Personal discipline has always been an important part of my life. I set high goals and standards for myself and always see them through. One example of this is scouting. I started at age six as a Cub Scout, completing the full Boy Scout program and reaching the top rank of Eagle Scout ten years l...
Another important aspect that Mulholland talks about in his book, are classical spiritual disciplines. ... These classical spiritual disciplines tend to allow us to live and hold our lives in God's environment, so that our personal disciplines may be fully effective. ... This allows us to develop our own spiritual disciplines by renewing our relationship with God. ... The last spiritual discipline is liturgy. ...
The Father should love and discipline his children a. The Lord has to begin to teach a godly man how to love and discipline his children b. It is a discipline in love and not in anger! ... Traditionally, a lot of us were disciplined with a belt or other things until we could not breath 1 God does not want us to be like that 2. not a proper role model 1 Thess 2:11-12: As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 3. ...
The ideas and theories that both Mencius and Hzun Tzu held entailed to whether or not man's nature was good or evil. Mencius claimed that human nature was naturally good. Man was born innocent and nave and it was only through time, war and experience that man became corrupt. However, Hzun Tzu fel...
In the essay entitled "Hamburger," the author Anthony Walton discusses the facts and myths about football as he sees them. He perceives that football is a man's sport and that it toughens one up not only for sports, but later on in life as well. Using these facts based on his perception of footba...
There are many things happening in our lives, and it is hard to just have one sentence philosophy on life. There are many things I believe about life in general, and there are many things that I would like to do. But since I have to write a one sentence philosophy on life, this is what I shall do....
Many people believe religion is the most sacred way of life, and to some it is their biggest obligation. A Buddhist once proclaimed in context to religion, "Many paths lead up the mountain, but the view from the top is the same." This quote, I believe contradicts religion in its entirety. However...
The Puritan's ethics were lead by self discipline in order to improve their spirituality. They imposed concrete belief in the Bible and lived by all measures of it. Maintaining your life based on the Bible sets valuable limits. Prior to following the Bible, the Puritans looked at laughter and ple...
But almost all of them do coincide in that rules and discipline are important they just might differ in which way they"re distributed amongst the population perhaps some write as Christians do although some definitely still rely on word of mouth propagation. ...
To judge a religion by the actions of a minority is unjust. Islam is not a religion of war, as it has been perceived to be by many. Our perception has been thoroughly misconstrued by the media and others. When we see a man walking down the street with a long beard and a scarf covering his head we au...
Scared words are the most important element to every religion may it be Hinduism or Christianity. People use it as a guide through life. It's what gives them inspiration to their daily lives. From the beginning of scared texts, people have formed their lives around its teachings. Th...
The Puritan religion was made up of people who wanted to purify the Church of England. These activists wanted to get rid the Catholic parts that was still in the church, but the majority of England, saw the Puritans as a threat to them, so they forced the Puritans to retreat. The Puritans then cam...
Margery Kempe was born into a middle class family of Lynn, England in the late twelfth century. She married John Kempe, a merchant in Lynn. Margery is most famous for writing the first autobiography in English. Her work is a reflection of what was going on in the world of popular religion in...
I grew up in a family and in a country where practicing our religion was one of the main facts of life. I was born in Iran and I was born in a Bahá'í family. The main religion of Iran is of course Islam and living over there as a Bahá'í is super hard but very interesting at the same time. It is ...
Zulu The Zulu culture is a civilization because it is a progressive and structured society. They progressed by their growing knowledge and continually developing society. The Zulu structured their society through many aspects, such as their social organization, government, military, economy, and...
According to the dictionary, religion is a noun defined as the quest for the values of the ideal life. The above definition is vast and general, allowing people from all cultures to interrupt it differently. There is not a single path to follow to lead an ideal life, only your personal beliefs and...
A linkage to the past [is provided]. 2) Serves a disciplinary and preparatory function-imposes a self- discipline for social life. ... Cohesiveness and self-discipline is provided from central social activities which are primarily periodic worship serves. ...
Religion in an omnipotent and blinding power that pulls people into a false sense of secure unity and interdependence. In the early nineteenth century, many communities were created by a single religion where beliefs helped to answer many unknown questions. Such naivete resulted in the isolation ...
World Religion What is Religion? According to the American College Dictionary, religion is a noun defined as the quest for the values of the ideal life. This definition is vast and general, allowing for a variety of interpretations by people from all cultures. There is no single path to f...
Hinduism is an ancient religion of people looking for explanations for the things that are beyond human power. Hinduism has many gods/goddess, scriptures that they hold to be true, rules they live by, belief in an afterlife, and rituals they perform whenever the time is right. Hindus follow the re...
Even though radical groups had existed before the 1640s, they were very secretive due to the fact that they were illegal. However as more people began to be included more into politics, the decline of censorship and the breakdown of control had allowed radical groups to emerge in the 1640s. This me...
Effective Teenager in God Today there are many influences that results in teenagers becoming defective. Content can not be found being defective. Being Christian youth I am well aware of the influence that world has to offer and have made a stand to be an effective teenager because I know tha...
I traveled to Southern Israel and as I walked along a stream I saw something in the distance. Upon further inspection me and my excavation team discovered a jar. We were not sure what was in the jar so we took the jar back to the tent where we had our equipment set up. In that jar was an ancient sc...
Religion is the most significant influence in the life of most Africans; yet, its key principles are too often unfamiliar to foreigners (Awolalu, 1976). This leads to considerable misunderstanding of the African worldview and beliefs. As religion is part of life for most African's, it cannot be stud...
Faith (faith) n. 1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, an idea, or a thing. 2. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. See Synonyms at belief. See Synonyms at trust. 3. Loyalty to a person or thing; allegiance: keeping faith with one's su...
