How Abraham and David were justified by faith and not by the law According to Romans the fourth chapter, we are saved through faith in Jesus and not by our adherence to the law. This is the same case for Abraham. He believed God and it was credited to him for righteousness (Romans 4:3). At that time, Abraham was not circumcised. Abraham had a covenant with God and was therefore justified before he was circumcised. God promised Abraham a son and although he it had not come to fruition, he still believed
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together to describe its three sources Torah instruction or law, Nevi’im which means prophets and ketuvi’im which means writings. The writings that make up the Tanakh were believed to have been initially compiled by the men of the Great Assembly. Judaism believes that Tanakh happens to represents God’s teachings to man and was actually written by God. The Torah contains an account of the creation of the world. Gods special call to Abraham which was the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses. The
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“My Walk with God” As a child I was forced to attend church functions four or five days out of the week. I was a member of countless organizations and groups. Playing the part was always easy for me because that’s what I was accustomed to. I sang, and played piano for numerous choirs, I even lead a bible study group for three years. With all of these opportunities to feel this infamous spirit that I heard about for as long as I can remember, it just did not happen. At least this is what I foolishly
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Religion and Us Stephen A. Brooks REL 134 September 30, 2013 Instructor Earl Griffin Religion and Us What exactly is religion? How do people define and understand it? Some people look at it as a resting day, a day away from work. Religion can have a view as an organization with people who conduct charity work for the community and sometimes globally. This is a place of worship, singing, and building friendship with other people in an area. Religion is faith in a belief, which arrives from
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African Christianity: A case study on Theology in Africa Today Christianity is a term that is used very broadly. Over the past few decades Christianity has mainly been predominate in the West and looked upon as a Western religion. For example, one would not expect high number of Christians in places overseas like Indonesia where it is a Muslim majority country. But as times have gone on the number of Christians throughout the entire world have drastically increased since then. According to the
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While numerous scholars say that John is the Gospel to the world (and Matthew to the Jews, Mark to the Romans, and Luke to the Greeks), a Jewish scholar such as Israel Abrahams might very well believe that the Gospel of John is the most Jewish Gospel of the four by the way it reflects Jewish traditions and symbolisms. According to David Wenham[i], there is more attention given to Jesus as the Messiah in the Gospel of John than in any of other Gospels. In John, from chapter one onwards people are
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Samuel 22:50-51, Psalm. 18:50-51). In addition, the concept of a universal messiah is seen in texts that give to the King David house dominion over foreign nations (2 Samuel. 22:44-51, Psalm. 18:44-51; Psalm. 2:7-9). In the prophetic writings the messianic concept has a special reference to God’s promised David ruler who will restore Israel to the divine ideal (Isaiah 9:7; Jeremiah 23:5-6) depict a divinely appointed king messiah (or “anointed”) who will destroy God’s Gentile opponents and as his representative
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2 Buddhism is a polytheistic religion, however, it does not believe in Supreme Creator Being. Christianity is a monotheistic and believes that Christ is the son of God. Christianity is an offshoot Judaism whereas Buddhism is an offshoot of Hinduism. Christianity is a Abrahamic religion and Buddhism is a Dharmic religion. There is no god in Buddhism anything like Jesus Christ. Buddha is seen more as a really great person that once lived that reached
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Judaism and the Hebrew Bible REL/134 November 29, 2011 Instructor Richard Albin Abstract Belief systems contrast one another in various ways including practices, celebrations, beliefs, and history. Judaism has been around for centuries. Jews study the Hebrew Bible, more commonly known as the Old Testament of the Bible. Ultimately, each faith leads to similar ideologies and regulations through the sense of morality and society. Judaism and the Hebrew Bible The Hebrew
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Running head: A Brief Look into Jainism and Judaism A Brief Look into Jainism and Judaism Tammy Chace Strayer University REL212 Dr. Travien L. Capers July 31, 2013 A Brief Look into Jainism and Judaism While studying different religions I became fascinated with Jainism and I have always been interested in Judaism. In this paper we will take a look at the basic origin of each religion and several of their foundational spiritual beliefs. We will then look at a few spiritual practices of
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