In the Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life by John Calvin, there are five ways of giving glory to God, which simplifies down to the Five Solas: Sola Scriptura, Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Solus Christus, and Soli Deo Gloria. Glory, in this case, is defined as high renown or honor won by notable achievements; those general achievements, which happen to also be summarizations of the Reformations’ theological convictions, are through the individual Solas. Out of the Five Solas that emerged, Sola Scriptura, where the Bible contains the highest authority, is the most relevant in today’s culture for it is the foundation of Christianity, it contains life-changing messages, and it is a way of knowing God and His powers of influence. The Bible
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Relevant to today’s culture, people within the Christian or even non-Christian belief would often quote from the Bible, because it relates directly to how they perceive the world or so they can remind themselves that they are not alone in this world who has felt the same way. For instance, the Bible drives many messages across in terms of what moralities and values should be. One of which is to “seek the good of everyone, friend and foe” (Calvin 37). This is extremely powerful, especially to think for and about goodness in an enemy. That way of appreciating each other is fairly noted as well. In reality, people today “fear and abhor poverty, obscurity, and humility, and we seek to avoid them by all possible means,” but we don’t easily embrace and appreciate what we have (Calvin 41). Sometimes what people have available to them all the time, like water, is taken advantage of. As to what the Bible has offered, people are to trust that his grace and “blessing will find a way to make [people] happy and prosperous” (Calvin 41). The Bible has a mysterious way of involving multiple types of emotions that are closely related to how people feel today, yet it is also a word and calling of
Relevant to today’s culture, people within the Christian or even non-Christian belief would often quote from the Bible, because it relates directly to how they perceive the world or so they can remind themselves that they are not alone in this world who has felt the same way. For instance, the Bible drives many messages across in terms of what moralities and values should be. One of which is to “seek the good of everyone, friend and foe” (Calvin 37). This is extremely powerful, especially to think for and about goodness in an enemy. That way of appreciating each other is fairly noted as well. In reality, people today “fear and abhor poverty, obscurity, and humility, and we seek to avoid them by all possible means,” but we don’t easily embrace and appreciate what we have (Calvin 41). Sometimes what people have available to them all the time, like water, is taken advantage of. As to what the Bible has offered, people are to trust that his grace and “blessing will find a way to make [people] happy and prosperous” (Calvin 41). The Bible has a mysterious way of involving multiple types of emotions that are closely related to how people feel today, yet it is also a word and calling of