Glory

At this time, Pi Sigma Epsilon, a local student marketing and sales organization at the University of Northern Iowa, is proud to announce that its members will be hosting a softball tournament to support charity on October 21st. The event, Blaze of Glory, will feature an all-afternoon softball tournament between local fire departments, a home run derby for the public, inflatables for kids and other fun activities. The event is totally FREE! There will also be food available curtesy of Firehouse…

Machiavelli and Hobbes both lived through politically unstable times. This significantly impacted their approach to politics compared to those that preceded them. They address political theory from a different perspective. Machiavelli’s assessment of human nature is that people are self-interested, warlike and fundamentally maleficent. Hobbes discussion of human nature is his discussion of the state of nature. A key concept he uses to describe the state of nature is competition. He believed…

As we have been learning in class, there is one big question we have to answer. That question is, “whose ministry is it?” It is surely not ours. We are not perfect and cannot do anything without God. So, there are more questions we need to answer. Four big ones are: who is God, how is God identified and named in ministry, who is the agent of ministry, what is the pastor’s role in ministry. The first one is “who is God?”. God is many things. The Apostles’ Creed says, God is “the Father almighty,…

In Beowulf, the titular character offers to take on Grendel by himself with no weaponry in an act of bravery. Bravery has been a trait long revered since the early history of heroic literature, in real-life bravery is not something so easily exhibited by most people as they are fearful but superheroes are idealizations. Superheroes are products of the society they derive from and when the society evolves as does the hero, they represent the moral and beliefs of that society and they show a…

As long as Adam and Eve obeyed God’s command he provided freely their sources for life. They were connected with God and had fellowship with him. When they disobeyed God and sinned their source of provisions were cut off and they had to fend for themselves tilling the ground to sustain life. Spiritual death occurred immediately they were separated from God and connected to the earth for dependency. Their disobedience brought about physical and spiritual death for all mankind, we are all born…

theological issues. General revelation is one of the first things to consider when thinking on these things. In the verses 1-6 of Psalm 19 we read about how God is revealed in nature. It says “the heavens declare the glory of God.” The creation he has made, points directly to him and shows his glory and wisdom in creating it. Not only is he revealed but specific attributes are shown to us by the way he has fashioned the world. We can look and see his majesty and his powerful hand in the waters…

This figure wasn’t the ordinary human as he appeared to be. This was a brave and outstanding hero, a conqueror. Beowulf was going to do what they believed impossible. Beowulf had entered the putrid beast's lair. As he approached the shadowing dwelling, he noticed a heavy sword hanging from the wall. He carefully observed it before braking the binding chains on it’s hilt. He ripped it from the wall, his aggressive power showing on his twisted face. Quickly, he swung it over his shoulder and…

Text Question: Describe how people view Siddhartha. Then, explain why he is dissatisfied with his life. Siddhartha was a child with many great qualities: he was “apt to learn and so thirsty after knowledge” and he filled his mother with delight “when she saw him taking long strides, saw him sitting down and standing up, [...] [and] greeted her with impeccable manners.” His parents remarked Siddhartha as a strong and handsome man, who “growing within him a great sage and priest, a prince among…

1:4)? This selection was ordained by YaHWeH Himself. Daniel was committed to God's glory in every situation, and it was no accident that God placed him into a high place in Babylonian society and government. Daniel was a "city set on a hill" (Matthew 5:14), letting his light shine into all the country. Today, in our lives and in our everyday situations, how we honor God, and how committed we are to His glory is going to dictate where God places us, and how He allows us to serve Him. Do we…

(669-670). Beowulf also sees God as being the ultimate commander of the fates of men when he states, “‘…If God had not helped me, the outcome would have been quick and fatal’” (1657-1658). To Beowulf, God takes an active role in not only granting one glory but planning their demise,…