...the place we call home. Where did it come from? How did it get here? Who created it? What we have been told to believe is that there is a supreme being that created this world for himself. I remember going to church with friends or my Girl Scout meetings at the local church and reading the bible every time. And I would hear or read the name God; this wasn’t the first time I heard this mystery man’s name as both of my parents grew up in the church. I was told that we were all his children and that he created this world for us to live in. as I grew older I began to question God and the idea that he created all the things we see in nature like the flowers in the garden or the squirrels that run up the trees in my front yard. For some reasons I cannot fully explain I feel as though some things are not as they seem. Even though the bible says that God created the universe and everything in it, there has been no concrete proof and science has dispelled some of those notions. We are often told not to believe everything we see on newspapers, the internet, or televisions but the bible is one thing we are told to believe all that is written in it. Created thousands of years ago by many different people, we are led to believe that it came directly from the all mighty God. But how can words written in different languages and by man himself come from God. Throughout the history of the earth, there has been a debate between science and religion. Science challenges the things we have learned...
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...Studying the Old Testament in the bible in an academic setting and a devotional setting, are honestly completely different. There are certain characteristics that are the same, however, for the most part they are not the same. In this paper I intend to discuss what makes the academic and devotional settings similar, what makes them different, and also why it is important to study both of them. When viewing the bible in these manners it gives you a better understanding of his word, his intentions, and his love for us. To start off you need to understand how the bible came about. It started out as human communication. It was verbal until it was finally written out and when it was written out it was still meant to be “heard”. The Bible gives us instructions and laws that we are to follow. This is something that the academic Study really helps you understand. Certain things happen in a Chronological order just like history that you learn in an academic study at school. When you are able to observe the time period and why it happened you can conclude more due to the information you have by studying everything about it. This is great information for you to use later when you have your own personal devotional study. You have a better understanding of the message God wants to give you when you know the historical aspect. Studying the Bible in an academic setting is very interesting and helpful. It gives you all around information. Studying the Bible in this manner gives you a better...
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...of Eli Film Review In the film The Book of Eli, we are introduced to a character that is never exactly named who is walking west on a journey that God has led him to take. Throughout his journey, there are many scenes that relate to the Print Era and there are also very many scenes that are extremely significant in the film. In my paper, I will be discussing these scenes and I will also be discussing my interpretation on the film’s meaning, and my final reaction to the film. In the film, we are introduced to a post-apocalyptic society where things we find to be extremely common, and maybe even useless, are very rare and prized possessions. Books are one of these rare items and something that only the wealthy have, the wealthy being Carnegie. This relates to the beginning of the Print Era because in the beginning of the era, only the wealthy had books due to the fact that they took so long to produce. Books took so long to produce in the beginning of the Print Era because they had to be written by a scribe instead of just being printed which takes about an eighth of the time it takes to write out an entire book. Books in the town that Carnegie runs are very rare due to the fact that there was an apocalypse and majority of the books were destroyed. Carnegie is the only wealthy one and the only one in power, therefore he has majority of all of the books that he steals from others, even though he is only looking for a certain one. Throughout the film, there are very many significant...
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...had this expectation that the revelations would be mostly relating to the prophecies that we know from the bible, or what the church is constantly saying is the message of God. However, after getting to know the lesson more in detail and better, I realized that my perception of the topic was wrong, as “Divine Revelation” is much broader and more meaningful than we realized. Furthermore, I able to understand better how “Divine Revelation” or simply God’s revelation is still very much present in modern times today. The...
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...me to better understand Gods word. Over the last seven weeks Theology really made me dig deeper to fully get a clearer understanding, and broader insight of the Christian way of life. Every week I grasp on to different things; some in which I did not know nothing about and others where it enrich my mind as a teaching tool. Within this paper, I would discuss three topics that I found to be the most intriguing. The topics that will be discussed are; does the Bible have authority? If a person is a Christian, does it matter how they live their life? And what can your local church do to better communicate God’s love to your community? As you read this paper rely on your mind to indulge on the importance of God and how all three topics are surrounded by his will. II. Section One (Does the Bible have authority?) The B-I-B-L-E yes that is the book for me……A lot of people say the Bible is the authority, but you have to keep in mind that God ordained the holy men to write as they was moved by the holy spirit, and yet to remind his people of his love. Often people make the Bible their god instead of God, in other words the real authority is God; He just often shows us what to do or how to live through the Bible.Authority can be described as power to influence or command thought, opinion, behavior, or convincing force (Webster, 2002); it is illustrated in the with a good deal of elasticity. The bible is a collection of sixty-six books written by man. The bible is one book but sharing...
