Christian Blockbusters

• The belief that God is one singular divine being (who can be present in all Three Persons of the Trinity)

  The Oneness of God
• All powerful

  Omnipotent
• Fair or equal treatment

  Just
• The opposite of good; a cause of suffering and against the will of God

  Evil
• An effect of evil; undergoing pain and hardship.

  Suffering
• The belief that God as One includes God also being present in three Persons: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

  Trinity
• The first Person of the Trinity, the belief in God as creator and sustainer of the universe.

  The Father
• The second Person of the Trinity; Jesus believed to be God in human form.

  The Son
• The third Person of the Trinity; believed to be present with believers since Pentecost and active on earth.

  Holy Spirit
• The belief that the world is God’s loving creation.

  Creation
• Term used at the beginning of John’s gospel to refer to God the Son.

  The word
• Behaviour which is against God's laws and wishes/against Christian ideas about right and wrong.

  Sin
• Belief human nature is flawed, and that we all have the tendency to sin.

  Original Sin
• The leader promised by God to the Jews

  Christ
• Belief that God took on human form in the person of Jesus.

  Incarnation
• Believed by Christians to be the Son of God, he was a first century Jewish teacher living and travelling in Palestine/Israel.

  Jesus
• The death of Jesus

  Crucifixion
• The belief that reconciliation between God and humanity that was brought about by the death of Jesus as a sacrifice.

  Atonement
• Being raised from the dead; the event three days after the crucifixion when it is believed that God raised Jesus from the dead.

  Resurrection
• The event forty days after the resurrection when Jesus returned to glory in heaven.


  Ascension
• Saving of the soul and being able to enter eternal life in heaven

  Salvation
• The unconditional and generous love that God shows to people who do not deserve it.

  Grace
• Rules or commands which must be followed; the law of God is revealed in the Bible.


  Law
• Being raised from the dead

  Resurrection
• The belief that God decides whether each person should receive eternal life or eternal punishment based on their actions on earth

  Judgement
• Belief that after death Christians can enter a state of being with God for eternity.

  Heaven
• Belief in a place of eternal suffering, or a state after death of being in separation from God.

  Hell
•  term for the unconditional love of God for all people, and the love that people should show to each other

  Agape