Geneva Bible

“God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.” ― Augustine of Hippo, City of God Panegyric: Saint Augustine is the figure of the great Bishop of Hippo (the city of Bona). His book City of God became a monumental theology of history as Augustine’s analysis is timeless and universal. Paraphrastic: If our hands are full when God is trying to hand us blessings, our hands are probably full of things that we are addicted to. That also means our…

My Pentecostal Experience For new church experience, I went to a Pentecostal church. The Pentecost has always been something that I heard of, but never experience it for myself. I decided to go to experience it for myself and because I had a friend who invited me to go with him to his church. His name is Kyle. The experience was something that was different and I’m glad I experience it, because it help me to grow stronger in my faith. I attended a Pentecostal church in Katy, Texas. The…

sentence would be like “Am I my brother’s master?” Because Cain said this, God told Cain that he knew Cain killed Abel and punished him to a land far away. In today’s world, we clearly didn’t know what it means to be a brother’s keeper since the bible did not record it. But we all know that it doesn’t mean to be what Cain would have thought. Of course, we don’t treat our brothers…

Two religions, Islam and Christianity, were both founded by Abraham and his sons. Even with the same family founding them they have very diverse similarities and differences. Within both passages found in the Koran, Sura 93, and the Bible, Psalms 23, similar points are expressed. Although they describe a similar praise to their God, dictions and phrases from Sura 93 expressed through rhetorical questions change the passage into something with an accusable tone. Each passage shows a similar…

spreading the in that area of the world longer mentor and hold you accountable. Accountability can also be useful when reading the Bible. Having time set to read the Bible is important when making disciples, God can give you strength and ideas when you are in His word. To make more disciples out of this, invite a new believer or a friend who does not know the gospel to a Bible study. To a society or culture who does not know God, try to create stories out of what you are reading in order to…

Elijah was known for being a prophet. “His example of trusting in God’s word is the best one we can find in the Old Testament prophets.” Elijah confronted Ahab two times, once when devaluing God granting inheritance of the land and the second is the murder of Naboth. Elijah confronted Baal and his rule, because people believed that Baal could control the rains. “ Yet the rains were a gift of Yahweh, not Baal; Yahweh decided when it would rain. Baal’s followers thought him dead when drought…

During the Reformation, people were taught they could buy their way out of sins with things called indulgences. Indulgences were grants given by the pope to forgive sins. They could forgive sins you have comminted or sins of your living or dead realtives. People back then really believed it; they thought they could but their way into salvation. As Luther puts it, Christians should be exhorted to be diligent in following Christ, their Head, through penalties, death and hell./And thus be confident…

woman’s weaker nature was inherent in their very being; this inferiority was deepened by Eve’s actions and God’s words in the Garden of Eden.” These scholars believed a division in status and superiority exist within the content of the scripture. Bible Passages that argue against the Old Testament being misogynistic While there are those who argue the Old Testament as being misogynistic, there are also those in the other side of the spectrum who argue against. However, “despite the fact that a…

Steinbeck reminds us that while life can force people to abandon religion even in dire straits, people will cling to their core values. Throughout the novel, characters learn that the loss of religion does not equate to the loss of spirituality. The retention of such spirituality brings forth ideas of self, which helps us maintain our values. Jim Casy, a very spiritual preacher, makes his opinion on the matter clear by exclaiming that "'there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just…

I am the Red Death, a invasive plague in the world. My duty was to take away all people’s lives in the Prince Prospero’s country. No matter he is the prince or poor, no one could escape. Everyone would die in the plague, nobody survive. I don’t know why, but the God told me to come the country and killed every living people. I arrived in the country and began my mission. I took a walk in the town, it seemed like no one noticed me. Because of my invasive skills, it was not a big problem to make…