Manifestation of God

McGrath describes faith as more than just believing that God exists, but it is about trusting in Him (McGrath 3). We all can say that God is real but what about our action? God is our father, savior, and protector; he would not allow us to bear what we cannot. I often take problems into my own hands because I forgot that God is there for me. My faith in him was so little that I allow myself to stress over things I have no control over. I verse…

In the Old Testament, God uses prophets as His mediators. They serve as a middle man between God and man. As God’s story unfolds in the Old Testament, we see great prophets emerge during times of great injustice. Among these great prophets is Elijah, an Israelite and worshiper of God under during the reign of Ahab and his murderous, idolatrous wife Jezebel. Ahab himself let his uncertainty and fear drive his passivity, which, even more so, gave way to Jezebel’s evil desires. As Ahab & Jezebel…

necessity because of each values’ strong place in building a stable and prosperous community, as well as keeping a “morally” intact society, the “new Jerusalem.” But “paradise” is not to be gained without challenge and great effort against the “enemy of God” and they came in the form of hardship, privation, and fear. Bradford, Winthrop, Bradstreet, and Edwards wrote of these hardships that they and their fellows faced in a foreign land, with no shelter to go to, no inns to restore their…

falters. The bible proclaims the idea of redemption, something Javert can never understand. He has spent his whole life looking for Valjean, “That I may see him / Safe behind bars / I will never rest” because he is “A fugitive running / Fallen from God / Fallen from grace” (Stars). How could such a vile man transform into one of God’s servants? For so long, Javert preached once a convict, always a convict. The bishop, on the other hand, took a leap of faith helping Valjean because of his belief…

By the divine privilege and grace of the Almighty God, this book is a life-ideology designed to spur those unknown generals who will read it and create a nurturing and compelling stir in their hearts to rise above mundane existence and mediocre living to a life of achieving great things; for God Almighty, for humanity both in our generation and the ones yet unborn and achieve great things for themselves in particular. Like a song writer would sing, “When all is said and done, there’s just one…

Are American Indians Lawfully Sinners or Just Uninformed? In chapter six of Francisco De Vitoria’s book, “Vitoria: Political Writings,” titled, On the Americans Indians, Vitoria considers various arguments regarding the dominion of the “barbaric” American Indians by determining if sinners, unbelievers and children as well irrational and mad men should have dominion over property and over themselves. Although I agree with Vitoria’s conclusion that American Indians should be treated as any other…

Expectation is a firm belief that something will happen. It is a confident feeling about someone or something. In every relationship we have different expectations; people expect different several things from him and God also expects us to do a certain thing. We expect him to love and support us to mention the least, He expects us to obey and love him back. Expectation motivates us to do better, to work harder or to climb higher in life. Expectation is a gift, not a pain for when people expect…

The novel Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García-Márquez combines strong Columbian cultural aspects and significant biblical references to create a murder story that has you on the edge of your chair. The journalistic writing style used by Marquez makes the novel unique because, it jumps from different characters’ point of view composing a greater feeling of understanding between the different character which engages the audience. Chronicles of a Death Foretold has several comparisons…

interchangeability. According to The diary and observations of Thomas Alva Edison (Runes, 1976), he said that “I believe, rightly or wrongly, that life is undestructable, it is true, and I also believe that there has always been a fixed quantity of life on this planet, and that this quantity can neither be increased or decreased.” From Edison’s point of view, nothing could be created or destroyed. Therefore, he speculated that life units which change from one form to another form were applied…

Beginning in his hometown of Tudela, Benjamin set out to record as many jewish settlements as he could find and hear about. He left Tudela between 1159 and 1163 and returned in 1172/1173. During this time he visited many places listing them all in his travel diary known today as The Itinerary on Benjamin of Tudela. What is left of his itinerary today is nothing more than the town name, the distance to the town, the prominent Rabbis and scholars of the town, and the occasional description of his…