Tag: gods

  • The Apostles Creed 1 We Believe in God the Father

    I believe in God the Father Almighty, What is God? Q2 of the New City Catechism Kid’s Answer: God is the creator of everyone and everything. Of course any simple or complex answer falls short of describing Almighty God. But the Apostles’ Creed adds: Maker of Heaven and Earth. In the beginning God created the…

    The Apostles Creed Symbolum Apostolorum in Latin with opening words of the Creed and opening of the Shema in Hebrew
  • Idols – Stumbling in Christian Liberty – 1 Corinthians 8

    The Problem of Idols .. we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. 1 Corinthians 8:4b NKJV Cultural Clashes of Early Christians False religions: idols as gods in the image of man. In his first letter to the saints of the church at Corinth…

    Idols even of those who claim to be christians! - i.e. The Book of Mormon as Terma, and Joseph Smith as Tertön
  • Approaching Athens 2 – Addressing gods and goddesses

    The Apostle’s introduction and approach are most gracious in addressing a crowd of men whose religious celebrations of their gods and goddesses would seem most sinful to every Jew in Athens. Addressing Athena & the men who idolize her The Apostle Paul, a Roman citizen who has also been speaking with the Jews of Athens…

    While approaching 1st century Athens Acts 17 records that the Apostle Paul encountered one of perhaps many altars inscribed to unknown gods or goddesses