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Index of Christian spiritual topics

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Abraham
adultery

Do Not Commit Adultery

agnostic
Anabaptists
angels

How did the angels originate?
The origin of angels
The characteristics of angels
Guardian angels
The number of angels
The dwelling place of angels

Speculations about the ranks of angels
The part the angels play in our death
The Angels (A Brief Bible Study)

Living Among God's Angels (An Extended Bible Study)

anger

Unjustified anger

Antichrist
arguments
Arius
astrology

atheist
Augustine
Babel
Bach, Johan Sebastian

Baptism

What is the truth about Holy Baptism?
Immersion
What does it mean to baptize?
Why should little children be baptized?
What blessings are given through baptism?
In what does the power of baptism lie?
Is it ever necessary to rebaptize?

Bible

Who is the author of the Bible?
What does the verbal inspiration of the Bible mean?
What is the Bible?
What makes the Bible different from other books?
The Bible is the source for what information?
What are the chief doctrines of the Bible?

Are there contradictions and errors in the Bible?
How did the Bible come to be written?
What is the purpose of the Bible?
When do we read the Bible correctly?
How does the Lord want us to use the Bible?
A Guide for Reading the Bible in a Year

Books Of The Bible:

The Four Gospel's Record Of Christ's Life And Work
An Overview Of The Gospel Of Matthew
An Overview Of The Gospel Of Mark
An Overview Of The Gospel Of Luke
An Overview Of The Gospel Of John
An Overview Of The Book Of Acts
An Overview Of The Book Of Romans
An Overview Of The Book Of 1 Corinthians
An Overview Of The Book Of 2 Corinthians
An Overview Of The Book Of Galatians
Historical Background To Paul's Prison Epistles: Colossians, Philemon, Ephesians, Philippians
An Overview Of The Book Of Ephesians
An Overview Of The Book Of Philippians
An Overview Of The Book Of Colossians
An Overview Of The Book Of 1 Thessalonians
An Overview Of The Book Of 2 Thessalonians
Historical Background To Paul's Pastoral Epistles: 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus
An Overview Of The Book Of 1 Timothy
An Overview Of The Book Of 2 Timothy
An Overview Of The Book Of Titus
An Overview Of The Book Of Philemon
An Overview Of The Book Of Hebrews
An Overview Of The Book Of James
An Overview Of The Book Of 1 Peter
An Overview Of The Book Of 2 Peter
An Overview Of The Book Of 1 John
An Overview Of The Book Of 2 John
An Overview Of The Book Of 3 John
An Overview Of The Book Of Jude
An Overview Of The Book Of Revelation

bestiality
black arts

born again
burial methods
Calvin
capital punishment
cemeteries
charismatics
Christ, see Jesus Christ

Christianity:

A Brief Introduction to Christianity

church

What is the truth about the church?
The definition of the church
Why is the true church called the Holy Christian Church?
What is the nature of the true church?
How is the true church gathered and assembled?
Where do we find the true church?
What is a false, erring church?
Can there be Christians in false churches?
What mission has Christ entrusted to his church?
A brief history of the Christian Church
The growth of the church as reported by the Book of Acts

church discipline
church fellowship

Which church will we seek out to worship in?
How is church fellowship defined?
How can we recognize our fellow believers with whom we will enter into church fellowship?
What should we do when we find those who hold to false doctrine?

Church of England, or Episcopal Church
confession
Christian Confessions: Apostles Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed ; Additional Confessions: Book Of Concord

A brief history of the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds

Commandments:

The First Commandment
The Second Commandment
The Third Commandment
The Fourth Commandment
The Fifth Commandment
The Sixth Commandment
The Seventh Commandment
The Eighth Commandment
The Ninth and Tenth Commandments

conscience

What Is The Only Cure For A Guilty Conscience?

contrition; see repentance also
contradictions in the Bible
conversion
Corpus Christi
covetousness
Crammer
creation

How did the universe come into existence?
How did God create man?

creeds, see Christian Confessions
David

death

What happens to a person when he dies? (A Brief Discussion)
What happens to a person when he dies? (An Expanded Discussion)
Eternal death

Spiritual death
Temporal death
What death is
Cause of death
Fear of death
Different kinds of death
Life after death
Near-death, out-of-body experiences
Sudden, unexpected, accidental, or tragic death
The nature of death
Is death annihilation?
Death is a blessing
The Time Of Death, (A Bible Study)

Fear Not Death, O My Soul

Die Blamelessly
Don't Fear the Unknown
You Will Not Be Alone When You Die
Combat Fear with Grace and Truth
Behold the Blessings of Death
Hope in the Resurrection of Your Body
Be Faithful unto Death for the Crown of Life
Face Death with Prayer

