Church of the Nazarene

In recent years, new theologies have risen to answer the questions concerning the existence of God and evil. Openness, Love, and Essential Kenosis theologies offer an explanation for evil; however, there are several issues within these theologies which cause concern. Their answer redefines omniscience, teaches that God cannot be a sufficient cause, and stresses the proper way to understand God is only through love. These views have direct implications on the inspiration of Scripture and God’s…

Growing up as an inactive member of the Church I never had any real exposure to reading the scripture. My first real experience reading the scriptures in depth and studying them was in seminary, which to be honest was not the best way for me to learn about them. Trying to understand and take away from them at six in the morning did not really give me much of a background or knowledge of the Bible. So, when I enrolled in this class I felt as if I would have a difficult time. However, as the…

Explain why Sparta developed into a militaristic society. Then describe life for a Spartan male from the age of 7-60. Starting out with four villages, Sparta began to expand by 750 conquering several neighboring regions and enslaving the people to work for the society. (At Home Reading: The Ancient Greeks) Sparta conquered Messenia between 650-620 BCE but got its first challenge in the 6th century and was defeated by Argos and then again by Teagea. (At Home Reading: The Ancient Greeks) After…

In Greek, this is an onomatopoetic word. This means it’s a word that imitates the sounds associated with the objects or actions it refers to (like the word buzz in English sounds like the sound a bee makes when he is flying around). The word zeloo imitates the sound of boiling water, and it literally means to bubble over because it’s so hot! In a positive sense, zeloo is to be zealous in the pursuit of good, to desire earnestly, to strive after, to pursue, to be eager to possess. In the…

teachings of the leaders of their faith, and found it at variance with their limited understanding, they arose to perpetrate such unseemly acts.... Consider Moses! Armed with the rod of celestial dominion, adorned with the white hand of Divine knowledge, and proceeding from the Paran of the love of God, and wielding the serpent of power and everlasting majesty, He shone forth from the Sinai of light upon the world. He summoned all the peoples and kindreds of the earth to the kingdom of eternity,…