https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:teleiosresearch/ en-us Wed, 6 Mar 2024 13:19:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4222292/posts 1 Timothy 2:1-3 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4222292/posts#comment Wed, 6 Mar 2024 13:19:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3989054/posts While Christ’s death dealt with our personal sins so we would be found innocent, the key to eternal life is His resurrection. Scripture states if there was no resurrection, we would remain dead in our sins (1 Corinthians 15:17). It is Christ’s resurrection that enabled several of the secure positions before God. It is Christ’s resurrection that allowed Him to ascend to heaven to send the Holy Spirit to seal us (Romans 8:9), to now head the family of God into which we are adopted (Ephesians 1:5) and to spiritually baptize us so we are identified with His new life... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3989054/posts#comment Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:58:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3959120/posts So what is Christian salvation? This is the process by which God brings us into a ‘sanctified’, i.e., set apart for holiness, relationship with Himself to provide us eternal life. This chapter discusses many important components to understanding your salvation: • Means of salvation • Process of salvation • How does the unbeliever access salvation? • What exactly is the Gospel message? • The new believer, next steps • Helping a new believer • Lordship salvation and other add-ons • Tares Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3959120/posts#comment Fri, 14 May 2021 12:42:40 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3952555/posts Key to understanding our need for salvation is to comprehend the nature of man in relation to sin. When Christians consider sin they most often think of their own personal sin. As Christians we believe our transgressions are forgiven by Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross for us. We discuss the important topic of sin before we were Christian, necessitating the need for salvation that God kindly provided through Christ. However, understanding sin in the unbelieving state is not just about personal sin but we must consider also imputed and inherited sin. As believers we must look at what scripture... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3952555/posts#comment Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:36:21 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3946701/posts Be convinced of these 4 biblical truths: 1. Each of us has sinned; 2. God is just, requiring a punishment for sin; 3. But out of love God sent His Son, Jesus Christ who by dying on the cross, provided forgiveness of sins in taking man’s deserved punishment; 4. Therefore, by faith alone in Christ’s sacrifice for our sins and belief in His resurrection, man can gain eternal life. (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 3:21-26) Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3946701/posts#comment Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:42:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3942934/posts Teleios evaluated whether those who most ardently adhere to several key foundational principles of Christianity (prayer, praise, fellowship, outreach, Bible study, belief in salvation by grace and security of salvation) have better wellbeing compared to those who practice these measures less frequently. Our database included 14,422 participants. Those who most frequently did Bible study, taught and shared the gospel had statistically better wellbeing than the rest. Further, the more participants adhered to these principles the higher their wellbeing scored compared to less adherent. IN SUMMARY, our research suggests that increasing adherence to the foundational principles of Christian faith enhances wellbeing.... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3942934/posts#comment Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:39:23 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3939724/posts Be convinced of these 4 biblical truths: 1. Each of us has sinned; 2. God is just, requiring a punishment for sin; 3. But out of love God sent His Son, Jesus Christ who by dying on the cross, provided forgiveness of sins in taking man’s deserved punishment; 4. Therefore, by faith alone in Christ’s sacrifice for our sins and belief in His resurrection, man can gain eternal life. (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 3:21-26) Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3939724/posts#comment Fri, 5 Mar 2021 14:12:06 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3936810/posts Teleios conducted a survey of 565 evangelicals. Respondents noted advantages to living in a Christian society, compared to any other type of society (41%) and compared only to a secular society (18%). The top 3 potential advantages of a Christian society were: a stronger moral (82%) and ethical base (71%) as well as greater love among people (75%). The top 3 advantages of a Christian society in relation to government were: recognizing the primary biblical role of government to keep order in society (60%); maintaining individual rights, especially freedom of religion and expression (56%); and reducing corruption (54%). Participants believed... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3936810/posts#comment Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:57:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3907898/posts Be convinced with these 4 biblical truths: 1. Each of us has sinned; 2. God is just, requiring a punishment for sin; 3. But out of love God sent His Son, Jesus Christ who by dying on the cross, provided forgiveness of sins in taking man’s deserved punishment; 4. Therefore, by faith alone in Christ’s sacrifice for our sins and belief in His resurrection, man can gain eternal life. (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 3:21-26) Read more at https://teleiosresearch.com/salvation-explanation/. Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3907898/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2020 14:19:59 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3906805/posts On November 3rd President Donald Trump was reelected easily to the presidency of the United States. However, since that time, widespread voter fraud is working to take states from him which he fairly won! If this fraud is allowed to remain we will not only usher in a president and his handlers who hate Christians, and people who hold heartland values, but bring a system that will assure that we will never again have a fair election and our values in God will be suppressed in our society. This is indeed a national emergency. Read how you can defend the... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3906805/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:31:25 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3904900/posts The Constitution is at risk! Tallying the legal votes of this election is vitally important not only for our future but also for your children. Now is the time to stand: write your legislators, congressman and governor demanding action against the vote counting fraud and support the president; attend pro-democracy rallies; pray fervently that God will have mercy and save our constitution, liberties and bring evangelical revival; encourage and educate others about the voter fraud, inviting them also to stand firm and speak out to support our president before we lose our republic; and share this blog with your friends... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3904900/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2020 17:57:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3903784/posts On Nov 3rd President Donald Trump was reelected easily to the presidency of the United States. However, since that time, widespread voter fraud is working to take states from him which he fairly won! If this fraud is allowed to remain we will not only usher in a president and his handlers who hate Christians, and people who hold heartland values, but bring a system that will assure that we will never again have a fair election and our values in God will be suppressed in our society. This is indeed a national emergency. Read more at https://teleiosresearch.com/national-emergency-in-america-christians-must-stand-up/. Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3903784/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2020 13:50:13 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3902105/posts Teleios conducted a wellbeing survey with 1186 responses. The majority of responses were: female (68%), <30 years (76%), and primarily from the United States (40%) and Europe (16%). The respondents identified themselves as: evangelical Christians (33%), social Christians (29%), Christian seekers (5%) and non-Christians (33%). Interestingly, personal wellbeing was better among evangelical Christians compared to social Christians, Christian seekers or non-Christians (P=0.001). The findings for wellbeing were also supported by further results that evangelicals were more content (P=0.001), at peace (P>0.001), and joyful (P=0.002) than the other groups. This is the first survey, to our knowledge, evaluating wellbeing in young... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3902105/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2020 14:10:18 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3899745/posts In just a few days Americans will go to the polls. For whom should Christians vote? This election is vitally important to you and future generations. There is a side that is openly supportive to Christians and the church. However, there is also a strong political movement that blatantly hates God and Christians. They ridicule Christians as racist, backward unscientific, judgmental and unsophisticated. They tell us that we need to change and update our doctrine to conform to their views about homosexuality, Islam, abortion and tax-payer funding for contraception. They approve of abortion even till after birth. They desire to... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3899745/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2020 11:43:31 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3898481/posts Be convinced with these 4 biblical truths: 1. Each of us has sinned; 2. God is just, requiring a punishment for sin; 3. But out of love God sent His Son, Jesus Christ who by dying on the cross, provided forgiveness of sins in taking man’s deserved punishment; 4. Therefore, by faith alone in Christ’s sacrifice for our sins and belief in His resurrection, man can gain eternal life. (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 3:21-26) Read more at https://teleiosresearch.com/salvation-explanation/. Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3898481/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:48:53 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3895841/posts In just two weeks Americans will go to the polls. For whom should Christians vote? This election is vitally important to you and future generations. There is a side that is openly supportive to Christians and the church. However, there is also a strong political movement that blatantly hates God and Christians. They ridicule Christians as racist, backward unscientific, judgmental and unsophisticated. They tell us that we need to change and update our doctrine to conform to their views about homosexuality, Islam, abortion and tax-payer funding for contraception. They approve of abortion even till after birth. They desire to use... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3895841/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:15:28 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3893958/posts Teleios evaluated the influence of religious beliefs on the general wellbeing of college students. Of the 227 participants, there were almost equal portions of self-professed evangelicals, social Christians, agnostic/atheist and other religious groups. Students reported high levels of wellbeing with no statistical difference between religious belief systems. Evangelical Christians more often perceived themselves as: spiritual (P<0.001), accepted by God (P<0.001) and having more purpose (P=0.01). Students who identified as both evangelicals and ‘saved by grace’ showed greater wellbeing (P=0.015). IN SUMMARY, university students have high levels of wellbeing across all religious belief systems, but evangelical Christians show higher levels of... