...After reading the this weeks reading and reviewing lecture 2 I definitely pulled away some key information that I want to learn from. Speaking persuasive can be very difficult to someone as they may have already made up their mind and thoughts on a specific topic and do not want to sway their opinion. In the lecture it talked about being a effect christian persuasive speaker. It reminded me that no matter how passionate I am about something I should never mislead them or to leave out any important information. It is always important to make the audience aware of anything that could possible happen. It also brought to my attention about the most common fallacies. This is something to keep and mind to make sure I do not do in my speech. Especially when coming to evidence and logic, it is easy to find things that aren't true on the internet....
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...whose language is very important to your perception of them are Portia and Shylock; they use very different types of language to make the same point. In Portia’s speech she puts a lot of emphasis on the fact that “the quality of mercy is not strained” meaning that mercy should be given freely and is “an attribute of that God himself” this shows that Christians believe that when mercy is given freely without having to be asked for means you become a better man and she suggests to shylock that if you give mercy to Antonio you become merciful and therefore become closer to a Christian. She also implies that Christians are always merciful therefore they are more godly beings than any Jewish person. The language Portia use to put across this point is very poetic which personifies the belief in Christians that they are higher and better than the Jews in every way. A way Shakespeare makes Shylocks seem atavistic is by using iambic pentameter to make his language quick, snappy and straight to the point. After Portia finishes her speech shylock snaps back saying “I crave the law” showing he is not interested in using poetic language and being merciful he just wants “the forfeit of my bond” this shows he just wants Antonio’s death because he has lost everything that he once had and has nothing else to lose. This use of iambic pentameter means that Shakespeare can carry the argument without having loads of breaks before each speaker starts speaking which makes the play more interesting to...
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...Christian Worldview: Effects of Technology On Religion and Interpersonal Relationships xxxxxx GENE 100 xxxxxx Modern technology advancements have transformed the way individuals believe today. Information technology benefits the organizational structure, marketing, advertising and communication approaches that allow individuals to be successful but at what cost are these tools affecting our interpersonal relationships with each other and to God? Advances in phone calls, e-mail, text messaging, video conferencing and social media allow for a faster, more reliable way to communicate but personal interaction is now lacking. I believe societies ‘addiction’ to technology is a vast problem and it is hindering many aspects of our lives including Christian worldview. As technology continues to develop small business are growing, communication is instantaneous and medical advances have grown tremendously because of it. So how does technology relate to Christian worldview development? In every way! Families now sit at their dinner tables looking at electronic devices and individuals walk in the park looking at their phones hoping to avoid an intimate conversation. As people sit in public spaces text messaging, emailing, searching Facebook, technology is withdrawing understanding, closeness and consideration from those around them. Individuals with a Christian faith should be spreading the word of The Lord instead of conducting in these disengaging actions. According...
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...Steel, and young business tycoon, Christian Grey. The book also explains the relationships of Anastasia and her roommate Kate, Christian and his relationship with his family, and also looks at Christian’s abusive relationship he had with Elena Lincoln who is also his business partner. I am going to look at the communication between the characters of this book and describe the power and conflict issues that have been highlighted. I will also discuss how self- disclosure existed between Ana and Christian. Christian Grey is the male character of the book and the love interest to Anastasia (Ana). To the world, he appears to be a young, very handsome, charming, and business savvy man but he has a secret dark side since he secretly practices BDSM. Christian was abused as a child that he continues to have nightmares about into his adulthood. He was adopted by Dr. Grace and Carrick Grey, who also adopted Mia and Elliot as well. Christian had violent mood swings as an adolescent and eventually took a landscaping job for his mother’s friend Elena Lincoln. Elena seduced Christian and introduced him to the BDSM lifestyle, which he says taught him how to control his emotions and channel his anger. Christian eventually went into business with the loan Elena gave him. He continued to practice BDSM and had 15 submissive relationships prior to meeting Ana. Anastasia “Ana” Steele is the female character in the book. She is the primary love interest of Christian, with whom she finds true love....
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...the fact that people had “unthinking conformity” (Stanford 1). Transcendentalists work to make the world better through “social reform movements” and also strongly believe that one’s intuitive ability is a gift from God (Lewis). These might be the reasons why Transcendentalists tried to build their own religion based on certain principles which they said came from the “inner essence of the human” (Wikipedia). The Transcendental movement came out of a religious group of Christians in order to create their own group in many points incompatible with Christianity (Stanford 1). This is why Transcendentalism and Christianity have incompatible beliefs. One of the ways the beliefs of Transcendentalists and Christians are incompatible is that they have incompatible beliefs about Jesus. Christians believe that Jesus came to human beings to show them the way to salvation (Certificate 2). Transcendentalists have a different opinion about that; they don’t accept the fact that Jesus has been sent by God in order for human beings to gain salvation. Transcendentalists find Jesus as only “one” of the “true race of prophets” and don’t agree with Jesus’ greatness (Stanford 4). Another point to help conclude that Christianity and Transcendentalism are incompatible is that...
