Christianity Beliefs

• Topics in Christianity Beliefs


  • The nature of God
  • The oneness of God and the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
  • Different Christian beliefs about creation
  • Different Christian beliefs about the afterlife and their importance
  • Beliefs and teachings about Jesus Christ and salvation
• The nature of God

  God as omnipotent, loving and just, and the problem of evil and suffering
• The oneness of God and the Trinity


  Father, Son and Holy Spirit
• Different Christian beliefs about creation


  Including the role of Word and Spirit (John 1:1-3 and Genesis 1:1-3)
• Different Christian beliefs about the afterlife and their importance


  • Resurrection and life after death
  • Judgement, heaven and hell
• Beliefs and teachings about Jesus Christ and salvation


  • The incarnation and Jesus as the Son of God
  • The crucifixion, resurrection and ascension
  • Sin, including original sin
  • The means of salvation, including law, grace and Spirit
  • The role of Christ in salvation including the idea of atonement
• Biblical evidence that God is all-powerful, all-loving and all-knowing
• Omniscience


  The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
• Omnibenevolence


  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
• Omnipotence


  For nothing will be impossible with God.
• The problem of evil and suffering


  1. Summarise

  2. How Christians try to solve this problem

  3. How convincing are these responses
• There has always been debate about what resurrection really means.
• Many Christians say that God has the answers, and human beings must trust in that as we cannot understand.
• There is no scientific proof of resurrection, nor evidence beyond the Biblical stories of, and early historical writings about Jesus.
• Many believe our souls are what live, not the physical body; the soul is eternal and it will be in heaven after the Judgement.
• Increasing numbers of people ask to have humanist funerals when they die.
• Different views about the afterlife


  • Resurrection and physical body
  • Soul and no physical body
  • No afterlife, humanist funerals
• Important Christian beliefs


  • Trinity
  • Incarnation
  • Crucifixion
  • Resurrection
• Trinity


  • This is important because...
  • This means Christians will...
  • Evidence is...
• Incarnation


  • This is important because...
  • This means Christians will...
  • Evidence is...
• Crucifixion


  • This is important because...
  • This means Christians will...
  • Evidence is...
• Resurrection


  • This is important because...
  • This means Christians will...
  • Evidence is...
• Original sin


  • The story of Adam and Eve in the Bible says that they disobeyed God and were thrown out of the Garden of Eden
  • Many Christians believe that all human beings have an in built tendency to disobey God
  • This idea that all people are sinful is referred to as original sin
• Salvation by works


  • It is important to try to keep a good relationship with God by keeping to His laws as much as possible
  • Christians believe they will be judged based on how they treat others
  • "Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?"
• Salvation by grace


  • Christians believe that God offers salvation as a gift to all those who believe that Jesus dies for their sins
  • This is salvation by grace, meaning the unconditional love that God shows for humans
  • "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast."
• Explain two Christian beliefs about salvation


  1. One belief is...

  2. In the Bible it says...

  3. This means...

  4. Another belief is...

  5. This means... / In the Bible it says...
• The crucifixion is the most important event for Christians


  Evaluate this statement
• Evaluate the statement "The crucifixion is the most important event for Christians"

  1. Point

  2. Give one argument for the statement

  3. Evidence

  4. Refer to a source of authority

  5. Explanation

  6. Rebuttal

  7. Give one argument against the statement

  8. Evidence

  9. Refer to a source of authority

  10. Explanation

  11. Conclusion