Well, God can do all of these and even more. Sometimes, situations can make anyone forget or doubt God’s abilities irrespective of how strong you have been in faith. Remember, no one is ever ready for hard situations to hit them, it just happens, but...
This essay will explore Apuleius’ Metamorphoses with special regard to what picture of human nature and society it presents and whether or not the gods offer the prospect of salvation. Dealing with the tale of Lucius whose overly curious nature results in him being turned...
Introduction In 1932, Karl Barth presented a report at the Brandenburg Mission, maintained that mission was God’s engagement. David Bosch argues that this ‘the Mission of God’ (Misso Dei) discourse advocates mission is God’s love to save the world he created. Mission comes from God’s...
For centuries romantic love has influenced writers and has been the topic of plays, songs, films and any other creative or artistic activities that you might think of. Many people would like to ask why? Because, when anyone who’s been in love understands, love is...
And in spite of myself, a prayer formed inside me, a prayer to this God in whom I no longer believed. Oh God, Master of the Universe, give me the strength to never do what Rabbi Eliahu’s son has done.” Night by Elie Wiesel is...
Holy Envy- a look at other faiths, and how they can give us new eyes for our own. In God and the Universe of other Faiths, theologian john hick writes before that Copernican revolution, we humans believed we were the center of the universe. And...
How can we determine whether something is real? Everyone has their own perspective on reality and everyone interprets “real” differently. Today I will be discussing on whether we should trust science, religion or the chance that the two may intertwine. Topics like these are usually...
Today, I am writing this in a very sad mood. Last month, we lost someone in the family who was buried this morning, my maternal auntie. Well, she was sick for a while before it all got messy. There were a lot of issues involved,...
Catholicism was the dominant religion in Ireland throughout the age of Modernism. The Catholic church played a vital role in Eveline’s life and served as a driving force in her decision, and more significantly, her lack of. Eveline’s religious values magnify her choice to remain...
Kate Chopin had a very sophisticated and mature view of race, gender, love, and marriage that defies an easy explanation. Those topics often overlap and accompany one another. Write an essay, using only those stories we’ve read in class (you needn’t use all of them)...
The gift of mercy is something we Christians are all too aware of. We have been blessed to receive it and because of it, we were saved. Let’s face it. Without the help of Jesus, we wouldn’t be able to get into heaven at all....
When a farmer desires to work, he looks for hoes, cutlasses and sickles. When a physician desires to work, he looks for thermometers, sphygmomanometers and stethoscopes, etc. once a medico desires to work, he looks for surgical blades and forceps, etc. once a tailor desires...
When we talk about the Bible we are simply referring to the written word of God which has been inspired by the holy spirit through gospel writers or men, there are many authors that we cannot name them. There are two types of Bible, and...
I remember as a kid on the 4th of July using punks in order to light the fireworks. when you first put the lighter to the punk the punk end would get red hot. With it being red hot, you could light any firework you...
Introduction In biblical history, covenant is one of the most important contract or agreement made between God and his chosen people. They live according to the agreement without losing their faith and hope. They are committed to abide by the commandments which was given through...
Amadeus directed by Milos Forman includes a specific scene. In this scene Antonio Salieri, a successful Italian composer gently places the bare cross he prayed to often into the fireplace, burns the cross with Jesus hanging on it. In the single frame where the cross...
John Winthrop and Johnathan Edwards are both influential males in their historical time periods, but they both had different ways to persuade people. Both lived in the New England colony which greatly influenced their views on religion. They preached sermons to big crowds but approached...
Since the 4th century, nine highest orders or types of angels are identified in the Bible and have been elaborated by various theologians: The first three choirs of angel see and adore God directly. The seraphim (higher angels), which means “the burning ones,” have the...
Clive Staples Lewis was born in 1898 in Belfast, Ireland. His parents were both highly educated. His mother was a mathematician and ensured the education of her children. Lewis could speak fluent Latin and French in addition to English and as a result of his...
There once was a young boy who admired fine stationary and proper penmanship and wrote in the fly leaf of his new books, “Ireland, the British Isles, Europe, Earth, the Universe”. [footnoteRef:1] He would grow to become a professor, a prolific reader, writer, scholar and...
Due to the fact that The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is a godly play, it favors the views of the Christian thoughts and beliefs. The most prevalent theme is the act of sin, the temptation of sin, as well as the rejection of redemption....
Suppose a homeless person comes up to you for a dollar, saying that he wants to go and buy food at the nearby convenience store. Would you just act completely oblivious and pretend to look at the time on your phone? Would you make the...
David’s story starts with his emotional ascent in fortunes, from humble beginnings as a shepherd in his dad’s home to his rise as ruler over all Israel in his very own capital city, Jerusalem. Through everything, we see God favoring him, and over and over...
When I was young, I remembered sitting at home with my family watching TV and seeing a commercial for Peter Popoff’s Miracle Ministry. The commercial caught my eye. Peter started off by telling the viewers that it is in God’s will for all of us...
