Essays on Scripture

e The definition of the word “canon” was developed as a description for books that are divinely inspired and belong in the Holy Bible. The Bible was written by nearly 40 different writers over the length of 1500 years, which was why there was a considerable amount of difficulty in determining what was Biblical canon. What made it difficult was that the Bible did not explicitly state which books belonged in the holy text. Jewish rabbis and scholars were the first to conduct a process to determine the canon, which was later continued by the early Christians. Ultimately, God ...

Purpose Statement

1. What have you learned this semester about evangelism as it relates to your Christian walk that has changed your perception and challenged your thinking? There are a variety of important lessons that I have learned this semester regarding evangelism as it relates to my Christian walk. These ideas have profoundly changed my perceptions and challenged my thinking by providing me with a basis for understanding my faith and that of others on a more fundamental level. Not only does an understanding of Christian evangelism help to provide insight into the way in which faith can be instilled and ...

Summary

Tan (2007), establishes a Cognitive Behavior Therapy technique applying a unifying strategy to improve clinical issues of the patient. By the use of informed consent approach, Tan (2007) distinguishes the suitable therapeutic methods utilizing implied integration, a surreptitious method or precise integration, which is an unconcealed approach, which purposely promotes spiritual dynamics in counseling. Tan (20017) supports the effectiveness of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy technique using empirical data, from historical studies of cognitive therapy. Notably, the cognitive therapy has developed to include therapeutic approaches whereby the love of God is exhibited and uncovered through the Holy Spirit. This technique ...

According to Kelly, the four common elements in human disturbance are a threat, fear, anxiety, and guilt. The threat is an apprehension or fear of the firmness one’s basic constructs and beliefs of being shaken by something or someone (Devine, 2014). Fear, on the other hand, is more specific in itself and for one to experience fear requires some incident, some circumstance or a solid reason of one’s constructs being modified (Devine, 2014). Anxiety, similarly, is the experience when people cannot effectively cope with a new situation in life. A concept similar to this is pathological anxiety ...

Life is so precious and sacred, but after life, there is death. Many people would not like to dies, but death is inevitable. Besides, many people have different views and opinions about the end of life, and the article by Robert A. Krieg (retrieved from http://americamagazine.org/issue/609/other-things/perfect-end) about Catherine Mowry LaCugna gives various insights about the end of life which will be discussed in this paper. People must accept that there is death after life, just like LaCugna who always prayed for her to die perfectly. Again, Christians should remain faithful in God both in health and suffering, because all ...

So many people around the world have the passion to following Christ and his teachings, but they are distracted by one thing or the other. According to Idelman, people talk less about money but it is the ultimate dream to many people. Besides, she adds that were it not for the god of achievement, it would have been easier to follow Jesus. Whatever she says it is true, people are too busy to seek the god of achievement, and live no time to following the teachings of Jesus because they are too busy doing other things (Idleman, 2013). People ...

1. The historical background of the book of Hebrews An understanding of the book of Hebrews is better achieved when one knowledgeable about its origin and the historical setting from which it was written. As many biblical scholars pointed out, there is a difficulty in interpreting the book of Hebrews because of the missing pieces that are necessary for its precise interpretation. Other than the uncertainty of its authorship, scholars were also uncertain about the intended recipient of the letter, though a closer examination would show that the author has a very close relationship with the recipient and shared ...

A steward is a person, who manages their wealth and other possessions wisely. God is the owner of all things on earth and ewe should respect him as the overall proprietor. A Christian can practice sound financial stewardship in various ways, according to the will of God. The paper covers ways in which a Christian can practice stewardship based on scriptures. It includes how various people interpret different scriptures. Lastly, the paper includes the lessons learned from the scriptures, which will be summarized into several basic stewardship principles.

Scriptures discussing ways of practicing stewardship

Stewardship can be practiced by giving or tithing faithfully to God ...

Entertainment is having an enjoyment about something. In 1 Timothy 6: 17, the scripture says that God provides people with everything for their enjoyment. In other words, God has given people responsibility to enjoy themselves as much as they can. According to Idelman (2013), entertainment is doing what one is most passionate about. Just like the way God wants us to enjoy, I also have my form of entertainment as I feel so passionate doing what I love the most, and what brings happiness in my life. Therefore, I see my entertainment in church anytime I am singing. Just ...

