God of Carnage

“blameless and upright man” (Job 1:8) occurs due to an Adversary presenting God with the notion that Job is righteous, innocent, and blessed merely because he fears God, that if his prosperous life were taken away, he would lose faith and trust in God. The Adversary’s…

At the beginning of time, God created the world. Light and darkness, the land and the sky, the living creatures, all are the creation of the Lord. Moreover, God didn’t create everything and let things run its course. He is actively involved with his creations, especially men, who were made in his image. As this doctrine stands as a foundational belief, it has an astounding effect on my vocational choice. Survey of the Biblical doctrine of Creation The Bible was under the influence of divine…

The idea encapsulated by Grudem in Business for the Glory of God is that a business person can reflect the image of God through all aspects of their occupation. Grudem emphasizes that business is essentially good, not just a neutral activity. Business and trade are mentioned throughout the Bible as perfectly acceptable, and at their heart are godly activities. Simultaneously, he acknowledges that people can have and will continue to corrupt business as everything in the world is corrupted, and…

by their way of living. Bradstreet, a wife, mother, and a writer, goes from day to day to hold her head up and look at all the good God has given her. Apess and Bradstreet both look at self in a unique sense that makes one wonder if examining self-first is a better way to live. Generally speaking,…

KING AHAB Introduction This essay is a description of King Ahab through biblical and extra biblical evidence and the extent to which these sources inform our understating of the bible. The biblical sources will include: Thomas Nelson, Nashville, Spirit Filled Bible, NKJV and Biblegate.com. The extra biblical sources used will be 1 & 2 Kings. NIVAC (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996) and The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopaedia of the Bible. An artist impression of King Ahab BIBLICA TEXT Ahab the son of…

Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam find their own respective ‘guide books’ in the form of the Tanakh, the Bible, and the Qur’an. Although these three scriptural canons share the similar belief of dedicating oneself to one true God (names may vary) and sometimes in doctrinal values, their origins, meanings, interpretations, and execution of interpretation through tradition often strongly vary as a result of the lengths of time over which they were written, the identity and…

Music’s Forbidden Fruit “I know my God, I know my God seen His breaks and His edges are jagged for giving that pain to His city in gold,” says Noname in Chance the Rapper’s song “Finish Line/Drown.” Religion has been one of the most popular conversations since the beginning of time; whether you are religious or not, the question of how we came to be has crossed your mind. What is religion? It is defined as the belief in a god or gods, but does it mean something different to you? If you think…

1) Culture is a group of community, who shares common belief and experiences which shape the world of their understanding, including political belief, race, religion, national, origin, and gender. Understanding of culture is important, because it can give person to analyze things from different prospective. It also provides opportunity to better understand each other and way of life, which will bring two together. 2) With the invention of writing, there was no need of memory, speech, and rely on…

their dominant religion. This explains why my family is so passionate and adamant about passing these religious practices off to the next generation of their family. Overall, religion is just a title and a way to label a person. A relationship with God is what I find the most important about my culture and through Him I find my…

angels; God has revealed to us exactly what He wants us to know about His heavenly messengers. God created humanity perfect and sinless (Gen. 1:31); nonetheless, in time man sinned and became separated from God. (Gen. 3:14-19) But even in that early morning of time there is an indication that God already had a plan of salvation in mind for humanity. (Gen. 3:15) God also created the angels; however, He did not provide a plan of salvation for them. When some of the angels in heaven sinned, God…