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{{Christianity}}C'''Christianity''' Conservapedia is the world's largest [[religion]], having 2.2 billion followersan extremely douchey wiki that contains biased Conservative views. It is a [[monotheistic]] religion that professes belief in [[Jesus]] as was created with the Son sole purpose of [[God]]turning people into apes. Christianity takes its name from [[Jesus Christ]] meaning "Jesus Of course it’s a huge plan to brainwash mankind and make them think the Anointed One" orearth is flat, it could only be thought as an ill-conceived ultra-orthodox Angry Christian site started by a couple of old church ladies in apparent response to an imagined liberal bias on the Hebrew original, "Yeshua HaMashiach". Followers part of Jesus are called Christianswikipedia (The truth is that, meaning "of Christ" or "belonging to Christ".<ref>[http://dictionary.cambridgefar-right conservatives, it is reality that has a left wing bias - not Wikipedia, which is actually Conservative or Libertarian biased.org/define).asp?key=2661&dict=CALD Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary]</ref>

* The [[Roman Catholic Church]] (approxConservapedia asserts misinformed opinion as fact. 1.1 billion baptized members) traces its roots back to [[Saint Peter]] whom Catholics believe established their church They equate homosexuality with polygamy and the succession of [[Pope]]s as the spiritual leaders of Christendomliberals with terrorists.

* The [[Orthodox Church]]es (approx. 300 million baptized members) also trace their roots back A logical response to Conservapedia would sound something like this: "All hail the Apostles, but do not believe in hypno-toad. Al Gore will lead the Primacy of the Pope. Differing theological perspectives led liberal nation to glorious empire upon the [[Great Schism]] between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches in A.D. 1054. * [[Protestantism]]; the largest Communions are the [[Anglican Church|Anglicans]] (approx. 115 million baptized members) and the Lutheran World Federation (approx. 68 million baptized members). Protestantism has its origins in the European [[Reformation]]. It first broke away from the Roman Catholic Church under [[Martin Luther]] when differences over the nature of [[faith]] and works in the role of [[Christianity#salvation|salvation]] as well as other practices of the Catholic Church that Luther saw as unBiblical. Other preachers and theologians, such as [[Ulrich Zwingli]] and [[John Calvin]] followed Luther in rejecting key Catholic teachingsmoon."

== Christian Beliefs ==Christian beliefs [[It is a fundamentalist Christian apologetics|wiki encyclopedia project which promotes Biblical creation science and rejects evolution. Liberals (and any people with common sense) criticize it heavily. It is the subject of ridicule from those who are well supported via used to getting information without a large body heavy dose of compelling evidence]]fundamentalist hilarity. TheologiansIts most heavily-viewed pages are about such topics as homosexuality, over two millenniaWikipedia, have debated a definitive summary of the Christian faithand Adolf Hitler. While its interpretations vary drasticallyLiberapedia is obviously very much against the ethnocentric bias displayed in Conservapedia, we would like to make it clear that we respect their right to a free opinion, even if we do not necessarily agree with it, probably at least we would respect them if they respected the most commonly accepted statement rights of faith is the [[Nicene Creed| Nicea-Constantinopolitan Creed]] below:editors who disagree with Andrew Schlafly.

<blockquote>I believe in one God, [[God the Father|the Father Almighty]], Maker of [[heaven]] and [[earth]], and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten, begotten of the Father before all ages. Light of Light; true God of true God; begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the [[Holy Spirit]] and the [[Virgin Mary]], and became man. And He was crucified for us under [[Pontius Pilate]], and suffered, and was buried. And the third day He rose again, according to the [[Bible|Scriptures]]; and ascended into heaven, and sits The very latest silliness at Conservapedia is recorded at Digging the right hand of Dirt on the Father; and He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead; whose Kingdom shall have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father; who with the Father and the Son together Lunacy that is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets. In one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. I look for the [[Resurrection]] of the dead, and the life of the world to come. AmenConservapedia.</blockquote>

Christians and Christian denominations agree on many points of doctrine while disagreeing on othersHistoryConservapedia was started in early 2006. According to an online Harris poll from 2003At first it was mainly written by home-schooled creationist children, 99% of making it little better than ... well. Those sad little home-schooled children will suffer all American Christians believe in [[God]], 96% in the [[Resurrection their lives because of Jesus Christ|resurrection of Jesus Christ]], 93% in [[Heaven]], 93% in the virgin birth, 92% in the survival of the soul after death, 82% in [[Hell]], 50% in ghosts, 27% in astrology their poor education.The site became more famous than it ever deserved to be when progressives discovered it and 21% in reincarnationtrolled it. <ref>http://wwwProgressives began vandalizing it and linking to it from blogs urging people to vandalize or debate with them.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=359</ref> Note that the latter This almost certainly accounted for better than two beliefs are in opposition to thirds of the religious tenents of most Christian denominationshits Conservapedia got at that point.

Nonetheless, Later some scientifically minded people began to try to inject evolutionary dogma into the Niceasite -Constantinopolitan Creed offers a general overall picture but soon ran afoul of what Christian theology looks like, Conservapedia's blocking policy (insert leftist bull=a block). Evolution became a battle-ground and serves later doughnuts. But the scientists could not hold the line. The scientists had the rational arguments but Andrew Schlafly had the computer keys. Schlafly exiled them in what became known as a useful outlinethe "Night of the Blunt Knives". Some entered on the long trek to where they first plotted to troll Conservapedia. But later they forgot their proletariat roots and became another bourgeois wiki concerned about its own hit count.

Other creeds may prove helpful in research. See also: Others founded the [[Apostle's Creed]]Almighty Liberapedia wiki you are reading now, [[Athanasian Creed]]and which is one of the sources of truth and fact on the internet.

===God==={{main|God}}God is a triune being. Though there is only one Divine nature there are three Divine Persons: The Father, the SonMeanwhile, CP continues on its own path of biblical literalism and the Holy Spirit. The three Persons are collectively called the [[Trinity]] or the Holy Trinity. While God is tripartiterepublicanism, this does not imply that Christians are polytheists--the oneness making it a source of the divine nature (or essence) is what matters"truth. The doctrine of the Trinity is central to most (but not all) Christian theology" and hilarity.

