Idolatry

nation because many people strive for the American dream. One reason is that most people are hedonists. A hedonist is someone who is a pleasure seeker. Anyone who pursues the American dream is a hedonist. Next, this nation is filled with greed and idolatry which leads to many conflicts between people. Matthew 22:34 says ”And the second is like it; Love your neighbor as yourself.” God calls people to tithe, love him, and love others. When people have greed they can’t love. Lastly, the American…

The book Leviticus is found in the old testament it is the third out of the five books of the torah. Leviticus means about the Levites. The Leviticus were God’s priest and the book of Levites contains many of the rules they needed to do their work rules for worshipping God and for making sacrifices. In Leviticus 11:45 God says “Be holy because I am holy”. The rules God gave Israel in the book Leviticus helped the people live holy lives. Moses is the author of Leviticus and it was written…

Block, Daniel, I. For the Glory of God: Recovering A Biblical Theology of Worship. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014. 410 pp. $24.99 Biographical Sketch of the Author Daniel Block is a professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College and continues to travel around the world on the subject of worship. Author of fifteen books including many published articles and essays. This book, For the Glory of God: Recovering a Biblical Theology of Worship, is Blocks newest publication which is solely…

When Hernan Cortés first arrived in 1519 in modern-day Mexico, he encountered natives from Cuetlaxteca. He was presented with gifts, and he proceeded to march to the palace in Tenochtitlan. Upon Montezuma meeting Cortés, the Aztecs soon came to worship Cortés as a God, of which Cortés took advantage. Along the way to palace, though, he was presented with sacrifices, which rightfully disgusted him, and he punished the royal envoy (Conquest of Mexico). This act of moral impurity formed only the…

scientific answers for all that the Bible and Christians believed. In his writing, “The Age of Reason”, he renounces the stories of the Bible and compares them to “heathen mythology” (pg. 655). He felt that the “Christian theory is little else than the idolatry of the ancient mythologist” (pg.656) He also believed that Christian churches were a “human invention set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit” (pg.654). Paine believed the Christians “system of faith was a…

were changing. In the Old Testament, the death penalty was used as a form of punishment and it also suggests that God created it. The Bible speaks in favour of the death penalty for murder, specifying 36 capital offences including crimes such as idolatry, blasphemy, and murder. Genesis 9:6 also states “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed”, outlining that if you commit a crime, you must give your life. As well as this, the New Testament tells the story of what is the…

1. Why be moral? One of the reason for being moral is a central concept to human fulfillment where one obtain success and develop good character while achieving status, position ,recognition in life practicing honesty is the best policy. For a Christian view point being moral is critical in the relationship of seeking God developing good quality that mirror his character in spirit while receiving the many blessing of his promises to be bestow upon you. 2. How are ethics important in fields such…

In answering the question of precisely how widely persecuted early Christians truly were, Moss pointed out as an example the periodic disposition of Roman persecutions before the time of Diocletian, and she made a distinction between persecution (as a hostility toward a group because of its religious belief or who they are) and prosecution (an act or process of holding a trial against a person who is accused of a crime). Although, she did not argue that the Romans executed some Christians but…

contradicted to the holy nature of God. Christianity talks about the moral evil, which mean the evil behavior against other people, for example, murder and theft. Besides that, Christianity talks about the evil behavior against God, for example unbelief, idolatry and blasphemy. The reason why people have sin because of they are evil. They did not follow the laws in bible and also they do not follow what God said. In 1 John, 3:4, everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.…

Amos Time period: around 750 BC, during the reign of Jeroboam II, (786–746 BC) Location preached: northern Kingdom of Israel He was from judah. In his writing, he against the increased between the very wealthy and poor. The theme of his book is social justice and God's omnipotence. The Book of Amos is attributed to him. "Amos saw God as personally in control of all the world. Amos made clear that, contrary to the view within pagan religious…