My Interview to a Lutheran Essay

And other key point, the Lutherans cherishes the view of the sacraments, while the orthodoxy sees the effects of sacraments as mysteries of grace for all that took part. In fact, the Protestant see grace as something already given. They acknowledge only two sacraments which are Baptism also the Holy Communion. The Sacraments signify the effect signs which they give. Here again the Orthodoxy also the Catholic are in unity with at least seven. They are Baptism, Eucharist, Holy Orders, Holy Unction, Marriage, Penance, Confession. Therefore, Lutheran and Orthodoxy are similar when it comes to the papacy. Not to mention, Luther calls it the Antichrist also the Orthodoxy when the church separated the pope did not accept the split and both refused to recognize the papacy as a supreme and infallible institution (Gonzalez 132-184). As a result, the theologians departed from the Roman Catholic church. There were three primary reason for their decision, Sola Scriptura (by Scripture alone) the doctrine that Scripture as in the Bible is the only authority for Christians when it comes to life also faith. Sola Fide (by faith alone) the doctrine that we are justified before God, then saved by faith alone. The

Although Greg did not have the answers to all of his father’s questions, he still gave his opinion about why he believed in Christianity and gave great advice about why his father should also have faith. I also liked that fact that Greg was very patient with his father in the quest of making him become a believer. Converting someone to become a Christian is very hard these days, which is why I am grateful that I was raised up as a Christian. Being an adult now I do not have to face the questions about whether I believe in the Christian faith or not. The fact that my parents raised me to be a Christian left me with no doubt about the beliefs in knowing that there is a God.

It is difficult for me to put into words what being a Lutheran means to me. I believe that if you believe in God you will go to Heaven, no matter how many mistakes you've made. As a Lutheran we believe in God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirt. We believe that he rose on the third day. We believe that when we go to heaven we will see Jesus Christ seated at the right hand of the father. We believe that grace is Gods gift to us, we don't need to earn or win it from him it's just given to us. In my fist year of confirmation it was a lot to take in, going from raider material to more intense material. It kinda scared me at first, starting to realize what God means to me and how he affects my life. Every year of confirmation I gained more knowledge about myself and how God was always with me. We believe that God made everything, and

My reason for this is because I want to know things like why he hates “Alex,” if he’d do a story about me, and if he’d wear a Scarce shirt (Scarce is his biggest competitor.) What I’d ask him would be along the lines of “Why didn’t you fact check the story about the 60 year old pedofile?” or “Why didn’t you stick to trolling and not news?” In the end I know I’d be a lot closer to God after that experience.

“The heart overflows with gladness, and leaps and dances for the joy it has found in God. In this experience the Holy Spirit is active, and has taught us in the flash of a moment the deep secret of joy. You will have as much joy and laughter in life as you have faith in God.”  These are the words of Martin Luther, the man who started the Lutheran Church which soon led to the creation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. The Church was officially formed on January 1, 1988 and was a combination of three branches of the Lutheran religion: the American Lutheran church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran churches, and the Lutheran Church in America. In 2012 the ELCA had 3,950,924 baptized members. Today, it is the seventh largest

My father was born Baptist and my mother Lutheran, ironically, my dad switched to Lutheran because he did not like how his Baptist community would force the religion on him. After every dreaded service I had more questions, which my parents did not answer and instead put me in front of our pastor, who also taught at my school. The one big question that I can remember

The religion I decided to do this interview on is Judaism. I have always been interested in this religion and was ready to learn more.

Throughout my adolescence, I regularly attended the Lutheran church and was enrolled in a Christian school until the age of twelve. I grew up in a middle class neighbor located in a Suburban in Florida near downtown Tampa area. God had completely blessed this only child, who was raised in a stable household with two, loving parents. Most importantly, my Christian parents based every aspect of their lives in devotion to Christ and mentoring the youths in the community. It was important for them to serve others and live a life that was pleasing to God and according the Christian principles that are inscribed in the Holy Bible. My parents viewed each individual as important and often reminded me to seek positive potential in everyone.

