Genealogy of Jesus

Are American Indians Lawfully Sinners or Just Uninformed? In chapter six of Francisco De Vitoria’s book, “Vitoria: Political Writings,” titled, On the Americans Indians, Vitoria considers various arguments regarding the dominion of the “barbaric” American Indians by determining if sinners, unbelievers and children as well irrational and mad men should have dominion over property and over themselves. Although I agree with Vitoria’s conclusion that American Indians should be treated as any other…

Expectation is a firm belief that something will happen. It is a confident feeling about someone or something. In every relationship we have different expectations; people expect different several things from him and God also expects us to do a certain thing. We expect him to love and support us to mention the least, He expects us to obey and love him back. Expectation motivates us to do better, to work harder or to climb higher in life. Expectation is a gift, not a pain for when people expect…

Verses 18-19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect (NIV). To begin, in 1 Peter chapter one, “you” refers to “God’s elect exiles”, mentioned as the audience in verse one. “Elect”, from the Greek word eklektos means “chosen”. Looking at the Greek, parepidēmos, “exiles” means “strangers”. This…

Guinness, Os. Fool’s Talk: recovering the art of Christian persuasion. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2015. Os Guinness’ Fool’s Talk has many strengths as a modern-day guide for apologists and evangelists. He focuses on the New Testament model of persuasive evangelism and the urgent need of the global church to utilize this model. This in-depth discussion of the art of persuasion is both his biggest strength and his biggest weakness. In regards to the strengths, Guinness does an…

At the start of Act II, “Love and Marriage”, Wilder yet again skips ahead in time and explains changes to the audience, offering us not only a microscopic perspective, but also a macroscopic perspective. The Stage Manager’s monologue begins with him saying, “Three years have gone by. Yes, the sun’s come up over a thousand times”(46). With the intent of emphasizing the amount of time that has passed, Wilder uses the Stage Manager to then change perspectives by converting years into days. He does…

rose ten percent when I became a recipient of healing from an illness plagued me for over thirty years. The relationship of divine healing and the atonement Christian Theology describes atonement as the reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus Christ. Understanding the atonement is paramount for grasping what is biblical about healing. First,…

Introduction Mark McMinn begins his chapter on forgiveness by talking about the bodies ability to heal itself and then explains that we have the ability heal interpersonally to. God gave us the ability to forgive so that we might heal. However, McMinn does point out that interpersonal healing is much harder than the physical healing out bodies experience. To illustrate just how hard and complicated forgiveness can be, McMinn uses the example of a client that was sexually abused as a child.…

“I will never forget your commandments, for you have used them to restore my joy and health” (Ps. 119:93). This phrase from the Old Testament in the Christian Bible has several different variations, and as a result, the message is slightly different in each case. Despite this, the overarching message is still present; through following the Bible, one can improve themselves. This can refer to their character or health. Various religions, aside from Christianity, have a number of rules set in…

following chapters: Paul’s World, Paul’s Legacy, Creation and Covenant, Messiah and Apocalyptic, and Gospel and Empire, while in part two – Structures – are subsumed Rethinking God, Reworking God’s People, Reimagining God’s Future and the final chapter Jesus, Paul and the Task of the Church. The book is undoubtedly demonstrative of Wright’s approach to Pauline studies. SUMMARY In the preface, Wright outlines the argument of his book, hence his method of approaching Apostle Paul, describing the…

Govinda’s Death(Deliverance) Human life is engirdled by worldly affairs(sansar). He lives and dies in it.If he is not involved in Bhakti(worship to God),he can’t go beyond theset limit of life. Bhakti relieves us from bondages and gives us peace of mind in this worldly life.Wasudeo Maharaj writes that one who lives with the witness of God, his worldly life goes happily and gets peace of mind and satisfaction in it also. If there is no God’s recitation(naamsmaran), the boat of worldly life,…