201-D17 Christology As you are going home from work, two well-dressed gentlemen accost you, handing you some literature explaining what they believe. You glance over it and are drawn to this sentence: "Jesus was a man and as such could not also be God." Seeing the puzzled look on your face, one of the men asks you what you think of this claim. For two gentlemen to come and show me such a paper with their thoughts on it is in a way sad. The men do not have the proper knowledge of the Lord that they
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did not follow the ways of their father or God. “They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice” (I Samuel 8:3). The people of Israel desired a king, “a king like all the other nations” (Hindson and Yates, 2012. P.164). The people had grown tired of oppression and felt that “the lack of a strong human leader as the cause and did not realize that the reason for the oppression was a spiritual on-their failure to serve God” (Harbin, 2005, p.219). Saul was not God’s
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cleanse or save from sin. The following takes a look at the latter perspective called "Believer's Baptism:" In the New Testament, the significance of baptism is seen more clearly. John the Baptist was sent by God to spread the news of the coming Messiah—Jesus Christ. John was directed by God (John 1:33) to baptize those who accepted his message. John’s baptizing is called “a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” Mark 1:4 (NIV). Those baptized by John acknowledged their sins and professed
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In Oedipus Tyranous, Sophocles, is having the audience ask a question as the play progresses; was Oedipus’s punishment fit for the crime that he has committed. Among the crime we as an audience ask are self why does Oedipus insist in finding the murderer of Laius, is this a self fulfilling prophecy that he is trying to answer or in the back of his mind does he already know the answer of who killed Laius; during all of this does the free will of Oedipus stand out or is his free will diminished at
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Isaiah is the son of Amos and is often thought to be one of the greatest writing prophets. The key theme for this book is about prophesies: the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, a son called God, Babylon’s kingdom would be overthrown and reduced to swampland, God’s salvation would reach the ends of the earth, God will never forget the children of Israel, Jesus was spat upon, the Messiah would be rejected, God’s servant would die for our sins and be buried in a rich man’s tomb, etc. However, the book
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different kingdoms under the protection and governance of the one great umbrella of Babylon. As a ruler of a large society, Hammurabi recognized the need for organized law and knew that in order to govern effectively he had to establish his authority as a fair and impartial ruler. It is generally accepted that Hammurabi’s Code was developed around 1780 BC, during his 44 year rule as king. The Amorites believed that kings were appointed by the gods to administer the law and protect the kingdom. Hammurabi’s
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from Egypt that have an aesthetic appeal and make a person question what, who, and/or why this art was made. The piece of work that catches one's eye the most it the “Sunken Relief Depicting Horus” from Egypt, this stone slab has a carving of the god Horus along with inscribed hieroglyphics. To look at “Sunken Relief Depicting Horus” is a unique and interesting experience. To understand this work one must first learn the history behind
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Love God, Love Neighbor – Matthew 22:34-40; Mark 12:28-34 34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" 37 And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as
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Roman. Aeneas, the primary character, struggles with the implications of this central virtue; however, as he walks the paths the gods set for him, he personifies the essence of piety and thus portrays the quintessential Roman. An essential attribute in Roman history and literature, pietas is defined as “personification of a respectful and faithful attachment to gods, country, and relatives, especially parents” (Britannica). Latin for pious, pietas, is better defined as dutiful, “…pietas [in
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The verbalization, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards, is set in the time of the Great Awakening. Although this time period was after the Puritans, it sets the stage for the abundance of Edwards’ notions. Edwards’ speech, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, speaks to the audience because of the harshness and the ability to create trepidation in people. He strategically lowers the audience’s self-love and makes it feel guilty until eventually when hearing the horrors of
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