...THEO202_B24_2013 Short Essay #1 Evil, in this world today, is one of the most difficult things to understand. We see evil every day, we are tempted to do evil, evil comes through media, people and self-thoughts. This is when Christians ask, “Why is this evil so strong in my life when I am in God’s arm?” Evil is from mankind and every mankind was born in sin. Believers have confessed their sins, knowing they have done evil. God along with morals are what have kept this alive, however God and morals have also God in order to prevent them from causing more evil than is already taken place in this world. First you must understand the difference between moral and natural evil. Moral evil is something one is responsible for; including crime, discrimination, slavery, genocide and other injustices. Whereas nature evil is evil that is unexpected or just happens. This could be destructive events, being diagnosed with a sickness or something as simple as a flat tire. When natural evil happens, that is usually when one asks God “Why me? What did I do to deserve this evil?” Hard to remember that God does not make evil happen to us, however; He may allow it to happen in order for us to grow stronger with Him. At times when evil has brought us down to our knees, all we can do is ask God for help, and that is why He allows evil to happen. THEODICY Everyday people are experience a form of personal evil which disturb their relationship with God. As I said previously majority of the...
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...working out then it is okay to divorce and move on to other relationships. The Bible is clear as to what marriage stands for and that it is something that must be fought for and should last a lifetime. The concept of marriage was established when Adam and Eve were created. In Genesis 2:18-25 it tells not only of how Eve was created but why she was created. According to L.I. Granberg and J.R. Root, God made marriage so that a man and woman could be joined to form “one flesh” and reach a sense of completeness. (Granberg, 743). It can be found in 1 Corinthians 7:1-16 what is required and asked of both the man and the woman to have a healthy, God honoring marriage (NIV). The Bible does not give an exact moment in which a couple is considered to be married in the eyes of God, but rather lists three principles that should be followed. The first being that marriage should follow the marriage requirements the government has set. Romans 13:1-2 says that we must obey the government that the Lord has placed over us (NIV). The second principle, depending on cultural background, is to have some form of a wedding ceremony. According to R.S. Rayburn, the wedding ceremony and celebration plays a key role in the consummation of the marriage (Rayburn, 745). The last principle that must be acknowledged is the consummation of the marriage through sexual intercourse. Genesis 2:24 says that a man and woman should leave their parents side and join...
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...make sense of this thing we call life. Man has turned to God, other deities or some form of idol worshiping to obtain some balance in their life. For Christians, Jews and even non-believers of God their place to find the answers they’re searching for to help them understand life better is in the Bible. But, if we are to examine the Bible to “find the meaning of life” we must comprehend why it is authoritative and why it has been so fundamental to man since the beginning of time. I want to clearly state that I believe all truth is found in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, everything starts and ends with Him. God is truth and man can find all truth by reading and understanding the Scriptures in the Bible. From the very beginning of the 1. 2. Bible, in the first...
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...Essay on Topic [e.g., Hamartiology: The Problem of Evil (Theodicy)] [Write your essay here, which must contain 600–800 words for the first 3 Short Essays.] Word count: [Post the word count of just your actual essay, not including title.] The problem of evil is perceived to be portrayed by the following propositions: 1, God is omnipotent; 2, God is wholly benevolent; 3, evil consequences that result from the actions and events befall mankind; 4, the omnipotent being of 1 and 2 eliminates all the evil that he can; 5, there are no nonlogical limits to what an omnipotent being can do; 6, so God will therefore eliminate every evil that is logically possible for him to remove (Elwell, pg. 413). The prepositions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 would mean that 3 is negated making the six points self-contradictory. In the Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, we find two types of evil; the bad (or moral evil) and the harmful (natural evil). These two evils are distinct from eachother but, you cannot seperate them. Natural evil is the consequence of moral evil. Moral evil is when man breaks God's law and natural evil is a result of mankind's sinful nature. Adam brought on God's curse on mankind and the world when he willfuly disobeyed God. With this disobedience, man invited sin and corruption into God's perfect creation. A theodicy is a defensive position on the goodness and omnipotence of God in view of the existence of evil. Many such theodicies exist with scientists, philosophers, and...