A major theme of the Bible is [[love]]The only people who go on conservapedia are people with NO LIFE. In the Hebrew [[Old Testament]] the idea is expressed in the Hebrew word ''hessed'', which is variously translated as loyal love, tender mercy, steadfast love, mercy, goodness, etc. in the [[New Testament]] the same idea is expressed in the Greek word ''agape'', which is variously translated as love, compassion, charity, etc.

The God Educational value of the Christians is the creator of all things, is everywhere present, exists in all times, is transcendent, all-knowing (omniscient), just, and all-powerful (omnipotent).Conservapedia

===Jesus===[[Image:Jesus' Baptism.jpg|180px|left|]]During the reign of [[Augustus Caesar|Caesar Augustus]] the Son Conservapedia, like any encyclopedia (e.g. especially those using the second Person of the Trinityopen-editing wiki format) took flesh from a virgin woman and was incarnate as a man. He was born in the town of [[Bethlehem]] and was given the name [[Jesus]]. At the age of thirty he was baptized by his cousin, the [[John the Baptist|Prophet John]], and began is prone to preach in the area [[Palestine]]errors. About three years after his baptism, he raised his friend [[Lazarus]] from the dead, prompting the Jewish power establishment There is reason to plot Jesus' death. Jesus was [[crucified]]. He came back from the dead believe that Conservapedia is actually far inferior to Wikipedia and was seen by over 500 people. He ascended that its articles are not to Heavenbe trusted. The four [[Gospels]] contain the records Conservapedia's math and history articles have been criticized for a plethora of some errors, while a numerical comparison of what Jesus did and said, but he did much more than those four books relate, as the Apostle John said Conservapedia articles with articles in Wikipedia have shown Conservapedia's articles to be lagging in his Gospelquality.{{Clear}}

===Morality===The fundamental principle Conservapedia folks imagine they could actually surpass the folks at Wikipedia in Christian moral teaching is love terms of accuracy, coverage and forgivenesscomprehensiveness - after all, as expressed by the life founder Andrew Schlafly did intend it to be a home schooling tool - something which universities and teachings schools do not view Wikipedia as being worthy of Jesus Christ and the New Testament. Jesus summarized his teachings in two commandments However, it appears (from the Old Testament:wonderfully compact size of blurbs they steal from Conservapedia for extension on ) Conservapedia is too retardated to work for education. They mainly censor people who present evidence that is in against their views, and Schlafly fails utterly at spelling.

"'You shall love Blocking PolicyOn Conservapedia, you can be blocked for......using the Lord your God wrong sort of English (ie using words that you learned after preschool)...questioning the opinions of the admins. Some of them are so stupid they can't answer questions...making a username which an admin disagrees with all your heart. (That used to mean anything that doesn't praise Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, God or Jesus) Now that means anything except a Christian name and with all your soulthe first letter of a second name....trying to discuss things to improve Conservapedia...being a God hater...having a friend who is not Christian...admitting to using birth control or condoms...admitting that Fox News isn't Fair and Balanced...understanding that the American government was wrong about Iraq though Conservapedia pretends that's a "lie"...knowing that the French are not complete idiots, they are far less silly than Conservatives...saying that the UK was a strong nation during WWII, and with that America wasn't the best of them all ...realizing that Christianity, a religion that says you should not kill, has caused millions of people to die over the last thousand years (crusades, inquisitions, lynchings, holocausts, etc.)...making a typo in your mindedit...Mention FBI in anywhere (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehQD_-m40Tg&feature=related)Note: If you question Andy, then he will brand you as a liberal. While perfectly sane people know that isn' This t bad at all, as a matter of fact it's a very good thing, Andy will block you for it.Note: On Conservapedia it is even possible to reach a state of limbo, where you are not blocked but are not allowed to edit any pages. This will occur if you have a Conservapedia account where you don't speak your mind (which would lead to the great usual block) and foremost commandmentwhich you use to correct the frequent grammar/spelling errors that tend to crop up when Conservapedians spew feces from their mouths/minds/keyboards all over their beloved site and call it "trustworthy. The second " It is like possible that this will only occur if you are logged in from said valid account from an IP that has previously been banned and many important Internet Service Providers are range blocked.What to do if they block youJoin LiberapediaJoin Write about what's wrong with Constipedia Controlfreakapedia Conservapedia at either of the two above Wikis. They can't block you for what you write away from the Conservapedia banhammer. They can't revert iteither, that'You shall love s cool.After you have joined the two aforementioned wikis, do the following. The steps below will work provided your neighbor Internet Service Provider gives you a dynamic IP Adress:. Log out of Conservapedia.. Unplug modem from the wall and go to sleep. Alternatively switch off the modem. Wait a minute or so. Switch it back on. That changes a dynamic IP Address. Some Internet Service Providers change your IP every few hours. Others change the IP every time you switch off.. Wake up in morning, walk downstairs in your jammies, and drink a steamy cup of hot cocoa (include marshmallows).. Replug modem to the wall and look at your new IP address. Alternatively look at your new IP Adress a minute after you switched the modem back on.. Go back to Confarceapedia with a sockpuppet and let MAndy, Ed Poop, Bungler, and JPratt know what you think of them.. Wait for blocking.. Repeat as yourselfneeded.. ????. PROFIT!!!!Note Conservapedia has restarted using range blocks. The above may not work as well as it used to. If you have a static IP Adress or if you are range blocked, or if you don' On t want to be range blocked, look for proxies. However, most proxies have been blocked, so the absolute best tool is Tor. Tor is a dynamic IP that no block, range, IP, or username can stop.Conservapedia says:All of these two commandments depend need citations!All kangaroos are descended from a single pair who were on Noah's Ark.Gravity is an unproven theory.Einstein's General Relativity "has nothing to do with physics".Only followers of Christianity are capable of religious faith.Atheists are incapable of being moral.Jews are "touchy" about the whole Law Holocaust.Some of the most violent homicides seen by pathologists are among male homosexuals.The Beach Boys are an example of heavy metal.There were dinosaurs on Noah's Ark.The Earth is the center of the universeRock music causes riots.[1]McCarthyism was good.Ann Coulter is hot and spicy.Belief in the ProphetsTheory of Relativity leads to a belief in moral relativity (a bad thing).Dinosaurs are " (generally believed" to be extinct."God exercises eternal and righteous judgment of the wicked in hell."Homosexuality can cause bad smoking habits.Barack Hussein Obama is both a Communist, an Atheist and a Muslim. [2]HUSSEIN Obama has not provided a birth certificate.Osama Bin Laden is an IraqiNo one who believes in the Christian God has ever killed anyone.Hitler was "an evolutionary racist" [Gospel of Matthew|Matthew3]] 22:37-39; In the commandments, it explicitly forbids using BCE and CE, it wants to use BC and AD.It is impossible for Conservative Christians be bigoted. [[Book of Deuteronomy|Deuteronomy4]] 6:5; Leviticus 19:18JFK was a conservative."Vandalism"Inserting irrefutable facts as facts is considered vandalism at Conservapedia, most of Conservapedia's vandalism is actually people removing blatant falsehoods and misrepresented facts.CensorshipThere are numbers of examples of censorship on Conservapedia.Mention of is strictly forbidden. On this link you can see JPatt (Conservapedia's security guard)deleting JewishConservative's (Conservapedia user) user page content which mentions RW.