In the ancient years, prior A.D 1054, there existed a single monolithic Christian church. During A.D 1054, there was an excommunication on the idea of the trinity between the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope; this resulted in a great schism (Lynch &Adamo, 2014). The Catholics emphasized on Trinity unity whereas the Orthodox claimed the personhood distinction of the Trinity. The great schism denotes a period in which the single Christian church separated into two core groups: the West Catholic Church and the East Orthodox Church. The two denominations share a significant number of beliefs and practices but also ...

Maslow’s five basic assumptions with regard to motivation are the psychological needs, followed by safety, then love and belonging, esteem and lastly self-actualization. Firstly there are the psychological needs. These needs drive the basic requirements of humans such as thirst, hunger or shelter. With regards to this form of motivation, it is said in the Holy Scripture that God is the provider of daily bread to all human beings. The next assumption is safety. All humans wished to feel safe and protected hence they crave for it. This is an assumption which covers both the emotional and psychological ...

The book of Deuteronomy 6:15 says that “For the Lord your God, who lives among you, is a jealous God.” The scripture means that God is envious about what people do, especially if they are not doing them for the glory of God. It also means that not everything that people do is pleasing in God’s eyes, and He rebukes some of the activities human beings engage in. Idleman talks extensively about the jealous God. Just to reflect on a jealous God, she says that everything in the universe belongs to God and nothing can be compared to ...

Peter: the Apostle, the Church Leader, the Epistle Writer.

The Apostle Peter (also mentioned in the Holy Script as Saint Peter, Cephas or Simon Peter) was one of the 12 Saint Christian Apostles and is known for being the early Church leader. Simon Peter is often named the "the greatest Apostle" or "the Apostle of the Apostles", and considered to be the first Pope of the Christian Church. By the ancient churches he was viewed as the greatest Christian Saint. He was among the earliest Christians and adherents of Christ. Being the sincere and devoted disciple, who even was a friend of the God`s Son, the Apostle ...

Adler’s Three Safeguarding Tendencies

A major contributor to our understanding of psychology, Alfred Adler advanced the concept of three safeguarding behaviors. In addition, he set forth the idea that six safeguarding techniques are used by people to protect themselves from any threats to the three safeguarding behaviors, i.e. protecting one’s self from physical harm, protecting one’s reputation with others, and any blow to our self-esteem (Miller, 2016). The six safeguarding techniques include distance seeking, aggression, symptoms, anxiety, exclusion tendency, and excuses (Miller, 2016). One of Adler’s safeguarding techniques, aggression, can be found throughout Scripture, but could have been avoided in ...

The ritual of marriage is a very important milestone in the life of an individual and, more so, in the life of an individual who is also a devout Christian. The Scripture often mentions the sanctity of marriage as well as the permanency of it in one’s life. Such descriptions have resulted in a dilemma for particular individuals who, for some unfortunate reason, have had to divorce and remarry. At present, Catholicism does not permit divorced individuals to remarry unless and until they have had their marriage annulled by the Church. While the Orthodox Catholic views on remarriage ...

Faith, being an intangible concept, is almost indefinable. But there are theologians, like Soren Kierkegaard and Paul Tillich, who dared to define faith and its role in everyday life. There are similarities and differences between the interpretation of Kierkegaard and Tillich of faith, and some critics are not contented with or opposed to their ideas, particularly as regards the subject-object division. This paper argues that a thorough, critical analysis of the ideas of Kierkegaard and Tillich regarding faith will demonstrate both theologians remaining devoted to the conflict between the finite world and the infinite, unbounded realm. Kierkegaard often emphasizes ...

In the SCRIPT model of education social responsibility is primarily believing that every student can learn. It requires commitment, which every teacher must have. It includes preparing lessons, working hard, being motivated and knowing how to motivate students. The model also requires from teachers to have a reflective practice which is to have data and proper assessments. Integrity is showing Christ to students. Every student should see Christ in their teacher because the moral and ethical aspects are essential to be good teachers and to education. Finally, professionalism is also part of the SCRIPT model, and it includes arriving ...