In 2015, the Boy Scouts of America lifted the ban on allowing openly gay members to be troop leaders. Thus, meaning that the national organization will no longer discriminate against its paid workers and will allow gay members to be leaders once again. This was...
William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience is seen as one of the precursors of the Romantic movement. The collection was published in the late 1700s as the society around him was deeply disturbed by important sociopolitical changes, including the French Revolution and the...
It is difficult to have people maintain the same governmental and religious beliefs if they are allowed to have an option. Viewing a relationship with God as a contract allowed the religion to stay the same throughout generations. It ensured that people would do and...
David Hume criticizes religion by arguing against the argument of design. Voltaire also criticizes religion in his work by arguing against the belief that this world is the best possible world we’re living in. The critiques from both philosophers are very similar in that they...
The problem of evil has been a long running problem for perfect Gods for millenia, and with disasters upon tragedies upon disasters even just over the past century, it is a problem that demands an answer. Soul-making theodicy is one common answer that has arisen...
Our underlying problem, according to Augustine, has to do with affection. Our problem is misplaced tenderness. We love the unfit things, or we love the correct stuff in the unsuitable way. For specimen, we wrongly tenderness power, fame, wealth, presence, and many other stuff that...
St. Augustine’s solution to the problem of evil is a rather direct one, in that evil does not exist. Evil, in Augustine’s writings, is an opposite to the goodness that emanates from the ultimate being. Thus, Augustine argues that evil, due to its parallel relationship...
My faith lies with in a Christian Denomination, it teaches decency, integrity, and the love for other people as brothers, sisters and equals. As a Christian, I believe in the existence of God and his Son Jesus Christ. I like reading the Bible on a...
Through vocation, God calls us to the particular path that He believes is best for us. As God is the one who truly knows us best, He personally invites us to either the married life, the single life, or the religious life. The more difficult...
The Gospel of St John has sixteen (16) characteristics divided in parts from 1 to 16 and in this essay I will identify and briefly explain each distinguish parts of the Gospel of John and the characteristics of how he presented his Gospel in the...
Divinity Over the centuries the concept of Jesus being both divine and human has been highly debated amongst scholars and philosophers and even Christians. The author of the gospel of John deliberately starts the book with a prologue ‘John 1:1-3,14’ which introduces readers to a...
In John’s time, the Church was facing persecution, and, therefore the book of Revelation brings encouragement, by shifting their perspective to the life that is to come and to the person of Jesus Christ. It creates an understanding that there is a bigger reality: Caesar...
The Hajj pilgrimage is a truly transformative experience for the individual; where through this, they are able to be more closely and intimately connected to Allah, and are provided with the opportunity to be spiritually rejuvenated and reborn with a new level of holiness. Upon...
This paper is divided in to three chapters namely; Chapter one looks at Faith and its Meaning emphasizing on what is this thing call faith? And how faith plays a big role in the life of believers. We believers participate by faith in God’s cognitive...
The word ‘gospel’ is a translation of the Greek word ‘euangelion’ which means good news. (Webster, 1991)[footnoteRef:1] There are four Gospel accounts in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The first three Gospels are sometimes called the ‘synoptic’ (same view) Gospels. This is...
This article supports the claim that the presence of God concepts and supernatural agents creates an environment for increases in prosocial behavior by providing two studies involving these two variables. Prosocial behavior is defined as the intent to benefit others and society as a whole....
The works of Aristotle, that survived, can be sorted into four categories. The Organon, which is a set of writings that give us a rational toolkit that can be used in any scientific or philosophical study (Shields, 2015). The next one would be his theoretical...
In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Jonathan Edwards uses fear and shame to create images that help his audience experience the consequences of sinful behavior. One such image is God’s hand holding a spider – a representation of humanity, a collection of...
Jonathan Edwards is one of the most prominent theologians and preachers in the history of the United States. He has been regarded as one of the most influential philosophers in the field of Protestantism theology as he has published several writings expressing his Christian views...
There are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” (RELEVANT magazine, 1). People suffer so much from starvation because of poverty that they could not think of anything but to survive. Poverty was a...
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love” (Pettinger). This quote was written and lived out by a saint who touched the lives of those in need around the world. This woman is best known for...
Eliciting from the redemption of a deadly crisis, Psalm 116 is an individual thanksgiving psalm that brings forth the shouts of praise and gratitude towards God. Individual thanksgiving psalms were considered to be “public affairs” (Broyles, 1999, p.20) because with the elements of proclamation of...
For as long as human beings have been able to think, they’ve had the desire to understand the truths of life. In ‘The Allegory of the Cave’, when referring to these desires Plato states, “God knows whether it is true”. When trying to answer many...
“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.” This brilliant quote by Friedrich Nietzsche reflects how Christians view suffering as something that can be beneficial. This essay provides an in-depth explanation of how suffering follows the example of...
