...Biblical World View Essay Introduction In the following essay on Biblical World View of, Business Administration, with the foundational Christian belief that man was created in the image of God. There will be two examples in this essay that will explain this view. In the first example, I will be going over leadership and how important it is as a Christian to remember your foundational belief that we are created in the image of God. The second example, I will be discussing the importance of honesty for Christians, since we are created in the image of God. “Immediately following each day of creation God saw that it was good, but after the creation of man, God saw that it was very good”. (Online excerpt, Original Creation of man in the image of god, 2013)Being created in the image of God does not just refer to physical appearance; it also refers to the total essence of God. Example 1 In this example, I will be going over leadership and the Christian foundation that we were created in the image of God. From the very beginning of our creation as humans, we were give leadership over all his creation. With leadership, in any aspect, you will possess tremendous responsibility, and power over others, and their lives. King David stated in Psalm 139 “Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous-How well we know it.” (Etzel and Gutierrez, Praxis Beyond Theory, 2012, p 61) AS Christians, one knows, without a doubt, that...
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...CHRISTINA M. SANFORD WORLD VIEW ESSAY L26463326 BIBL 104-D82-LUO MAY 5TH, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Opinions are everywhere, everyone has one. This essay will attempt to explain one opinion or worldview of Romans: 1-8. There is so much discussed in this book. Paul touched on so many different topics and made descriptive points on what we as Christians are supposed to do, how we are supposed to live and walk in our day to day life. This essay will break them down in several different categories; The Natural World, Human Identity, Human Relationships, and Culture. It will be one sided and the writers opinion only. THE NATURAL WORLD: God created this world in only a few short days. With a few words, He spoke everything we know into existence. We know this to be true through God’s Word. It is the inspired word of God, God breathed His Word into His chosen writers. The prophetic word that was told of in the Bible, is what helps us know that the Bible is truth. The natural world is sin for us. There are so many things that lure us to sin. Jesus is our way to forgiveness. The natural world is dangerous, and this is some of what Paul was trying to help people understand in his writings. Everyday we have a choice to take the right path or we can choose to take the wrong one. Either way we go, there are consequences to our decisions. If we choose the right path, then we have salvation and mercy. When we choose the wrong path we have eternal damnation...
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...Biblical Worldview Introduction Yes I believe that mankind was created in the image of God. The bible tells us that God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him (Genesis 1:27, NIV). God could have chosen any other creation to make in His image but He choose man. As we look further; 1 Corinthians 11:7, tells us not to cover our heads, since we are the image and the glory of God, we should never try to hide who we are and whose we are; we are the light to this dying world and should let our light shine bright (Matthew 5:14). Our light is forever changing, we are transforming from one degree of glory to another, all in the likeness of God (2 Corinthians 3:18). God made us in his image and he commanded us to multiply; Adam (the first man) had a son, Seth, and Seth was created in Adam’s image, and because Adam was created in God’s image; God’s image was in Seth and it continues to trickle down from generation to generation to generation (Genesis 5:3). We were born in the likeness of our parents, yet we bare the likeness of man from heaven (1 Corinthians 15:49). God’s image cannot be taken away from us, even in our sin. After Adam sinned, we lost our original righteousness with God (a spiritual death), (The Essential Element of Sin). Roman 5:12 states, “sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned”. But we do not lose hope because just as one man caused us a spiritual death; God raised...
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...Biblical Worldview Essay Being created in God’s image means, in essence, that we were made to resemble or represent him. We were made to be creatures of patience, kindness, and forgiveness; all virtues explained in Christianity. Although these virtues are found in the Bible, they should also be common sense to most people. The phrase “treat others the way you want to be treated” shouldn’t be something that one hears once in their life. As an educator, one has the power to show and explain to children how to be a functioning member of society and how to treat others. Young children’s minds absorb information with great ease and the things they learn about how to treat others will follow most of them for the rest of their lives. The Bible has been called the “Word of God”. What that means is God’s message was sent from Him to prophets to be written down and kept as a journal for how He would want people to live and essentially represent him. Many of these values, such as patience, kindness or forgiveness are common sense but not everybody learns these things or do not understand them. As an educator we are given the chance to help children learn these values at a young age. Kindergarteners and first graders have a mind that absorbs information so efficiently that any information given to them will be remembered for years to come. As creatures made in God’s image these values need to be taught; a person is not born knowing these things right away. Educators are given the chance...
