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| Life questions | questions that go much deeper than everyday questions, that tug at the heart. |
| incarnation | the act of god becoming a human in Jesus |
| faith | oenness to salvation;trust in someone, especially God; a firm beleif; an expression of loyalty; a system of beleifs; a set of principles; a beleif in something real that can't be proved |
| idolatry | an act or attitude in which a person gives to a thing the power of salvation , the power to bring ultimate happiness and fulfillment |
| dogma | an official essential teaching of a church or other group |
| prayer | turning the mind and heart to God |
| eperiencd religion | religion that is experienced through interaction with people who have faith and who practice (or don't practice) their religion. |
| practiced religion | religion that a person lives with a certain defree of commitment |
| ritual | action or actions repeated in a particular manner on similar occasions by a person or group |
| searching faith | the stage in which people seek their own ideas try to form their own convictions regarding their understanding of God and of religion and practice of religion. |
| claimed faith | faith that has been made one's own through a process of conversion |
| denomination | a subset of a religion, a group of within a major religion |
| Conversion | the lifelong process of developing a relationship with god; the radical and significant change from one faith tradition to another. |
| unchurched | people who have no association with the practice of organized religion |
| doxology | prayer or hymm of praise to God, such as the "Glory to the Father" |
