Incarnation

In the article entitled “The Pointlessness of Unplugging,” Casey N. Cep disputes the Impracticality of “unplugging” from technology, using “the fifth annual National Day of Unplugging,” as the focal point of his argument. Cep begins by analyzing a website that participant’s submitted photos to of themselves holding signs with explanations of why they chose to unplug. Ceps continues by saying “How quickly the digital age turned into the age of technological anxiety” (Cep, 2014, para. 3). Which…

Africa has vast religious record. The ancient and immense land mass has an extensive history of ever shifting empires, which has led to a diverse religious landscape. Modern day Africa is divided into five regions, each of which has had a unique religious evolution. The western region from where most Atlantic slaves came from is no exception. The indigenous African religion is the oldest on the continent and is still practiced today, a major component of this religion is its oral tradition. Over…

meaning of black culture and its relationship to divine revelation. (30) Cone takes issues with Barth’s universality; he believes we can locate God in experience in oppressed communities because God has committed God’s self to oppressed people in the incarnation. Barth wants to say that he cannot predict how, when, and where God will freely order a revelation of God’s self. He simply believes it will happen in the context of a Christian community. Cone, by contrast, says that God faithfully…

Furthermore, He is the Word of God made flesh, in the form of human, making him the bringer of true humanity (Jesus of Nazareth). In addition, His incarnation reveals that God is the eternal Father and that He is consubstantial with the Father, meaning that both the Father and the Son is the one and only God. His other mission is to do God 's will, which is to make the earth a mirror of heaven, as suggested…

Border Crossing is a novel written by English author Pat Barker that explores the controversial plot of a child murderer, furthermore the effectiveness of the rehabilitation of such a young offender. Barker explores the techniques of symbolism and contrasting characters throughout the novel. Barker explores the true meaning of morality and how society defines the line between right and wrong, good an evil. Symbolism is largely apparent technique in Border Crossing to represent the mentally…

It’s tough to remember the first time that I heard the age-old question about the purpose of life because I’ve heard it so much. However, the first time that I really took time to think about this question was a few weeks ago. I recall waking up in the morning and asking myself a simple question, “What am I looking forward to today?” To my surprise, I couldn’t answer the question and I realized that I was currently living an extremely boring and meaningless life. I then stumbled upon another…

How likely is it for one to see a series or a film where the characters have the viewers exact same life? Never, it’s boring. Some of the most popular television shows and films in Hollywood have been about rich people and how they live, such as Keeping up with the Kardashians, Gossip Girl, The Wolf of Wall Street, and The Great Gatsby. Hollywood is one of the biggest forms of media, and the reason for that is because how entertaining it is. The only way Hollywood can be entertaining for the…

Women in the Heart of Darkness In the Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, women exist solely for the male characters without voices. In the book itself, not one of the few women introduced were given a name. They are both unworthy of a name and irrelevant to the main characters and narrators. Even the women to whom Marlow turns to find him a job has no name. Instead, the women are known merely by their actions and words. We come to know his aunt through her diction and prattling on in a…

The missionary movement in Christian History was written by Andrew F. Wall. He went to the West Africa and taught church history and trained them for the ministry in Sierra Leone. This book is the amalgamation of three movements, and the book has three parts. In the first part the author describes about a reflection on the nature of the Christian faith, from the point of view of its historical transmission. In part two, we can study about the Christian faith transmission process of the Africa…

In most societies, stories are told of great heroes who were born with supernatural powers who are triumphant in their dealings or battles. Heroes have a tendency of fighting for the freedom and liberation of other persons and at the end of it all they end up not enjoying the fruits of their fight for liberty. They pass through struggles after which they emerge victorious. Their heroic acts are narrated from one generation to the next. These are referred to as hero myths. They represent the mind…