There has been endless debate over how a person should express love for God in After that JewishConservative asks JPatt why did he delete the mention of RW on his or her moral behaviorpage and are sysops allowed to do that. This moral dialogue found expression in the New Testament, where the [[Apostle Paul]] addressed such controversies as [[circumcision]] JPatt answers him by saying that is a rule ([[Epistle ...Mentioning those rats is forbidden here... it is a rule.). JewishConservative asks him to post a link to the Romans|Romans]] 2:25-29), eating meat rule that was sacrificed to [[pagan]] deities (1 Corinthians 8), speculating about myths and genealogies (1 Timothy 1:3-5), and observing ceremonial dates and seasons (Galatians 4:9-11)forbidds the mention of RW. Then JPatt says that is an unwritten rule.

Regardless of a personIf you don's ethical interpretationst believe this occured, adherents commonly point to New Testament passages John 3:16 and 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 as scriptural depictions of lovewell. The former states that <blockquote>"God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life."</blockquote> The latter characterizes love, saying <blockquote>"Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account . I'm going to supply you with a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all thingslink."</blockquote>

Jesus Christ affirmedTK then (in order to help) tells JC to check out Conservapedia:Administrators Administrators and Bureaucrats are the Administrators of Conservapedia. Their instructions, as to Conservapedia policy and/or the appropriateness or inappropriateness of user actions, "By this all men will know that you are My disciplesto be followed. However, if you have love for one anotherthere is still nothing there that mentions anything about the sysops' right to remove the mentions of RW." (John 13:35)

In trying to understand the reason for the growth Suggested Course of Christianity ActionNote: When it's bed time in a pagan cultureAmerica Conservapedia disallows edits, it has been noted claiming that while love of "The action you have requested is limited to users in oneof the groups: Administrators, edit". You don's neighbor t count as far as Andrew Schlafly cares if you're outside America and you must wait 'till someone has woken up over there and allowed edits again.Don't Go To Conservapedia Any More.Except for 4 things:Comedic relief. But even then, on any given page there is not a 30% chance of headdesk from loss of faith in humanity.To support the Liberal Revolution against Conservapedia! If you want to join in, simply make an exclusively Christian virtueaccount. It should NOT contain the word Liberal or anything that is liberal-y, it appears instead place words that inspire "warm fuzzies" in Conservatives, such as JesusLover4evr or ReaganResurrected. Or choose something simple that won’t attract attention. At the primitive moment Conservapedia insists on a first name with the first letter of a second name in capitals. So just choose a nice sounding Christian first name. It can be your real sex or the other sex. That way, they won't suspect a thing, and they will be stunned when you start to VANDALIZE!! Those old church practiced ladies will never defeat the amazing powers of mass spam, and perhaps break a hip when trying to fix it much ! They will be resigned when you start to VANDALIZE!! They get more effectively vandalism than any other groupcontributions.<ref>EYou might be a diabolical reader who knows how to internet-method-act.RIf so, they make a perfectly innocuous username on CP, make perfectly innocuous mainspace edits, and don't put anything inflamatory on your userpage. DoddsThen IMITATE ANDY and use such methods as the Schlafly Reversal and the Schlafly Liberalator and protect the "truth" in key debates. Don't EVER question Andy. Do this for a year or so, 1970:136-137</ref> This is most likely due adding content and bashing "liberals" using "logic," and perhaps Andy will make you a sysop. When he promotes you, be sure to thank Andy profusely, then send our warm fuzzy notices to the constant mention other admins. Wait one to two days doing perfectly normal CP sysop-type things, such as making full use of hospitality and generosity the Schlafly Rearguard, then--GO INSANE! PROTECT EVERYTHING! BLOCK EVERYONE! SPAM THE ADMINS! It'll be the ultimate vengeance! You'll be welcomed into Liberapedia with fanfare. will celebrate you as a hero. Start right away! But don't do anything malicious, or you might just get "refered to onethe authorities." DON'T EVER MENTION THE FBI INCIDENT.Edit some obscure articles and indirectly indicate that the Earth is older than twice the bristle cone pine tree's lifespan. NEVER question God's existence, even though we know there is no God (at least in the way as conservatives see it). You will be forming "neighborsislands of safety" in , places where Conservapedia is true.HypocrisyConservapedia is riddled with sad hypocrisy. Click here to view the Bibleever growing article. Jesus was especially passionate Racism and sexismSince Blacks and females are more progressive than conservatives, Conservapedia appears racist. Their article on Barack Obama refers to him as the first "Affirmative Action" President. The article on Condoleezza Rice, however, takes an very positive view of her, with absolutely zero criticism. It appears that Conservapedia focuses more on slandering the Democrats and supporting the Republicans than being racist/sexist, as they never complain about caring for people Rice Being black.On the other hand, they realy can't stand Muslims, claiming that "the overwhelming majority of modern terrorists are Muslims", and include "Osama bin Laden" in need:the "Notable Muslim" list.

