Quakers…Quakers are a 17th century Reformation movement started by George Fox well-known for their peace testimony.… …George Fox Also known as: “The Religious Society of Friends” or “Friends”…Founded by: George Fox…Adherents worldwide: Approximately 400,000…Adherents in the United States: approximately 100,000 …Famous people with Quaker roots: frontiersman Daniel Boone, actor James Dean, former U.S. presidents Herbert […]
What’s My Purpose in Life? Consider a hammer. It’s designed to hit nails. That’s what it was created to do. Now imagine that the hammer never gets used. It just sits in the toolbox. The hammer doesn’t care.But now imagine that same hammer with a soul, a self-consciousness. Days and days go by with him […]
Trinitarian Ecumenical Councils Main article: Ecumenical councils Major christological schisms and related early councils The Christological controversies came to a head over the persons of the Godhead and their relationship with one another. Christology was a fundamental concern from the First Council of Nicaea (325) until the Third Council of Constantinople (680). In this time […]
“What is the Moravian Church?”……Answer: The Moravian Church considers itself to be the oldest Protestant denomination and has its roots in the teaching of the Reformer John Hus. The Moravian Church was founded in 1457 in the Czech Republic by a small group of Hussites desiring more radical reform of the church. They established a […]
Seventh-day Adventists…This group is known for its Sabbath observance, the expectation of Christ, and emphasis on physical health.…… What is Seventh-day Adventism (SDA) and what do Seventh-day Adventists believe?” There seem to be different “degrees” of Seventh-day Adventism. Some Seventh-day Adventists believe identically to orthodox Christians, other than believing that worship should be held on […]
The Church…I believe that the Church, the Body of Christ, I believe that it is a spiritual organism made up of all believers of this present age (1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 1:22-23, 5:25-27). I believe in the ordinances of believer's water baptism by immersion as a testimony to Christ and identification with […]
“Why are there so many religions? Do all religions lead to God?”……Answer: The existence of so many religions and the claim that all religions lead to God without question confuses many who are earnestly seeking the truth about God, with the end result sometimes being that some despair of ever reaching the absolute truth on […]