Toulmin Model Argument about the Environment: What specific action(s) should Christians take regarding the environment and its preservation or restoration?

Customer Date As the environmental crisis has been reached a considerable scale and raising apocalyptic concerns in the Christian community, the issue of being environmental and adopting an acceptable approach towards our planet becomes increasingly relevant in ethical and theological discourses. The biblical underpinning for co-called creation care drives Christians at the question of whether they should try to influence the condition of the global environment and, if yes, what action they could take for the preservation or ...

Bible is one of the few books that I read for guidance to take decisions related to my life. It was introduced to me by my mother. I have started by reading the new testament. Jesus is my hero in the bible. His life and teaching inspire me. With rest of the chapters that does not involve Jesus, helps me to understand the social and culture situation that prevailed during his time. Inspire of the primitive and narrow thoughts of people who existed in that time, Jesus was a liberal thinker. His teachings are relevant even today. I don’ ...

Summary in one sentence

In Galileo’s letter to Benedetto Castelli, Galileo has tried to draw attention towards the critical skills and techniques such as information gathered through observations and experiments used by wise interpreters to explain the core concepts and create an understanding of the audience without changing the meaning of the text in the Holy Scripture.

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Galileo, in his letter, has tried to emphasize the fact that there are vague scientific concepts in the Holy Scripture, which do not provide complete information. However, God has bestowed humans with senses, intellect, and language to be able to gather information related to specific ...

IX. Business Ethics Ritenbaugh (2016) believes that the Bible is based on governing over man, self and God. It implies that bible defines the corporate organization as a defiance of the bible since it promotes the good of the self by generating profits while a single individual rules over others. The goal of business operations is considered by Ritenbaugh (2016) to be a sin since encourages other individuals or employees to achieve higher profits for the organization and its owners, which are the shareholders. However, Proverbs 14:23 where “in all labour there is profit” (King, 2016) the bible concurs ...

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The worldview of a person is their view and understanding of their entire existence, including the world they live in. Religious beliefs reflectcolor a person’s worldview very strongly. In a comparative look, Christianity and Sikhism have some commonality as monotheistic approaches to the world, in the necessity for moral and ethical behavior that is good, in seeking truth, and in serving an all-knowing God Wwho imparts some of that knowledge to mankind. However, there are noticeable differences in beliefs about death and afterlife, human definition, and the meaning of human history. These beliefs structure their worldviews ...

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Assignment 1-2: Do you agree that the Bible is a divine-human book? Why or why not? What is textual criticism? How is it possible to have a high view of the authority of Scripture and a positive view of textual criticism at the same time?

What is translation?

Why is translation not a simple exercise? Describe the two main approaches to translation discussed in this chapter. Which approach do you feel most comfortable with? Why? Assignment 2-1: Describe the five steps of the Interpretive Journey. Answer each step with as much information as possible. In other words, do not just give a ...

Poverty and Religiosity as Bridges to other Faiths

Poverty does not choose who to strike or who not to, and neither does it focus on one religion over the other. However, many people believe that poverty is dictated by a specific religion, a speculation which is not true. This discussion will focus on the following characteristic that explains religion and poverty as a bridge to other faiths; Intense Social Stratification, Omnipresence of Poverty, The Transience of Life, and Philosophical Detachment with Africa as the specific community.

Intense social stratification

Social stratification is the act of forming hierarchies among people so as to distinguish one group from another. Most of these ...

Introduction

The Bhagavad Gita is a set of sermons given by Lord Krishna to his nephew Arjuna who was caught in a mental dilemma where he was unable to decide between lifting arms and annihilating his own relatives who were against him and his brothers (Pavulraj, 2014). The sole purpose of the entire scripture was to demystify the connection between the humans and the God. Lord Krishna holds the religious value of being an incarnation of lord Vishnu who is among the three main deities in the Hinduism. Thus, although literally, the message of Bhagavad Gita was to inculcate the ...

