Christianity and the Future

Contents
In the Balance

Chapter 1: A Framework for Studying Christian Disunity

Chapter 2: The Relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Chapter 3: The Cross and Path to Salvation

Chapter 4: The Consistency of Free Will and Predestination

Chapter 5: Response to Sins within the Church

Chapter 6: Role of Men and Women in the Church

Chapter 7: Governing the Churches of Christianity

Chapter 8: Christian Ways to Follow the Great Commission

Chapter 9: Responsibilities of Christians with Political Power

Chapter 10: Impact of Competing Christian Institutions

Chapter 11: The Power Given by God to Christians

Chapter 12: The Imperative for Christian Churches to Unite References


Table of Figures
Figure 1.1: Worldly Forces and Associated Christian Positions
Figure 1.2: Ranges of Spiritual Characteristics Based on Christian Branches
Figure 1.3: Qualities within the Churches that Can Bring Us to Spiritual Unity
Figure 2.1: Ranges of Spiritual Characteristics on Each Side of the Trinity Debate
Figure 2.2: An Expanded Understanding of the Trinity
Figure 3.1: Ranges of Spiritual Characteristics around the Salvation Debate
Figure 3.2: Historical Path in which People Reached to the Cross
Figure 3.3: Letting the Cross Grow within Us
Figure 3.4: Our Spiritual Path to God as Led by the Holy Spirit
Figure 4.1: Ranges of Spiritual Characteristics Around the Predestination Debate
Figure 4.2: Intertwining of Our Free Will and Predestination
Figure 5.1: Ranges of Spiritual Characteristics Polarizing Our Response to Sins
Figure 5.2: The Dimensions of Sin within Us
Figure 6.1: Spiritual Characteristics For and Against Ordaining Women
Figure 6.2: Moving the Role of Women into the Future
Figure 7.1: Spiritual Characteristics Support Different Christian Governance Types
Figure 7.2: Governance Supporting Christian Unity Instead of Causing Divisions
Figure 8.1: Spiritual Characteristics Dividing Response to the Great Commission
Figure 8.2: Some Potential Consequences of When People Receive the Word
Figure 9.1: Spiritual Characteristics Involved in Division Over Faith and Politics
Figure 9.2: The Focus of Christian Political Participation
Figure 10.1: Ranges of Spiritual Characteristics Associated Competing Institutions
Figure 10.2: Mechanisms for Institutions Based on Organization
Figure 11.1: Spiritual Characteristics Causing Varying Perspectives of God’s Power
Figure 11.2: Power from God Revealed Across History
Figure 12.1: The Failing Struggle of Enclaves Against Worldly Forces
Figure 12.2: Migration of Weak Christians and Churchgoers as Enclaves Decline
Figure 12.3: Behaviors of Committed Christians Reacting to Worldly Forces
Figure 12.4: Lost of Christians to Worldly Spiritual Characteristics