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...Biblical Worldview Essay As an Accountant, I will not balance the books to display more revenue that the company does not possess, nor will I spend money from company funds for my personal needs and or pleasures because these are not the attributes of the image of God. “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Genesis 1:27). I need to represent His image in all that I do. “Mankind is created in order to represent God here on earth” (Etzel & Guterrez). Falsifying records and stealing are selfish ways one is to satisfy the needs of the company for whatever reason and the other is to satisfy me. “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself” (Philippians 2:3). Doing right by God I will not balance the books to show more profits than losses by increasing my company’s revenue because this is falsifying their records. Their reasoning may be to gain favor with another company; this is not the favor a Christian should be assisting in. “He who earnestly seeks good finds favor, But trouble will come to him who seeks evil” (Proverbs 11:27). Not only can I be persecuted by law for doing this but I can be fired for not complying with my superiors. No matter what the reason is for the request is it still is an offense; not only to me, but to the Image of God. If I made the choice to do as requested out of fear, then I would have to...
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...Biblical Worldview Essay Instructions Rationale for the Biblical Worldview Essay Every person has a worldview whether he realizes it or not. What is a worldview? James W. Sire defines a worldview as: [A] commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions which may be true, partially true or entirely false) that we hold (consciously or subconsciously, consistently or inconsistently) about the basic constitution of reality, and that provides the foundation on which we live and move and have our being. Stated more succinctly, "…[A] worldview is simply the total set of beliefs that a person has about the biggest questions in life." F. Leroy Forlines describes such questions as the "inescapable questions of life." Life's inescapable questions include the following: "Is there a God? If so, what is He like? How can I know Him? Who am I? Where am I? How can I tell right from wrong? Is there life after death? What should I and what can I do about guilt? How can I deal with my inner pain?" Life's biggest, inescapable questions relate to whether there is a God, human origins, identity, purpose, and the hereafter, just to mention a few. Satisfying answers to the "inescapable questions of life" are provided by the Holy Scriptures. The Holy Scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments, form the starting point and foundation for the biblical worldview. More specifically related to our purposes...
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...What our world needs is a greater knowledge about God. When individuals know the true God, they are inclined to think more purely, conduct themselves with greater righteousness and seek greater personal excellence. When a society knows God and lives by his precepts people care more about each other, crime diminishes, and people are safer. Having a desire to increase knowledge about God in our world, I plan to write one short essay about God each month and add it to this website. These essays can be printed on the front and back sides of a single 8½ X 11 inch page from the .pdf file. When printed with the free Adobe .pdf© reader, they will look like the originals. Feel free to print and distribute these to others. They can be used by Bible class teachers, personal evangelists, missionaries, preachers, and others who are interested in knowing and promoting knowledge about God. If you want to receive each month’s essay by e-mail, please send me your name and e-mail address. If you want these monthly essays to be sent to others, please send me their names and e-mail addresses. However, if you send me names and e-mail addresses of others, be sure to inform them about it. That way they will know why they are receiving these essays. Resources About Biblical Theism: A reading of these books will give a very good understanding of the overall subject of biblical theism. Of course, the best source for understanding biblical theism is the Bible itself. (pdf...