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Jewish philosophy dependency on Hebrew scripture is explicitly eminent even when it is open to any other aspect outside. According to the philosophy, Torah (their source of knowledge) existed prior to creation of earth just as the Hebrew scripture stipulates. Additionally, they borrowed biblical quotations to support their time and knowledge base to induct a sense of philosophical rigor missing in their explanation. More so, there exists much knowledge about the soul in the Jewish philosophy. Vis-à-vis to that, the idea of the soul is derived from the knowledge that, God created the as a different entity from ...

Smith, Augier & Nettleford in their article on Rastafarianism note that its beginnings were in the 1920s. While the movement is believed to have officially started in 1933 in Jamaica, the movement or rather religion, already had started. The country of Jamaica is believed to have had two specific individuals that guided the movement that has become known as Rastafarianism - Bedward and Marcus Garvey. In most contexts, the latter is more prominently discussed being regarded as the father of the movement. The idea behind Rastafarianism as Smith, Augier & Nettleford articulate is to proclaim African American nationalism and subsequently, the ...

My experience visiting different churches was a tough task because I never been in any church other than my religion. Being Muslims, we are not encouraged to do it, but I asked permission to our Imam (priest in Islam) about the assignment in school. However, in my heart, I am willing to perform the task in order for me to learn more about other religions. Even though I felt uncomfortable, I managed to visit four churches in the city; Soka Gakkai International (Buddism), Cape Bible Chapel, Seventh-day Adventist Church, and First Baptist Church, respectively.

Soka Gakkai International

First, I visited the Soka ...

How did Thomas Hobbes Understand The Connection Between Religion And Politics?

Introduction Thomas Hobbes was born in 1588 in England; he was an English Philosopher of the 17th century who was best known for the work done in the fields of political and moral philosophies. He wrote a book named as Leviathan (1651) in which he shared his political views. The early life of Thomes Hobbes was spent free of anxiety as he attained education from the finest institutions where he interacted with the most intellectual people and prominent personalities who were expert in their fields. His work struggled a lot to gain society acceptance. His books are the depiction ...

Summary

The book The life you’ve always wanted: The spiritual disciplines for ordinary people was written by John Ortberg and published by Zondervan in 2002. The main topic is the personal transformation in the spiritual terms which only a person willing to make a spiritual progress is capable of. The book opens with the description of personal failure and a willingness to improve oneself by becoming a better person. Ortberg discusses the term morphoo and explains that it is “the inward and real formation of the essential nature of a person” (Ortberg, 2002, p. 23). Morphing means becoming a ...

PART ONE

Christian life is a journey, that is made under the God’s law, in the world that God created, and the presence of the God himself. The faith in God is the milestone of Christianity. But what does God mean for the faithful? How is he perceived? And what role does he play in the ethical deliberation of every Christian? God, or, as found in the Bible, Lord, is proclaimed by the Christian reality as a supreme being, but not an impersonal force like those of nature (Woodhead 45). He is supremely a holy person. The personality of God ...

The Complexity of the Cross

Perception and perspective is often considered one’s reality. This notion forces one to acknowledge their own perceptions and perspective, particularly when it comes to their faith as they solidify and identify their own beliefs. For those who belong to the body of Christ, each member has its own journey formulating a testimony that is based on a personal relationship that is rooted in the loving grace of Jesus Christ. Within each life with Christ, there are complexities that only the grace of God can heal. In spite of life’s injustices, evil forces, sinful flesh, and degradation, the ...

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Presented in Partial Fulfilment INDS 400: Capstone Man was created in God’s image and given the responsibility and power over God’s creation. Therefore, man is expected work as commanded by God. Hence, as man works on Earth, he represents God the Creator. The purpose of this work is to bring both land and nature under God’s rule. Man, at the time of creation, was given the mandate to subdue the earth. Throughout the Holy Scriptures, man has been designated as God’s faithful servant. We are called in our different careers to serve for the glory ...

Every person has a worldview in life, and it may be described in different ways depending on the individual. A worldview can be defined as a set of beliefs an individual has about a major question in life such as if God exist, the way he looks, how can a person know God, is there life after death, and how to differentiate between right and wrong among others. There is the need to refer to the Holy books such as the Bible and Quran to get the answers to the inescapable life questions. The biblical worldview is composed of ...