Jesus said Andrew Schlafly went to him, "If you want to be perfect, go university with Obama and sell outsiders can only guess at what you own and give resentments have been festering for decades over that. See Barack Obama compared to Andrew Schlafly. Conservapedia was started up just about the money time that people were beginning to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow menotice that Obama might run for President." (Matthew 19:21)

In addition to sacrificially showing care Disdain for those within the community letter "U"In England, words such as well "color" and "humor" are spelt with extra u's; "colour" and "humour." While Liberapedia accepts this, as to those withoutseveral editors here are British, (cf"English-English" spellings on Conservapedia are classed as anti-American. Gal. 6:10) As are spellings using the Christians elevated the sanctity of lifeletter s rather than z, opposing abortion, infanticide, child abandonment, suicide, and gladiatorial contestsi.<ref>Kenneth Scott Latourette, ''A history of Christianity'' pe. 244</ref><ref> Ted Cabal, Chad Owen Brand, Paul Copan, The Apologetics Study Bible, 274 </ref> While "organisation" rather than "organization." It is believed this stems from the primitive church tolerated editors' beliefs that the existing letters "U" and pervasive cultural economic institution of slavery in "S" should not be used excessively without the [[Roman Empire]]letter "A", thus completing the mandate of equal pay and just treatment (Col. 4abbreviation:1; EphUSA. 6:9) greatly ameliorated the treatment Young Earth Creationist View on Conservapedia Young Earth Creationists believe Conservapedia is run by a coterie of slaves, while advising them ultra-liberal conservationists determined to seek freedom if possible, (1Cordrive conservatives away from religion with an editorial policy that insures every article on the site makes out that all Christians are irrational airheads. 7:21) The YEC community also believes that the liberal deceit in every article on the site is designed to persuade conservatives that homeschooling inevitably produces illiterate fanatics. Prominent spokespeople for the YEC and requiring Homeschooling movement have pointed to passages in Revelations that the escape slave Onesimus predict an evil twin will be received back not "created as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved". (Philemon 1:6) mirror image of The Christian ethos One True Wikipedia for the purpose of love also motivated a great expansion in leading the building faithful astray and into the clutches of hospitalsthe Evil One.<ref>Albert John Ochsner, Meyer Joseph Sturm, Notable SubtletiesSometimes NeoconPedia isn't so obvious with it's rants. The organizationArticle on Jew has a section called "Life Cycle", construction and management as if they are talking about a species of hospitals'', panimal. 17</ref><ref>Roderick E. McGrewGoing around calling Jews animals may be biologically true, ''Encyclopaedia of Medical Care'', pbut it still sounds racist. 135</ref> By 500 A(But does conservapedia believe all Humans are Animals?).D., most large towns in in The article on ramadan states that many muslims "spend several hours praying and studying the Roman Empire had erected themQur'an".<ref>George DImplying excessive devoutness. Pozgar, 'Now Christians that go to church several times a week aren'Legal aspects of health care administration', p. 2</ref>t excessively devout are they?

===The Atonement of Jesus on Hitler article slanders the Cross===[[Image:Dalí The Christ theory of St. John of the Cross.jpg|thumb|The Christ of St. John of the Cross by [[Salvador Dalí]], 1951.]]All Christians believe with the New Testament that the death of Jesus, along with His resurrection, is an indispensable proclamation of a crucial event for the reconciliation of lost sinners with God. There are three elements they see to understanding His death on the crossevolution.

# Jesus saw that in His death there would be a way for people to be brought back to Even more faulty Conservative logic, Conservapedia blames the God from whom they were alienated and lost because of their sins. This would involve a substitution of Himself to effect that way. United States' "For the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many.early" How this would take place was not new to the Jews of His day from their understanding of contemporary everyday practice of substitute payment - as loss in redemption of the first-born (Pidyon Ha Ben), or in the understanding Round of what aggadic stories such as 16 at the Binding of [[Isaac]] implied (see [[Midrash]]), but it was not the prevalent view that the Messiah was to be that payment. Though while alive World Cup on earth, he had hinted "feminism having eliminated soccer at it in sayings such as "unless a seed falls and dies, it remains alone, but when it dies, it brings forth.Division I colleges.", it was only after He had risen from the dead that He explained Scripture (the Old Testament) clearly about the necessity of His death Rather than trying to have taken place. The disciples would henceforth preachscapegoat women, and Peter among them, that the death of Jesus the Messiah and His resurrection was for-planned and for-ordained by God the Father, and foretold in we at Liberapedia know the Scripture (Isaiah 53). And so, "The Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God"real answer: America just does Baseball better than soccer.[4]

