Genealogy of Jesus

Church Camp My favorite place in the whole world to go to is Bluff Springs Campgrounds in McDavid, Florida. I have been going to church camp there for over ten years now, and it will always hold a special place in my heart. No matter what is going on in my life at the time when I arrive at camp, all of my worries fade away. Bluff Springs Campgrounds is more than just a regular camp site, for it is a place where people of all kinds go to escape from the busy world we live in. I always know…

Attributes of God Discussion The two groups discussed in Packer’s Knowing God are the incommunicable and communicable groups of God’s attributes. In the incommunicable group is a short list of God’s attributes consisting of His immutability, His infinity, His omnipotence, His omniscient, His omnipresence, His sovereignty, His transcendence, His eternal and immanent attributes. According to Packer (1993), “The theologians called these qualities incommunicable because they are characteristic of…

love. According to Scripture, Jesus laid down His life for others, but knowing the sinful nature of man, Jesus could have very well hardened His heart towards others and saved His own life. Love is a huge part of marriage, but so is laying down one’s own life and interests for the benefit of one’s partner. Marriage fails because of hardness of heart and the unwillingness for one partner to lay down one’s own life and interests for the sake of the others. Jesus taught that in order to be…

Another Jonathan Edwards’ sermon title is “Men Naturally God’s Enemies.” The message was about “we [unconverted ones] hate God.” He, also, says, “God is our mortal enemy” (180). However, we (converted ones) are no longer enemies of God, because Jesus died on the cross for our sin and provided reconciliation. Hence, we are friends of God, not the…

This paper will discuss Christine’s writing in the Mutation of Fortune regarding her discussion between the role of god and the role of a character she introduces called Lady Nature. Moreover, this paper will discuss the distinction between God and Lady Nature. Although it is unclear what Christine’s relationship was like with her biological mother, it seems as if her creation of Lady Nature is Christine’s way of bringing a maternal figure into her life that works alongside God who Christine…

Summary The goal of Dr. H. Norman Wright’s book The Complete Guide to Crisis and Trauma Counseling (2011) is to give counselors and helping professionals techniques that they can use when working with individuals in crisis. Dr. H. Norman Wright teaches us how to integrate biblical viewpoint when assisting individuals in crisis. Individuals struggling with a crisis sometimes does not see the light at the end of the tunnel. It is the crisis counselors job to walk them through the process and…

2.4 Corrections to Fandom-as-Religion Literature In his article, “Is Elvis a God?,” Frow questions whether we have a methodological approach to understand dead celebrity, particularly its religious dimensions. One of the more apt comments on the use of the religion analogy stems from Frow, “The religious relation exists midway between a dead metaphor and a theory which has yet to find itself” (1998, 200). Using relevant literature on Presley (Harrison 1992; Spiegel 1990; Vikan 1994; Rodman…

Weksler-Bdolah, Shlomit, and Alexander Onn. “Modi’in: Hometown of the Maccabees.” Biblical Archaeology Review 40:02 (2014): On-line. The authors begin with explaining that Modi’in is the hometown of the famous Maccabee family and the author Alexander Onn passed before this article was released. An important part of Jewish history lies with the Maccabee family as they were the ones who led the Jewish revolt which is celebrated with the festival of Hanukkah. Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah…

In the book Lincoln at Gettysburg, Garry Wills makes note of, "It would be wrong to think that Lincoln moved toward the plain style of the Address just by writing shorter, simpler sentences. Actually, that Address ends with a very long sentence--- eighty-three words” (Wills 157). If someone were to read an over extensive sentence, most individuals wouldn’t recall half of what was said. With knowledge of this, Lincoln started his speech off with short and simple sentences and as the address…

Eve’s not Sorry: Stating the case for Adam’s Innocence According to the bible, Adam and Eve were the first humans to ever exist and live in the Earth. God created and placed them in the Garden of Eden, where they broke a promise they had made to the all-powerful. This mistake would change the course of all mankind’s existence for the worse. Through history, there has been a debate to settle whose fault it was. In “Eve’s Apology in Defense of Women”, Amelia Lanier tried to persuade the readers…