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...Running Head Biblical World View 1 Biblical World View THEO-104 D34 Paul Dioguardi LIBERTY UNIVERISTY Biblical World View 2 I want you to know as a new Christian I have learned more in Theology, Apologetics and Bible than the 30 years of going to my catalytic church and listening to the word of God. I feel the word of God coming in to my hart and I have no problem being vigilant about sinning. The Biblical world view I am going to talk to you about is Gods image from two sides. Frist I will share with you the view of the Old Testament and second I will share the view of the New Testament. The Theological world view on the Old Testament and the New Testament on Gods image there is no big contradictions if you understand how to read the narratives and understand the Bible. I will say that in the Old Testament narratives do talk more about man made from God image from flesh narratives then flesh and bone narratives except one passage. The characteristics of...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW ESSAY BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW ESSAY DR. BRYAN RAY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES BY BIBL 110 MARCH 9, 2015 BIBLICAL WORLD VIEW ESSAY Introduction / Thesis The apostle Paul’s first eight chapters of Romans was invaluable to the Romans back in AD 56 -57 and Christians today. It provide us with a foundational building blocks to analyze the biblical and Christian worldview of the past and present. Paul’s teachings of such worldview are profound in the daily application to a natural world, human identity, human relations, and culture. Furthermore, the study of these first eight chapters has greatly impacted my current worldview, and God’s plan for us as individuals and as a nation. The Natural World A biblical worldview of the natural world dates back to the begging. God created man in his image, and likeness. He gave Adam authority over the earth, and free wheel to make decisions, Gen. 1: 26-27. God created women so men shall leave his father and mother to become one flesh, Gen. 2: 24. Today, non-Christians and “Christians” challenge God’s commandments and his natural order. God as the creator of the natural world, humans have chosen to satisfy the needs of the flesh over Paul’s teachings of becoming a slave of Jesus Christ. For unbelievers it is easier to challenge the non-existence of God, in order to continue their sinful behavior without any moral consequences. Human Identity Paul said in Romans...
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...BIBLE: REVELATION AND AUTHORITY 3/2/2014http://fae.adventist.org/essays/26Bcc_017 -055.htm Introduction I have not always held the view of Scriptural revelation and authority that I now maintain. Having journeyed through a different perspective on the revelation/authority of Scripture and then returning to the position that I now hold, I am convinced that this issue is basic to all other issues in the church. The destiny of our church depends on how its members regard the revelation and authority of the Bible. In the following pages I have summarized the biblical self-testimony on its revelation and authority. The major focus of the paper is biblical authority, but a short statement concerning revelation-inspiration-illumination introduces the subject, and other biblical testimony on the nature of revelation is subsumed under the discussion of biblical authority. The paper also includes a brief historical treatment of the Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment understandings of biblical revelation/authority and an analysis and critique of their basic presuppositions in light of Scripture. Following the conclusion, a selected bibliography of sources cited and other useful books and articles on the subject is provided. Appendices include: (1) a chart schematizing the two major modern approaches to the Bible's revelation and authority (Appendix I, A-D); (2) some of Ellen White's insights on biblical revelation/authority (Appendix I, E); (3) the Methods of Bible...
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...Biblical Worldview Essay Christina Roberts L27520522 September 30th, 2015 INFT 101 Thesis In the book of Romans chapters 1-8, Paul vocalizes truths that are the foundation of a biblical worldview. Paul addresses certain components relating to the natural world, the human identity, human relationships, and culture. In this essay, I plan to compare and contrast Romans chapters 1-8 as it applied in Paul’s tie and mine. I believe Paul’s teachings encourages us to seek the truth of scripture as it influences the way we live and view the world today. Biblical Worldview Essay The Natural World One views the natural world in a way that is very negative. Paul’s depiction in Romans 1; 18-32 leads one to believe that this is unchanged since creation. The world remains a very dark place, filled with sin, sexual immorality, perversion, and selfishness. Believers and unbelievers alike do not dispute this depiction. Even with all of our growing technology, we are no better off than those that lived in Paul’s day. In Romans 1; 20, man is told that even creation speaks to God’s qualities and divine nature. This verse warns that there will be no accepted excuse for denying God as their creator. People live in the flesh and worship everything except God. In Paul’s time, he struggled with seeing the same abominations (Romans 1; 18-2; 3). People in Paul’s day, just like today, were divided by their beliefs on false gods or in some cases, no gods at all. Paul warns about God’s anger...