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...“Explain the Judaeo-Christian concept of Good as a creator” The Bible first introduces God as a creator in Genesis. For example, the opening chapter of Genesis begins with the quote “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” Many fundamentalist Christians would take this quote literally and would use it to support their view that God is the creator of the universe. Jews and Christians both believe that God is the creator of the world and both believe in the God described in the old testament of the bible. Christians and Jews believe that God does things on purpose, he interacts with people and he cares about what they do. God is believed to be omnipresent, omnibenevolent and omnipotent. Creation out of nothing, or creation ex nihilo, is the belief that God created this world out of nothing, ex nihilo being Latin for "from nothing." The Bible is clear that God is the creator of this world, but the controversial issue of how, is always discussed within Christianity. Typically there are two main answers: either God created this world from nothing, or he created this world from pre-existing matter. Within the Bible, there are four main Omni qualities that many Christians believe God to possess. Firstly, God is described to be Omnipotent. This could be defined as ‘all powerful’ A biblical quote to support the view of God being Omnipotent is “Have you an arm like God and can you thunder with a voice like his” (Job 40:9) The quote could suggest that Christians feel that God...
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...Summary of Paper “ What is faith” is the title of my paper. I am going to look into both doubt and faith in our christian lives The lack of faith is not because we don’t believe. It is because we are doubtful of the outcomes. There is a time where we all both baby Christians and mature christian face a area in our lives that we have a lack faith. The outcome is usually looked at the natural aspect of life. We as Christian need to look at what is really our faith. Do we return to the days of doing thing as a normal or can we act on our faith and expect the blessing of God into our live. What does it really mean to be a christian? That is the question at hand. Are we a season christian that looks at doing thing our natural way or do we place our faith and let God be God. It is not just being a christian in word but in acts. What does it mean to be a christian and what is necessary to be a christian is a question that must be ask and answered. This is important because being a christian mean the we believe trust and have faith. The faith as small as a mustard seed but faith in itself is faith. I will look into the opposite of faith which is doubt and where can doubt enter our lives. Is it a turmoil experience or was it cause by fear or confusion. The choices we make all have a result by our actions. What is the result of being a christian with faith or one a christian doubting one faith. The important aspect of this paper is faith and the question comes that mind is it a process...
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...fact, Christians were openly disobedient. Christianity further challenged the ideas of the popular stoicism which believed in earthly pleasures. The rise of these new religions were so worrisome that two emperors, Decius and Diocletian, led major persecutions against Christians. Romans were mostly polytheistic. They had many main gods and goddess’, household cults, and the emperors were considered to be deity’s, someone having divine status. Throughout the calendar year, there were many games and celebrations all across the Roman Empire. While not all in the empire had the same beliefs as the Romans, they all were required to partake in the celebrations. The Christians and Hebrews did not participate in the...
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...Being a Christian: “How Does It Help or Hurt Managers in Building the Best Working Relationship with Staff” Adrienne N. Manning Belhaven University October 29, 2014 A Christian is a person who believes in Jesus Christ, accepts Him as Lord and Savior, and lives by His teachings and instructions (Webster, 2003). So, what is a Christian manager? A Christian manager is a shepherd and servant to the flock, shows humility, is a good steward of their resources, and believes in building good relationships with those being managed. There are however, Christians that are managers but, do not manage according to Christian discipleship. They are as cynical as the unsaved men and women of the world. Therefore, being a Christian can help as well as hurt the ability of a manager to build the best working relationship possible with his/her staff. Employee engagement is a good example of how being a Christian can help or hurt the ability of a manager to build the best work relationship with staff. A Christian manager knows the rules of engagement. They consider the questions: 1) How do we engage each other/our employee; 2) how do we have those difficult conversations with each other/employees; 3) are we comfortable with conflict? Are our employees comfortable with conflict; and what’s behind our tendency to take things personally (DevelopMe, 2014)? Good Christian managers know the effects of accepting confrontation and exemplify good rules of engagement. They understand...
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...What Should a Christians Role in Politics Be? Student’s Name: Institutional affiliation: Christians have a very important and vital contribution to make towards present day political debate. 1Lets start by defining what a church is. A church means both the institutional entity and the individual believer (Christian) 2. In my opinion both the corporate body and individual have a role to play in the realm of politics. The combination of politics and Christianity has more that often resulted in explosive, fiery and intractable conflict not only in the contemporary world alone. During and after the struggles of European Christians in the 18th and 19th centuries, sensible Christian’s leaders and politicians alike came to conclude that major mutual tolerance was needed urgently for civilization. All powers of politics have been delegated by God. It is unconscionable and unreasonable for Christians to absent or excuse themselves from the public domain on such lame grounds that Christians and churches in general should not and never get involved in the matters of politics, when the holy bible they profess to trust and believe in tells them that power exclusively comes from the very and only God they worship. Politics is terribly vital. For ill or good, its ultimate effects on humanity, their well-being and conduct cannot be exaggerated. Politics is vital in determining whether people will live in peace or be at war. It also affects the...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY PROTESTANT REFORMATION: A PROLOGUE TO CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE DIVISION OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF DIVINITY IN CHAPLAINCY BY SULEIMAN ABBA LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA MARCH 2013 Abstract The Early Church was a minority religious movement which faced significant threats of persecution in their daily practice of faith. As a result there was no detailed structure of worship as seen in the present day Christian worship. However, worship in those days paved way for the current settings of various churches which have greatly evolved over time. Worship was characterized by several aspects such as baptism, organizing prayer meetings and gatherings, rejoicing through songs, listening to the scriptures, collection of charity and using their spiritual gifts among others. Additionally, during those early days of Christianity, Christians often met in church assemblies for the ceremonial get together meal (Lord’s Supper) or for thanksgiving and singing gatherings. This paper critically analyzes the various practices of early church such as the singing of psalms and hymns, gathering in church assemblies, vocal thanksgiving, the Lord’s Supper as well as the practice of baptism. Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………i Table of Contents………………………………………………………………………………….ii 1. Introduction............................
