Immaculate Conception

Everyone in the world have their own beliefs and belong to a culture that shape who they are. In their culture, people generally follow rituals and have their own norms that have special meaning to them. For example, Muslims generally follow ‘salat’, which is a practice of praying five times a day. Or even the Irish(and many others)celebrating St. Patrick 's Day by eating corned beef, going to parades, and getting drunk off their ass; eventually where they can’t walk or even having a drunken…

Rahab The life story of Rahab is one that is unique. Her story is found in Joshua 2:9-13 and Joshua 6:17-25. She was a woman who was a prostitute. She lived in Jericho, which was the Promised Land and assisted the Israelites in Capturing the City. She is lauded as an example of living by faith while being justified by her works. In Joshua 2:1 When the Hebrews were encamped at Shittim in the Jordan Valley opposite Jericho, ready to cross the river ,we find out that Joshua sends secretly two spies…

In the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow hangs the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir. Considered one of the masterpieces of Russian Iconography, the icon is the most venerated in Russia. Unlike other more austere Marian icons, Our Lady of Vladimir belongs to the Ἐλεούσα Eleousa or ‘tender-touch’ iconographic style. This style is known for stressing the humanity of Christ; a compassionate God who suffers with humankind. Painted in the twelfth century, the icon depicts Mary and the child Christ. In this…

The age group that our sole is from after conception to 1,000 years after death. The level of socio-economic levels that are needed for this work of amazingness is that it is not plastic it is specially designed carbon fiber which means it is luxury for the feet and it is designed to be consumed by…

Back in high school, it was very typical for me to be running late to school. I was also considered to be the “lead-foot” of the family when driving so needless to say, I would only ever be a few minutes late to school, if at all. During the spring of my junior year, I was having one of those typical mornings when something caught my eye alongside the road. I immediately began to slow down for what turned out to be nothing. As I was slowing down, a big black SUV came out of nowhere and pulled…

In the Beginning God created the heavens, and the earth, he created light by simply speaking it into existence. He created the land and the sea which he then put plants and vegetation on. He then created the creatures of the earth, and then ultimately he created us, human beings, which he created in reflection of his image to populate and glorify him (Genesis 1-2 ESV). As we see, God was actively involved in his creation since the very beginning, carefully putting all the pieces into place in…

In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, it is told from the authors point of view and how the Holocaust not only affected him as an individual but others as well. Wiesel talks about how such a horrific event could happen to such incent people. As well as the disturbing events that had occur during this time period in history. He talks about how he had been separated from his mother and sisters, which left, him and his father to fight to stay alive. The book talks about how the only thing that had been…

Notion of ‘Self’ – Reflective practices A recent search of literature on the notion of ‘self’ was conducted for this essay; in reviewing the literature various authors each giving their beliefs and concepts have written many theories and provided many discussions on ‘self’ over the years. However, to write about each of the authors would take some time, therefore within the essay, a few of the authors theories on what their beliefs and concept are to the view of self are included. The first…

“Whether Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved” is included in volume forty-six of Luther’s Works: The Christian in Society III, edited by Helmut T. Lehmann and Robert C. Schultz. Originally published by Martin Luther on January 5th, 1527, “Whether Solders, Too, can be Saved” was written in response to a very controversial topic that is still debated to this date. The issue at hand was whether Christians could bear arms and become professional soldiers while still obtaining a pure connection with God and…

Theology brings about different interpretations of God and the role he plays within the universe and alongside humanity. These concepts range from a God that is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow to a God that is ever changing by the experiences of his creations as process theism describes; a God that shares a personal relationship with his creations to a God that is emotionless as Spinoza describes (Casanova, The Journal of Religion and Psychical Research, p. 49; Nadler, Humanities, p.…