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...Name: Warren Brooks Writing Style Used: MLA Course and Section Number: THEO 201 D27 Short Essay on Inspiration and Inerrancy It was a routine morning; I woke up to the buzz of my alarm, had breakfast, and was on my way to the park where I have my daily Bible study. However, on this day, my time at the park did not go according to routine as normal. A jogger that regularly runs through the park suddenly approached me. He told me his name, but the next words that came out of his mouth were: “How do you sit there morning after morning and read that Bible. What drives you to do it, and what do Christians find so authoritative about it?” I didn’t respond right away, but after taking a few seconds, I concluded: The term ‘authority,’ when applied to the Bible, also has an application to words spoken or written whose accuracy has been established and whose information can consequently be trusted (McDonald). To say the Bible has authority means that these words have the power and right to command. This authority comes from God and we are meant to give our lives over to this supreme authority. Hence, we worship the God of these words, and not the words themselves. John 5:23 states, “He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.” This evidences that Jesus and God are equal. Since Jesus and God are one, this means that Jesus has this authority as well. Biblical inspiration is a super-natural influence of the Holy Spirit upon divinely chosen agents in consequence...
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...September, 2015 Confederation & Constitution In 1987, Americans celebrated the bicentennial of the signing of the Constitution of the United States. This document, which has served as "the Supreme Law of the Land" for more than two centuries, is the world's oldest written constitution still in use (Bloom, 1987). The United States Constitution is a foundation of basic laws and principles that defines the rights of American and sets limits on what the government can and cannot do. It provides the framework for the National government and establishes a system by which responsibilities are divided between the national government and the states' governments. The first Constitution was the Articles of the Confederation. In this essay I will compare the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution, analyze the drafting of the Constitution, and compare the debate over ratification between Federalist and ant-Federalist. The Articles of Confederation, which were ratified in 1781, providing the first form of a national government in the United States. When the United States won its independence from England in 1781, a majority of Americans felt a stronger allegiance to their individual states than to their new country. Most people did not wish to create a strong national government, over which they felt they would have little or no control. The Articles gave each state a great deal of independence and represented little more than a “league of friendship” between...
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...Short Essays Instructions You will write four Short Essays in this course. The goal of these essays is for you to think over and analyze information biblically and theologically to articulate a case for your own views. Follow the steps below to successfully complete each essay. Step 1: Familarize yourself with the general expectations of the Short Essay assignments as described below. You must use the Short Essay Template to compose your essay; this will ensure that you adhere to proper formatting (double-spacing, 1-inch margins, and 12-pt. Times New Roman font). In addition, you must follow Turabian style and include a Bibliography after each essay. The body of your essay should be 600–800 words in length, this does not include your name, course and section number, essay title, and Bibliography. For each essay, you will be reading articles from the Elwell text and then answering various questions about a theological topic. Use the Short Essays Template in which to compose your essay; this will ensure that you adhere to proper formatting (double-spacing, 1-inch margins, and 12-pt. Times New Roman font). In addition, you must follow Turabian style and include a Bibliography after each essay. Each essay should be 600–800 words in length, not including your name, course and section number, essay title, and Bibliography. Thus, you need to be concise yet...
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...seconds) 1. Write English Essay - Free Essay Writing Samples Online Adwww.curriki.org/writing-essays 1. Get Samples for Teachers & Students * Support Child Education * Register With Us * Open Educational Resource ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form Search Results 1. www.scribendi.com a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative. 2. anything resembling such a composition: a picture essay. Essay | Define Essay at Dictionary.com dictionary.reference.com/browse/essay More about Essay Feedback Essay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/?title=Essay Essays are generally scholarly pieces of writing giving the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of an article, a pamphlet and a short story. Michel de Montaigne - Five paragraph essay - Application essay - Introduction Writing Tips: Essay Builder - WritingDEN www2.actden.com/writ_Den/tips/essay/index.htm Explores the parts and provides step-by-step directions for writing essays. Essay | Define Essay at Dictionary.com dictionary.reference.com/browse/essay a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative. 2. anything resembling such a composition: a picture essay. Images for essayReport images More images for essay Essay Structure |...
