Agape

My journey to apply for the Texas A&M University Dental Hygiene program has been an adventure but I know I found my calling. When it came to choosing a career path, I knew that working with people to improve their health and lives was where I am meant to be. The connection between dental health and overall well-being is vital and I cannot wait to continue on my career journey. From a young age, I knew that the medical, dental, science fields interested me but I was never sure how to or even if…

some point in time say. “Enough is enough”. Have you ever heard someone say we have been hurt for the last time no more; you have used up all of your chances for forgiveness and help from u? As sinners, we fail God constantly; but because of God’s agape love, He has promised and made available to us now and forever more His wonderful forgiveness When you look up to heaven remember that God has promised us the following. Psalms…

An ethical situation that I was part of was when I was working as a CNA. It was a normal busy afternoon; I was assisting with feeding, visiting with residents, bringing residents to the restroom; when one resident came up to me and asked if he could have his Tylenol because he had pain; I told the resident that I would inform his nurse. When I notified his nurse of the resident’s request, the nurse responded by complaining about this individual. The nurse claimed this resident always wanted…

the expansion of this commandment in John 15:12-13. The word, agapé is one of four words in Biblical Greek rendered as love in the NT, and is best translated as: a, “self-concerned” yet “non-egocentric” longing for a loving relationship with another. However, Outka stresses, that agapé love, at its core, is self-giving, faithful and desires the benefit of the other. Furthermore, as Jesus explains, the greatest form of this, agapé love is to lay down one’s life for one’s friend (15:13). Jesus…

Rinaldo so she kidnapped him and put him under a spell (Baltimore Museum of Art). The figures depict the story through their body movements. It’s at this exact moment that Armida is putting Rinaldo under a love spell. His body is limp and his mouth is agape. Cupid is flying over both figures in the sky with his bow and arrow on the upper right portion of the image. Therefore, cupid is an indication that this is a story of love. The subject’s clothing can also give away the setting. It’s evident…

Nearing the end of July, Victor showered me with tons of compliments that came out of nowhere. We first met through a Skype video chat with his little sister Gaby who I was acquainted with through school. Gaby and I chatted occasionally, and it was a slow summer night, so why not? When I first saw Victor, his bright smile, as broad and shiny as the Merrimack River where he lived nearby, intrigued me. I didn’t know Gaby’s brother was this cute. Sheepish, I hid behind my sister throughout the…

When you think of bone broth, do you think of it as meat water? Well, this meat water has plenty of benefits! But what makes it so special? The answer is easy – collagen! Not only does bone broth provide you with a healthy gut, it also gives you radiant skin and a boosted immune system! Keep reading below to find out what bone broth can do for your body! Heal Your Gut Did you know that having a cup of bone broth a day works miracles for those who suffer from leaky gut syndrome? It is also good…

In Christianity, justification through faith is defined by Saint Paul as when “… a person is put right with God only through faith in Jesus Christ …”, and is further interpreted through various rituals, practices, and also key figures and ethical teachings. Through the sacrament of baptism, the teachings of Saint Paul and ethical guidance on bioethics, justification through faith can be clearly identified. Baptism, an initiation ceremony practiced throughout the vast majority of Christian…

This film is about a young suburbanite couple frank and april Wheeler, living in conneticut in the 1950s. They have two beautiful children and a lovely home. April is a stay at home mother, and frank works as a sales man for knox machines. Frank is not so happy with his career but knows it pays the bills, and is good security following in his father that passed footsteps. They start having problems in their marriage, and frank cheats on his wife with a cowerker. April always seems unsatisfied,…

one can gather that the church views theft and stealing as being acts of pure evil, and that people who commit these acts should be looked down upon. It could also be said that a person who commits acts of evil such of this is not in ownership of agape which is the highest form of love for all mankind and God. I personally share a similar view on online identity theft; theft, as that of the Catholic church. I have been raised with strong values about respecting others and their property and…