Epistle

In understanding God, who he is and what his role is in relationship to humanity, it offers an opportunity to increase our knowledge of God’s character, draw deeper into his presences and understand how our relationship with him is reciprocal and helps is developing a theology of waiting. Along with understanding God, it is important for humanity to understand itself in the development of a perspective of waiting that is applicable. In identifying inner movements during times of waiting, it may…

Through the religions discussed thus far, I thought Christianity would have been the one I was most knowledgeable about since I attend a Christian church. However, I was intrigued when educated on Jesus’ upbringing and his role in the creation of Christianity. Previous to reading World Religions: Western Traditions, I was not aware that Jesus was born a Jew. I was also surprised to learn about Jesus’ birth. He was born in Bethlehem which is a small town southeast of Jerusalem. His birth was very…

John the Apostle was born to his mother, Salome, and his father, Zebedee, around 6 A.D. in Bethsaida, Syria. John the Apostle is also called John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, the Beloved Disciple, and the Apostle of Charity. John’s family was falling into poverty during John’s childhood. John worked with his brother and dad as a fisherman in the Sea of Galilee to support his family. John had one sibling named James. James was also known as James the Son of Zebedee and James the Greater. James…

Voltaire's largest philosophical work was the "Dictionnaire philosophique" ("Philosophical Dictionary"), published in 1764 and comprising articles contributed by him to the "Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" ("Encyclopedia, or a systematic dictionary of the sciences, arts and crafts") (1751 - 1772) and several minor pieces. It directed criticisms at French political institutions, Voltaire's personal enemies, the Bible and the Roman Catholic Church. He…

Martin Luther wrote the Freedom of a Christian in 1520. This work expressed the heart and soul of Luther’s treatise on Christian liberty in which he sets forth the essence of Christian faith and life. One of the main points in this treatise is Luther’s attempt to distinguish the different parts of the human person. His theory rests on the belief that everyone is made up of two parts; the inner spiritual person and the outer bodily person. Luther shows how the inner soul of a person is…

well believe in the gifts of the spirit, which is abilities given to believers, and they can reveal the power of God by healing the sick. St. Paul who was an apostle and he traveled the world preaching the crucifixion of Christ. He wrote fourteen epistles, and he left the apostolic people a list of gifts of the spirit which are love, prophecy, healing, wise speech, faith, miraculous powers and ecstatic speech. In the United States the first well-known of tongues was in Topeka, Kansas, it was…

One of the main themes throughout the Enlightenment period deals with man’s place in the universe and his relationship with God. Many Enlightenment thinkers share the thought that God has no imperfections, therefore he created a perfect world that we humans live in today. German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz claims that God has created the best of all possible worlds. Two of the most well known Enlightenment writers, Alexander Pope and Francois-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire,…

Introduction and Background for Women in OT Times “The Bible speaks about women in many different ways, sometimes explicitly, but more usually indirectly.” Men are usually the main characters in the Bible though sometimes women are mentioned it is usually indirectly. Women were not viewed as important as a man in society during Old Testament times. This wasn’t exactly the case with Eve. “Genesis informs its readers that woman is a special creation of God (Gen. 1:16-27; 2:18-24).” Eve was also…

theology. He wrote the book: The Reasonableness of Christianity, which was published in 1695. This book took a unique turn to Christianity. The idea of ecumenical Christianity was brought out, in this book. He also wrote another book on the Pauline Epistles right before his death. John Locke died on October 28, 1704, while his best friend, Damaris Masham, was reading the Psalms to…

1. Do you see spirituality in the movie Letters to God? What kind of Spirituality do you see in movie: especially in Tyler? Yes, I do. From the movie, I could see the holistic Spirituality especially in the life’s of Tyler. It is the way that everything is connected. It can understand a whole only by looking at its parts and it can understand a part only by looking at its whole. Celebrate diversity and connection. The one who seems to be dealing with the situation the best is Tyler, the boy with…