Dante's Inferno is considered an epic allegory about an individual's journey through hell. There are a total of nine circles located within the Earth that are explored by Dante Alighieri. Each encompasses the concept of death, among other subjects. Alighieri explores death as a punishment for sin. One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of stories and folk tales that offer a variety of themes and narratives. From themes such as justice to that of death, each of the stories are dramatic, suspenseful and are spread across numerous fictional genres. One key theme in the collection is death. ...

Introduction

The make-up of the canon of the New Testament (NT) was influenced by numerous factors. People should understand that the formation of the NT canon did not take place abruptly. Instead, the development of the NT canon was a lengthy process, which comprises of hundreds of years towards its development. For a long period, there has been a misconception that a council come together and made decisions concerning the books that will be included in the Bible and those that will be left out. Contrariwise, the formation and development of the NT canon were an evolutionary process that constituted ...

Slavery has been one of the most significant and influential policies in the United States of America. People contemporarily see this as one of the nation’s greatest mistakes, feeling shame for what many people consider to be a grand mistake. Nevertheless, people often do not remember that almost half of the country supported this practice even when the other half had systematically decried and outlawed it. A great thinker by the name of Angelina E. Grimke was one of the most important fighters against this barbaric situation, with her speeches being cornerstones of the emancipation movement. In them, ...

What is your worldview? The worldview of human being may be considered as the general picture of the surrounding reality. It presents the harmony of all ideas about the world and the way of .personal perception of commonly defined things. A worldview is the basis for daily decisions. It is extremely important and influences many aspects of life significantly. In general worldview means a comprehensive understanding of the world from a certain position. Different religions have different ways of thinking and world perception. My worldview presents a comprehensive analyzing of the world from a Christian point of view. The ...

One of the introductory visions in the Book of Revelation is written in chapters 4 and 5 that the Lord Almighty is the one seated on the heavenly throne. The vital theme of chapters 4 and 5 is the own vivid and personal experience of the prophet. It implies that the statement has the element of truth and it has the substance of apocalyptic declaration that is totally associated with the life of the visionary individuals to the present generation of believers. However, at some point, the visionary process separates from the conscious or subconscious imagery of human thinking. ...

The set of doctrines surrounding the consideration of the end of time, particularly with regard to the fate of humanity and the resolution of human history, is the subject known as eschatology. Within the Christian consideration of these concepts, theologians and believers tend to emphasize heaven, hell, death, resurrection and the return of Jesus Christ to this plane. Indeed, such subjects as the rapture of the believers and the last judgment receive considerable attention (Jorgenson 115). Three facets of eschatology --- the Second Coming, the Rapture and the Judgment – come under consideration in this paper, as do the perspectives ...

There have been disagreements all over the world that have led to many wars about various doctrines by different religions. In fact, many war leaders claim that God, meaning that God is always on their side in the wars they fight, supports their arguments. On the records, many wars all over the world occur due to religious matters. Many religious doctrines conflict each other regarding their religious kerygma and faith direction. However, a believer should remain in his or her way of worship, and practice and people avoid the feeling to impose the same on other persons (Esposito 24). ...

Arianism

Throughout its entire history, the Christian church has been facing lots of challenges that threaten the unity of the Church and its main injunctions. The leaders of Christians tried to end any manifestation of the ideas that were in contrast to the original form of religion, as they believed such thoughts were coming from the devil. Such false doctrines were called heresies, and some of them represented such a threat to the Church that they were becoming a matter of discussions on the high level councils of the leaders of the Christian church. The heretic ideas of Arius began ...

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Introduction American democracy is perceived either positively or negatively by political philosophers. The political philosopher, Hannah Arendt expresses her admiration towards the American model of democracy commending it for its ideals on republicanism, separation of power and federalism (Arendt 267). There are, however, serious flaws with Arendt’s perception of American democracy, which can be summed up in three areas. First, Arendt failed to look deeper into the how the American democracy emerged, which makes her analysis out of context. Secondly, Arendt failed to analyze the impact of slavery towards the American democratic ideals, specifically the impact ...