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity that was created by Martin Luther, a former devout Catholic monk and theology professor. Martin was disgusted by how deep the corruption ran through the Roman Catholic Church, and when Pope Leo X authorized the selling of hundreds of thousands of Indulgences to fund the massive St. Peter’s Grand Cathedral in Rome, that was the final straw for Martin. Writing down a ninety five points in a satire against the Church, he exposed all the Church’s hidden truths. A huge argument ensued, and the Church attacked Martin Luther with their best weapon, which proved to trump kings. Pope Leo X used excommunicated Luther from the Church, but the plan backfired. Luther was not afraid of Hell, and even if he was,

He pulled out his Bible and shared his favorite verses and we talked about religion and faith. I didn’t even bother to mention my lack thereof because speaking to him made me realize that the universal oneness- an astounding consciousness- that pulses through you and I and every beautiful creation must exist to create such an intelligent and complicated life; likewise, there must be some force of pure chaos to allow for such a brilliant being to live in such darkness- cold and alone on a street corner surviving meal to meal on the spare change of others.

My theological commitments have been refined as a result of this course in many areas. Through reading The Basic by Alister E. McGrath, participating in the forum posts, and taking quizzes, allows me to learned about different theological terms, concepts, and many famous theologians. My knowledge on what I’ve learned from my reading was challenged by the Engaging-a-Text assignments, located at the end of each chapter. It required me to explain theological terms, concepts and view of each theologian in my own words. Another reading required for this course is called the Patron Saints for Postmoderns by Chris R. Armstrong, where I’ve learned about many Saints and contribution to the churches. The Patron Saints Forum allows me to relate theological understandings to the actions of real people. The recent assignment, research paper, was the most difficult paper I have ever written which challenge me to think and respond to a pertinent theological question. While I was having a hard time writing this paper, it helps me reflect on my personal faith. As a result of this assignment, I was able to learn how to approach the different theological issue in the world. Also, skills I’ve learned from writing this research paper constructive thinking, including information literacy. Through this online course, I learned to think theologically about my Christian belief and learn better commitment in the Lord. I’ve also learned to carefully study the scripture which

This interview showed me many things and opened me up to see things from different and new perspectives. Everyone has a different faith, and everyone puts their faith in different things. Even though those who I interviewed were Christians, like me, we all had different beliefs. I saw that even though we all believe different things, it doesn’t mean one of us is wrong. Just because someone thinks differently than you doesn’t mean either of you are wrong, or that either of you are right. People can believe what they want to, and I can believe what I want to and make my belief my own. Faith boils down to someone’s perspective on a specific idea, and that means we may not all perceive it the same, which then means that it can’t be wrong or right. I was shown this by how even though my interviewees and I didn’t see exactly eye to eye on every topic, that didn’t make them wrong or make me right. I got a chance to see their world from their bedside window, and the scene I saw laid out before me, though strange and diverse, was absolutely beautiful and showed me living from a new, divine

Usually religion is a terrible topic for a paper, especially if those beliefs are unpopular, because it’s a touchy topic I will handle this carefully. My family comes from a variety of places so there is not a particular religion that we follow. Add me, a curious eight year old and you have a person that questions everything. While there was no uniform religion my parents are Christian and we went to church. I remember the first time we went vividly because my parents had never been so serious with us. We were required to dress well, and they were very strict. When we arrived at St. Pius I was perplexed by this solemness I had never seen before, because the other attendees were equally serious. During the meeting itself, I didn’t pay attention to, but afterwards my father gave me a children’s bible.

As a result of myths of white family life, there has been much confusion over the nature of black families. One of the myths of the nineteenth century entails the close- knit white family, which was parallel to that of the European family. Also, as a result of these myths, scholars often ignored the differences of American and European life. For example, women in frontier areas had a much stronger voice in family affairs than most scholars realized, simply because of the shortage of women. Therefore, women exercised a large percentage of authority in the family. In the cities where family was of little importance as an economic unit and the

My first question to pastor Bill was that interested me greatly, especially as I compared it to the personal experience I had with God’s call on my life. I asked about his experience with how and why he was called into ministry. His story was captivating, like myself, his wife felt the tug before he did. This call seems close to my own as my wife brought it to my attention before I realized what God was doing. When reflecting on this situation I think about Mark 4:24, “And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.”