YoungLife is a cultural text because it gives teenagers a place of acceptance, a safe harbor, and an encouraging environment which have aloud teenagers to grow more into the Christian cultural. ... This is why YoungLife is an important cultural text for our generation in that it is a place of acceptance, a safe harbor, and an encouraging environment which have aloud teenagers to grow more into the Christian cultural. ...

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To support her claims in this article that god is chauvinist, the author had to look no further than the texts themselves. ... First, when she refers to the texts being misogynistic, I think it is important to note that the texts were written by men, not a supernatural being. ... Any of these texts taken literally can have some extremely negative effects in today's society. ... I think it is unfair to call a religion or god a chauvinist in light of the time these texts were written. ... These texts read literally can be a stumbling block in the relationship dynamics of men and women. ...

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While there are quite a few scriptures with the word "baptism" in them, he chose twelve different texts that he felt showed the truth of what baptism was. Cottrell made the reader aware that these text showed and all agreed that baptism is a necessary step in a salvation, and was the main point of all the selected text. ... I was able to learn more about the text he had chosen and why they were important. ...

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The scribes believed they were working with sacred text. ... Conclusion: Biblical Scholars-still human Those who ultimately decided what would be sacred text were biblical scholars. ... Certainly, stories weren't told for their truthfulness, so I don't understand why they all weren't put in the Sacred Text. ...

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However, biblical texts provide an incontrovertible message in which Christian disciples must support their neighbors. ... The life of Jesus Christ, in conjunction with the message of biblical texts, presents insight about how to deal with our responsibilities towards our neighbors in the context of modern daily life. ... Thus, Biblical texts and Jesus Christ guide all of us to answer God's call by evaluating our neighbors" requests as if we were in their situation. ... Biblical texts stress that "faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead" (James 2:17). ...

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Exegesis deals with what a scriptural text meant to its author and intended reader in their socio-cultural context. ... Hermeneutics, a pseudo-science, involves the interpretation of a scriptural text to provide meaning for the present-day world. Keep in mind that the explication or the interpretation of a text in isolation from its cultural and literary context leads to distorted, and sometimes harmful, results. At the very least it does violence to the text. ...

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However, not all of them believe in the same interpretation of the Bible (the sacred religious text of Christianity). ... As previously stated, the sacred text of Christianity is the Bible, which is considered to have been written by man, through inspiration from God. ... In addition to the Bible, the Anglican Church is one of the few denominations with their own additional sacred text. ... I found myself thinking, aside from the additional sacred text, what is so different about Anglican Church than any other Church? ... As previously stated, this is considered to be the sacred text of the Je...

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For example in the text the speaker states, "He who lives humbly has angels from Heaven to carry him courage and strength and belief.... The speaker in the famous elegy, The Seafarer, portrays this religious adaption in the text but to fully understand this ideal, you must have knowledge of the time period in which it was written....

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The monks begin the passionate task of transcribing the Bible and classical texts, as well. In a world that is rapidly deteriorating, the Irish save texts that are at risk of being lost after the fall of Rome. ...

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The view that death is nothing more than a typical end to a fulfilled life is found in both the older and more recent texts of the Old Testament. ... In certain texts, that seem to be the oldest concept of death, existence in the dwelling place of the dead is represented as entirely independent of God. ... Certain texts consider the "sleep" of death to be eternal. ... (Rom. 5:12) In this text, death has the meaning of damnation. ...

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Through looking at the texts of Beowulf and of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, we can clearly see the dramatic change in society's attitude regarding Christianity. ... We can see that Christianity had become the main religion by the time of Sir Gawain in its actual text. ... This is obvious for many reasons found in both texts. ...

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This argument will consider what is seen to be the emphasis of the Greek text by removing as much ambiguity as possible. ... Therefore in our text, it seems best to understand sarx in the worldly sense and not in the physical body sense.14 Now, what to do with the dative? ... Finally consider the two main verbs in our text, ἐδόθη and ὑπεραίρωμαι. ἐδόθη is the third person singular aorist passive indicative form of divdwmi meaning "was given.... " However this verse is preceded in our text with ἵνα μὴ both times, thus negating the exaltation. In the G...