Abstract

“Criminals of the Bible,” by Mark Jones, is a novel that isolates twenty-five incidents of the Bible that may otherwise be misunderstood by the average reader. The Bible is an intense reader, offering little context and even less organization. Jones sees this and not only offers organization, but context when writing about the events he has chosen, including but not limited to, the death of the murder of Able, and Amnon becoming a rapist. Many other difficult crimes are made understandable legally, socially, and politically in the context of their time, as well as todays, as Jones takes the ...

Managers must ensure normal functioning of an organization through conflict management to ensure that there is less conflict in the workplace. Forgiveness is one of conflict management strategy where managers or employees forgive each other to ensure a stable working environment. The following discussion analyzes LTL case of forgiveness and its relation to biblical scriptures. Question 1: Compare the way the case at LTL Trucking reflects forgiveness with the way Scripture teaches us to forgive. What are the similarities and differences? How can leaders shape the way this concept is applied in the workplace? LTL case presents a conflict ...

Luke 15:1-32

What was Jesus’ point in the teaching? In Luke 15:1-32, everything Jesus has said begins with His wonderful parables; a shepherd seeking a lost sheep, a woman seeking a lost coin, and a father receiving His son who was lost and has been found. Jesus has shown His compassion towards the sinners as He welcomes them and eats with them (Luk. 15:2 New International Version). Jesus’ parables were amazingly spoken to the people who were gathered before Him, including the tax collectors, sinners, and even the Pharisees and the teachers of the law have witnessed everything. Mainly, Jesus’ teaching ...

Abstract

The Criminals of the Bible by Jones critique book review will evaluate the definition of the crimes and the criminals depicted by the author in the book in the lens of Christian morals and criminal justice laws. The paper will highlight and review specific crimes and the offenders as purported by the writer, analyzing them in the lens of the scriptures and the criminal justice laws in an attempt to substantiate the claims and the position of the author concerning them. The book by Jones highlights 25 crimes committed by the biblical characters and the critique review will analyze ...

Published in 2000, the article entitled “Biblical Faith Confronting Opposing Spiritual Realities” by Willard M. Swartley discusses the biblical faith regarding the opposing spiritual realities. First, the article focuses on how the biblical faith in the canonical Scripture demonstrates the confrontation with the opposing spiritual powers. Second, how the biblical faith leads the people to confront the opposing spiritual realities. In addition, the article presents the historic practice of the Christian church. The author emphasizes that if the people are to be the witnesses of God, it is essential that they know whom they serve and whom they have ...

The issue of Gender parity in Religion has been a strong point of argument. Even within Christianity there have been varying viewpoints depending on the particular Orders. For instance, orthodox Catholicism did not accord an equal status to men and women, while the later Protestant Orders attempted to change this disparity. However, both the Old and New Testaments are full of passages that clearly demarcate gender roles and place men on a higher pedestal. A similar outcome is seen in Islam as well where women are further reduced to a degraded state of existence. This essay will examine the ...

Lord, Save Me!

Psalms 6:4 David is praying urgently to God to forgive his sins and heal him so that he will be able to live a more empowered, abundant, righteous life. He shows recognition of the fact that he is currently powerless to live a life that is pleasing to God due to the fact that he is weak both spiritually and physically, and this is causing grief to every aspect of his being. So he is pleading with God to have mercy on him and promises that he will show God a great degree of gratitude if God does deliver ...

Ronald Hendel’s Biblical Views Column Critical Biblical Scholarship—What’s the Use?

According to Ronald Hendel, there is actually no strong reason that exists for people to be unreceptive toward good learning, especially the Bible, which is the Lord’s word to mankind. It is also very difficult for anyone to define a good scholarship, but yet, it is something that is extremely balanced as well as honest. Good scholarship tends to assess both the sources as well as confirmations in an extremely balanced way by comparing them in an unbiased manner. But Hendel is of the belief that critical Biblical scholarship accompanied by a practical and procedural qualm or uncertainty ...