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...Being a Christian in the workplace is very hard with an ever present changing society. However, having a Christian worldview is important in any field of study and workplace. In this essay I will seek to show how the belief that mankind is created in the image of God is Foundational to the Christian faith, and explain how this belief affects the way I interact with people within my chosen vocation. To begin, a person who has a Christian worldview perceives the world from a biblical standpoint. George Barna wrote in Think Like Jesus, “That having a Christian worldview means that you think like Jesus and practice your faith in every aspect of your life” (Barna, 2003). This is how we make sense of the world, through a Christian worldview and living this life style. We choose to have a Christian worldview. We choose to live a life like...
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...her vivid imagination. By creating complex relationships among both Christian and Jewish characters, we observed how Jewish people behave themselves in a Christian dominated world. Among all the Jewish characters, Hubert is the one with most complicated feeling toward his Jewish identity. Hubert was born as a Jew, but the crusaders killed all his sisters and mother when the latter attacked Rouen. Hubert’s neighbor adopted him and baptized him, and later let him become a Christian merchant. (Newman, page 49) Even though most people regard him as Christian, (only few people know his real identity and relationship with Eliazar) inside his heart, he always wanted to become a Jew. When Abbot Sugar offers wine to Hubert, Hubert felt guilty and accept the wine. (Newman, page 78) When he heard Prior Herve’s statement about Jewish people, he “forced his teeth to unclench.” (Newman, page 49). In addition, Hubert secretly attends the Sabbath in the synagogue. (Newman, page 63) Hubert’s role represents Jewish people who were forced to abandon their faith and become the Christian. For these people, the only choice they may have is to continue act as Christians, and hide their faith inside their hearts, without letting others know, even close family members. Once Hubert tell the truth about his identity to his daughter Agnes, Agnes was ashamed and even discriminated him. For instance, it is too dangerous for Christians like Hubert to display the faith in Judaism: friends and neighbors, even...
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...Christianity first arrived in North Africa, in the 1st or early 2nd century AD. The Christian communities in North Africa were among the earliest in the world. Legend has it that Christianity was brought from Jerusalem to Alexandria on the Egyptian coast by Mark, one of the four evangelists, in 60 AD. This was around the same time or possibly before Christianity spread to Northern Europe. Once in North Africa, Christianity spread slowly West from Alexandria and East to Ethiopia. Through North Africa, Christianity was embraced as the religion of dissent against the expanding Roman Empire. In the 4th century AD however the Ethiopian King Ezana made Christianity the kingdom's official religion. Eventually, in the 15th century, Christianity came to Sub-Saharan Africa with the arrival of the Portuguese and has since remained an agent of great change in Africa. By definition, Christian values are those ideals or principles which Christianity as a religion cherishes. They refer to the values derived from the teachings of Jesus and taught by Christians throughout the history of the religion. Following the emergence of Christianity on the Nigerian scene in the 15th century, there has been a strong transference of the ideals of the faith on local lives resulting in changes in attitude, moral, social and marital behaviours. The Igbo culture of the Eastern part of Nigeria as a recipient of the Christian faith bears the weight of the religion’s values, thus, reflecting in her own cultural...
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...experiences. For Christians, worldview is formed by one’s faith. Even though some people might not recognize it, everyone has a worldview. It is especially imperative for believers to know their worldview so that they can apply it to their everyday lives. It is important for Christians to develop a worldview in order to be a witness for Christ, defend one’s faith, and discern what is good. Being a witness for Christ is one of a Christians primary purposes. Scriptures say that people were created for God’s glory and to proclaim his praises (1 Chronicles 16:23-25); therefore, a worldview is necessary in order to know exactly what to believe and teach it. A worldview is a person’s ultimate beliefs and assumptions about the universe. In order to be a witness for Christ, believers must follow the basic set of beliefs Christianity teaches. For example: there is a God, God is everything, we were created by God in his image, morality is grounded in Gods character, etc. Without these basic principles there is no basis for what is being taught and what the prophet believes. Jeremiah 1:7-8 says, “But the LORD said to me,’ Do not say I am too young, you must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you, Do not be afraid of them for I am with you and will rescue you declares the LORD.” The Bible teaches that Christians are expected to spread the Lord’s message no matter what the circumstances may be. In conclusion, in order to witness as the Bible instructs, Christians must develop...
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