It is apparent that he is weak and unable to let God in of his own free will and may have hardened his heart spiritually, possibly due to disbelief or distrust. ... A spiritually hardened heart occurs when it becomes resistant to the Word, the will, and the ways of God and only wants to go its own way allowing sin to come in and then becoming enslaved against the will of the heart. Proverbs 3:5-6 says, "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ... Here the speaker seeks to be saved by way of a violent force because he has not the strength to esca...

• Word Count: 1793
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

We as parents are called to have faith in God through prayer Lamentations 2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street. ... (2) For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. (3) For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. (4) He taught me also, and said unto me, let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments and live. ... The Father is a provi...

• Word Count: 1400
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

She opened her Bible and read Psalm 27, "Wait on the Lord, Be of Good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart, wait I say on the Lord." ... At times, she was helped by her own enemies. ... Eventually her own enemies started offering her food and shillings in exchange for making them stockings, aprons, and hats. ...

• Word Count: 840
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This can be found in the Bible in Deuteronomy 6:4-5 which states, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.... In Genesis 1 the Bible says, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth", and "So God created man in his own image....

• Word Count: 662
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• Grade Level: High School

The Holy Qur'an is the central text to the religion of Islam, which was revealed in the form of revelations by the Prophet Muhammad. Within this belief system, Muhammad was the last of the prophets who where chosen to communicate the words of the god Allah. Therefore, the text of the Qur'an is the exact words of Allah and conveys his exact message. In the opening of the Qur'an it states: "Show us the straight way, The way of those whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, Those who (portion) is not wrath, And those who go not Astray." (The Holy Qur'an, Al Fatihah 1:6). ...

• Word Count: 1896
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. ... When the younger son got a job, he was treated very badly, and he began to realize that his own father treats his workers better. ... However, the younger son wanted to be out on his own. ... The son wanted to be out on his own and he ended up being treated worse than how his father treats his own workers. ... From reading this parable, I was able to relate it to my own life. ...

• Word Count: 1584
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

You can almost hear the words of II Timothy 4:3 "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears." ... The New Bible Commentary Edited by our very own D.A. ... And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. ...

• Word Count: 2507
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

(Grudem) Robert Culver, too, speaks about the nature of sin in own book, and time and time again he returns one basic understanding of sin being: "Lack of conformity to divine law, therefore, constitutes sin as sin.... " It would probably be worthy to note that Culver's rejection of 1 John 3:4 as a definition of sin probably stems from his own presupposition of what sin actually is. ... He would claim that the phrase "through one man" would point to every man bringing his own sin into the world. ...

• Word Count: 3531
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School