# It was the belief, recorded in Scripture, that in His death a way back to God was made possible for those that were near to God&mdash;the Jews. And a way back to God for those that were far away&mdash;the Gentiles. That is why the New Testament saw in the requirements of God for Israel a fulfillment in Jesus the Messiah. He was the perfect Israel, taken out of Egypt, to redeem Israel. And that is why the New Testament saw in Jesus, a deepness to the incarnation of the Son of God, deeper than just a Jew of His time of a certain tribe. He was the "Second Adam" to redeem the sons of Adam. This encompassing perspective had further implications.  Christians of all generations have looked to the perfect Atonement, and the hope for reconciliation, accomplished by Jesus on the cross, to provide the means of understanding the solution to the vexing problems of the mind and of life itself - How can I make reconciliation with my enemies, with even the members of my own family, of race with race and people with people?; Does His death for the sins of the world include those who only partially understand, for the baby aborted, the feeble minded, and severely retarded?; For those who have never heard of Jesus, never been "enlightened", distant and remote in place and time?; Does His death for the sins of the world See also include a remedy for the ills that have come as a result of those sins&mdash;certain sicknesses, ills of the mind, body and the soul? Do they "hold" for today?; Does His death make good, turn to the better, show the way, effect the way, of the illnesses that have befallen the world, not only by sin, but simply by the circumstances of life, of degeneration, of compounded dysfunction? How does the fruit of His death bring in somehow the Kingdom "among us"?  The death of the Son of God on the cross has provided the solution for sin, and it still holds its sway over the imagination and aspirations for the people of our generation. ===Salvation===The Bible teaches that "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). This is often interpreted to mean that everyone has displeased God and is now separated from him in a kind of alienation and enmity that results from the fundamental conflict between selfish human interests and God's interests (Romans 8:5-8; James 4:4). However, Jesus offered a solution to this Biblical dilemma in that by repentance of sins and faith in him (Jesus), their sins would be forgiven. He said that "...the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins." ([[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] 2:10) Jesus also said, "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." (Mark 2:17, and "Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men" (Mark 2:28) Jesus Christ taught that "unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God" ([[Gospel of John|John]] 3:3). Protestant Evangelical Christianity often use the terms "saved" and "born again" interchangeably. Other Christians, notably the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church use the phrase ''born again'' as a synonym for [[baptism|baptized]]. "Jesus answered, Amen, amen, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3:5).  Christians are expected to continue living by Christ's teachings (John 8:31), as is appropriate for "children of Light" (Ephesians 5:8-10). Some believe that this is necessary in order to stay saved. However, this is a common misconception of the text. It is rather referring to proving that one is a child of God by their "fruit" (things that they do and how they behave). Christians in the Reformed tradition (following the teaching of the 16th century French lawyer and theologian [[John Calvin]], as well as the faith outlined in the Belgic and Heidleberg Confessions) say that salvation is irrevocable and that it cannot be lost, if it were genuinely part of one's life to begin with. Reformed Christians (often called [[Calvinists]]) point to many verses of Scripture in support of this belief. One such verse is Romans 8:38-39: "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39; [[NASB]]).  According to Calvinists, one reason salvation cannot be lost by natural things is because salvation was obtained through a supernatural being, namely Jesus Christ. This does not negate Jesus' human side, only that he was both one-hundred percent God and one-hundred percent man, as asserted by the [[Council of Chalcedon]] (A. D. 451). Another is because Jesus said of his own Apostles that they could not be snatched from his hand (John 10:28-29). The Bible also makes clear that mankind cannot earn salvation, and that it is a free gift. == Resurrection of Jesus Christ ==[[Image:Jesus resurrected.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"The Resurrection" by Carl Heinrich Bloch]]The [[Resurrection of Jesus Christ|resurrection of Jesus Christ]] is critical to the Christian faith. The Apostle Paul wrote, "if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain" (I Cor:15:14). Traditionally, Christianity has believed in a physical resurrection of Jesus Christ.<ref>http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0056a.txt</ref>  In recent history Gary Habermas is considered a leading [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] for defending the resurrection of Jesus.<ref>Habermas, Gary, [http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/dialog_rexperience/dialog_rexperiences.htm Experiences of the Risen Jesus: The Foundational Historical Issue in the Early Proclamation of the Resurrection], ''Dialog: A Journal of Theology'', Vol. 45; No. 3 (Fall, 2006), pp. 288-297.</ref><ref>"Wildcat" and Holding, J.P., [http://www.tektonics.org/books/lichabrvw.html Book review of "The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus"], 22nd June, 2004 (Tektonics)</ref><ref>Habermas, Gary, [http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/NTeSources/NTArticles/CTR-NT/Habermas-Resurrection1-CTR.pdf Jesus' Resurrection and Contemporary Criticism: An Apologetic] ''Criswell Theological Review'' 4.1 (1989) 159-74.</ref><ref>Habermas, Gary, [http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/crj_explainingaway/crj_explainingaway.htm Explaining Away Jesus' Resurrection:The Recent Revival of Hallucination Theories], Christian Research Journal / vol. 23, no. 4, 2001.</ref><ref>Habermas, Gary, [http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/historical_apologetics/habermas-nt.html Why I Believe The New Testament Is Historically Reliable] (Apologetics.com)</ref>Other notable defenders of the resurrection include: [[William Lane Craig]],<ref>Craig, William Lane, [http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/menus/historical.html Articles: Historical Jesus]</ref> [[Lee Strobel]], [[Josh McDowell]],<ref>McDowell, Josh, [http://www.leaderu.com/everystudent/easter/articles/josh2.html Evidence for the Resurrection], 1992.</ref> [[Edwin M. Yamauchi]],<ref>Jamauchi, Edwin M., [http://www.leaderu.com/everystudent/easter/articles/yama.html Easter: Myth, Hallucination, or History?]</ref> [[N.T. Wright]]<ref>Wright, N.T., [http://www.ntwrightpage.com/Wright_Early_Traditions.htm Early Traditions and the Origins of Christianity], ''Sewanee Theological Review'' 41.2, 1998.</ref> and [[Michael Horner]].<ref>Horner, Michael, [http://www.michaelhorner.com/articles/resurrection/index.html Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?]</ref> ===The Meaning of the Resurrection for Christians=== The Fact of the Resurrection of Christ is a key element of the preaching of the message about Jesus and an essential of Christian belief. But there are also certain effects that this belief has on the lives of believers. 1. It is because Jesus rose from the dead, that believers now can resort to a living Savior to help and deliver them from sin and from situations overwhelming for them by their own powers. 