Many who side with this view disagree that Luke portrays Christianity or the Roman Empire as harmless and thus reject the apologetic view because “ Acts does not present Christians as politically harmless or law abiding for there are a large number of public controversies concerning Christianity, particularly featuring Paul .” For example, to support this view Cassidy references how Paul is accused of going against the Emperor because he is “ saying that there is another king named Jesus .” ( Acts 17: 7 ) Furthermore, there are multiple examples of Paul ’ s preaching causing uprisings in various cities ( Acts 14: 2 ; 14: 19 ; 16: 19-23 ; 17: 5 ; 17: 13-14 ; 19: 28-40 ; 21: 27 ).

Many Christians interpret Boaz and Ruth as typical of Jesus and the Church.

Many of the population of the Western hemisphere could broadly be described as cultural Christians, due to the predominance of the Christian faith in Western culture, as well as widely celebrated religious holidays such as Easter and Christmas.

Many Christians have believed that Jesus ' doctrine of peace speaks only to personal ethics and is distinct from civil government's duty to punish crime.

Many, but not all, Christians believe:

Many Christians do not consider anti-Judaism to be antisemitism.

Many of the debates among Christians have roots in questions about the sources of authority different Christians believe represent God's purest or most definitive message.

Many Christians believe that marriage is defined by the union of a man and a woman, and that any sexual act outside of the marriage relationship is inherently sinful.

Many Jews view Christians as having quite an ambivalent view of the Torah, or Mosaic law: on one hand Christians speak of it as God's absolute word, but on the other, they apply its commandments with a certain selectivity ( compare Biblical law in Christianity ).

Many Protestant Christians claim that the Ten Commandments prohibit abortion under the heading of " Do not murder ".

Many Egyptian Christians went to the desert during the 3rd century, and remained there to pray and work and dedicate their lives to seclusion and worship of God.

Many of those who apply the term " Catholic Church " to all Christians object to the use of the term to designate what they view as only one church within what they understand as the " whole " Catholic Church.

Many of these churches reject the idea that anyone other than the authors of Scripture can directly lead other Christians by original divine authority ; after the New Testament, they assert, the doors of revelation were closed and councils can only give advice or guidance, but have no authority.

The author of the Easton's article concludes, " Many Christians today still find this letter to speak to modern-day problems within church communities.

Many Buryat Mongols also became Christians due to the Russian expansion.

Many Christians who believe in universalism hold panentheistic views of God in conjunction with their belief in apocatastasis, also called universal reconciliation.

Many Presbyterian denominations have found ways of working together with other Reformed denominations and Christians of other traditions, especially in the World Communion of Reformed Churches.

Many Christians call their prophet Jesus of Nazareth the " Prince of Peace ", and see him as a messiah ( savior or deliverer ), the " Christ ", who manifested as the Son of God on Earth to establish God's Kingdom of Peace, wherein persons, societies, and all of Creation are to be healed of evil.

Many of these prophets are also found in the texts of Judaism ( The Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings ; collectively known as the Old Testament to Christians ) and Christianity.

Many Christians with Pentecostal or charismatic beliefs believe in the continuation of the gift of prophecy and the continuation of the role of prophet as taught in Ephesians 4.

Many Christians regard Jesus as a divine incarnation.

" Many Christians have objected to my use of this word even when I define it specifically.

Many Christians regard the resurrection of Jesus as the central doctrine in Christianity.

Many other churches have people who hold to the doctrine without making it a part of their doctrines, or who apply it to individuals but not to governments, see also Evangelical counsels.

( Many immigrants to America that agreed with the union movement formed German Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed congregations, later to be gathered as the Evangelical Synod of North America, which is now a part of the United Church of Christ.

Many of the larger Charismatic and Evangelical parishes have larger ministry teams with a number of pastoral leaders, some ordained and others who are not.

Many have considered the most accurate term for Wesleyan theology to be " Evangelical Arminianism.

Many came from the Carmel Evangelical Church in Brislington.

Many Evangelical critics have asserted that the teaching is, in fact, cultic ; Hank Hanegraaff, for example, contends the ' little gods ' doctrine is on a par with the teaching of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Jim Jones.

Many of the leaders, ministers, and congregations that supported ELIM eventually left the LCMS in 1976 to form the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches ( AELC ), one of the three predecessor churches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ( ELCA ).

Many of Hemming's translations are present ( with some modernization ) in the official book of anthems of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

Many Evangelical parishes were founded by pastors trained in interdenominational missionary societies such as the St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission in Basel, Switzerland in the early 19th century ; they immigrated to the United States to assist settlers fleeing Prussian militarism.

Many Evangelical Christians believe that New Testament prophecies associated with the Jewish Temple, such as Matthew 24-25 and 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-12, were not completely fulfilled during the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 ( a belief of Full Preterism ) and that these prophecies refer to a future temple.

Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of the Protestant Reformation due to his teaching on salvation and divine grace.

Many evangelical Protestants reject creeds as definitive statements of faith, even while agreeing with some or all of the substance of the creeds.

Many evangelical Protestants similarly reject creeds as definitive statements of faith, even while agreeing with some creeds ' substance.

Many Protestants consider Catholicism to be a cult, due to its beliefs regarding the Pope, Mary, and Purgatory.

Many Protestants ( especially those belonging to the magisterial traditions, such as Lutherans, or those such as Methodists, that broke away from the Anglican Communion ) accept the teachings of the first seven councils but do not ascribe to the councils themselves the same authority as Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox do.

Many Protestants found these " idolatrous ".

Many rich Protestants, including John Foxe, chose exile, and around 800 left the country.

Many historians argue that his conviction for treason was unjust, and even among some Protestants his execution was viewed as heavy-handed.

Many Protestants also use the term Lord's Supper.

Many Protestants reject a literal interpretation of these words.

Many did not look forward to fighting against fellow Christians and, by and large, fellow Christian Protestants.

Many Protestants heralded him as a champion of their faith.

Many wealthy Protestants, such as John Foxe and John Cheke, fled England, and Walsingham was among them.

Many Williamite troops at the Boyne, including their very effective irregular cavalry, were Protestants from Ulster, who called themselves " Inniskillingers " and were referred to by contemporaries as " Scots-Irish ".

Many Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox Christians partake in and organise spiritual retreats each year.

Many other Protestants were sheltered by the city.

Many Huguenots settled in Ireland during the Plantations of Ireland, encouraged by an act of parliament for Protestants ' settling in Ireland.

" Many elite Protestants were now alarmed by the forces unleashed, and some of the nobility began to shift towards support of the government.

Many of these religious residents identify as Christians — 38. 08 % are Protestants, 7. 65 % are Roman Catholics, 5. 03 % identify with another Christian faith, 0. 43 % are Mormons, 0. 03 % belong to an Eastern religion, and 0. 01 % are Jewish.

Many Protestants were nobles or bourgeois and Frieda adds that " a number of bourgeois Catholic Parisians had suffered the same fate as the Protestants ; many financial debts were wiped clean with the death of creditors and moneylenders that night ".

Many Protestants, such as Lutherans, use the term heterodox to describe Christian teachings which are not in agreement with their understanding of scripture.

Many Protestants voted for the Nazis in the elections of summer and fall 1932 and March 1933.

Many Protestants use the term pastor as a title ( e. g., Pastor Smith ) or as a job title ( like Senior Pastor or Worship Pastor ).