Christian soteriology

account of how Edwards was converted to the work of Christianity. It personally relays how Edwards gains his desire to work for the Lord, and gives a detailed account of his doubts and strengths. However, while this narrative focuses on Edwards Christian conversion, there are also a lot of elements concerning nature. In fact, almost every time Edwards has a conversion experience he mentions nature as a part of it. This paper will look at how the paradox between Edwards’s description of nature…

Depending upon the religious background, one may use the word “Hoshana or Hosanna” during church services. This word means “Save Us!” Jewish use this word during the celebration of Sukkot when reciting a daily prayer called a Hoshanot from the Hebrew word for salvation. The Sukkot festival is to recognize that God provides and protects along with reinforcing a feeling of vulnerability. Followers are expected not only to remember God protects them, but to also change their living environment…

the church of the Colossians. The main issue that they were facing overall dealt with spiritual intimidation. Heresies, which are ideas that deviate from the standard, were throwing in ideas to make the Colossian people question themselves as Christians. Human philosophy was a spiritual intimidation that was going on. The heresies were saying that "it's fine to have Christ, but there is more to it than that." Paul then responded to that in his letter by saying…

to reach “the Souls of the Lamb.” The influence of William Carey through his missionary work and his manifesto titled, “An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens” (1792) was the foundation for the modern missionary movement. The nineteenth-century is called the “Great Century in Christian Missions.” The work of the Church,…

"see together”, they are one story with many different views (Elwell and Yarbrough 94). Each gospel was written from four people, therefore four perspectives. Matthew is the story of Jesus, King of the Jews. This Gospel is written primarily for a Christian Jewish audience. Matthew dwells on Christ's fulfillment of Moses' laws and fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies. Matthew was also intentional in the language he used. He wrote in Messianic language such as "Son of David.” "The crowd was…

could possibly save future generations. There are two parts to Wilson’s explanation; the first being that Wilson talks of religious leaders and the second being Charles Darwin. First, Wilson mentions how the majority of Christians believe God will come back to Earth, take all Christians to heaven with him, leave the Earth, and leave all the non-believers in damnation (402). Wilson intently believes that if religious leaders could persuade people, regardless of their beliefs and faith, that they…

Noah, which are, (do not deny God, do not blaspheme God, do not murder, do not engage in extramarital sex, do not steal, do not eat a live animal), is considered a righteous person and is granted a place in the new world. 3. Christianity: Christian eschatology deals mainly with the end of peoples’ lives, the end of the world, and the kingdom of God. The bible in many places spoke about death and afterlife, heaven and hell, the second coming of Jesus, the resurrection, the rapture,…

undergraduate student at the Minnesota State University, recognizes the existence of Christian and pagan concepts of heroism coming together throughout Beowulf. “The poet traces a definitive move away from the ancient pagan heroic values to his own Christian heroic values. However, as in the poet’s contemporary culture, certain pagan traditions, such as familial fidelity, persist in Beowulf due to their compatibility with Christian culture” (Bartz 1). While I disagree that Beowulf served as a…

God established three unconditional covenants: The Abrahamic Covenant provides the blessings of God completely depending on the grace of God, constituting what He will, is and going to do throughout history. This is God’s primary purposes for humanity accomplishing His plans forever. The Mosaic Covenant covers the Laws of God which is conditional obeying the voice of God and given to the Israelites those believing in God’s promise’s given to Abraham describing how the people should be conducting…

In "The Pie," a short story by Gary Soto, the narrator uses figurative language to lead the reader down a spiraling passage into spiritual guilt, stealing, and gluttony. For example, when the narrator states he knew enough about hell to stop him from stealing and that somedays he recognized the shadows of angels flopping on the backyard grass, and other days, the narrator, "heard far away messages in the plumbing that howled underneath the house," (Soto). The quote "far away messages in the…