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...Worldview Jeffrey Smith Theo 104-D86 11/25/2013 Worldview Often times the term “worldview” is given a simple definition of: the way we see he world. While this is a simple definition is goes beyond just how we see the world. As stated in the Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics “worldview is marked by the guiding premise of evaluation.” (pg. 498) It would be good to start with “who are we?” This is a very common question that many of us will ask throughout our lives. The simple answer to this question is: we are His creation. Genesis 1:27 show us that we are his creation: “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” We see that the bible tells us two times in this verse that we are created in God’s image. Since we are created in God’s image that means that we are his creation and that we are perfect in form since God is perfect. Not only did God make us in him image but also see in Job 33:4 that He gives us the very life that we have; “The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.” Without God we are nothing but with God we are perfect in His image and that through him we are given life. As we go throughout our lives and within our work place, to have a grasp of who we are in Christ, it makes it much easier to live. We can be comfortable knowing that we are love by Christ while others may not like us. Since we are loved by Christ and have that identity we can...
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...TermPaperWarehouse.com - Free Term Papers, Essays and Research Documents The Research Paper Factory Join Search Browse Saved Papers Home Page » Religion Topics Bib104 In: Religion Topics Bib104 1. According to the text the structural features of 'repetition' and 'inclusion' are… 2. What is the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls? They gave us a much older collection of Old Testament manuscripts 3. According to the readings the Old Testament canon was completed after the time of Ezra and Nehemiah. 4. Old Testament narrative normally does not directly teach a doctrine. True 5. In our readings this week the Bible is described in part as, "the Word of God given in human words in history". True 6. The Modern View of the Bible approaches biblical documents as highly reliable. False 7. Until just after World War II the oldest OT manuscripts we had dated from about 200 B.C. / False 8. According to Fee and Stuart's analysis they think most people do a very good job of handling Old Testament narrative passages /False 9. The focus of the ___________ is on Jesus and his claim to be the Messiah. 10. Which of the following are not among the common causes people misinterpret biblical narratives mentioned in the text? 11. According to Fee and Stuart's analysis God is the hero of all biblical narratives/true 12. According to Fee and Stuart what is the antidote to bad interpretation? Good interpretation...
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...A worldview is the nature in which one interprets various aspects of the world. Through beliefs, opinions are formulated about subjects such as music, art, religion and politics. My grandmother raised me to believe in God, Jesus as our Lord and Savior. As a young adult I gave my life to Christ and continued believing the truths of God that I was taught as a child. As a Christian, I believe that the Bible is the word of God, and it stands as the lenses of how the world is viewed in a Christina/Biblical view. In Romans chapters 1-8, the apostle Paul writes about the views a Christian should have and how they should live. In the next paragraphs of this essay, it will be briefly discussed how the Bible guides us through tough life questions such as: Who we are? Where do we come from? What is the meaning/purpose of life, Relationships, and our Destiny? The Natural World A Christian’s Biblical world view of this world is seen in Psalm 139.16, the Psalmist describes how God personally created him in the womb of his mother. We are humbled at the fact that Good took the time to create us in His image. Since the creation of the world humans have been given the revelation of the truth (Romans 1:18) Gen1:1 shows God as the creator of all things. God in his all-knowing power formed the Natural world in detail to perfection. Human Identity Mankind was created in the image of God. Adam and Eve were tasked to be caretakers of the land of Eden (Gen 2:15). They were above the animals...
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...6 Major Ethic Systems Kayleigh Turvin Liberty University There are six major ethics systems: antinomianism, situationism, generalism, unqualified absolutism, conflicting absolutism, and graded absolutism. The first three of the six major ethic systems are represented as non-Christian based beliefs. The second three are Christian based. These six systems are different in many qualities. I think we should be aware of each of these ethical systems. Antinomianism comes from two Greek words, anti which means against and nomos which means law (Antinomianism. (n.d).). With this being said we can see that Antinomianism means against the law, against God’s moral law. According to the article on Antinomianism, the people in this world are always looking for the easy way out of things because that is how they want to live their life. This means that they always want to accomplish things in their life but they will never be on the right track. For instance if they are wanting to make lifestyle changes like dieting then they want it to be easy, they want to be able to eat what they want but also be slim at the same time (Antinomianism. (n.d).). People like this do not care to work for the things they want they just like everything that is made easy. Antinomianism also means lawlessness, which is salvation, made easy (Antinomianism. (n.d).). These type people that we have been talking about think that you can be lawlessness and go to heaven. The second and third major ethic systems...
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