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The existence of God has been a big subject in philosophy and efforts to prove or disprove his existence have been taking place since the dawn of time. Notable philosophers such as Rene Descartes, Saint Thomas Aquinas, and William Paley have all conceived arguments to...
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The greatest recent event — that “God is dead,” that the belief in the Christian God has ceased to be believable — is… cast[ing] its shadows over Europe. For the few, at lease, whose eyes….are strong and sensitive enough for this spectacle… What must collapse...
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The presumption of a benevolent and omnipotent God makes the existence of evil problematic. This dilemma, known as theodicy, is often used to prove the lack of a God. The Book of Job as well as the South Park episode “Cartmanland” explore this theme, but...
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In the year 1373 A.D., thirty-year-old Lady Julian lay on her deathbed in Norwich, England, after suffering for weeks from an unknown illness (Julian VII). Around the year 3100 B.C., the war of Mahabharata broke out in India, leaving villages in devastation and the people...
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Among the fragmented layers and voices of T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land there is a distinct cry for humanity to accept the comfort of a greater level of intelligence – God. This is dramatically reinforced in the lamenting howl of The Hollow Men. References...
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In a theological age conscious of the damage inflicted by sin upon human reason, Anselm of Canterbury emerges as one of its greatest champions. Though his maintenance of the primacy of faith never wavered, his project was one of using the tool of reason to...
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As the Holy Bible states, God created the entire human generation in his image and likeness. That is why Christians believe in the doctrine of the Holy Trinity which provides a basis for all social relations including gender and race. According to the biblical creation...
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The research paper seeks to prove that upon the creation of man, God was optimistic to absolute perfection in man, but instead he was led to seek perfect righteousness in Christ. God sent his son, Jesus Christ to bring salvation to earth and change the...
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Dr. Gospel Essentials There is vast meaning of God, as per Christianity world view. God is much more than any human being in all sense. So it is virtually impossible to describe God or define God. All of us know something related to God, but...
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Biblical Prophets The prophets in Biblical times focused on admonishing and urging God’s people to righteousness, foretelling events if they repented or would not, and championing the cause of social justice. Prophets are very concerned with social justice because it reflected something deeper, the spiritual...
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God actively involved in is his creation from the time he made it to today’s society. Every Christian lives by this belief, I live by his belief always have, this is the whole reason why I want to become a chaplain. I love hearing about...
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The theological virtue of hope which is a supernatural gift bestowed by God through which one trusts God will grant eternal life and the means of obtaining it providing one cooperates. Hope is composed of desire and expectation together with a recognition of the difficulty...
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Necessity of a savior We need a savior because of all of the evil in the world. We are all sinners whether we want to be or not. But because we have a savior, our souls will never be lost. We will always be protected...
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The two elements that make something worthy to be believed in is the worth and permanence of that thing. 8/30/2017 Question 2 The phrase “people of God” or “God’s chosen people” does not indicate that God has favored a specific people over others in the...
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The February 19th chapel began with the praise songs “Trading My Sorrows” and “Son of God”. After the event announcements, the first of the two speakers, LaMoine Tatum, took the podium with her poem. The poem described how she was immersed with sin and was...
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Love is directed from person to person or from person to things, but in the Bible there is another aspect of interpersonal love which is very important in the Bible. God’s love is different for everyone, but the law of divine love is the standard...
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“THE BIBLE. The Bible is made up of both the Old and New Testaments. It is the inspired Word of God and in the original writings or autographs were without error. The Bible was written by God through people with the guidance of the Holy...
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Kierkegaard writes about a faith that is not bounded by self-interest or good works. In Sickness Unto Death, the author, Anti- Climacus (another of Kierkegaard’s pennames) argues that the religious life is the only truly satisfactory life. From his perspective, the prospects and rewards of...
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Preparation of the Passover meal: The time to prepare to celebrate the Passover meal arrived and in Luke 22: 10-12 we find Jesus instructing His disciples to prepare for the Passover meal which would become known throughout the Christian churches as The Last Supper (the...
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Hindu religion is polytheistic. It’s populated with many gods and goddesses who represent pieces of the one true God, giving a person who wishes to worship the religion an unlimited number of gods to worship. The Hindu religion consists of 33 million gods for individuals...
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Bless what comes into your hands. You can change your whole life in a moment if you do this. This is what Jesus called judging with righteous judgment. If you could see the world as it truly is, as the kingdom of God, you would...
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The claim that our universe began, and did not always exist, brings enormous challenges to scientists who do not believe that the universe was created by God.Are scientists part of the Big Bang theory? Yes. In the late 1920s, astronomer Edwin Hubble saw through his...
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There have been various arguments in philosophy that deal with the existence of God. Cosmological Argument is one of those arguments that discusses about God’s existence on the basis of some proofs that verify the existence of God. The Cosmological Argument gives an explanation about...
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Has anyone ever told you I think I’m a pretty good person so I’ll go to heaven. This kind of view is not biblical. No one is perfectly good. Today I will be making three points about the topic “Analyze and respond to the statement...
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Mediator dei This encyclical began a defining moment in the history of the Church. It was promulgated by Pope Pius XII it became the first papal encyclical devoted specifically and entirely to the liturgy. Its relevance is still being felt till this day, and this...
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The Ten Commandments is an American Biblical Epic Film that is directed by Cecil B DeMille. It dramatizes the biblical story of the life of Moses. Pharaoh Rameses I of Egypt orders to kill all new first born male baby of his time but, Yoshebel...
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Apollo is one of the most complex and important gods, and is the god of many things, including: music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light and knowledge. He is the son of Zeus and the Titan Leto, and was born in the Greek...
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In Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae, he recognizes four types of law. Those four types of laws include Eternal law, Divine law, Natural law, and Human law. If they were to be arranged in a hierarchy, eternal wound be at the top, then divine, natural, and...
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This morning the prophet cries, “O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence—“ as the psalmist laments,” O Lord God of hosts, *how long will you be angered despite the prayers of your...
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I have heard it said there are two things in life that we cannot avoid, death and taxes. Based on this morning’s Gospel this has been true at least since Roman times. In this morning’s reading, we find Jesus being vetted by the Jewish authorities....