Lamb of God

ϖ Saul responds by giving Samuel pious excuse. He lies and says that he took the best spoils of war so that he may sacrifice them to God. ♣ What is the consequence of the sin? ϖ The consequence of Saul’s sin is being called out by Samuel and he says that being obedient is better than sacrificing. His disobedience and rejecting of God’s word results in him being rejected as king. ♣ Does…

pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without promise of obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood.” (Edwards, 126) Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards were both very devoted to God , but had different views of him. Bradstreet, a house wife, thought that God did everything for a reason and gave her obstacles that he thought she could handle. While Edwards, a minister, believed that you had to truly believe in God, and if you didn’t God…

“When Abram was ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to him and said, ‘I am El Shaddai. Live in my presence, be perfect, and I shall grant a covenant between myself and you, and make you very numerous.’ And Abram bowed to the ground. God spoke to him as follows, ‘For my part, this is my covenant with you: you will become the father of many nations” (The Covenant 15). This according to the Hebrews at the time was a direct agreement with Yahweh and Abraham, that as long as Abraham did…

Byron’s Heaven and Hell William Blake was ahead of his time, not just with his writings, which impacted the writers and cultures that came after, but his lifestyle and mentality pushed the envelope for the human thought process. His writings contemplated the morality of man, leaving such a mental mark on the reader, as they are left to see Blake’s world blend into theirs after reading. These bold ideas that stemmed from Blake’s psyche, were that which outlined Lord Byron’s own view with the…

those who shared his beliefs. Science and religion are not enemies, still, there’s a correlation between atheism and scientific inclinations. While 95% of the USA population believes in God, only around 51% of the scientific community does, scoring as low as 7.5% in areas such as physics or 5.5% in biology (Lamb, 2010). This survey shows that religious people tend to be less inclined towards the sciences. In conclusion, Religion is based on a book that is taken as a historical record instead…

knowing God. He points that “knowing about God is crucially important for the living of our lives” and promotes the study of theology (Packer 19). Deeper knowledge of God would lead to fear of the Lord because God is not just the God of mercy, but also the judgment. There may be a spiritual gap in the lives of many believers because they lack Biblical understanding and the full picture of God. Therefore, the church should equip saints with theological knowledge and teach complete character of…

was previously known as Abram. He started his journey when God ordered him to go to a far country away from his father's house and his own family. The second section provides the text on the background of Katha Upanishad and its significance when compared to the bible. These two stories were written in different time period, context, and meanings. However, both stories deal with sacrifice and the importance of it. In the story of Abraham, God promised to show Abraham the land where he would make…

Future Event Number Eight: The Seven Seal Judgments Up to now, it has been the enemies of God wrecking havoc on the earth, but things are about to change dramatically. God has physically intervened, and will carry the battle to the wicked by a series of judgments. The first segment of judgments is called the seven seal judgments, which are, like all the judgments, aimed at the wicked with two objectives in mind. First, to let the wicked reap what they have sown, thus fulfilling God’s justice,…

Søren Kierkegaard, a 19th century a philosopher, once said, “God…does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.” While Richard J. Mouw, in his book When the Kings Come Marching In, would agree that God redeems sinners he would also argue that God desires to redeem the entire cosmos. God desires to redeem both human souls and the cosmos because both have been infected and distorted by sin. After a careful reading of Mouw’s book, it is possible to piece together a summary of…

For Alter, literary analysis revealed the meaning and intent of the biblical author. Most scholars recognize Alter’s contribution to the discussion regarding biblical narrative and literary analysis. In 1985, Lyle M. Eslinger published Kingship of God in Crisis (1985). In the first part of the book, Eslinger offered a critique of the history of criticism regarding 1 Samuel 1–12. According to him, the historical critical method losses sight of the whole meaning of the text. Similar to Gunn,…