Augustine believes that God had intended for man to obey God and woman to obey both God and man. He also thought that God intended there to be a hierarchy between body and soul. The soul, being rational, moral, and capable of understanding was to...
Religion played a role throughout Elie Wiesel’s life. His experiences throughout the Holocaust continuously tested his faith in God. He often struggled with the problem of evil in the world and would question: “if God has all these aspects how can evil exist in the...
Conservative Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world that has survived some structural and religious changes over thousands of years. Judaism is an ancient Jewish religion that is predominantly practised in Northern America popularly known as Marti Judaism. Conservative Judaism is based...
It is not often that an author will incorporate both evidence supporting God as well as evidence against God in one novel. This brings a sense of uncertainty about God’s presence, an important unanswered question in the world. Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road is one...
Introduction In every generation, the struggle for power has been a controversial issue. Our generation has no escape to this. International territorial claims between Philippines and the super power China have been a concern for decades. Even in the realm Christian church faces such struggle....
Peace and conflict have always been joined at the hip since the beginning of mankind. The first peaceful era of human beings can be traced to Adam and Eve, and their stay at the garden of Eden. However, peace cannot go on unchecked for long....
Adam and Eve in Genesis were initially unworried about their nudity, but after they eat the fruit to gain knowledge of good and evil, they spiritually die, resulting in feeling shameful and afraid. This is represented through the image Adam and Eve, for the figures...
There are hundreds of models of counseling that exist today, ranging in their understandings of hundreds of topics all the way across the spectrum. Not only that, but there are also multiple different models of Christian counseling that exist, each standing by their own unique...
Humanity is created in the image of God. This has different meanings in different parts of the world. Where do those meanings compare and contrast? How do those different meanings alter the effect of sin on this humanity that is created in the image of...
Preacher Jonathan Edwards, in his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, chides the people of the church and of the world, stating that they are not worthy of God’s mercy, that they will soon face his wrath if they do not change...
During the 18th century, Puritans began to gradually drift away from religion. In an attempt to increase religious piety of Puritans, Jonathan Edwards wrote the sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” While Edwards was a dedicated Puritan, he uses harsh diction, visual...
In the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Edwards uses imagery to persuade his congregation to repent their sins so that God will not destroy them in many different ways. He uses imagery by describing into detail of the image he is...
The Gospel of Matthew is the first of the synoptic gospels which was written around 50 A.D. This Gospel contains twenty-eight chapters which is comprised of narrative history, parables and sermons. The purpose of the Gospel of Matthew was to reveal Jesus as the Messiah...
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. On the first day God created light and he separated light from darkness; God called light day, and darkness he called night. On the second day, God created the sky and seas. On the third...
The Kingdom of God is often visualized by many, but no one has any clue as to what it really can be depicted as unless you have been there and can come back to share. In the wheat and the weeds, the mustard seed, and...
Taoism was created on 142 C.E., the religion is most practiced in China and is one of the major religions in China. A total of 12 million people practice the religion worldwide. For my portion of the project I will be discussing the deities and...
Who is Allah? Across monotheistic religions, it is believed that the universe has one sole creator, one God. In Islam, God is referred to as Allah. He is the highest being in the universe who expects praise and worship from the humans and jinn He...
A good look at the book of Genesis shows how God created all things with a definite purpose in mind. Though the purpose of all things created by God were not exhausted in the book of Genesis, science has revealed so much about things which...
God has done the physically impossible and helped man do the physically impossible, yet to this day, we still doubt His greatness. When we look at the miracles that God has performed, one would think that your daily stresses would seem like nothing to Him....
In this essay I will critically evaluate and discuss the conflicts between Spirituality and Science but firstly I would like to define what these two terms are. Spirituality or being spiritual is believing in supernatural power, whether you believe in the existence of God and...
This essay reviews the ideas of human dignity, which is derived from the image and likeness of God Himself. Human being remains the summit of God’s creation and so mistreating an individual is not always morally correct. Christian anthropology helps us to broaden our knowledge...
Where does human come ? Are we not born from a human? Those questions are the current thorny topics. Nowadays, the human is still a secret. No one can precisely define human beings; no one understands human beings. Humans study all that is around them...
We know that every product manufactured or invented is created to fulfill a unique or some set of need. A bucket and a packer can both be made of plastic, but they are not designed in the same way. They are both uniquely designed to...
Religion is a topic that is circumvented in casual conversation. Often motivated by fears of offending others, being judged, or having to engage in a long-winded philosophical discussion, many of us keep our religious beliefs private. Instead, we gravitate towards harmless conversations about weather or...
Brother Andrew was in the military as an atheist. He was in the military for several years, and he liked it a lot. One he was shot in the ankle and left the military. He also had killed a lot of people and had a...
In this journal, the religion that caught my attention and wanting me to know and learn more about it is Judaism. Firstly, there must be an understanding of Judaism. This is a set of ideas and practices being thought about the world and the way...
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