2. The New Testament sees in the resurrection of Christ a certain vindication of what apparently to the world and to all beings was a failure and an overcoming of Him by His crucifixion. He was "declared to be the Son of God" by His resurrection. This brings believers in Him to a strong confidence in the determined power of God to both vindicate in their own lives and to bring His reign upon earth.  3. The coming of Jesus back to life means to the believer that, indeed, their sins are totally forgiven. This is because believers know that His death was as a payment for sins - a "wage of death" for our sins that He received in our stead. If He remained dead, believers would know that the wage had not been fully paid. His resurrection, carries with it our knowledge that our sin with its attendant death has been totally and finally paid for.  4. It is a now living Savior that Christians know can go before them, can closely lead them through life - as He did when He was on earth. This makes following Him practical and real.  5. The New Testament reveals that it is the Risen Christ who received from the Father the Holy Spirit and He, through Himself ascended to the Father, has given the Holy Spirit to us. This gives the believer in Christ both the knowledge and the power to live a godly life, and live a life that can be an intimately and personally directed one. 6. The resurrected Christ was no mere reassembling of the molecules and particles of the Body that had been crucified. It was, indeed, a physical body, but one that was fully under the Spirit's control, guidance, and empowerment. It was a "spiritual body". Christians know that likewise, they will one day be granted the nature of a spiritual body, and full of health. They therefore are full of hope and consolations, and consider that even now in this life, there is an overcoming through Him, a restoration, and that tears, even now, are wiped away. == Evangelism ==In what is called the [[Great Commission]], Jesus sent his disciples out into the world to preach the Gospel (literally "good news") and make disciples.:'''Great Commission''':''But the eleven disciples proceeded to [[Galilee]], to the mountain humility which Jesus had designated. When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful. And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in [[heaven]] and on [[earth]]." Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the [[#God the Father|Father]] and the [[#God the Son|Son]] and the [[#God the Holy Spirit|Holy Spirit]], teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."'' --[[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 28:16-20 [[New American Standard Bible|NASB]]Conservapedia lacks[[Image:Gleyre The Departure of the Apostles.jpg|thumb|240px|The Departure of the Apostles by [[Charles Gleyre]].]]Conservapedia Sysops<br>Conservatipedia Parody Web siteKu Klux Klan== Christian evangelism and Christian internet evangelism ==NAMBLASince its inception Christianity has seen a consistent and [http://users.adam.com.au/bstett/BChristianIncrease12.htm dramatic increase in its number of adherents].<ref>http://users.adam.com.au/bstett/BChristianIncrease12.htm</ref><ref>http://pewforum.org/Christian/Faith-and-Conflict-The-Global-Rise-of-Christianity.aspx</ref> In the 1940's, the [[Lausanne Movement]] was started in order to help Christendom evangelize globally with greater effectiveness and thousands of Christian leaders Ridiculous quotes from around the globe meet regularly to increase the effectiveness of [[Christian evangelism]].<ref>http://www.lausanne.org/about.html</ref> ConservapediaStealth parody=== Internet evangelism ===Why Conservapedia SucksExternal linkssee also: [[Internet evangelism]] Campus Crusade for Christ International Conservapedia (CCCIHilarious Uncyclopedia article) is one of the world's largest evangelism organizations within Christendom and has over 25,000 full time missionaries. In 2006, Alan Beeber of CCCI predicted that internet evangelism will result in more conversion that all other forms of evangelism for CCCI combined.<ref>http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/pdf/issues/LWP0206.pdf</ref> At [[YouTube]], Christians and Christian creationists have faced problems with [[atheist bullying|atheist cyberbullies]], but they [[Essay: Sharing your Christian/creationist videos on the internet|have developed methods to overcome this problem]]. ==History of the name "Christian"==The early Christian faith was sometimes called ''That Way'', (Acts 19:1,9,23; 24:22) and the church its adherents were also called ''Nazarenes'', (Acts 24:5) evidently after the city of [[Nazareth]] where Jesus lived. Probably close to A.D 50 the [[Acts of the Apostles|Book of Acts]] (Acts:11:26) records that "the disciples were called Christians first in [[Antioch]]." The title ''Christian'' is also used in Acts 26:28 and 1 Peter 4:16, and likely is referred to in James 2:7, "Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?"  ==Early Church Community and Commitment: The Biblical Period== The Bible records that that, at least initially, the church saw itself as united. In the community: they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. {43} And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. {44} And all that believed were together, and had all things common; {45} And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. {46} And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved." "And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common."(Acts 2:42-47; 4:32)  This community was soon "scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles," due to determined persecution which resulted in the dispersed disciples going "every where preaching the word." (Acts 8:1,4) Although the scattered Christian communities could soon be found throughout the then known world, they were primarily to be found in two separate cultural and liguistic entities and then kingdoms--the Greek and Latin speaking empires of Europe and the mid-east, and the Aramaic speaking sphere of the Parthian empire of the mid and far-east. This latter sphere encompassed not only the eastern portions of Syria, Arabian peninsula and Persia, but also extended to portions of southern India and even China. To this day there are many [[Aramaic Church]] members in the Kerala province of south India.  Other evidence indicates believers had their own houses and goods. (Acts 10:6; 16:14,15,40; 21:8; 1Cor. 11:22; 1Tim. 6:17; Philemon) ==Early Church Community and Commitment: the Post Biblical Period== '''Justin martyr 100 A.D. - 165 A.D. From the "First Apology" (Defense)'''  <blockquote>But we, after we have thus washed him who has been convinced and has assented to our teaching, bring him to the place where those who are called brethren are assembled, in order that we may offer hearty prayers in common for ourselves and for the baptized [illuminated] person, and for all others in every place, that we may be counted worthy, now that we have learned the truth, by our works also to be found good citizens and keepers of the commandments, so that we may be saved with an everlasting salvation. Having ended the prayers, we salute one another with a kiss. There is then brought to the president of the brethren bread and a cup of wine mixed with water; and he taking them, gives praise and glory to the Father of the universe, through the name of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, and offers thanks at considerable length for our being counted worthy to receive these things at His hands. And when he has concluded the prayers and thanksgivings, all the people present express their assent by saying Amen. This word Amen answers in the Hebrew language to genoito [so be it]. And when the president has given thanks, and all the people have expressed their assent, those who are called by us deacons give to each of those present to partake of the bread and wine mixed with water over which the thanksgiving was pronounced, and to those who are absent they carry away a portion. (Chapt. LXV - administration of the sacraments)</blockquote>  <blockquote>And this food is called among us Eukaristia [the Eucharist = the