Mary's Grief and Despair Turned to Joy

The Lord's Prayer--The Seventh Petition

A Biblical Perspective Of Life And Death

Learn From Jesus To Prepare For Death

Don't Despair Over Departed Christians

demons

How did demons originate?
The characteristics of demons
Demonic possession

The dwelling place of demons
The Devil's Defeat

depression

Mary's Grief and Despair Turned to Joy
Making Bricks Without Straw

desertion
devil, see:

demons
The Angels (a Bible Study)

divination
divine call into the public ministry

May women serve as pastors?

divorce

Is Divorce Lawful?
What is the Truth about Divorce?

earthquakes
election
employers, employees
end of the world
enlightenment

euthanasia

Euthanasia in light of the Fifth Commandment
Euthanasia, a God-pleasing death?

Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
evolution

Is macro evolution a scientific fact?
Micro evolution
Evolution provides no hope

excommunication
extra-marital affairs
faith

What is saving faith?

fall into sin

The fall into sin
The effects of the fall into sin

family

When will Our Christian Families Fare Well?
Our Family's Lord is the Triune God

famines
fortune-telling
fraud
gambling
Gerhardt, Paul

God

How do we know God there is a God?
What attributes of God does nature reveal?
What is the purpose of the natural knowledge of God?

What attributes of God does the Bible reveal?

gospel

What does the gospel teach us?

gossip
grace
greed

grief

Mary's Grief and Despair Turned to Joy

hatred
Handel, George
heaven

What does the Bible tell us about the blessedness of heaven?
The Glories Of Heaven

health

Problems with Health?
The Resurrected Jesus Lives!

hell

A startling glimpse of hell accompanied Jesus' suffering on the cross
The Deliverance From Hell

Holy Communion

What is the truth about the Sacrament of Holy Communion?
For whom did Christ institute the Sacrament of Holy Communion?
What is the practice of close communion?
What is present in the Sacrament of Holy Communion?
What intentions does Christ have for us in Holy Communion?
Why will we desire to receive Holy Communion?
What blessings are given to us in Holy Communion?
What should we do before receiving Holy Communion?

Holy Spirit

What is the truth about the Holy Spirit and his work?
What does the Bible teach us about the gifts of the Holy Spirit?

homosexuality
horoscopes

hypocrisy
image of God
idols
idolatry

Insufficient knowledge about God within nature leads to idolatry
The first commandment forbids idolatry
Open idolatry

Secret idolatry

incest
inerrant

Isaac
Israel

The early history of Israel began with the patriarchs
The United Kingdom

The Divided Kingdom

Jacob
Jesus Christ

See: What is the Truth about the Savior?
The meaning of his name Christ

The meaning of his name Jesus
In what way was Jesus Christ unique?
Christ's work of redemption: See questions 3, 4, 5 in the Truth about the Savior
Christ's state of humiliation
Christ's state of exultation
The Four Gospels' Record Of Christ's Life And Work
The Signs Of Jesus' Coming
Jesus Is The Promised Christ

Joseph
Joshua
judgment

What happens to a person when he dies?
What will happen on the last day when Jesus returns?

Jesus Is Coming To Separate The Sheep And The Goats
Judgment Day
The Final Judgment
Stay Alert!

justification

The meaning of justification
Objective justification
Subjective justification
The blessings of justification
In justification what sins does God forgive?
Who needs justification?
How God accomplished our justification
To whom does God offer justification?
Who actually is justified?
Justification makes our salvation certain
The importance of justification to Christianity
Justification

Knox, John
last things

What is the truth about the last things?
What promise have we been given?
When will Jesus return in glory?
What distressing signs point to Jesus coming on the last day?
Can the exact time of Jesus' return be determined?
What does the Bible tell us about the conditions at the time of Jesus' coming?
What will happen on the last day when Jesus returns?
What does the Bible tell us about the blessedness of heaven?
The Signs Of Jesus' Coming
The Last Day

The Resurrection Of The Dead
The Devil's Defeat
The Final Judgment
The Deliverance From Hell
The Glories Of Heaven
The Necessary Preparations
The Time Of Death
Stay Alert!

law

Ceremonial Law
Civil Law
Moral Law

When was the written moral law given?
In what ways has God given his moral law?

What is the purpose of the moral law?
How was the moral law summarized?
See The Commandments

What does the law teach us?

lesbianism
lodges
loneliness

We Never Walk Alone

love
Luther, Martin
Lutheran Church

The birth of the Lutheran Church
The Lutheran Church in the United States

Lutheran Confessions
Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America
lying wonders
misfortunes
man and woman

Discovering The Roles Of Man And Woman -- Study Of The Pertinent Sections Of The Old Testament
Discovering The Roles Of Man And Woman -- Study Of The Pertinent Sections Of The New Testament

marriage

How did the institution of marriage come into being?
What does God teach us about marriage?
What does God teach us about the roles and responsibilities of husbands and wives?

