Salvation

I have learned that true Christians do not take the Bible and misinterpret it and use it to enslave people in a life of cult servanthood. True Christians understand that Jesus is the only way to salvation regardless of what people do and say(John 14:6). This is why we need good teachers: teachers who are experts in the Bible and trustworthy. We need people to be reading the Bible themselves and praying constantly for the strength and ability to live…

Sin: a mistake that all humans make, believed to weigh down the soul until one repents. One thing that global religions have in common is the acknowledgment of sin, whether through set laws or teachings of holy scripture. However, on a more local scale, individuals combat sin in a personal way, as greed especially comes to the selfish and expectations come to the overly prideful. In Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, the main character Pip’s ultimate sin is his expectations that lead him to…

As I read the book of Romans strange things started happening to me. The day before class I set out to look for the new Iphone. On my trip out I came across a girl that I’ve never met before and she had a special message for my husband she told me to tell him “ They don’t blame him for Baileys death and they want him to come around and want to meet his family and his kids.” This girl happened to be the younger sister of one of his best friends Bailey…. Before Devin turned 21 he and Bailey were…

All of us know what an incubator is and its purpose. They are used in hospitals and labs all over the world. Tonight God downloaded into my spirit that salvation, the promise He gave us when we gave our life to Him and made Him our Master is a type of incubator. It is the place where we are protected. When we get saved, God puts a seal on us as a way of claiming us saying that we now belong to Him. He then goes to live in our hearts and makes His residence with us. We just make Him Lord…

surpass the requirements of the Torah. He emphasizes the choice between good and evil (Matthew 7:13-14), and separation of good from bad. Matthew teaches that, in spite of the great potential for failure, there is always a choice between sin and salvation. (Freedman,…

Augustine’s confession’s recount the tale of both his path to redemption and praise of God who allowed him to start anew. Without God Augustine and many others would go astray and live a life of sins. Augustine states, “The thought of you stirs him so deeply that he cannot be content unless he praises you, because you made us for yourself and our hearts find no peace until they rest in you.” Connecting with God is one of the many ways that humans can best live their lives. If one does not…

Julian’s Theology In a time period of which the traditional theology of the church was centered around the damning and vengeful nature of God towards sinners, Julian of Norwich carefully contradicts the condemning nature of the doctrine of the church and offers a more forward-looking theology grounded in God’s love. Contrary to the church’s view of an angry God reigning down eternal damnation as punishment for sin, Julian reconstructs the character of God in opposition to the views by…

as the unforgivable sin in the Renaissance (Snyder 50). To despair was to reject the only thing that could bring a believer out of his or her despair, for an “awareness of and sorrow for past sin, always the first step of fallen man on his way to salvation, may lead him into such self-loathing that he feels--and therefore is--beyond the reach of God’s mercy” (Snyder 20). The Redcrosse Knight’s problem lies not in Despair’s exposure of the Knight’s self, but in Despair’s warping of the knowledge…

He describes the opposition the natural world will have towards God and His will. He gives clear words that God is the Creator of our world, assigning Him as the cause. Paul states that the creation of the world itself is God’s way of showing His invisible qualities (Romans 1:18-21). He did this to show Himself to us and there are people who will choose to neglect giving glory to God and/or recognize Him for what they have in thankfulness. Paul recognizes the problem with the natural world is…

“Good Country People” illustrates that dismissing sin instead of accepting it leads to great loss. Hulga believes she is much more intelligent and cultured than her mother and those around her, especially because of her choice to be atheistic. When a good country Bible salesperson, Pointer, arrives, she believes she can easily trick and corrupt him, yet even when he tricks her, she attempts to reaffirm her spiritual position by criticizing his, stating “‘you’re a fine Christian! You’re just like…