Children of God

Adam and Eve’s disobedience we still see how God remains faithful. God made a covenant with them that he would save humanity from the damage caused by Satan’s deception. It is shown through the course of the Bible that Mary may be seen as the new Even and Christ as the new Adam, the two that will restore original holiness and justice from original sin. Mary is able to achieve original holiness with special grace from God are she remains sin free. - God prepares the way for Mary. It all began at…

Final Thoughts and Musings I wanted to close this post out with a disclaimer and some encouragement… Disclaimer: Like James Torrance mentioned earlier, despite the covenantal, filial, and loving nature in which God relates to humanity - which, requires nothing on our part for its effectiveness or actuality - it still demands a response from us. For some of you reading this post, you may be thinking to yourself, “Sullivan, if our salvation, God’s relationality, etc. towards us is covanental in…

to ban the bibles in schools.In the commencement God created heaven and Earth. The earth itself had no shape , it was empty and full darkness and covered with water. The spirit of god came over the water , and God said , “let there be light” and there was light , and God saw that the light was perfect. And then God separated the darkness from the light ,and he said “ light is for day & darkness for night.” On the first day was evening and morning. God created a vault to divide the waters from…

context behind that verse, we are not using common sense; we are being childish Christians. When we follow a religious tradition for the sake of the tradition without thinking about how it applies to our current life situation, we are not using our God-given common sense; we are being blind followers. Then we wonder why religion does not really transform our lives and that of society. Here are some examples. Take the case of the rule of celibacy for Catholic priests. There is no biblical…

the relationship between man and God as sui generis or unique (Sarna 15). There is a clear focus on the creation of man because in no other description of let there be, does the book of Genesis describe what something is made out of. Only when speaking about man is a unique position and description emphasized. Man holds a special relationship with God that other beings do not hold since mankind alone has the breath of life blown into him by God. The pinnacle of Gods creations is man, yet after…

the “Problem of Evil,” essentially why, God, in all his capacity, would allow for evil. Most of the theodicy developed to explain this problem center on the core ideas of Augustine and Ireanean theodicy which apply the ideas of “Soul-making”, and “Free-Will”. J.L. Mackie examines the Problem of Evil, while John Hick and other philosophers propose adequate solutions to the dilemma. This term paper will review the reasoning behind the existence of evil and God simultaneously, and apply some of…

interesting to see the different viewpoints. There were two most striking differences that spoke out to me the most. The first is noticeable in the first sentence, in Genesis 1, God is the sole creator. He creates everything from the heavens and earth to humans. He creates everything within six days. In Enuma Elish, it starts with two gods named Apsu and Tiamat.…

believes that if there were a God, then He would not allow discrimination against blacks to continue. Also, because of all he has suffered through, Grant finds it unlikely there can be a place such as heaven. To him, the idea of an eternal haven is unimaginable. Although, as the book proceeds Grant’s perspective on religion changes. He begins to see religion and God as a source of happiness and hope. Grant confesses his belief in God while talking to Jefferson: “‘You believe in God Mr. Wiggins?’…

KING AHAB Introduction This essay is a description of King Ahab through biblical and extra biblical evidence and the extent to which these sources inform our understating of the bible. The biblical sources will include: Thomas Nelson, Nashville, Spirit Filled Bible, NKJV and Biblegate.com. The extra biblical sources used will be 1 & 2 Kings. NIVAC (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996) and The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopaedia of the Bible. An artist impression of King Ahab BIBLICA TEXT Ahab the son of…

Immaculee shares the power of faith in God as she describes the physical, mental, and specifically spiritual obstacles she faced in the 1993 Rwandan genocide. Rwanda consists of three tribes, the rare pygmy Twas, the minority Tutsis, and the majority Hutus. Hutu extremists turned on their Tutsi neighbors after the country’s president Habyarimana’s plane was shot down. After 100 days of slaughter, the death toll climbed to 800,000. Instead of turning her back on God and blaming Him for allowing…