Thanksgiving], of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things which we teach are true, and who has been washed with the washing that is for the remission of sins, and unto regeneration, and who is so living as Christ has enjoined. For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these; but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Saviour, having been made flesh by the Word of God, had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word, and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh. For the apostles, in the memoirs composed by them, which are called Gospels, have thus delivered unto us what was enjoined upon them; that Jesus took bread, and when He had given thanks, said, "This do ye in remembrance of Me, this is My body;" and that, after the same manner, having taken the cup and given thanks, He said, "This is My blood;" and gave it to them alone... (Chapt. LXVl - of the Eucharist)</blockquote>  <blockquote>And we afterwards continually remind each other of these things. And the wealthy among us help the needy; and we always keep together; and for all things wherewith we are supplied, we bless the Maker of all through His Son Jesus Christ, and through the Holy Ghost. And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things. Then we all rise together and pray, and, as we before said, when our prayer is ended, bread and wine and water are brought, and the president in like manner offers prayers and thanksgivings, according to his ability, and the people assent, saying Amen; and there is a distribution to each, and a participation of that over which thanks have been given, and to those who are absent a portion is sent by the deacons. And they who are well to do, and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need. But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Saviour on the same day rose from the dead...(Chapt.LXVll - weekly worship of the Christians)</blockquote> '''Tertullian (A.D. 160 -220), Early ecclesiatical leader and writer, in his ''Apology'' (response to pagan charges) in describing the early church community (197 A.D.): '''  :We are a body knit together by one faith, one discipline and one hope. We meet together as a congregation, uniting together to offer prayer to God. We pray for the emperors and all in authority, for the welfare of the world, for peace and for the delay of the final end. We read our holy scriptures to nourish our faith, hope, steadfastness and good habits. We hear exhortations and rebukes. We take such judging very seriously – as befits those who believe they are in the sight of God – especially seriously when anyone sins so grievously we have to cut them off from our prayer, our congregation and all sacred things. Our elders preside over us, obtaining that honor not by money, but by their established character. There is no buying and selling in the things of God. Though we have a fund, but not because people can buy religion. Once a month, anyone who wants to makes a small donation – but only he who is able and willing; there is no compulsion. It is not spent on feasts, but to support and bury poor people, to provide for orphans, the elderly old persons, victims of shipwreck and those in prison for their faith.<ref>Defense by Tertullian (39), Trans. Rev. S. Thelwall. Modernized, abridged and introduced by Stephen Tomkins. Edited and prepared for the web by Dan Graves.</ref> '''Pliny the Younger, the Roman governor of Pontus & Bithynia (northern Turkey) from A.D. 111-113, reporting to emperor Trajan of Christians, whom such pagan rulers found intolerable:'''  :...in the case of those who were denounced to me as Christians, I have observed the following procedure: I interrogated these as to whether they were Christians; those who confessed I interrogated a second and a third time, threatening them with punishment; those who persisted I ordered executed. For I had no doubt that, whatever the nature of their creed, stubbornness and inflexible obstinacy surely deserve to be punished. There were others possessed of the same folly; but because they were Roman citizens, I signed an order for them to be transferred to Rome. :... Those who denied that they were or had been Christians, when they invoked the gods in words dictated by me, offered prayer with incense and wine to your image, which I had ordered to be brought for this purpose together with statues of the gods, and moreover cursed Christ--none of which those who are really Christians, it is said, can be forced to do--these I thought should be discharged. Others named by the informer declared that they were Christians, but then denied it, asserting that they had been but had ceased to be, some three years before, others many years, some as much as twenty-five years. They all worshipped your image and the statues of the gods, and cursed Christ.  :They asserted, however, that the sum and substance of their fault or error had been that they were accustomed to meet on a fixed day before dawn and sing responsively a hymn to Christ as to a god, and to bind themselves by oath, not to some crime, but not to commit fraud, theft, or adultery, not falsify their trust, nor to refuse to return a trust when called upon to do so. When this was over, it was their custom to depart and to assemble again to partake of food--but ordinary and innocent food.<ref>Pliny the Younger Letters, 10.96 </ref> == Resources on becoming a Christian ==[[File:Hoffman Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane.jpg|thumbnail|170px|[[Jesus Christ|Christ]] in the Garden of Gethsemane by Heinrich Hofmann.]]''see also:'' [[Resources on becoming a Christian]] '''Below are some resources on becoming a [[Christian]]:''' *[http://www.jesusfilm.org/film-and-media/watch-the-film Jesus film - free access]  *[http://www.thewordfortoday.org/?page=C2000 Free audio Bible and Bible audio streaming] *[http://www.allaboutgod.com/ AllAboutGod.com] *[[Video testimonies of Christians]] *[http://www.gotquestions.org/repentance.html Repentance]   '''Tips on choosing a Christian church:''' *[http://www.allaboutreligion.org/choosing-a-christian-church-faq.htm Choosing a Christian Church]  '''Spiritual growth as a Christian:''' *[http://www.navpress.com/product/9781576839324/The-Pursuit-of-Holiness-Jerry-Bridges The Pursuit of Holiness] by Jerry Bridges*[http://www.navpress.com/product/9780891099413/The-Practice-of-Godliness-Jerry-Bridges The Practice of Godliness] by Jerry Bridges*[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/529785.The_Complete_Book_of_Discipleship The Complete Book of Discipleship: On Being and Making Followers of Christ] ==Also See==[[Image:Orthodox churches icon artwork.jpg|thumb|Orthodox Church's icon artwork.]]'''Denominations or branches of Christianity'''*[[Roman Catholic Church]]*[[Orthodox Church]]*[[Protestantism|Protestant]]**[[Amish]]**[[Baptist]]**[[Church of England]] or ''Anglican Church''**[[Episcopal Church in the United States of America]] (or ''Episcopal Church'' or ''Episcopalians'') (Non-UK branch of the Anglican Church)**[[Evangelical Christianity]]**[[Fundamentalism]]**[[Liberal Christianity]]**[[Lutheran]]**[[Mennonite]]**[[Methodist]]**[[Pentecostal]]**[[Plymouth Brethren]]**[[Presbyterian]]**[[Seventh-day Adventist]]  '''Disputed'''*[[Christian Science]] '''Other articles'''*[[Aramaic Church]]*[[Cathedral]]*[[Catholicism]]*[[Christian apologetics]] (Defense of Christianity)*[[Christianity and Science]]*[[Church]]*[[Conservative Christianity]]*[[Eucharist]]*[[Evangelical Apostolic Church of North America (Syro-Chaldean)]]*[[Christian apologetics|Evidence for Christianity]]*[[Gospel reading in the Church: the Turgama]]*[[Inspiration of Holy Scripture: An Eastern Christian and Jewish Perspective]]*[[Jesus Christ]]*[[Judaism]]*[[Messiah]]*[[New Testament understanding through the Jewish perspective]]*[[Passover Seder]]*[[Persecution of Christians]]*[[Red-letter Christian]]*[[Sign of the Cross]]*[[Essay: The Way of Salvation]]*[[Gates of Hell]]*[[Anti Abortion activism: a personal essay]] '''Internet evangelism:''' *[[Essay: Sharing your Christian and creationist videos on YouTube and the internet]] ==Further reading=====Encyclopedias===* Bodensieck, Julius, ed. ''The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church,'' (3 vol 1965), ECLS perspective * Brauer, Jerald C. ''The Westminster Dictionary of Church History'' (1971), 880pp* [http://newadvent.org/cathen/index.html ''The Catholic Encyyclopedia'' (1907-1913)], old but highly detailed and online** '' New Catholic Encyclopedia'', edited by the Catholic University of America, 17 vol. 1967-1979.