Gods and Generals

glowing flames” and “wrath of god would rush forth with an inconceivable fury.” Edwards employs imagery laden scenes highlighting both the negatives and positives of God’s will. The sermon addresses a need for the general population to have a movement towards greater embracement of God’s almighty will. With the passages he invokes this movement by demonstrating God’s power through the wrath and fury that will descend upon the sinners who do not “embrace the majesty of God.” He elaborates upon…

The general point Socrates is trying to make about action when he begins speaking on the idea of carrying and being carried, seeing and being seen, and of led and being led is basically that “something” becomes “something” when it is directly affected by something else. He explains the difference in his speech when he says “It is not being seen because it is a thing seen but on the contrary it is a thing seen because it is being seen; nor is it because it is something led that it is being led…

1.6 The Apostles’ Creed- (Patristic)- final form in 8th century Medieval/Byzantine Era: The Apostles Creed is a declaration of one persons’ individual faith. The Apostles Creed begins with “I believe in God… and in Jesus Christ.” This Apostles Creed states that God is the one creator and Jesus is his son. Along with that important statement it tells the story of Jesus such as explaining for example; his birth, the crucifixion, his death, and as well as his resurrection. The creed extends in more…

They all share similar ideals when it comes to abortions and share similar stories. “‘The Army of God’ characteristics that are known today began to develop in Atlanta jail cells. In fact, serving time in prison is one commonality that unites many of the members of the Army of God, and perhaps their frustration lies in the reality that, ‘They can’t vote, because they are convicted felons’” (Atlum). Atlum then goes on to explain that after…

agreement or contract between two people. In the Bible, God himself made covenants. God made 8 great covenants, to the people that chose to believe in Him. Covenants are a big deal, usually, if you were to break one, you’d be cursed and the promises were not to be kept. God made 3 kinds of covenants with His people:general, conditional, and unconditional covenants, all to show how much he loves us, and the salvation He has in store. God made general covenants in the Bible, meaning that the…

Aren’t Gods Doctors have long been known and looked to as the one of the barriers between life and death. Even in the beginning when medicine was nothing more than experiment, Doctors were viewed as a higher authority; capable of providing aid in any situation. This allusion, has carried on to present time and led many to believe that Doctors possess the abilities of gods; and they are in fact gods themselves (Jeffrey Braithwaite 92). In all actuality, however, Doctors are not gods. A God is…

an Angry God, Jonathan Edwards went back to get sinners and also just people in general to get back into the church so that they could continue to be with God. The intended audience for this passage is people who are doubting God and are going against his wishes. Jonathan wants to persuade the sinners to go back and reconnect with God. He uses the fear that they have to convince them to go back to church. By doing this he wants the sinners to know that they are only alive because of God and if…

atonement by reconstructing the notion of the triune God through the incarnation. As we have seen above, Barth conceives of God’s being in terms of act, not in terms of substance. Understanding God’s being in terms of substance often gives us complications to understand how the triune God works in eternity and in time without changing his substance. When it comes to the incarnation, this identity problem seems to become more obvious. How could divine God become human without changing his…

one of the three love up to one God, which is a typical element between the three convictions and qualities.…

invariable law of sequence but by single and direct volitions of beings, real or imaginary, possessed of life and intelligence”(Maheshwari, 2013). People believe that all phenomena are created and influenced by gods and supernatural forces. According to Comte “all theoretical conceptions, whether general or special bear a supernatural impress”(Maheshwari, 2013). This stage is divided into three sub-stages: Fetishism, Polytheism, Monotheism. Fetishism is a philosophy that believes that…