Monotheism

Linguistics and Translations:Sura 3:64-69 narrates a dialogue between Muslims and the People of the Book, in which the Jews and Christians are persuaded to follow the guidance of the Divine Law set out by Allah. Verse 64 is an invitation for all three religions to come to an agreement and accept the worship of a single God. However some translations, such as the Ali translation, utilize the word “Muslim” as a substitute for “one who submits to God.” While the term Muslim is commonly identified…

I believe that God enacted or allowed the tornado to kill all who died in the natural disaster. My belief aligns with John Piper’s excerpt. God may have enacted the tornado, or He may have allowed Satan to cause it. Satan creates havoc in an attempt to steal your joy, diminish hope and stir up doubt. “If God loved me, why would He do this”? “How am I going to get through this, when I have nothing”? Satan uses different things to drive a wedge between us and God. God can intervene in everything…

The true meaning of Christmas, or rather the profoundness of the gift, and what it means. At this time of years, there is tremendous love that surges through our family’s, our churches, our school, and our communities. The love is imbedded into our American and English cultures across every level and every fiber, and this huge upwelling of compassing and love starts in the United States about two weeks before Thanksgiving, climbs to a peak on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and then for a week…

What our “Pitch” is about is how we can make the average soccer player better than average. We are going to do this by improving the ability of a soccer player by increasing speed, giving them dead point accuracy, intensifying their power and making their ball control that of an angel of soccer. The way this is possible is due to the fact that we were finally able to harness the power of the soccer god and circulating his power through each one of the soles and with a little help from Dr. Rickey…

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…

Throughout the book as you read, we learn that not only do Elie and his father struggle with hopelessness, their faith in god and the will to survive, but other prisoners they meet along the way are dealing with the same struggle as well. Elie and his father are faced with many obstacles that they must overcome while they do everything possible to stay together. Other prisoners that Elie and his father have met on their journey through hell, were also faced with the struggles of their own demons…

“My” God is not “Our” God In Richard White’s book, The Middle Ground, he argues that the French missionaries and Indians in the American Northwest region created a new culture after a process of accommodation and acculturation. It is agreed that both sides misinterpreted the practices and values of the other, but these misunderstandings did not create an entirely new culture. Instead, the immersion of two vastly different people simply caused both religions to reflect and begin to question the…

One is given the power by God to take full control of his life and body. Self-control is a significant characteristic that enables a person to act rightly and accordingly to God’s law. In Micah 6:8 it states, “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God,” which teaches us to do what is right. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee it evidently shows and teaches one, the way of men is not…

Character John is really a unique character who follows his heart throughout the story. In the story John wants to go east to meet the “gods.” Even though he was warned not to go east. John was so motivated to go east because of the dreams that he had been getting and because he is the son of a priest. The main character is a round character because his thoughts and emotions kept changing during the whole story. For example when John was on his journey there was a moment where he wanted turn…