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2. Christianity - Wikipedia

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   — John 3:16, NIV The Law and the Gospel by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1529); Moses and Elijah point the sinner to Jesus for salvation. Paul the Apostle, like Jews and Roman pagans of his time, believed that sacrifice can bring about new kinship ties, purity, and eternal life. For Paul, the necessary sacrifice was the death of Jesus: Gentiles who are "Christ's" are, like Israel, descendants of ...

3. History of Christianity - Wikipedia

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   t. e. The history of Christianity follows the Christian religion as it developed from its earliest beliefs and practices in the first-century, spread geographically in the Roman Empire and beyond, and became a global religion in the twenty-first century .

4. The Purpose Driven Church - Wikipedia

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   Summary. The book is targeted to pastors and church leaders and advises them to base their ministry on God's purposes, not their own ideas of ministry, hence the term "Purpose Driven". Warren suggests that these purposes are worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, and mission, and that they are derived from the Great Commandment ( Matthew ...

5. Christianity and politics - Wikipedia

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   Christianity. The relationship between Christianity and politics is a historically complex subject and a frequent source of disagreement throughout the history of Christianity, as well as in modern politics between the Christian right and Christian left. There have been a wide variety of ways in which thinkers have conceived of the relationship ...

6. Christianity in the 1st century - Wikipedia

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   Christianity in the 1st century. Christianity in the 1st century covers the formative history of Christianity from the start of the ministry of Jesus ( c. 27 –29 AD) to the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles ( c. 100) and is thus also known as the Apostolic Age. [citation needed] Early Christianity developed out of the eschatological ...

7. Christian fundamentalism - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Christian fundamentalism, also known as fundamental Christianity or fundamentalist Christianity, is a religious movement emphasizing biblical literalism. [ 1] In its modern form, it began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among British and American Protestants [ 2] as a reaction to theological liberalism and cultural modernism.