"12 He notes elsewhere that "Fire by its very nature would either consume sinners thrown into it or else torture them endlessly.... "21 The report continues on and notes that universalism becomes increasingly acceptable to a pluralistic, multicultural society and gains traction within liberal Christianity. ...
Further, the visual impact of a musical note (&) and God's own beauty is portrayed and ca ptured in the rhythm of the lamb playing in the meads. ... Powell, "The author notes that the perfect, beautiful, symmetrical, work of art (the tyger) is such a destructive animal: here Blake is identifying the idea that there, in fact, is evil in such a beautiful world but he cannot understand why". ...
Elwell notes therefore that "the gospel is the joyous proclamation of God's redemptive activity in Christ Jesus on behalf of man enslaved by sin... Barclay notes that (1) originally, it meant "the reward given to a messenger for bringing good tidings." ... Interestingly, Thayer notes that from the Hebrew it often meant the fee given to a teacher.# It is a word that was primarily secular yet began to carry some religious meaning by the first century AD. ...
Darwinian Proofs Charles Darwin is one of the most recognizable names from the Victorian period. His works caused a major flux in culture including religion, science and human nature. Darwin showed that scientific observations collect facts and through these facts we can learn things about how th...
Religion in China Try to think for a few moments about differing cultures from your own. What comes to mind first? Perhaps it is the geographic location, or maybe you are drawn to differences in traditions. Possibly you even think initially about language barriers. Whatever it may be, most lik...
In 1689, Great Britain had passed a religious Act of Toleration, but this meant little for American colonies.4 In his Notes on the State of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson highlighted the fact that in 17th century Virginia, it was punishable for "parents to refuse to have their children baptized," and for various other offenses.5 Sheriffs imprisoned Baptists living within Virginia; Baptist ministers were not given permission to preach their own religion, and were prey to physical violence.6 Called "dissenters," these individuals were religiously disenfranchised until the declaration of independe...
From Saul to Paul: A Religious Conversion This paper is my account of the three different versions of Paul's conversion. To get my point across, I will cover the comparisons between the three stories, in relevance to the narrative setting, characters, intent/rhetoric, and plot. Then I will explain why the three are different. To understand why this paper is such an important topic, I need to briefly explain who Paul was and his ways. Paul is often considered one of the most successful early Christian missionaries. ...
Despite God's declaration of equality, it is crucial to note that the Roman Catholic Church for centuries continues to uphold this disabling ideology of the domination and subordination of women, even though it out-rightly contradicts scriptures which ought to have been the church's guidebook. ...
Some of the most fascinating stories to occur throughout British literature surround the fictional times of King Arthur and his court in Camelot. The story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight follows suit. This Arthurian legend is meant to be an initiation story. Throughout the course of the tale, a single hero sets out in search of adventure and finds a sense of Christian maturity through his trials. Sir Gawain is similar to any other hero we see in fiction writing, who is predisposed to respond to any obstacles coming upon them, and is in turn gaining maturity both physically and mentally. ...
No parable of Jesus has been used or quoted more than that of "The Prodigal Son-. The impact and the effect that this story has had on the lives of people who have heard it are tremendous. J.E. Compton says, "the greatest of all His [Jesus'] parables."" We as human beings have always struggled wit...
One traditional Christian view of survival of death runs, in outline form, something like this: On some future day all the dead will be bodily raised, both the righteous and the unrighteous alike, to be judged by God ; and the guarantee and model of the general resurrection (i.e., the raising of the dead in the last days) is the already accomplished resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.My aim in this paper is to explain and defend this basic view of resurrection. There are many ways it might be understood, of course, and perhaps more than one is coherent and even from a Christian point o...
The Korean Religious Heritage Korea's religious heritage has contributed to the teaching of the Unification Church. Since it first appeared on Korean soil and was nourished by the Korean philosophy of life, the new movement was naturally influenced to some extent by its environment. Just as Eastern Orthodoxy cannot be understood apart from Christian Hellenism, and Roman Catholicism is a product of Latin civilization, so the Unification Church greatly profited from the religious development of its homeland. Korea's indigenous religion, like that of most early cultures, was a form of...