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... What is Book? Book is a certain thing that we can read (obviously xD) By the use of book we can gain knowledge… beliefs… and so on… I’m not a book worm you know but I know how important book is =) our professor asked us what book gave a great impact in our lives… I already red tons of books in my 16 years of existence most of them are about Greek Mythology, History and Scary Stuff but even one of them doesn’t leave great impact in me, yeah in a short period of time I was amazed and captured by those books. But suddenly I realized that those books doesn’t make sense, yeah the Greek Myths and History books that I had red actually helps me to learn more about the past of this freakin’ world but what’s the use? Can it help me to be a better student, daughter and person? Can it help me to fulfill my dreams? Or can it save my life from that horrifying eternal death? Of course not! The only book that can help me with those things/problems which probably leave and until now giving a great impact in my life is the awesome, wonderful and amazing Book of Bible. Bible… what is Bible? Well it is a book which contains the life of our awesome savior Jesus Christ. It also contains teachings and lesson for our daily lives. Teenagers now a days find Bible as a plain boring thing (the saddest part in my essay ) They think that reading Bible is nothing but a waste of time. I’m not angry with them in fact I feel pity for them because they don’t know how great God is and they didn’t also know...
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...essay you would get some idea of how this all came about. As a Christian leader, I must be able to explain the truths that I believe in, and what others are asking. This is where critical thinking begins and forms the foundation for what you are trying to explain. To really determine what is true and what is false requires only you accept the Word of God, without this acceptance you will never know what is real and what is not. In approaching the answers to the questions, I get as a future Christian leader I must always use the word of God and be able to think on my feet. One question I get a lot is how do you know the bible is true? For myself there is no other explanation than I know I Jesus is our lord and savior and therefore there is nothing to question. For non-Christians or for the person that is just not sure, I need to use the bible to help in my explanation so that they understand that the bible is the word of God. When faced with the question what about science? I turn to the bible for this answer as well, and is really quite simple. All that is needed is a knowledge of Genesis, with what is written I can start with beginning and use the simple form of a rainbow as Gods promise. At this time, I can start to see a light come on and they actually start to think about the bible. When I try to explain the Word of God as the only truth, I must use a solid foundation from which to begin applying critical thinking. Further, God never leaves us alone he has given...
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...culture, religion, backgrounds and science study today. A biblical worldview on another hand is how an individual view the world or make judgment based on the word of God which is ‘The Bible’. In another word, biblical worldview is how a person’s view can be defined through scriptures. After reading Genesis 1-11, it is like a base for all biblical truth as it clearly states that God is the creator of all things. The scriptures define God as loving, kind and holy. By reading and understanding these scriptures, it changes some of our personal worldview and who God really is and what he portrays in the creation of the world before it even begun. Genesis 1–11 it teaches us regarding the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and civilization. Based on Genesis 1, God uses only 7 days to create the natural world. He showed us that we should work six days and rest on the seventh day like what he did when he was creating the earth. It only took him 6 days to complete and rested on the seventh day which is called ‘Sabbath Day’. The meaning behind Sabbath is rest which is seen in Genesis 2:2-3 which states, “By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.” In the Bible, it is clearly states God did create the earth and was not by evolution as it states in Genesis 1:11, “Let the land produce...
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...the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ...” 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and Lord, then you are a Christian. According to the New Testament, you are also a new creation. You are beginning a whole new life! And just as a newborn baby needs certain things in order to be healthy and to grow up, so do you, as a new Christian, need certain things to grow spiritually. First, you need to be in fellowship with other Christians. It is through fellowship that you will learn more about God and about how to live as a Christian. You should plan to attend church regularly and join a kinship group so that you can develop close friendships with other believers. Vineyard has many kinship groups that meet on different days and in different locations throughout central Ohio. Choose one that is convenient for you so that you can be encouraged in your new relationship with God! Second, you need to pray, which is simply talking to God. Prayer is how you will grow in your relationship with God and how you can begin to allow Him to work in areas of your life. And third, you need to read the Bible on a regular basis. It is through the Bible that God will speak to you about Himself and your life needs. Beginning the Christian Life Series was developed by Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Columbus for new Christians. It is a series of Bible studies that are easy to follow and can help you as a new Christian start...
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...worldview is how someone views the world and what he or she believes to be true about the world. Everyone has a worldview whether they are religious or not. “In common parlance, it is the grid or filter through which a person interprets everything. For a Christian, that grid is the bible.” (Hindson, Caner) A Christian’s worldview would be that people are on earth to serve God. A person’s worldview will change over time as they learn more about the world. A Christian’s view will change as they learn more about Christ. 107 Part 2 The Question of Origin- In Genesis 1:26 God created man. This is where life began. In Genesis 2:7 the bible...
