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what is revelation

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when a truth is revelaed that was previously hidden. for christians, the wordd refers to the way in which GOD reveals. shows humselff

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what are three ways GOD may reveal himself

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  • vision
  • through jesus
  • shows his character in the bible
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what are three traits GOD should have

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omniscient,omnibenevolent and omnipotent

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what is a covenantg

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an agreement between two parties

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what do christians believe that GOD expresses through covenants

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his love for humans and his desire to have a relationship with them

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name three people GOD had a covenant with

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noah, abraham, jesus

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what happened between GODS covenant with noah

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noah did as GOD told him to do so then it rained for forty days and forty nights, which saved his family from dying in the flood,, GOD sent a rainbow as a promise to never flood the earth again

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what happened between GODs coventant with abraham

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GOD chose abragam to have many descendants as he was faithful and would have many descridents after him

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what happened between GODs coventant with jesus

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he promised eternal life to all those in which they belive in him promising eternal life through jesus

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what does GODs covnetnat with noah show about the nature of GOD

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he is all loving, powerful ajnd knowing as he is willing to do whatever it takes for his peoopple to be happy without suffering

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what does GODs covenant with abrham show about the nature of GOD

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hr rewarded abrham with a child as abrham was faithful to the lord

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what does GODs coventnat with jesus show about the natue oof GOD

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he loves us so miuch that he sacrificed his son for us

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do christians belive tghat GOD reveals hgumself yo ptobr his existyence

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no because GOD shouldnt have to prove himself for humans to believe in him

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through revelation what doo christians learn about GOD

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  1. loves humanity - sent himself to earth as incarnate
  2. eternal - wants a relationship that is never ending
  3. holy- wants to be free form sin
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explain two reasons why revelation might priove the existence of GOD

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ine reason revelation pproves the existence of GOD is bedcause rebelation shows GOD is transcendent. this means that he cna move between heven and earth to show that he exists. for xample, the covenant with noah he senty a fflood which shows his existence. another reason is revekatuib ub the bible is written to proof GODs existebce. this bible ius written evidence of GODs revelation in the eorld.

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what is a vision

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a way GOD someimes reveals himself

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what is an example of visons

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lourdes

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who experinced a vision at lourdes

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ST. bernadette

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what happened at lourdes

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  • had 28 visions of the virgin mary
  • water then sprang up
  • mary told her to build a chapel in the spiring to be healed
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why do some anglecians not accpet visions

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GOD doesnt need to speak to them except in the bibel

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what is revelation

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when a truth is revealed that was previsouly hiddne

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what are three ways of how GOD many reveal himself

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visions, through jesus and shows his character in the bibel

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name three chractersitics of GOD

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omniscient, omnibenevolent and omnipotent

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what does GOD express through covenants

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his love for humans and his desire to have a relationship with them

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what is a covenant

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an agreement between two parties

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what happened between the coventnat with noach and GOD

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noah did as GOD told him to do, so when it rained for forty daus and forty nights, which saved his familu in the flood, GOD sent a rainbow a promise that he would never flood the earth again

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what does noah’s covenat with GOD show about the natur of GOD

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he is willing to do whatever it takes for his people to be happy without suffering

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what happened in abraham’s covent with GOD

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GOD chose abraham to havr many descents as he was faithful and would have many descendants after him

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what does abrham’s covenant with GOD show about the nature of GOD

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he rewarded abraham with a child because abraham was faitfhufl to GOD

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what happened in jesus’ covenant with GOD

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he promised eternal life to all those in which believe in him through jesus

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what does jesus’ coivenant with GOD show about the nature of GOD

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how much he loves us by sacrificing his onlu son

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do christians believe that GOD reveaals himself to prove his existence

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no because GOD shouldnt have to prove himself for humans to believe in him

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through revelation christinas learn about GODs character

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  1. loves humanity - sent himself to earth as incarnate
  2. eternal - wants a relationship that is neverending
  3. holy - wants christians to be free from sin
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explain two reasons why revealtion might prove the existence of GOD

