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Is there a theory within Christianity that explains why some Christians report more 'spiritual experiences' than others?
Many Christians would refer to a period of spiritual dryness, when the life of faith is devoid of spiritual experiences as a "Dark Night of the Soul" or a "Period of Spiritual Dryness&...
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Is there a theory within Christianity that explains why some Christians report more 'spiritual experiences' than others?
An answer can be gleaned from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, chapter 12:
7 To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is
given for some benefit. 8 To one is given through the Spirit ...
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According to Pentecostalism/Charismatics, how does God manifest and interact with Christians?
Under the section ‘Beliefs’ this article explains how Pentecostals view having an experience of God comes through baptism with the Holy Spirit. Part of the article says this:
Baptism with the Holy ...
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According to Mormonism, how does God manifest and interact with Christians?
Do LDS teachings provide specific guidelines for how Christians should or could experience/encounter God in everyday life
Yes.
'We’re told to look for God in many places—in the scriptures, in our ...
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According to Protestantism, how does God manifest and interact with Christians?
If there is any sort of repeated, personal experience for an individual Christian beyond what Nigel J. has outlined above it is this:
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the ...
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According to Protestantism, how does God manifest and interact with Christians?
1. Manifestation
The Bible League Trust, a Protestant Organisation, states in regard to their own heading 'God Manifested' that :
“God was manifest in the flesh.” 1 Timothy 3:16 [TR/KJV]
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According to Catholicism, how does God manifest and interact with Christians?
By divine revelation:
Disclosure by God of himself and his will to the human race. The disclosure comes to human beings by way of communication, which implies the communicator, who is God; the ...
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According to Catholicism, how does God manifest and interact with Christians?
"According to Catholicism, how does God manifest and interact with Christians?"
I agree with the statement made above, that this is a broad (and somewhat vague) question. I will try to ...
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In Christianity, does belief precede religious experience, or is it the other way around?
The Christian religion requires faith in God - belief in him. Now, so do most other religions. That is why Christians go far further back in discovering the realities of their faith than only from ...
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In Christianity, does belief precede religious experience, or is it the other way around?
I also will ask you a question, and if you answer it, I will tell you if experience precedes faith or vice versa.
"Which comes first: the chicken, or the egg?"
For faith comes by hearing, ...
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In Christianity, does belief precede religious experience, or is it the other way around?
The answer depends on denominational doctrine as well as individual experience. Most denominations practice infant baptism, which means that a person becomes a member of the faith community shortly ...
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In Christianity, does belief precede religious experience, or is it the other way around?
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, ...
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