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...‘God is most clearly revealed to us through scripture’ Revelation is the communication of knowledge from a divine agency. There are two types of revelation, which lead to the writing of scripture. These are general and special revelation. General revelation is information God that is available to all people at all times, such as awe inspired by nature. Special revelation is religious truth delivered to someone directly from God. I will argue that the traditional notion of god is most clearly revealed through scripture. Propositional revelation comes under the category of special revelation. It consists of God directly revealing truths about his nature to a human. These are often then relayed through scripture. The important thing about them is that they are facts about God, and thus the bible is absolute truth. Faith in this case, is a ‘belief that’, so in order for us to believe some propositions to be true, faith is require. This is a view supported by Aquinas, who thought that faith was based on something factual, unlike opinion, but not as certain as science. An example of propositional revelation is the 10 commandments. If one is to take the bible literally, then they were given to Moses on the stone tablets direct from God during a theophany. However, this contradicts many ideas about god. It is often argued that God does not reveal himself to us directly as it would compromise our freewill, but in this account it suggests that he directly revealed himself to Moses...
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...Can science disprove God? This is a key question in the Reason Series that is especially discussed in Episode One and one that I have always wondered about myself. Disproving anything with science is close to impossible because the scientist would need to rule it out in every situation that could possibly happen. God is outside our universe and can’t be measured, therefore, science can’t disprove him. Solid evidence of a creator does exist, though: something can’t come from nothing, so something must have started our universe. Since God is infinite, he didn’t need a beginning like the universe did. But is there a chance that the universe could have been a coincidence and God had nothing to do with it? It turns out the answer seems to be no because the conditions of life are so improbable, some consider them mathematically impossible. All of this goes to show that science can’t disprove God, and in fact, there is evidence that there is a creator. Science and religion don’t clash at all, in fact, it even seems like they go hand in hand....
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...Bible and Marketing A bible approach of the marketing: About Product End of Life and the sacrifice of Yitzhak Guy Saadon 28.03.2011 To invest time and efforts on Product End of life (EOL): Who has time for this? Who needs this? Is it not a waste of time when we have so many tasks to face with the present and the future? To better understand this question, let's call our dear old Abraham and Yitzhak and let's focus especially on the harder trial of life of Abraham, the sacrifice of Yitzhak. Note: in this context we will not try to explain and understand this trial but more limit our interest on how it can help us to better understand the necessity for End of Life process. How can we understand Abraham? His entire life was to fight against idolatry and human sacrifices. And when God asks him to sacrifice his "favorite" son; he does not hesitate to do it! Still today, this remains for me a mystery. Most of the ideas I will explain here are taken from the kabala. Some are more personal view. Abraham represents the kindness, the grace, the infinite love and generosity. In Canaan, Abraham was inviting in his hut everyone and his tent was opened in every direction. Yitzhak is less popular and represents the severity, the fear and heroism at the same time. He was aware that Abraham would sacrifice him and he overcame his fear. In a certain way, Yitzhak is the second generation of serving God. Abraham was serving with Mercy, kindness and Yitzhak is serving with fear, with...
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...scientists usually refute the legitimacy of their ideas that are opposite to the text of the Bible. There are many aspects that people would argue about. In this course, we focus on the origin of life. The purpose of this course is to provide a firm foundation for a consistent biblical worldview. After this course, we are supposed to give a correct and persuasive answer to anyone who asks why to believe that God created the universe. You cannot deny how much people are influenced by the evolutionary teaching in public school, on television, at museums… It is important to know where we came from and how we came here. We should all have a good understanding of origins from a biblical perspective of creation. At the beginning of the course, we were asked to interview at least three friends with questions of origins. I interviewed two Christian friends and one evolution friend. Both of the Christian friends absolutely believe in the Bible. They hold the same view that God created everything. In contrast, the evolution friend, who goes to public school, believes that human beings were not created by God. They answered my questions totally differently. The first question is how long the days are in Genesis 1 and why. Both Christians said one day was 24 hours long because it is clearly stated in the Bible that God made so. While my evolution friend had no idea since he did not read the Bible. Indeed, the length of the “days” of creation in Genesis has led to a major argument even...
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...Thus an apology is a defense of what you believe to be true. An apologist is a person who makes the defense. And apologetics is a "systematic argumentative discourse in defense." (All quotes in this paragraph taken from Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary. The reason I should defend my faith as First Peter 3:15 says, "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." When non-Christians ask tough questions about the Christian faith, I will be able to give a solid and logical response. If not, there is an opportunity lost to spread God's Word. Worse, the Christian who has a weak foundation for his faith can be easily shaken by the doubts of non-believers. Though not everything in the Bible can be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, there is far more proof than most people Christian or non-Christian are aware of. As apologists for my faith, it is my job to line up the available evidence, base my decisions upon it, and present the evidence to others to help give them an intelligent foundation for their decisions. "An intelligent Christian ought to be able to point up the flaws in a non-Christian position and to present facts and arguments which tell in favor of the gospel. If our apologetic prevents us from explaining the gospel to any person, it is an inadequate apologetic" (Pinnock, 1998). As I Peter 3:15 says, "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you...
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