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1.revelation shows GOD is transcendent. this means that he can kmove between heaven and earth to shoow that he exists
2.the bible is wirtten evidence of GODs revelation in the world

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what is a vison

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a way GOD sometimes reveals himself

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what is an example of vision

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lourdes

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who has the vision at lourdes

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st bernadette

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what happened at lourdes

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st benadette had 28 visions of virgin mary. water then sprang up.mary told her to build a chapel in the spring to be healed.l

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what confirms a vison to a catholic christian

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if the vision doesn’t contraddict the churhc

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does he catholic church interpret ehat the vison means for the catholic

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  • dont need to belive the vision is genuine
  • catholic accepts GOD will reveal himself
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why do some angglicians not accpet visons

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god doesnt needd to speak to them except in the bible

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state 3 aganist arguments for visions as proof for the existence of GOD

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  1. could be a hallucination
  2. could be proven that a vision is true but it doesn’t necessarily come fromm GOD
  3. all too easy to believe a vision comes from GOD when you believe in him already
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state 3 for arguments for the visions as proof for thee existence of GOD

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  1. the bible talsk about visions
  2. visions are poweful and strengthens a peron’s faith
  3. visions change lives and benefit others
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what is a miravle

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an impossible event that brings good, leading to thw thought that it is an act of GOD

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why do you think miracles are importnat to christian belief about GOD

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  • they gave hope and strengthen faith in GOD
  • GOD is omnipoetent and omnibenevolent
  • GOD is intwevening in the world and he exists
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what is a miracle of nature that jjesus performed, name 3

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1.GOD parts the read sea
2. jesus calms the sorm
3. jesus walks on water

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what are two types of miracles

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nature and healing miracles

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name 3 healing miracles that jesus performed

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  1. jesus heals blind bartimaeous
  2. jesus cures the women with a hemoorrahe
  3. jesus heals jarius’ daughter
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state 3 christian view point on miracles leading to belief

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  1. laws of nature do not get broken - the only explnaation can be GOD
  2. the person expernincing the miracle may feel that they have had direct contact with GOD, why would they lie?
  3. miracles show that GOD cares about his creation, and is willing to intervene in the wolrd
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state 3 non religous viewpoints on miracles leading to belief

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  1. scienfiftic knowledge is always developuing, humanists woouuld argue just because something cannot be explained now, it does not mean that it will always be unexplainable
    2.witnesses can be mistaken about what they have seen, or tell lies
    3, if GOD performs miracles to help one person, why does he not intervene to help lots of people
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jesus, healed the officials son who was sick. what does it reveal about GOD

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people only belief with proof

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jesus healed the official son who was sick, why is it a miracles

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because as soon as jesus came and went, the son was healed

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jesus healed the official son who was sick. why could this not be a miracle

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could have just been a coincidience

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jesus tells 10 men who have leprosay to go to the preust and only of the men came back to praise GOD, his faith healed him, what does this reaveal about GOD

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if you have faith, you can be healed

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jesus healed the officials son who was sick, what kind of miracle was this

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healing miracle

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jesus tells 10 men who have leprisay to go to the preist and only one of the men came back to praise GOD, his faith healed him . why could this be a miracle

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no reasonable explanation, therefore must be a supernatural being = GOD

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jesus tells 10 men who have leprosay to go to the preist and only one of the men came back to praise GOD, his faith healed him, why could this not be a miracle

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because the other men did not go praise GOD, maybe they weren’t healed.