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3893958/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:28:58 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3892055/posts Be convinced with these 4 biblical truths: 1. Each of us has sinned; 2. God is just, requiring a punishment for sin; 3. But out of love God sent His Son, Jesus Christ who by dying on the cross, provided forgiveness of sins in taking man’s deserved punishment; 4. Therefore, by faith alone in Christ’s sacrifice for our sins and belief in His resurrection, man can gain eternal life. (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 3:21-26) Read more at https://teleiosresearch.com/salvation-explanation/. Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3892055/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2020 13:01:41 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3891058/posts In just two months Americans will go to the polls to vote for a president and other local, state and federal officials. For whom should Christians vote? It can be a confusing issue! We discuss differences in the major political camps in the USA which might help you choose between candidates. We can look first at scripture to learn about the biblical role of government and good versus evil. This election is vitally important for the future of yourselves as well as your children. Now is the time to stand, not only with your vote, but becoming educated over the... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3891058/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2020 16:21:07 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3889784/posts Teleios recently conducted a survey which received 1186 responses [female (68%), less than 30 years (76%), from USA (40%) and Europe (16%), evangelical Christians (33%), social Christians (29%), Christian seekers (5%) and non-Christians (33%)]. Personal wellbeing was better among evangelical Christians (4.6, on a scale of 0-6 with 6 being highest) compared to social Christians (4.1), Christian seekers (4.0) or non-Christians (4.3, P=0.001). The findings for wellbeing were also supported by further results that evangelicals were more content (P=0.001), at peace (P>0.001), and joyful (P=0.002) than the other groups. Additionally, evangelicals were more confident of their salvation and aware it... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3889784/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2020 13:31:27 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3888436/posts Teleios conducted a survey regarding the benefits to a Christian society with 565 responses. The majority of responders were: female (78%), <35 years (67%), from the United States (60%) or Europe (13%), and evangelical (88%). A slight plurality (46%) believed they were living in a Christian based society versus secular (45%). Respondents noted advantages to living in a Christian society, compared to any other type of society (41%) and compared only to a secular society (18%). Participants indicated the top 3 potential advantages of a Christian society were a stronger moral (82%) and ethical base (71%) as well as greater... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3888436/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:20:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3886869/posts Teleios evaluated whether those who most ardently adhere to several key foundational principles of Christianity (prayer, faith, praise, outreach, Bible study, belief in salvation by grace and security of salvation) have better wellbeing compared to those who practice these measures less frequently. Our database included 14,422 participants. Those who most frequently did Bible study, taught and shared the gospel had statistically better wellbeing than the rest. Further, the more participants adhered to these principles the higher their wellbeing scored compared to less adherent. IN SUMMARY, our research suggests that increasing adherence to the foundational principles of Christian faith enhances wellbeing.... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3886869/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:42:34 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3885373/posts In just two months Americans will go to the polls to vote for a president and other local, state and federal officials. For whom should Christians vote? It can be a confusing issue! We discuss differences in the major political camps in the USA which might help you choose between candidates. We can look first at scripture to learn about the biblical role of government and good versus evil. This election is vitally important for the future of yourselves as well as your children. Now is the time to stand, not only with your vote, but becoming educated over the... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3885373/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:54:01 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3884622/posts Be convinced with these 4 biblical truths: 1. Each of us has sinned; 2. God is just, requiring a punishment for sin; 3. But out of love God sent His Son, Jesus Christ who by dying on the cross, provided forgiveness of sins in taking man’s deserved punishment; 4. Therefore, by faith alone in Christ’s sacrifice for our sins and belief in His resurrection, man can gain eternal life. (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 3:21-26) Read more at https://teleiosresearch.com/salvation-explanation/. Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3884622/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:29:09 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3883043/posts Teleios evaluated societal measures that influenced wellbeing in the European states converting to Protestantism during the Reformation (29 European territories between 1323-1772), which involved a more serious study of scripture in each country's vernacular language, as well as salvation based purely on faith. Religious tolerance increased following conversion to a Protestant country or duchy. Further, the Bible became available in the vernacular language in each case where it previously was limited to the Latin vulgate. These compelling data indicate that countries and duchies in Europe that converted to Protestantism during the Reformation provided additional benefits to their society that may... Teleios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3883043/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:44:42 GMT