Epistle

At the beginning of time, God created the world. Light and darkness, the land and the sky, the living creatures, all are the creation of the Lord. Moreover, God didn’t create everything and let things run its course. He is actively involved with his creations, especially men, who were made in his image. As this doctrine stands as a foundational belief, it has an astounding effect on my vocational choice. Survey of the Biblical doctrine of Creation The Bible was under the influence of divine…

Sarah Grimke was born in 1729 and her sister Angelina Grimke was born a few years later in 1805 in Charleston, South Carolina. Living in a wealthy southern home, the Grimke sisters had everything handed to them. The Grimke family owned slaves who waited on them hand and foot. In this lifestyle, the sisters witnessed slaves being hurt, beaten, and even beheaded, scaring the girls for life. When trying to teach the slave girls to read and write, the sisters were, inevitably, caught and punished.…

should be evident not just among believer but among everyone. For the believer, looking to craft a framework for living in time of waiting, Jesus words offer a starting point, love others, following the example of Jesus’ love. The authors of the epistles admonishes believer to live holy lives, even the time of waiting for the parousia: Act as if the Lord’s day is here (Romans 13:12-14), be gracious to others by holding back on prematurely judging others (1 Corinthians 4:5), be faultless in…

A Prosperous Dinner Party Tonight was the night, I finally had caught three of my good friends on some off time and was treating them to a nice formal dinner at my house. First, I finally got a hold of Jesus Christ, a central figure of Christianity and the believed Son of God. After inviting Jesus, I of course had to extend an invitation to Muhammad, the founder of Islam, and the last prophet of God as known by the Muslims. Finally, Moses, largely considered the largest of the Jewish…

Protestant Reformation Martin Luther was a young professor of sacred scripture. Luther had forsaken money and marriage for a monastic life of prayer, study and self-denial. He found a passage from the Saint Paul’s Epistle that stated salvation resulted in from religious faith, not from doing certain things a certain way. This led Luther to object the way preachers were emphasized giving money to the church rather than focusing on emphasizing faith. Martin Luther wrote a complaint to Pope Leo…

INTRODUCTION - Sermon series: How the church works o Last week we looked at the sacrifice of submission o This week we are looking at the sacrifice of praise  Three points: Foundation of praise; nature of praise and the right to praise 1. The foundation of Praise (v8-12) • The foundation of praise is the human heart • If the heart has had an encounter with God it results in praise • If the heart is sure and stable and secure it results in praise 1.1 The enemy of our heart: diverse and various…

staff. Sylvius later said many negative comments after the publication in response to the disapproval of Galen’s theories. In response to Sylvius’ comments Andreas then published another book to back up and defend his theories. This book was called Epistle on the China Root. While still working with the Emperor he still performed many autopsies and even opened a private practice. But in 1556 everything turned around. Charles was taken off of his throne. And Vesalius was “let go.” But he was…

Therefore it would make logical sense, considering the mass conversion to Christianity that followed the emperor Constantine much later than the documentation here, that Christian views and beliefs shaped an extremely large amount of the modern concepts that exist in the world today. It is important to note the context in which early Christian writer Paul spoke of homoeroticism, particularly in his letter to the Romans, which is argued by sociologist Jeramy Townsley to not really be about…

A recent renaissance of the doctrine of Trinity in the latter half of the twentieth century has shown to be the impetus for many prominent theologians to apply this theology into all traditional loci of systematic theology. One such enrichment is the Third Article theology (because of the Holy Spirit's position in the creed), by which pneumatology assumes first place in terms of theological methodology. Standing on the shoulders of giants, such as Karl Barth or Paul Tillich, who did not have…

On the evening of Sunday, September 18, AHI Charter fellow and beloved Hamilton College History professor, Douglas Ambrose, spoke on “Alexander Hamilton and the Perils of Posterity”. With incredible eloquence, wit and energy he delivered a generous assessment of the honorable luminosity that Alexander Hamilton demonstrated in his public life. It inspired me to write further on Hamilton’s legacy. For Alexander Hamilton, to be seen as trustworthy in the eye of the common people was paramount.…