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what are 3 key liberal viewpoints on miravles

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  1. miracles in the bible are poweful stories that teach about the nature of GOD but they did not actually happen has natural explanation
  2. only certain miracles have occured, for example jesus rising from the dead
  3. they would argue that their lack of belif in muracles does not detract from their belief in hte message and teaching of jesus, which they believe is what really matters
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what are 3 key consevative viewpoints on miracles

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  1. a conservative christian might hold a “;iteralist” viewpoiint and believe that all miracles in the bible happened exactly as they are described
  2. miracles seem so central to jesus life and message that they cant be ruled out, especially miracles like the ressurerection
  3. these christians would argue that the question whether the miraclr happened exactly as it is described or not is less importnat thhan their meaning and significane in interpreting who jesus is and what it means for christgianity today
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name 3 ways a religous person could experince GOD

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visions, dreams, prayer

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what is a religious experince

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an event that persons believes has brought them indirect contact with GOD

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what is a near death experince

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an experince when someine who later revives cclose to death

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what is charamatic healing

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the reuslt of the power and work of the holy spirit

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what speaking in tongues

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being able to speak in a divine GOD given langauge that ordinary people dont know

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what is an example fo a near death expericne

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ian mcomrack was a diver and was stung by a deadly jellyfish, about to die. before this experince he didnt believe in GOD. he is saved bu his mums prayer, he heart flatline and then he was carried out by the light. through his experince he learns GOD is omnibenevolent is forgiving

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what is an exple of charasmatic healign

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alan ames used to be an atheist, he was called by GOD and prays for people using GOD.now he is an international evangelist

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what are 3 non religous views aganist religous experince

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  1. religious expericnes are sometimes witnessed amd are oftem weigghted up by a thrid party
  2. religious expericnes could be a form of wish fullfilment. this is the idea that a person might believe an event happened simplu becaise they ja ve a stgrong desire for it to be true
  3. christians are looking for a genuine experince of GOD. they could argue that genuine religous experinces are clearly not generated by themselves
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do answered prayers lead to belief in GOD

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answered prayeeers lead to believed in god becuase it shows that he is all powerful and can do anything. in ddition, it presents the nature of god as omnupotengt. opposingly, these prayers could just be a result of consequences and happen by chance. furthermore how can god be real if he leaves prayers unanswered

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what is baptism

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the christian ceremony that welcomes a person into the christian community

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what is confirmation

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the christian ceremony thatr accepts someone formally to becoem a member of the church

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what is religious upbringing

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hristian teachings about raising children to believe in God come from the Bible. It says that the effort made by parents while bringing up a child is likely to impact that child for the rest of his or her life.

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what are threee reasons that support religious upbriing leading to belief in the church

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The may go to Sunday school and learn about God
They may have a religious experience
If a child prays and feels God is listening and has answered their prayers

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what are three reasons that go aganist religious uprbigng leadiung to belief in thechurch

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They may work out a different set of beliefs for themselves
They may learn about other beliefs and ways of life
Children usually follow what grown ups tell them is true

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explain 2 christians response to religious upbringing

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1.Many christians also promote getting to know people from other backgrounds,whether or not they school their children separately, manu encourage their children to talk about their faith and experiences openly so that any concerns can be addressed
2. If a religious upbringing tells a child what to believe withotut inviting them to question those beliefs for themselves, when a child might become disillusioned with the faith and seek answers else where
Christians believe it is important that children should be bought up to understand the faith of their family and community. However most christians would agree with this non religious view abd tgerefore invite their chukdren to make their own decision when they are ready to

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explain a non religious reponse to religious upbring

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If a religious upbringing tells a child what to believe withotut inviting them to question those beliefs for themselves, when a child might become disillusioned with the faith and seek answers else where

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name 4 features of chirstian upbringing

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parents, baptism, confrimaiton and church commiunity

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what do parents do to contribute to chreistian upbringing

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Teach children how to pray to God and to thank him for the good things
Show children how to live a good christian life
Introduce children to the signifgance of the bible and its teaching
Celebrates christian festivals and the signifgance

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what does baptism do to contribute to christisn upbringing

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Welcomes the child into the community
Water is poured on the child’s head to demonstrate their sins being washed away

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what does the church community do to contribute to christian upobringning

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Running sunday school where children learn about christian teaching
Running bible study classes
Encouraging children to join church services
Putting on special christian events to encourage church community

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what does confirmation do to contribute to the christina upbringing

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They attend bible study classes and then become confirmed
Happens after a child is 8

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