God the Father

A violent man breaks into a Christian's home, murders one family member and reaches for the next child. The father, a Christian, does what any person would do, he fights back to save his loved ones. And for this reason, the rest of his family lives. Some pacifists may argue that Christians should not retaliate and let the family die, this is absurd. Yes, violence is a terrible action, but the Christians who fight do not love violence. There is a time, though, when fighting back is just. Just…

After reading chapter VI to chapter XII of Child’s story of the Bible, I found some sentences strange but interesting. For example, in chapter VI, Joseph was robbed and cast into a pit by his brothers, then without being known by any other brothers of Joseph, Judah went to save Joseph, but he found nobody there. He was so sad that he cried out “The child is not”. He might mean that his brother was not there any longer, while in our modern English, we may think it refers to that Joseph is dead.…

that both religions enforce. In Christianity, God does not interact with humans directly like the Gods in Greek mythology do, therefore the outlook on piracy changes. Also, the way God treats his believers in the Christian tradition is much different than the way the Greek Gods treated humans. Lastly, the final pursuit of the believers of these religions are very different, therefore leading to different views on piracy. In the Christian tradition, God does not typically interact with regular…

question from a divine viewpoint. Seneca argues that those close to God do have to pass hurdles, but do not consider themselves to be suffering. This essay will agree with Seneca’s claims. In the context of this writing, terrible things or “evils” refer to pain, defeat, tribulations and loss. Seneca claims that good men are those who are loved by God. Seneca opens up his argument by comparing the love of God, to the love of a father. Fathers are generally thought of as the disciplinarians of…

was very observant and wanted to learn everything about god. Wiesel prayed through his day having a lot of faith in his spiritual guider.Wiesel found a great leader to speak with him “For hours on end about the Kabbalah’s revelations and its mysteries” as he discovered god within a new way (pg4). Wiesel had unconditional love for god as he even went against his father word to become more knowledgeable in god. As time went on Wiseles faith is god was shaken by all the horrific events that had…

in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” In the stories of To Kill A Mockingbird and The Chosen, a few of the characters portray Christ-like characters while others have difficulty. Each character has many troubles but continue to work their hardest for what is right. Atticus raises his two children as a single father and lawyer and he even defends a black man. They all have differences but do three best…

Living a life that is filled with the desires of God can be quite challenging for most individuals, and if people allow their wants and needs to stand in the path of God’s will, life will only become more challenging and fruitless. God’s design for my life may be completely opposite of how I foresee the end results of my lifespan, so I have learned how to decipher when the Holy Spirit is interjecting and redirecting where I am supposed to be in areas of my life. In this paper, there will be an…

I think the film is Jack reflecting on his life as an adult and figuring out some why his brother had died. The film discusses the relationships between Jack, his father, and mother. Jack has a great relationship with his mother, but not his father. In the film, Jack’s mother is considered the grace in nature vs grace and the father is nature in the grace vs nature. When Jack is an adult, he struggles with his past and tries to understand what his childhood was, also while struggling with other…

Jehovah’s witnesses. They are a very different debnomination than most of Christianity and often are thought of as strange or foreign by many others. Although they believe in many of the things that other Christians do, such as salvation through grace, God as the ultimate creator, heaven, and Jesus as a savior, they are missing many other core ideas such as that of the trinity, hell, and the full divinity in addition to the full humanity of Christ while he was on this earth. Jehovah’s…

his or her life and represented an unstoppable force. The ancient Greeks believed in fatalism, which was the belief that our lives are controlled by more powerful beings, known as Gods. Both the concepts of fate and free will played a crucial part in Oedipus’ downfall. Oedipus was destined from birth to kill his father and marry his mother. This…