Three important beliefs of Islam

There three important, basic beliefs of the religion Islam. They include: Belief in One God Belief in God’s Revealed Books Beliefs in the Prophets and Messengers of God The belief in One God relates to believing in One, incomparable entity who has no son or father and He has the sole right to be worshipped. He is the One, True God and there is no other deity worthy of worship, but Him. Also, the attributes of God cannot be attributed to anyone else, and His divinity is not shared with any other entity as well. This is mentioned ...

Introduction

The current debate over the teaching on Universal Salvation did not come from a new Christian teaching but from an argument on issues seen in the old one. Outside the ancient Christian Church, however, the first attention to this teaching perhaps came from Hosea Ballou, an American pastor who co-founded the first Universalist church in the United States and later on attributed as the father of the American Universalism. He wrote in 1892 a book, which chronicled the history of universalism up to A.D. 553. The debate heated up when an evangelical philosopher, Thomas Talbott, who wrote in 1995 ...

The value of a Bible to a Christian is at the core of his or her faith and its teachings influences a Christian’s life . From the study of the Bible cutting through both the Old and the New Testaments different use of the theme of “Son of God” is conspicuously noticeable. From a normal biological understanding, a son is a representation of a male child born from the union of a man and a woman. From a Biblical perspective, tracing the use of the theme “Son of God”, one gets varied representations in the use of the phrase. ...

Introduction

Traditionally, Islam has been standing on guard against the proliferation of sexual depravity. Together with other fundamental religions, the Quran and its commentaries strongly prohibit 'untraditional' sexual relationships both, inside and outside the matrimony. Kecia argues that traditional schools of the Islamic law describe any homosexual act as sinful and punishable (Kecia, 79). The majority of countries, where Sharia law regulates social order, define homosexuality as legally or socially persecuted (and many of them the both restraints are in force). In the most orthodox countries, like Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia any homosexual intercourse is punishable by the death ...

What does it take, do you think, for a person to leave a religion into which they may have been born and to join a different one, especially one that is very different from that of the prevailing culture? Usually the reason for a religious conversion is uncomfortable feelings into an own religious system; moving to a county of another religion; disappointment in faith; converting to a more “popular” or “prestigious” religion; personal relationship with a person of another religion, etc. This is accompanied by a radical reassessment of the faith and values ​​which were its object. For example, ...

Proposal

The world had always been full of different religious beliefs, because there is probably no universal explanation of the origins of human creation. Since the ancient times, we all needed a symbol of faith and of the existence of the judge, who sees everything, thus, is always eager to price, or to punish. Depending to the extent to which we’ve followed his commandments. The two religions: Islam and Christianity are highly different, and their followers are people, whose worldview differs from the other. It makes the two different religions mystically connected, and creates a view of the existence ...

Audience analysis: Demographically, my audience is diverse and may hold a variety of religious beliefs, leaving my speech to be potentially received in both a receptive way and otherwise. Psychologically, my audience may well be interested in religion or otherwise and therefore, their beliefs may have quite a profound effect upon their engagement with the topic. It may be of great interest or it might completely turn them off.

Rhetorical purpose: To inform my audience about teaching with regards to religion.

Redemptive purpose: To inform my audience how this vocation or vocational skill can serve as a platform for promoting something that God values, according to Scripture.

Introduction

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The Salem Witch Trials were a strange and defining time in American history, as well as religious history. Formal education as we see it today was scarce. The primary means of education was given through bible school, church, and bible scripture itself. Therefore, anything seen as devil worship, or anything seen as impure was deemed as in league with the devil. That person was automatically considered a candidate for hell, by circumstance. As individuals were accused of being witches, paranoia spread and the villagers began to fear that witchcraft was real, but also that they would be accused and hanged if ...

PSTD and Religious Faith

Combat PSTD and Religious Faith According to Dr. Nelson-Pechota (2004), every war has been virtually fought with a religious foundation. Faith in the divine powers has helped soldiers to confidently stride to a battle. Their religious faith has strengthened their courage and convictions. They also believe that they are favored or empowered by God when they meet with success in the battlefield. However, wars also create a moral confusion due to the combatants’ religious influences. As such, they find it conflicting to perform an act of violence which might be a sacred duty in another instance.

For combatants, intrusive thoughts and ...