strategies and guidance of the Holy Spirit. He designed the ideal contextualization models in the Bible an in the history. In order to escape the pitfalls in the past, missionaries need to develop corresponding actions. 1) Fidelity to the Bible To evangelicals, truth is a central presuppositional issue (Moreau, 54). We need to be know the intended meaning of the Bible and communicate it clearly. There should not be compromise on the basic doctrines. The whole gospel and the love of God and…
The article “listening for the Public Voice” by Robert Cook-Deegan and Jane Maienchein discuses the many arguments, both for and against, surround human embryo gene mutation and experimentation. They then provide multiple examples from scientific history in which the practices had faced the same amount of scrutiny from the public, yet once people saw the rewards that could result from these practices, they allowed these practices to become “normal”. In the article “Listening for the Public…
America sent out their idea of patriotism and democracy. American relied on upon foreign policy; their interest for the Middle East was to extend trade the region. American furnished the Middle East countries with military artilleries and technical counsel of empowering these nations to protect their freedom. America created economic ties with a few the Middle East countries by sharing their new invention to advance…
In this case, we know that the "causality" is to say so, unless the Council, for the amount, it can be demonstrated to be measured by the cost-benefit analysis (p 102) ... To think that if we understand the evidence of a change of counsel. And all that for aligning Where every one of them ", as he wanted, would not this be a plan change so much?" In addition, replies, and he measured the change in the total cost of the plan. The change and the color of asking for each of them the whole…
In my Master of Divinity program I wrote a paper entitled, “What is the place of work in the Christian Life?” That paper was a reflection on Lee Hardy’s book, The Fabric of This World: Inquiries into Calling, Career Choice and the Design of Human Work. While Hardy’s work began with an examination of Greek thought in regards to work and leisure, as represented by the works Plato and Aristotle, a contemporary piece might begin with Working, by Studs Terkel, moving from work into theology, as…
Elisha Burden Founder’s Scholarship, The King’s College October 27th, 2016 Word Count: 1, Solomon counsels, that “Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles, But the one who gathers by labor increases it”(Proverbs 13:11). With immorality at an all time high, there is a disappointing deficit of integrity driven individuals and corporations within society. Companies are far too often only invested in the typically conceived physical well being of the environment, and they neglect what is arguably of…
Introduction Guatemala has become the leading place for conducting researches on religions in Latin America. The predominant religions in Guatemala are Catholicism, Christianity and Mayan spirituality. However, during the colonial era, Catholicism was the main religion. There has been a tremendous growth in the Protestants community. According to the The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, “Pentecostals represent the most rapidly growing sector of Latin American Protestantism”. The other…
sixties the Christian Association for Psychological Studies was developed and theological seminaries introduced graduate schools for psychology. The next stage of growth toward integration he describes was the reactions to Jay Adam’s book, Competent to Counsel. He argued strongly against using psychotherapy over biblical truths; his critique, however, seemed to enlarge the interest of integration to Christian psychologists. Powlison notes that in the mid-eighties, the controversy over the…
God transcends our ability to understand Him the creation and in His nature. Another example is His omnipresence. Considering that the size of our visible universe is (Halpern, 2010) 93 billion ly (light years) in diameter, by faith we have to know that He is present in the whole universe Ps. 139:7. Not only is God present throughout the universe, but his nature is also homogenous in that his veracity is total. God is complete truth in all aspects, no falsehood as whatever God has revealed…
For decades, southerners used the Bible to condone slavery, citing numerous passages approving of the institution and telling slaves to obey their masters. “As they pointed out, slavery had existed among the Hebrews without God’s condemnation, and Jesus had admonished servants to obey their masters ‘in singleness of heart, fearing God’” (Abzug). Around the same time, northern abolitionists were supporting their anti-slavery message with the Bible’s messages of kindness and equality. Despite…