The Christian Religion
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The Old Time Religion
Shortly after the Civil War in America, a Methodist minister and his wife were blessed with the birth of a son. When the boy became a teenager, he left home to make his way in the world. His fondest dream was to become a concert singer, but he never fulfilled his ambition. He took a job peddling songbooks, and later made his living by going around the countryside in a wagon demonstrating pianos for a local firm.
At the age of 25 he began to realize that his worldly goals would not be achieved and that even their complete attainment could never satisfy his deepest longings. Convicted by the Holy Spirit of having drifted far from his early training, Charlie Tillman received Christ as his Savior and spent the rest of his life singing and working for the Lord.
One day while passing through South Carolina, he heard a group of Negro worshippers chanting a lilting tune. He quickly jotted down the simple words and melody, for they spoke to him of his own conversion experience. Few today remember Charlie Tillman, but almost everyone has heard of “The Old Time Religion.”
Looking at the many attacks against,
The political and economic attack. Karl Marx (1818–1883). He led one of the fiercest political and economic attacks on religion, specifically Christianity, in the modern world.
The political and economic attack. Karl Marx (1818–1883). He led one of the fiercest political and economic attacks on religion, specifically Christianity, in the modern world.
the founder of ideological communism, detested religion of all forms.
The psychological attack. Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Freud argued that religion is simply a belief based on wish fulfillment or wish illusion rather than on reality.
The psychological attack. Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Freud argued that religion is simply a belief based on wish fulfillment or wish illusion rather than on reality.
led an unrelenting psychological attack on religion. An avowed atheist, Freud argued that religion was merely a psychological projection.
led an unrelenting psychological attack on religion. An avowed atheist, Freud argued that religion was merely a psychological projection.
In 1927, Sigmund Freud published The Future of an Illusion. Freud argued that religion is simply a belief based on wish fulfillment or wish illusion rather than on reality.
Postmodernism stands for radical pluralism and universalism. (All religions are equally valid, and all paths lead to God.)
Postmodernism stands for radical pluralism and universalism. (All religions are equally valid, and all paths lead to God.)
In the postmodernist’s mind, all religions are social constructs, and none is inherently superior to another.
nothing more than the development of good character and living a good life. They reject the doctrine of hell and of God as a judge. In short, Unitarians regard human reason as the sole authority for guidance and purpose in life. This worldview is naturalistic humanism dressed up as a religion with buildings, pastors, and teaching centered on the power of human reason.
Satan attacks God’s program, the church, by: False religions: • False philosophies: -False ministers: • False doctrine: • False disciples: • False morals:
Satan attacks God’s program, the church, by: False religions: • False philosophies: -False ministers: • False doctrine: • False disciples: • False morals:
• False philosophies:
• False religions:
A summary understanding of religion must take several aspects into account. This includes definitions of religion that arise from various approaches to the subject, types of religions, and the ways in which contemporary religious expression takes place in the late modern or *postmodern period.
• False ministers:
The academic study of religion in scientific rather than theological ways in the Western world began with the study of Christianity as the dominant religious tradition (see *Religion, theology of). This gave way to include the study of other religions due to a variety of factors.
• False doctrine:
• False disciples:
with that being said, what is religion:
• False morals:
“Religion is a communication system that is constituted by supernatural beings and is related to specific patterns of behavior” (H.H. Penner)[Robert Oden, Ph.D. God and Mankind: Comparative Religions]
“Religion is a communication system that is constituted by supernatural beings and is related to specific patterns of behavior” (H.H. Penner)[Robert Oden, Ph.D. God and Mankind: Comparative Religions]
RELIGION — belief in and reverence for God or some supernatural power that is recognized as the creator and ruler of the universe; an organized system of doctrine with an approved pattern of behavior and a proper form of worship. (James 2:17)
RELIGION — belief in and reverence for God or some supernatural power that is recognized as the creator and ruler of the universe; an organized system of doctrine with an approved pattern of behavior and a proper form of worship. (James 2:17)
The classic New Testament passage on religion is . Faith divorced from deeds, says James, is as lifeless as a corpse.
(NKJV) 17Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
17Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
Ronald F. Youngblood, F. F. Bruce, and R. K. Harrison, Thomas Nelson Publishers, eds., Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1995).
Ronald F. Youngblood, F. F. Bruce, and R. K. Harrison, Thomas Nelson Publishers, eds., Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1995).
Personal piety insufficient, . Natural perception, . Religion without reality, ; . Man-made religion, .
Personal piety insufficient, . Natural perception, . Religion without reality, ; . Man-made religion, .
Natural perception, .
Religion without reality, ; .
Man-made religion, .
Idols in heart, . Those who say, “Lord, Lord,” . Clean outside, filthy inside, . Lip service, .
Idols in heart, . Those who say, “Lord, Lord,” . Clean outside, filthy inside, . Lip service, .
Those who say, “Lord, Lord,” .
Clean outside, filthy inside, .
Gross sinners compared to Pharisees, .
Clean outside, filthy inside, .
Lip service, .
Morality, materialism, . Practice what you preach, . Reading Bible in vain, . Erroneously thinking to serve God, .
Morality, materialism, . Practice what you preach, . Reading Bible in vain, . Erroneously thinking to serve God, .
Reading Bible in vain, .
Practice what you preach, .
Jesus Christ is the Head, that is, the Chief Cornerstone of God's building (cp. ).
Jesus Christ is the Head, that is, the Chief Cornerstone of God's building (cp. ).
Erroneously thinking to serve God, .
God gave man the Head Cornerstone for His building, the life He wanted man to build. (, , , )
God gave man the Head Cornerstone for His building, the life He wanted man to build. (, , , )
But men set the stone "at nought," counted it as no good, unacceptable, of no account, of no worth. Men rejected God's Head Stone and went about finding their own chief stone and building their lives as they wished.
But men set the stone "at nought," counted it as no good, unacceptable, of no account, of no worth. Men rejected God's Head Stone and went about finding their own chief stone and building their lives as they wished.
But men set the stone "at nought," counted it as no good, unacceptable, of no account, of no worth. Men rejected God's Head Stone and went about finding their own chief stone and building their lives as they wished.
b. But God took His Stone, despite man's rejection, and still made Him the Head of the corner. God has exalted Jesus Christ and made Him the Head of life.
(NKJV) is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’
11This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’
(NKJV) 42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
(NKJV) 20having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,
20having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,
(NKJV) 6Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”
6Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”
Jesus Christ alone saves. There is no other Head, no other exalted Lord (, , , , )
Jesus Christ alone saves. There is no other Head, no other exalted Lord (, , , , )
(ESV) 16“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
16“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
(ESV) 68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life,
68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life,
(ESV) 12And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
12And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
(ESV) 2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
(ESV) 11For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
11For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.