My God

large part of my life, as far back as my memories will reach. I grew up in a Christian home and we would go to church just about every week. From there, I thus knew about Christianity from your typical church atmosphere where your parents stick you in a room with other children as they go listen to the sermon. To be completely honest, I truly don’t remember learning much, but just wanting to be back home so I could play. In fact, I don’t remember where I really understood that Jesus is my…

From that moment on, Dr. Faustus was considered “damned”. His natural desire for knowledge leads to his downfall. Dr. Faustus says in A-text, “My heart’s so hardened I cannot repent.” All of this means that he feels like he wants to commit his life to Christ, however he just can’t. When someone 's heart hardens when they do not consider the word of God over their circumstances. He represents the common human dissatisfaction with being human and the struggle of accepting our lack of omnipotence…

Baldwin III, Emperor Conrad III of Germany, my self, and others, met to decide whether or not to begin a second crusade, and if so, who should lead it, and what city should it target. I, being a sensible and wise religious figure, took the stance that the crusade should continue, as it only makes sense. The Persians have declared war upon us by attacking the good Christian city of Edessa. It was shameful enough that we allowed it to be taken, as every child of God is precious, but it would be…

Exhorting – A Spiritual Gift A Christian’s motivational spiritual gift represents what God does in him to shape his perspective on life and motivate his words and actions. Romans 12:3-8 describes “basic motivations,” which are characterized by inherent qualities or abilities with in a believer - the creator’s unique workmanship in him or her. Through the motivational gifts, God makes believers aware of needs that he wants to meet through them, for his glory. Then, believers can…

Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, grant mercy and healing upon us, who grieve. Amen.” Love: An Ethical Decision Read: Song of Solomon John Wesley is known as a founder of the Methodist Movement in search of the Scriptural way of salvation and a life of holiness. A member of the holy club at Oxford in the 18th Century, he studied in the tradition of piety seeking inner peace and divine grace. His search established the foundation of a world-wide parish promoting Christian Perfection, a…

My Personal Salvation Testimony Before I jump into how incredible my Savior’s timing is, I wanted to tell you more about myself. I was baptized as a baby and went to Sunday school but I didn’t really love God. It may be because I only went to church on Easter and Christmas or it may be because I always prayed for a horse and never got one. While my faith has been rocky one thing has always been constant, my passion for all things Disney! It isn’t called “the happiest place on earth” for nothing…

Religion for me is “the belief in God, many gods, or Ultimate Reality, as well as an associated, organized system of teachings, scriptures, leadership, and ceremonies with rules used to relate to God, a plurality of gods, or Ultimate Reality” (amalgam of various definitions). Cf. Prothero's creed, cultus, code, and community (God is Not One, 324) the definition that I have chosen apply to me because I have very strong belief in God in my life I have struggled a lot had days that the only thing…

As an atheist it influences many of my interactions with individuals in various systems that I am connected with. It affects my interactions with people in the systems that I am connected with because I never feel comfortable disclosing my beliefs within many group when religion is brought up. I cannot disclose to just anyone that I do not believe in God. I have to feel very comfortable in situation or with a person to be able to disclose that information about myself. I cannot disclose that I…

read 100% of the assigned reading, the book Celebration of Discipline the Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard J. Foster. The Spiritual disciplines helps you obtain spiritual growth which is necessary to cultivate a healthy intimate relationship with God and change our lives. The various disciplines described in the Celebration of Discipline provide instruction on the pathways to attaining healthy spiritual growth resulting in transformation which ultimately leads one to celebration and joy. The…

word for Lord in the Hebrew text is the word Yahweh. Yahweh is the Hebrew name of God meaning I am. In the bible this name was first God associated with God when questioned by Moses in Exodus 3 on what name to call him. The use of the name Yahweh is significant in this passage because it established that the same God discussed in Psalm 139 is the same God who was with Moses in…