Children of God

Silent Compassion seeks to find God in contemplation. In Rohr’s fourth chapter he states “God is another word for the heart of everything and for everything precisely in its connectedness. When you say you love God, you are saying you love everything” (p. 49). After being halted by those words and stopping to reread the phrase, I began to contemplate Rohr’s words and the meaning behind them. Through the use of this response, I will explain what Rohr means behind the word God being synonymous for…

billions God created all you need to do is say yes to Him and He can use you for His good. The vivid descriptions in this book have made me sad, mad, and happy. I could not believe the conditions these people were living in, while here in America we are living in such comfort. It made my heart ache to think about the innocent children suffering from diseases that could easily be treated. What was hard to accept was the statistic Katie shared “The truth is that 143 million orphaned children and…

article he was telling a story about a time in his life when he felt terrible about himself and started to question his religious beliefs. In Salvation Langston is under the impression that you must actually see God to come to him. There are many different beliefs and practices that revolve around God yet many people are still unsure about their religious Identity. Similar to Langston’s confusion about his faith, I was once confused about my faith too. In this personal essay Langston talks…

the world and God; however, people, such as Ivan Karamazov, fail to realize that one cannot experience good if they do not know evil. The idea that suffering leads to salvation is developed in the Brothers Karamazov because of Ivan’s conversation with the devil, Jesus Christ’s role in Christianity, and the suffering of the innocent. The concept that suffering leads to salvation is seen in Jesus Christ’s role in Christianity because through the shedding…

similar to that of Athena and Odysseus, because both Gods provide protection for their human companions, promote the legacy of their humans, and challenge the relationship both their chosen and themselves. At the core of both friendship relationships is faith and respect from the chosen humans towards their respective Gods, who in return bless the humans with divine acts. In this sense, both of their friendships are defined by their mutual exchanges. God and Athena both immensely guide and…

Religion in the household Children are impressionable, you tell them something, and they will most likely believe you. Many parents believe that it is important to raise your children with religion, they practice their beliefs and make sure to involve their children from a young age, some parents even force it from a young age up to adulthood. Parents can expose their child to religion but as your child becomes older, it shouldn't be forced on them if they don’t believe in it. Raising a child…

Worldview Analysis Historically, Colonial American children were educated at home by their parents, clergy, or in Dame schools taught by other community members. Education centered upon a Biblical Worldview by which the primary tenets were first and foremost, to know God through reading His Word, followed by writing and arithmetic. The shift in America education occurred during the social and intellectual movement of the 18th Century Enlightenment Period. Initiated by the Scientific Revolution,…

love Cannot Do The love of Jehovah is massive and incomparable to the love of man. You might wonder why this enormous love of God could not proof itself in some situations. I remembered an old story of a king and his slave. “The king, who did not believe in the goodness of God, had a slave who, in all circumstances, said: “My king, do not be discouraged, because everything God does is perfect, no mistakes!” One day they went hunting and along the way a wild animal attacked the king. His slave…

Greek. One of the similarities is that both gods in the story punished the humans in some kind of way. They both had a way they create man/humans but it was different ways did it. One of the main differences is that the Greek story had many gods as where the genesis story has one god doing all of the work. The Greek as a polytheistic culture, the name of the gods (main gods) in the story are Kronos, Zeus, Prometheus, and Epimetheus. In the genesis the god…

Colossian 2:12 supported this argument by mentioning our faith in God’s power, and through God, Christ was raised from the death. The New Testament scripture identify the meaning of baptism in many different images that shows the riches of Christ and the gift of his salvation. These imageries can be found in 1 Corinthians 6:11, Ephesians 5:14…