Preparing & Planning Your Marriage
Advantages Of A Christ-Centered Marriage
Plan for Your Marriage in the Lord
The Goals of This Premarital Counseling Material
Planning Your Church Wedding
God's Design for Your Marriage
Family Background Questionnaire
The First & Second Chief Marital Problems
Communication
Dealing with Disagreements & Curbing Conflicts
Resolving Anger & Resentment
The Types of Love Needed in Your Marriage
Preserving & Promoting Love in Your Marriage
Growing in Knowledge about Sexual Love in Marriage
Keeping Your Marriage like a Sweet Honeymoon

means of grace

The Word and the Sacrament of Holy Baptism
The Sacrament of Holy Communion

mercy killing
Messiah
Methodist Church
millennium

Millennialism, explanation and history of

ministry of the keys

What is the truth about the ministry of the keys?
What is the ministry of the keys?
To whom has Christ given the keys of the kingdom of heaven?
Through whom does the church minister the keys publicly?
In administering the keys whose sins should be forgiven and whose sins should not be forgiven?

Miracles
Missouri Synod
money
Moses

mutual consent for marriage
New Testament

Noah
offerings
Old Testament

ouija boards
pantheism
Passover
pastors

May women serve as pastors?

patriarchs
Pelagius
Pentecost
persecution

The beginning of the persecution of the Christian Church
The persecution of Christians is a sign pointing to Christ's return

pestilence
polygamy, when it started

pope
pornography
prayer

What is the truth about prayer?

Definition of prayer
Why do we pray?
How are we to pray?
What can we pray for?
For whom should we pray?
Should we pray for the dead?
When do we pray unconditionally and conditionally?
How often should we pray?
Does God answer all our prayers?
Whose prayers are not answered?
Where can we pray?
What does Jesus teach us with the address: Our Father in heaven?
What does Jesus teach us in the first petition: Hallowed by your name?
What does Jesus teach us in the second petition: Your kingdom come?
What does Jesus teach us in the third petition: Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven?
What does Jesus teach us in the fourth petition: Give us today our daily bread?
What does Jesus teach us in the fifth petition: Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors?
What does Jesus teach us in the sixth petition: And lead us not into temptation?
What does Jesus teach us in the seventh petition: But deliver us from evil?
What does Jesus teach us in the doxology: For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen?

The Lord's Prayer: (series of sermons)

The Address
The First Petition
The Second Petition
The Third Petition
The Fourth Petition
The Fifth Petition
The Sixth Petition
The Seventh Petition
The Doxology

Face Death with Prayer

preaching of God’s Word
premarital sex
Presbyterian Church
preservation

profanity
prophecy, nature of
prostitution
protection

Protestant

purgatory

purgatory (A Brief Discussion)
purgatory (An Expanded Discussion)

rapture
Reformation
regeneration
repentance

What leads us to repentance?

resentment
resurrection of the dead

Mary's Grief and Despair Turned to Joy
The Resurrection Of The Dead

revelations

Are we to expect new revelations of Scripture to be added to the Bible?

revenge
robbery

roles of man and woman

Roles of Man and Woman
Roles of Men and Women
Discovering The Roles Of Man And Woman

Roman Catholic Church
Sabbath day
sacrament

What is a sacrament?
The Sacrament of Holy Baptism
The Sacrament of Holy Communion

sacramental union
Sacrifice of the Mass
salvation

How do I obtain eternal life and salvation?

sanctification

See: What is the Truth about Sanctification?
A definition of sanctification
Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit

Satan, see

demons
The Angels (a Bible Study)
The Devil's Defeat

scouts
seances
sexual perversion
sin

Actual sin
Inherited, original, natural sin
Sin, a sermon on sin

sinful nature
slander
Sodom and Gomorrah
Solomon
sorcery

soul

All people have a soul as well as a body
What happens to the soul at death?
The immortality of the soul

spiritism
steal

stewardship

Christian Giving Is The Proof Of Our Love

suffering, God's purpose for it and our benefit because of it

suicide

suicide, a God-pleasing death?
suicide in light of the Fifth Commandment

superstition
temper, bad

temporal punishments
thanksgiving
time of grace
transubstantiation
Trinity, Triune
unfair business practices
Valhalla
Verbal Inspiration
Wesley, John

Wisconsin Synod
witchcraft
work

Do I Work or Do I Trust in the Lord to Provide?
Making Bricks Without Straw

works

What is a good work?

worldliness
worship
Zwingli

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