Reading Response 3: Church By Karanpreet Singh

Learning to love and serve God should continue throughout your life, so the church offers vital support for followers of all ages.

The church provides individuals with common shared experiences with the Scriptures, and a common source of morality based upon their

All in all the author has a good understanding on what he is arguing about. Throughout this article the author defends his argument through Ethos Pathos and Logos in many topics such as how the church is rooted in history of the church, Divine Scripture and the authors conversion story. Throughout this article the author gives many reasons on how the catholic church is the one true church. One of

The church focuses on bringing unbelievers into the church community. But I believe that their church has become too inward focused. “When one starts by focusing on the purpose of the church, the church tends to become the primary location of God.” Gelder argues that this is a false understanding of the purpose of the church. “The key point to understand is that the Spirit-led ministry of the church flows out of the Spirit-created nature of the church.”

People will come to church depending on the father since he has the answers to all the problems. The members of the church are eventually allowing themselves to be deprived and victim to anything. They mindlessly will follow and obey everything they are told to do within those institutional walls because they believe so much in the pastor. I don’t think all

Are they in harmony with the sympathies of Christ? or are they swayed and perverted by the sophistries of worldly policy?” Putting morality over the system. Religion preaches mercy and equality under one God and by asking questions like “Shall the church of Christ hear in silence the taunt that is thrown at them, and shrink away from the helpless hand that they stretch out;...” she is reminding them that they can create a change too, and showing that they forging their principles if they support

Truthfully, when I look at Christian books about the church I mentally prepare myself to read a self-help book coldly telling me what is wrong with the church today, and I thought about this as I was sitting down to read Alton Garrison’s book, A Spirit-Empowered Church. When I began to really read this book, however, my opinion quickly changed. Within these pages, I found the voice of a passionate minister sharing his heart to see the Acts 2 church reborn in the 21st century. I was instantly pulled in and enjoyed every minute of reading this book. Garrison explains the need for a Spirit-empowered church in such a way that you begin to feel your heart breaking for the current state of the Church.

“Whose Church Is the “True Church”? This chapter enraged me. It was difficult to digest that the fact the early church did not want to consider a person’s fruit as their true spirituality was because they could not measure it. They could not quantify it. This was a petty argument.

One of the major European movement during the sixteenth century was the Protestant Reformation. In the beginning, this movement intended to reform the practices and beliefs of the Catholic Church. Before the age of dissent and division, the church was viewed as the sole vehicle for salvation. However, with all the turmoil within the Catholic Church, the people has lost faith in the church’s ability to lead them into salvation. They have lost sight in its very core.

Church should be like a safe haven where you go to worship your lord. Everyone should feel safe in Gods temple. “May i go downtown instead of out to play.” “no, but you may go to church instead and sing in the children 's choir.” Mothers and fathers send their children to church to keep them out of the streets, praying they are safe in their Lords home.

In the book Branded Nation: The Marketing of MegaChurch, College Inc., and Museumworld, author James Twitchell suggests that modern Christianity falls into a “merchandising system” (Twitchell), in which the brands (churches) become aware of the demands of the consumers (church-goers) (Hanson). As the Christian religion evolves, churches have become aware that denominations are no longer a vital selling point to consumers site. In return, churches have become nondenominational, which has given churches a new way to brand themselves without having to fall into the requirements that their denominations defined as necessary (Hanson). With modern marketing and branding of churches, faith values of churches are highlighted and then connected to the needs and values of the consumers and churchgoers (Hanson).

Nowadays, our church’s beliefs have changed a lot. They emphasize more on individual conscience instead of rules and preventions. In the old days, the churches were more strict and demanding. Today, churches are more lenient and they provide moral motivations and self-understanding. The twentieth century perceived many challenges to reconcile religious belief with new features of philosophical thinking and new ideas in

The church was able to foresee the oaths. “…or to do injury to the churches of God or the poor or the widows or the wards or any Christian. But all shall live entirely in accordance with God’s precept.” He believed that if those were to follow God, their behavior and thought processes would be regulated. The church would allow peace and harmony between all.

Christians believe that because of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection, they have been forgiven for any wrongdoing they have done and asking God for forgiveness will earn God’s favor and receive the gift of eternal life after death. Christian’s worship and practice their faith in churches, and find it customary to worship on Sunday, the Sabbath. Church services are led by an ordained priest, minister or pastor. The services include prayers, hymns, readings and a

As Roman Catholics, it is our religious duty to serve others whether those people are a part of our religious community or whether they are from any other type of community. Service is an important aspect of life for not only Catholics but also every single person in the world. By performing various acts of service in our communities, a person’s life can be greatly improved just through a simple act of kindness and love from the person’s heart. Not only can an act of service be beneficial to the person or organization that the volunteer is performing the service for, but it can also be beneficial to the person who is partaking in this act of service for another human being. No matter your age, your background, or your religious affiliation, service is a crucial part of our everyday lives and everyone should get involved in this and do a service out of the good of their hearts.