Lunar deity

Thoth is the name given by the Greeks to the Egyptian god Djeheuty. Thoth was the god of wisdom, inventor of writing, patron of scribes and the divine mediator. He is most often represented as a man with the head of an ibis, holding a scribal palette and reed pen. He could also be shown completely as an ibis or a baboon. As with most Egyptian deities, there were many different stories regarding the parentage of Thoth. Many sources call him the son of Re, but one tradition has him springing forth from the head of Seth. This latter story is reminiscent of the birth of the Greek goddess Athena, who like Thoth was the patron divinity of wisdom. Myths concerning Thoth show him as a divinity whose counsel is always sought. His most significant…

highly ethical. Every Hindu has a space of worship. At home, rituals are performed every morning, after bathing and dressing and before any food or drink. It may be home shrines, pictures, murtis (small statue) or entire room dedicated. Typically, families light clay oil lamps and pray daily, offering fresh flowers, incensed sticks and food to God. Hindus also like to give worship at the temple, also known as mandir which is the home of God. At the temples, many pray to the different forms of…

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the God plays a powerful indirect role and interfere with the lives of human. Mesopotamian deities required human to worship and praise them. In return, God is supposed to stabilize their surrounding and to provide them a good fortune. There are many examples throughout the epic text of God trying to control life in a certain way. Gilgamesh is two-thirds god and one-third human and plays the role of being king of the city Uruk. Gilgamesh is very powerful and is not…

“No one can attain any degree of holiness without God working in his life, but just as surely no one will attain it without effort on his own part” (Bridges 1978). In Jerry Bridges book, The Pursuit of Holiness, Jerry explains how to make a Christian’s life more holy. Through chapter 1, Jerry explains why Christians need holiness in their everyday lives. He explains that to find holiness we must search the Bible because the Bible has all the answers. The Bible is the spoken truth…

My second year at Moody, I became friends with the new RA of the floor. Together, we wrestled with how to minister to an older floor that had become fractured due to members of the floor having established friendships in other areas of life. I remember caring for one of our 4 new freshmen and just being available and accessible to engage in life and theological discussions. My third year, the Lord placed on my heart to initiate and start up a regular prayer meeting on the floor for the floor,…

Every Christian has wondered at some point in time what Heaven will be like. A lot of people in the World just view Heaven as a spiritual place where you meet God. Richard Mouw believes Heaven will be a renewed creation that includes an embodied existence and cultural life. In the book “When the Kings Come Marching In” Mouw talks about how society has to transform and change our ideas of how we view things in order to prepare for the Holy City. In doing so we will be ready for Heaven to come.…

As I said in some other essays I wasn’t a Christian person. So, coming to Taylor was a pretty big decision to me. I thought a lot of things and I just didn’t know what to think about Taylor in that moment because I found out that Taylor is a Christian Community. It was not just a cultural change or language change. It was more than that. I wasn’t having a good relationship with God. I wasn’t having faith to Him. I was like forgetting about religion. But I took the decision and I came to Taylor.…

The Pitfalls of Godliness A relationship with God can be nourishing to the soul. Those whose bond with God is strong are ideal models for others because of their virtuous and selfless nature. However, there are those who only preach the word of God without following in his footsteps and use their faith to justify their sins. Even worse, there are those who raise themselves up to be equal with God. In A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O 'Connor, the grandmother, who defines herself as a…

goddess of women, Minerva, the goddess of craftspeople, and Jupiter Optimus Maximus, who became the patron deity of Rome. (Spielvogel, 124) These Roman gods were honored in temples, which were also considered the “home” of the god, however worship took place outside the temple. (Wasson, “Roman Religion”) Since it was crucial to establish a good the relationship with the gods, the performance of the rituals were executed by a college of priests, called pontiffs, in order to maintain divine law…

primitive man imagined that the spirits of his ancestors are reincarnated in animal. Thus originated the creed called Totemism; worshipping calves, cows, scraps, snakes, etc. Also, the primitives were not satisfied by worshipping forest animals, they wanted something to take home to worship everyday there so they made idols representing the ancestors to worship. Later in ancient Egypt, there was ‘Imhotep’; the ancient physician and great sage. After his death he was worshipped and sacrifices…