By acknowledging that he squandered his father's love and returned in humility, his relationship with the father was restored. This son turned to his father only after he realized it was wrong that he had gone astray. ... Just as the father from the parable wants his relationship to his son to be restored, God desires that humanity be restored to relationship with Him. ... To be united with the Father, as Jesus is, believers give themselves over to God knowing that he will transform them into the image of His Son. ... In John 17:20-26 Jesus prays that the community of believers would be ...

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William Faulkner's "Barn Burning," takes place in the Deep South during the 19th Century and is a story about the relationship between a father and son. A father with a need to burn the barns of aristocrats resulting in dragging his family down with him; along with his knowledgeable son. ... Abner's son, Sarty, attempts to put out the fire inside of Abner because he's sick of what his father is doing to the family and forcing them to share his punishments. ... Abner meaning "the son of fire/burning." ... Then Abner uses on of Saul's sons, Ishbosheth, to oppose the reign of ...

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His second principle stated that Christ is the Son of God, making him less than God, therefore making Christ not truly divine in a monotheistic religion. ... The Nicean Creed has three major parts which disprove Arius: "(1) the Son is begotten from the Father, and not, as the Arians say, created or made; (2) the Son is true God, and not, as the Arians say, something subordinate; and (3) the Son is of the same substance as the Father, consubstantial with the Father, and not, as Arians say, of a different substance or ousia" (Bell 61). ... Athanasius stressed the idea that the Father and the S...

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Abraham's main role in Bible history was to be the father of God's chosen people. ... The Lord then promises Abraham a son of his own, named Isaac, from his barren wife Sarah. ... Finally, Abraham is told to sacrifice his miracle son as an offering. ... Abraham was obedient right up to the point of being willing to sacrifice his one true son. ... Abraham has been called the "father of our faith". ...

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Debates about Christ's person crept up even before the first council – the 325AD Nicaea Council.8 A false doctrine was introduced by one Ariushad that Christ – the Son of God was a created person and that his substance was different from God the Father. The Nicaea Council tried to clarify without any ambiguity the relationship existing between God the Father and God the Son. ... The Godhead was consubstantial with God the Father and also with us humans as per his Manhood. ... He is thus both – the Son of God as well as the Son of Man. ...

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And a voice from heaven said, "this is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased"" Matthew 3:13 (NIV). ... The minister taking them through the process would imposition the sign of the cross with the invocation of the sign of the holy trinity "in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit " said at the same time. ... In a case of the baptism of a baby born outside of marriage, both or either the mother or father may attend the classes required to teach them ways of living according to the word of god. ...

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Jones" father, James Thurmond Jones was an active participant in the Klu Klux Klan, and was described by Jones as a "KKK bandit". As a child Jones was viewed as the "Dennis the Menace" of his town for he was known to regularly greet his neighbors by shouting, "Good morning, you son of a bitch." ...

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The poem, "BATTER MY HEART, THREE-PERSONED GOD" written by John Donne, sometime in 1610, is a extremely spiritual in nature. John Donne was probably a very religious man. It seems that he worshiped God and feared the devil. As a result, fearing that he was becoming consumed with evil, Donne dedi...

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God showed how much he truly loved us as flawed men not only did he give his only son as a sacrifice for our sins he also made us in his likeness, showing that regardless of the things that we did to disobey him he still wanted to be connected to us. ... The almighty father saved his greatest and most prized creation for very last that shows he took a great deal of care and pride when he made man. ... This passage shows that God is our ultimate protector as that no man can harm us as long as our father God is looking over us. ... Many people have a close relationship with their trainers becaus...

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Philosophy of Missions "Then Jesus said to them: All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. A...

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However, despite all of man's failures God still loves us enough to send His only son to save us from our sin and give us eternal life with God, all we have to do is believe in him. ... However, not all was lost for mankind, God found Abraham and promised him that he would be the father of God's people, he also promised He would bless Abraham and his descendants. ... These prophecies are fulfilled in the New Testament when God sends his only son, Jesus, to be born as a man and live a blameless life only to be sacrificed for all of mankind so we can all be saved and join God in th...

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Modern space shuttles consist of state of the art technology and have come a long way since they first developed. Certain scientists who were pioneers continued to develop new technology to enhance the performance and the efficiency of the crafts. Similar pioneers existed in the development of wom...

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The New Testament explains the freedom that a believer experiences as his relationship with the Father is restored. ... In the New Testament, the concepts of salvation, deliverance and restoration are fulfilled in the person of Jesus, God's promised Son. ...

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Martin Luther Martin Luther was born on November 10, 1483 in Eisleben, which at the time was one of the territorial states that formed the Holy Roman Empire. Luther's father, Hans, owned his own mine shafts and copper smelters. When Luther graduated from the University of Erfurt Hans was proud ...

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The New Testament explains the freedom that a believer experiences as his relationship with the Father is restored. ... In the New Testament, the concepts of salvation, deliverance and restoration are fulfilled in the person of Jesus, God's promised Son. ...

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Finally, in March of 8431, in the name of her son Michael III, empress Theodora decisively restored the veneration of images to the Byzantine Empire. ... Symbolically, the suggestion that men were created in the image of God infers the idea that all men carry around the icon of God within themselves for they have a certain correspondence to God.1 Additionally, the concept of the divine logos as being the "image of the Father" (Benz 19) that has been tarnished by the primordial sin and the consequent redemption in the form of Jesus Christ plays an essential task in the Christology of Eastern ...

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Baptist believe salvation is simply believing that Jesus Christ was the son of God sent from Heaven to save the world from sin (which equals death). ... Whatever approach one similarity remains constant and that is the prayer of Christ speaks to unity "That they all be one; even as thou, Father art in me and I in thee, that they may be in us so the world may believe that thou(God) has sent me" (John 17:21). ...

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