because of our faith in Jesus as our Christian faith. T...
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October 15, 2022
by Mariposa Maxim
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Christianity & Culture
Atonement
Before understanding the different works of our salvation, we need to have a baseline of our salvation and why then it is so special. The basis of salvation for Christians is the redeeming work of Jesus on the cross. It first starts with our sinful nature, deserving eternal death, but then Jesus Christ came because our God loved us and had His Son die in our pla...
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October 7, 2022
by Mariposa Maxim
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Church, Christianity & Culture
Was Jesus a Christian?
The short answer to this question is no, Jesus was not a Christian. This might sound odd and wrong because the perfect person should be an ideal example of a Christian. But that is the very reason Jesus can not be considered a Christian. First, let's see who falls into the Christain category. A Christian has faith in Jesus as their Lord and Savior. ...
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September 30, 2022
by Mariposa Maxim
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Business, Christianity & Culture
Why is the Bible important to Christianity?
The Holy Bible is the most crucial source of authority we as Christians have in knowing and understanding the teachings of Jesus Christ and our God. The Christian view of the Bible is that the Bible contains the revelation of God to man, which is only found in the Bible. The Bible is the very Word of God which is what humanity h...
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September 25, 2022
by Mariposa Maxim
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Ministry, Christianity & Culture
Base of Christianity
The knowledge we have of God is at the base of Christianity. Going into this topic, we need to ask the questions of how then should we know God and how we should get to know Him in the way to have a personal relationship with Him. Through the scriptures, we can see God alone in His character and what Jesus' has revealed about God to the people. The re...
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September 18, 2022
by Mariposa Maxim
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Christianity & Culture
How do you define "Christian Doctrine"?
To first define Christian Doctrine can be quite straightforward. Doctrine is "teaching or instruction," specifically Christian Doctrine, the beliefs and teachings of Christianity. Christian Doctrine is based on the teachings in the Bible, specifically Jesus' teaching, which is found in the New Testament and is built upon the Old Tes...
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September 10, 2022
by Mariposa Maxim
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Christianity & Culture
Can liberalism be found in the Christian Church?
First, we need to define what liberalism is to society and the church. Google defines liberalism as a theological definition as well asa political definition. In theological terms, one could define liberalism as the idea that a person must willingly accept different or opposing opinions from others and be open to new ideas....
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