God the Father

between the two. In the text Finding Your World View: Thinking Christianly About the World, we read that each of these religions are based on one god alone. In Islam, this God is Allah. He is One, without an equal or a superior. His word, the Qur’an, was written by his final prophet, Muhammed. In Christianity this God is the one and only god, who is the Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit (sent out into the hearts of believers.) His word, the Bible, was written through His Spirit,…

If God is the example for how Christians are to act, the nature of His example needs to be understood. As obvious as this sounds, the correlation is often ignored. Many Christians reject the non-trinitarian belief of God as a single person because of its numerous theological flaws; however, the observation from which this concept was derived is undervalued in modern Christian interpretations. Scripture exhibits a three-person God, unified in one being—but each person of the Trinity receives more…

confined to a church, it is a way of living that allows the fullness of God to radiate in everyday activities. When the author of Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster, sought to practice worship in his everyday life his "desire was to punctuate each minute with inward whispering of adoration, praise, and thanksgiving" (Foster 162). He also argues that Christians should "have many different experiences of worship. Worship God when you are alone. Have home groups not just for Bible study,…

Session four Writing Assignment In the movie Contact, after the tragic loss of her father and mother, Doctor Eleanor Arroway finds herself questioning her faith in God. As a scientist, she spends most of her adult life trying to find evidence of extraterrestrial life on other planets. The film not only touches your heart but also gives you the insight into her atheist worldview and the reasoning behind her beliefs. The movie makes a connection between religion, science, and politics. Although I…

Jesus and he includes four women who were gentiles: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and the wife of Uriah. God wanted His Son to be the Savior for all people, both Jews who believed in God, as well as gentiles who were non-believers. To fulfill his promise to Abraham and also make certain that Jesus would be the Messiah for everyone, God needed to make certain that some mothers to Jesus’ ancestors were non-Jews. God worked through these gentile women to make sure the ancestral line continued from Abraham…

of a king. Who is King? Is a ruler dominating in a territory. God make a man to dominate a territory by building a dome; for he said let us make man in our image after our likeness and let them have dominion over all that we have created. So God created man a King or ruler over all creation. We are kings but have a King, which is the King of Kings, in our kingship we are to dominate in our environments. We are kings after…

ask for forgiveness, God forgave you. Now do your part and leave the guilt behind ”. This quote is largely related to the religious theme of the book Angela’s Ashes written by Frank McCourt. The book displayed an autobiography of Frank’s life through his eyes from the time before his birth till he reached adulthood. Throughout his life, his family and he had faced many problems such as starvation. Frank sought religion as a way to ease away from his problem in the comfort of God. Frank McCourt’s…

and Satan, in his unsuccessful usurpation and rebellion against God, utilize…

that he who is part man part god and his friend Enkidu who is part beats part man is more powerful than the demon. His friend Enkidu tells him “it’s a journey that will take away our lives” warning him of what he knows about the demon and all he brings is death to all those in the forest. Gilgamesh convinces him it’ll be okay and as a good friend Enkidu follows his friend into combat even one that he is so skeptical about.The end result they’re successful however the gods release the bull of the…

obedience to God throughout the latter part of his life. Faith is defined as, “A loving trust, calculated risk, and an ongoing process with seasons of darkness and doubt.” (Fairchild) Abraham chooses to follow God willingly and without hesitation in spite of the extremity of His instructions. The blessings God bestows upon Abraham are immeasurable compared to His commands. Look first at the early seed of faith planted in Abraham after he came to know God while residing in Haran with his…