Creation and Redemption of Mankind

Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God (Colossians 1:1) wrote a letter to the church in Colosse about 64 A.D. from his imprisonment cell in the city of Rome. Speaking with apostolic authority, Paul greets the Colossians with powerful words of confidence and truth after hearing how the Word of God was spreading through their area. He was a man of prayer and his prayer in this letter is a request that they may be filled with the knowledge of the will of God. The early church was able…

Hans Urs von Balthasar was a Swiss theologian born in Lucerne to a well-established family. Von Balthasar joined the Society of Jesus in 1929 upon the completion of his dissertation. At the leading of Henri de Lubac, von Balthasar studied Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Maximus the Confessor where he discovered a hope for the salvation of the world. During his time as a chaplain in Basle, von Balthasar met the protestant theologian Karl Barth, who would go on to become close friend and major…

chosen sons. It would seem like the promise has been fulfilled but that isn 't so. King David is a great king and advances Israel in doing kingdom work but he is just a mortal man. Eventually King David gives into sin but ask for forgiveness and redemption. It becomes clear that the covenant cannot be fulfilled with King David but it would need to be the Son of David, the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ to make the kingdom whole. Towards the end of the partial kingdom we see that after the death…

The reasons why each person or nation may experience growth or prosperity may be different; however, the origin of this success is the same. The people who suffer are able to use that suffering to produce better outcomes and experiences. In the absence of suffering, there are no lessons to be learned and no reason to reflect on alternatives. To suffer does not only mean to experience physical pain, but it can also mean to experience emotional pain or be extremely displeased of a current…

the case of the The Christians vs. Biblical Reliability I. How do we know the Bible is Reliable? i. What does reliable mean? ii. Is the Old Testament reliable? iii. Is the New Testament reliable? II. How does science and archaeology support the Bible? i. Evidence ii. Are there contradictions? III. Jesus and the Bible. i. What does Jesus say about God’s Word? ii. Old Testament records iii. Salvation IV. Sticking with Scripture. i. Does our view of the Bible matter? ii. Believing, Feeling,…

nineteenth century, many business moguls began to rise to power, but perhaps none has shaped business in the same way Andrew Carnegie had. The industrial billionaire gave rise to some of the most iconic skyscrapers, railroads, and was responsible for the creation of an abundance of libraries in America. Carnegie’s business and humanitarian efforts have solidified him in the minds of generations of Americans and have earned him the position as one of America’s greatest stories of hard work paying…

For generations upon generations people around the world have asked the question, “If god is good, why is there evil in the world?”. On first observation of this simple question one sees what seems to be a fundamental flaw in the Christian belief. John Hick attempts to solve this life- changing question and prove that it has no effect on the essential belief of God. He defines this “Problem of Evil” in the following dilemma: “If God is perfectly loving, he must wish to abolish evil; and if he is…

Nearing the end of the war there was an influx of killing frenzies, manic death throes, and hundreds of thousands dead, all occurring between 1944-1945. In the beginning of 1944 many Germans still expected to win the war, however, by the end of the year that opinion had changed. Hitler was under assault from the air, from the Red Army in the east, and, after D-day in June, from the Allies in the west. German defeat was looming, yet killing went on in many varied settings; from the extreme death…

A Reflection of the Minor Prophets Wake Up Children Wake Up Vol. 1 By Lucille WEAVER Wake Up Children, Wake Up Wake Up Children, Wake Up A Reflection of the Minor Prophets Lucille WEAVER Unless otherwise indicated, all Biblical references and Holy Scriptures within this work are derived from: the New King James Version of the Bible; the International Version of the Bible; the World Original King James Version of the Holy Bible; the Good News Today Version of the Bible, Old…