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God's Gift of Speech Our tongue is a God given gift, and as Christian we must use it wisely. In the Bible there are many texts that illustrate how we should speak with our tongues, and how we shouldn't speak with it. God has given man a tongue to speak with, but we have abused the gift of speec...

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Both religions are monotheistic with a holy text and they both strive to conquer evil. ... All of these stories and some historical facts are written in the Bible, which is the holy text of the Christians. ... Both have a holy text with the teachings of their prophets along with some religious stories. ...

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Belief systems, or religions are perhaps the strongest force in society. All of these beliefs are important to each religion in there own way. Theyre what make each religion individual and special. Each of these religions had its own beliefs and sacred texts, though all shared some concepts. In the ...

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Unfortunately, when it comes to Bible text, use of exaggeration is often times yet another cause for disagreement and controversy. ... Also, a rare example of how a few lines of simple text can turn brother against brother and cause more than a few a sleepless night. ... Again, these and other statistics should not be taken too seriously; behind them is the imagination of a storyteller, not the figures of a census taker. ( Gabel, Wheeler, & York, 1986, p. 21) In reference to the motive of the many writers and redactors that worked on the composition of the Bible, the authors of...

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Upon careful review of select texts of the major world religions it is important to review each religion's stance on war, however; there is more information that is needed to formulate a final jurisdiction. ... " These quotes demonstrate two ideas that have been prevalent in Islamic texts: war for religious purposes is holy and just, yet also show mercy and do not kill unnecessarily. ... The answer to this age old question can be answered by reviewing the texts of these ancient and mighty religions in the world....

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Contrast from "Lives of Jesus" "In Lives of Jesus: Hidden Jesus", Jesus is displayed as both an ascetic and a spiritual master. His hidden wisdom attracted, and continued to attract individuals who were seeking an alternative to materialism. Mark Tully brings to light lost traditions about Jesus. ...

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Stoker presents Dracula as the anti-Christ by strategically placing bits of superstition and Christianity throughout the text in order to make the reader gradually come to the understanding of whom Dracula represents. ...

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Charlotte Bronte's own religious upbringing is very significant to the text. Her Father was a clergyman and so Charlotte could not avoid the influence of religion whilst writing. The first important day in Jane's life is when she meets the Reverend Brocklehurst. When she meets the reverend, we...

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Assignment 1 Who is the author and to whom is he writing? Paul is writing to Titus What problems or challenges does the author appear to be addressing? He is trying to help Titus by giving him personal authorization and guidance in meeting opposition, instructions about faith and conduct, and warn...

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He states that the Bible must be central in the life on an individual and church1 Baptists are not bound by tradition, board decisions, papal decrees, or any extra-biblical texts. ... This mixed with the Biblicism of the Baptist tradition can lead, Bill Leonard argues, to divisions within the church, when individuals and the church disagree on the interpretation and application of the biblical text.5 I have experienced such conflicts first hand in the Baptist church I grew up in. ...

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This is the only difference in the two messiahs, other then that they both spoke the word of God and wrote it down in scriptures which later were soon to become the text that anyone who practiced the religion must follow every word in the book or else they are sinning. ... Now the Christians used to use the same text that the Jews had, this is known as the Old-testament. ...

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The word "love" is used in a variety of applications. One could argue that every action which is pleasing to God is motivated by love. The Bible illustrates many forms of love, bringing us the following question: What is central theme of this described love? The New Testament includes several differ...

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INSTRUMENTS IN WORSHIP? One of the most debated issues in today's church is instruments in worship. There have been many arguments for the use of instruments, but none of which are accurate. The one debating for instruments must ignore biblical silence and add on to what God has ordained. Th...

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