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Gospel Essentials Research Paper

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Benchmark Assignment: Gospel Essentials
Today I am going to talk a little bit about the Christian Worldview. Religion can be a highly debated subject depending on who you talk to and the environment you are in. With so many different types of religion in the world today it can get confusing where you may fit in. In this paper I will be exploring some of the important elements of one of the more well known religions in the Christian Worldview to help you to understand why they believe what they believe.
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God according to our textbook is considered “to be the proper object of all reverence and gratitude” (“A Starting Point for Wisdom”, Hiles & Smith, n.d., para. 13). Christians are expected to fear the Lord (God) because he is the beginning …show more content…

“First, humans are created in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-28). Second, after the fall of Adam and Eve into sin, all humans are sinful by nature (Genesis 6:5; Romans 3:9-23)”. (“Departure from Wisdom”, Diffey, n.d., para. 9). In the beginning God created humans in his image and placed them in the Garden of Eden to live and work. They had dominion over the earth. In this time there was no sin. Once Adam and Eve were tempted and ate from the tree that was forbidden this all changed. This act introduced the sin into the world. Because of this temptation could be considered of one of humanity’s …show more content…

I think the major difference would be the fact that I do not believe in a higher power or an afterlife. I believe that when you are dead you are dead and your body goes back to the earth. Christians believe in a higher power and that there is eternal life to those who devote their lives on earth to worshiping God and restoring their heart to God. I am the type of person that needs evidence of something before I can believe in it. I have not witnessed anything that stands out as something that only God has done. There are no modern day miracles like they have in the Bible. It seems that science is the miracle maker now. Doctors have taken the place of Jesus (healing diseases and saving people from death). Why would a God who gave his only son to save us from sin allow this to

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