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...How to write an essay in English – Some good advice Reading and preparing for writing the essay 1. Make a cursory reading (= at skanne) of the text to in order to find out what the text is about. 2. Read the text more carefully (remember a dictionary). Use a marker to underline what you think is important. Also; write a lot of marginal notes. 3. While reading you should pay attention to some of the following elements: - What is the setting of the short story? (Where, when, the environment) - Who are the main characters, and how can you characterize them? (Age, looks, mentality, etc.) - Do any of the main characters change or develop during the story? This is often the case, and is almost always significant. - What are the main conflicts of the story? In all stories the main character(s) has a problem, or a number of problems, which he/she has to solve. Find out what the problems are in your story. The passages where the conflicts are clear are often important in short stories, and can be used when you quote from the text. - What is the theme(s) of the short story? All short stories are focused on an important theme. This theme must be found and discussed. The Writing Process 1. Make a plan (disposition), before writing your essay! The elements of an English essay will often be: 1. An introduction. In the introduction you give a general introduction to the main theme of the story, and relate it to the story. 2. The analysis of the story. English...
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...Goals Essay Outline This essay is part of the Rainier HS portfolio, which is a graduation requirement. This essay will receive both an English class grade (using the 6-traits rubric) and a completion score in Advisory. When you have completed this essay, you will need to share it through your Google drive with both your advisory teacher and myself. Use this outline to guide your essay. #1 Introductory Paragraph *There will be at least 2 sentences in this paragraph. Why is it important for you to set goals? What type of goals will you address in this essay? #2 Academic Goals Paragraph *There will be at least 9 sentences in this paragraph. Short Term Academic Goal: What is your SMART goal? How is the goal achievable? What will the process be to complete this goal? How will you know that you have accomplished this goal? Long Term Academic Goal: What is your SMART goal? How is the goal achievable? What will the process be to complete this goal? How will you know that you have accomplished this goal? Transition: How will your academic goals help you post-high school? #3 Career Goals Paragraph *There will be at least 9 sentences in this paragraph. Short Term Career Goal: What is SMART goal? How is the goal achievable? What will the process be to complete this goal? How will you know that you have accomplished this goal? Long Term Career Goal: What is SMART goal? How is the goal achievable? What will the process be to complete...
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...An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal[->0] point of view[->1]. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism[->2], political manifestos[->3], learned arguments[->4], observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an article[->5] and a short story[->6]. Almost all modern essays are written in prose[->7], but works in verse[->8] have been dubbed essays (e.g. Alexander Pope[->9]'s An Essay on Criticism[->10] and An Essay on Man[->11]). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like John Locke[->12]'s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding[->13] and Thomas Malthus[->14]'s An Essay on the Principle of Population[->15] are counterexamples. In some countries (e.g., the United States and Canada), essays have become a major part of formal education[->16]. Secondary students are taught structured essay formats to improve their writing skills, and admission essays[->17] are often used by universities[->18] in selecting applicants and, in the humanities and social sciences, as a way of assessing the performance of students during final exams. The concept of an "essay" has been extended to other mediums beyond writing. A film essay is a movie that often incorporates documentary film making styles and which focuses more on the evolution of a theme or an idea. A photographic essay[->19] is an attempt to cover a topic...