*Cross, F. L., and E. A. Livingstone, eds. ''The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church'' (3rd ed. 1997), 1840pp; [http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Dictionary-Christian-Church/dp/0192802909/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b excerpt and text search]; online at [[OUP]]* Elwell, Walter A., ed. ''Evangelical Dictionary of Theology‎'' (2001) 1312 pages; articles by over 200 Evangelical or Fundamentalist scholars *Hastings, Adrian et al. eds. ''The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought'' (2000) 808pp; 600 articles by 260 Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox scholars; [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0198600240/ref=sib_dp_pt/105-4292297-2766841#reader-link excerpt and text search]; online at [[OUP]]*''New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge'' (1911), ), major sources of older scholarly articles; mainline Protestant perspective **[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc01.toc.html Vol. 1: Aachen - Basilians]**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc02.toc.html Vol. 2: Basilica - Chambers]**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc03.toc.html Vol. 3: Chamier - Draendorf]**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc04.toc.html Vol. 4: Draeseke - Goa]**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc05.toc.html Vol. 5: Goar - Innocent]**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc06.toc.html Vol. 6: Innocents - Liudger]**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc07.toc.html Vol. 7: Liutprand - Moralities]**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc08.toc.html Vol. 8: Morality - Petersen]**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc09.toc.html Vol. 9: Petri - Reuchlin]**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc10.toc.html Vol. 10: Reutsch - Son]**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc11.toc.html Vol. 11: Son of Man - Tremellius]**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc12.toc.html Vol. 12: Trench - Zwingli]**[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc13.toc.html Vol. 13: Index] ===Histories===*Briggs, J. H. Y., Robert D. Linder, and David F. Wright. ''Introduction to the History of Christianity: First Century to the Present Day'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-History-Christianity-Century-Present/dp/0800638123/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200823548&sr=8-4 excerpt and text search] *Gonzalez, Justo L. '' A History of Christian Thought: Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Council of Chalcedon'' (2nd ed. 1987); [http://www.amazon.com/History-Christian-Thought-Beginnings-Chalcedon/dp/0687171822/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200823941&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search vol 1]; ''A History of Christian Thought: Volume 2: From Augustine to the Eve of the Reformation'' (2nd ed. 1987) [http://www.amazon.com/History-Christian-Thought-Augustine-Reformation/dp/0687171830/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200823941&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search vol 2]; ''A History of Christian Thought: Volume 3: From the Protestant Reformation to the Twentieth Century'' (1987) [http://www.amazon.com/History-Christian-Thought-Protestant-Reformation/dp/0687171849/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200808706&sr=8-12 excerpt and text search vol 3]*Horsley, Richard A. ''Christian Origins: A People's History Of Christianity, Vol. 1'' (2006), 318pp [http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Origins-Peoples-History-Christianity/dp/080063411X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200886474&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]*Latourette, Kenneth Scott. ''A History of Christianity'' (2 vol 1975) [http://www.amazon.com/History-Christianity-Beginnings-1500-Revised/dp/0060649526/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200823548&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search vol 1, to 1500], by leading Baptist scholar*Latourette, Kenneth Scott. ''A history of the expansion of Christianity'' (7 vol 1939-1970), monumental history of missionary work worldwide*MacCulloch, Diarmaid. ''The Reformation'' (2005), influential recent survey [http://www.amazon.com/Reformation-Diarmaid-MacCulloch/dp/014303538X/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200808706&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]*McGonigle, Thomas D., and James F. Quigley. ''A history of the Christian Tradition: From Its Jewish Orgins to the Reformation'' (1988); ''A History of the Christian Tradition, Vol. II: From the Reformation to the Present'' (1996) [http://www.amazon.com/History-Christian-Tradition-Vol-Reformation/dp/0809136481/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200808706&sr=8-15 excerpt and text search vol 2]*Pelikan, Jaroslav. ''Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine'' (5 vol 1975-91) [http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Tradition-Development-Doctrine-Medieval/dp/0226653757/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201083460&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search v. 3, 600 AD -1300]]; [http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Tradition-Development-Reformation-1300-1700/dp/0226653773/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201083460&sr=8-4 excerpt and text search vol 4, 1300-1700]; [http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Tradition-History-Development-Doctrine/dp/0226653803/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201083460&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search vol 5, 1700-present] This is the standard history of Christian doctrine. *Ward, Keith. ''Christianity: A Beginner's Guide'' (2008), 195pp ===United States===* Ahlstrom, Sydney E. ''A religious history of the American people‎'' (1979) 1192 pages; classic history from broad perspective [http://books.google.com/books?id=5kFF6a1viGcC&dq=inauthor:ahlstrom&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpt and text search] * Balmer, Randall. ''Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism'' (2nd ed. 2004), 655pp [http://www.questia.com/library/book/encyclopedia-of-evangelicalism-by-randall-balmer.jsp ''Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism'' online edition]* Lippy, Charles H. and Peter W. Williams, eds. ''Encyclopedia of the American religious experience: studies of traditions and movements'' (3 vol 1988) 1872 pages; standard reference work; long essays by scholars * Noll, Mark A. '' A history of Christianity in the United States and Canada‎'' (1992), by leading Evangelical historian [http://books.google.com/books?id=VGF3wbzzy9QC&dq=intitle:christianity+inauthor:noll&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpt and text search]* Queen, Edward L. et al, eds. Encyclopedia of American Religious History'' (3rd ed. 2 vol. 2009) 1200pp* Reid, Daniel G. et al. eds., ''Dictionary of Christianity in America'' (199)* Wooley, Davis C. ed. '' Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists‎'' (5 vol 1958-19820; 2565 pages ==References=={{reflist|2}} ==External Links==*[http://www.aim.org/wls/category/christians/ What Liberals Say - Category: Christians], [[Accuracy In Media]]*[http://www.christian.com Christian] Social Network[[Category:Christianity| ]][[Category:Worldviews]][[Category:Featured articles]]