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...Exploring the Motherboard and Busses Exploring the Motherboard and Busses The motherboard represents the logical foundation of the computer. Everything that makes a computer must be attached to the motherboard. Answer the following questions: 1. What are the major components of the motherboard? Provide a brief description of each component. 1. Processor (CPU): The processor is the brain of the computer and is the chip where all the computing is done. 2. Memory: This is where the computer stores information while it is working on it. 3. Chipset: The chipset is a link between the processor and the outside world, and handles things like controlling the hard drives, the USB ports, the keyboard and mouse, generates the sounds the computer makes, and sometimes even creates the pictures you see on the screen. 4. Expansion Slots: Expansion slots are connectors that allow you to attach additional cards on the computer, such as video cards, sound cards, modems, and add abilities to the computer that the motherboard doesn’t provide. 5. I/O (Inputs/ Outputs): These are a set of connectors that allows you to connect various devices to the computer, such as the keyboard, monitor, mouse, hard drives, flash drives, printers, and connect the computer to a network. 2. Upgrading only the motherboard will give some performance improvement to a computer system. Why? Upgrading the motherboard will definitely give performance improvement to any computer system...
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...How to Write a Compare/Contrast Essay Compare and contrast essays are the other big essay types in academic writing. These essays will follow a specific question and are fairly easy to complete. There are several ways to write this type of essay. The most important thing to remember is structure. Many wonderful essays fall victim to the woes of bad structure, making any ingenuity to fall by the wayside. Go over the rules on how to write a general essay, and then structure your compare/contrast essay in one of the following two formats: 1. Introduction Your introduction — like the five-paragraph-essay, should open generally (with a quotation, anecdote, generalization), and lead into the thesis statement. 2. Topic 1 This next portion of your essay (which may consist of one paragraph or several) should cover only the first topic of the comparison and contrast. Compare/Contrast essays take two topics and illustrate how they are similar and dissimilar. Do not mention topic 2 in this first portion. 3. Topic 2 This next portion of your essay (which may also consist of one or more paragraphs) should cover the second of the two topics. Do not discuss Topic 1 in this section. Since you have already gone into great detail about it, you may allude to Topic 1 briefly; however, do not analyze Topic 1 in this section. This portion of the paper is to discuss Topic 2 in great detail. 4. Topics 1 and 2 Together Now that you have analyzed both Topic 1 and Topic 2 independently, now it...
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...personal essays to submit as part of their college applications. UT this year made the essay a required part of its applications. The priority admissions and scholarship deadline is November 1; the regular application deadline is December 1. “UT’s new requirement for short-answer essays gives our team an opportunity to learn more about the student beyond the academic benchmarks of test score and GPA—and in their own voice,” said Kari Alldredge, interim associate provost and director of undergraduate admissions. “As part of our holistic review process we consider a number of factors, and while we want to see strong academic preparation, we also want to learn more about our applicants’ goals, interests, and how they will contribute to our Volunteer community.”...
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...Justice, Human Rights, and the Natural Environment (i.e. various published articles and unpublished essays that are components of this work that will either be put on ERES or emailed to you; there’s nothing to buy) David Schweickart, After Capitalism John Rawls, The Law of Peoples Thomas Pogge & Keith Horton (ed.), Global Ethics: Seminal Essays Thomas Pogge & Darrel Moellendorf (ed.), Global Justice: Seminal Essays Will Kymlicka, Politics in the Vernacular (Optional) E-Reserve Essays are in: Phil. 340 E-Reserves: Password = “war” Phil. 338 E-Reserves: Password = “endangered” Phil. 462 E-Reserves: Password = “worldpeace” A. Essays by Rodney G. Peffer (Peffer) B. Marxism, Morality, and Social Justice (MMSJ) I –XXI (Essays) = Essays by other authors divided into Sections All ERES Readings are in my Phil. 462 ERES unless noted otherwise. * = An important component of my next book. Jan. 26 General Introduction to Course Jan. 31 Basics of Political Philosophy/ Peffer’s Theory of Social Justice The following 6 short essays by me are in the “Introductory Materials” sub-folder of the “Essays by Rodney G. Peffer” folder of my Phil. 462 ERES. R.G. Peffer *“On the Nature of Morality” (Peffer – 3) (4th essay from bottom) “ “ “ "Main Types of Moral Theories" (Peffer - 1) " " " "Is Morality Relative?" (Peffer - 3) (or via email) “ “ " "Main...
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