My God

One of the most controversial topics in our world today is the idea of God. I will write my paper on how His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama and rabbi Abraham J. Heschel address the issue of a transcendent. People struggle with the continuous issue of whether or not God is real. They also struggle with the thought that if God is real, what is the purpose or what are you supposed to do with God in your life? Do you believe you were created by a supreme being with a specific purpose on how to live…

The Edge of Eternity I slipped on my black dress, laced my black shoes, and stroked my eyelashes with a black mascara brush. I stared at myself in the mirror as my miserable, watery eyes blinked a couple times, pushing the tears down my face. I stretched my trembling hands to the highest shelf in the cupboard and fumbled for the box of tissues. I should not have put on that black mascara. I looked out the window as the trees and houses zoomed by me. The rain poured down against the car window.…

along with a boy transitioning into a man comes sin and loss of innocence, and this is proved when she blatantly says “and what a sin it is for a boy to grow into a man” in Chapter 3. Maria believes that as a boy grows, life destroys the purity that god have given them. To truly understand Maria’s frame of mind we have to remember that she often looks at things religiously, and she would rather her son live a pure life than one full of sin. On the contrary, Gabriel believes being a man is a part…

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…

moment initiates him moral development. In the process of Antonio's growth, he had experienced a close death and began to question the strict Catholic education suffered. For the existence of good deeds and evil .He think God should forgiveness everyone’s sin and punishment. The God is not helping the people that need help and not fair for everyone that is innocent. “Me Next! Me Next! ” Bones shouted. (Anaya #211) This show the others kids does not fear of punishment and sins like Antonio…

is the kingdom system. Partying all night on Friday and Saturday is the world’s system but worship is the kingdom system. • Same sex-marriage is the world’s system but marriage between a man and a woman is Gods’ system. • Tipping is the world system but paying our tithes and offering is Gods’ system. Young brother pick up your pants. Don’t walk around with your bootamus maximus out. That thug lifestyle will only get you to an early grave. There is a difference between a pallbearer and an…

examine my response to the Kings and Deuteronomic possible interpretations of relationships between God and his people under Immanuel Kant’s view of the golden rule, that “A deontological normative theory holds that moral worth is an intrinsic feature of human actions, determined by formal rules of conduct”. Thus Job’s suffering is to me the antithesis of a pragmatic religious and spiritual living grounded in the commandments. As a matter of fact, my own questioning of the existence of God…

Augustine’s Confessions theme was spiritual growth. As an infant he recalls that his mother’s milk was from God that is a necessary nutrient needed for growth, nourishment, and development. Augustine was able to recount that everything happens because of God. He confesses his wrongdoings, sins, and acknowledged that He was behind it all. The root causes of all things that happen are on account of God. Augustine declared, “Thus, You brought good for me out of those who did ill, and justly…

Bruce Olson and what he had to go through in his life relates to my life in the way that I want to become a missionary someday. Both my life and his are very different right now, but reading about his life and the things he endured both scares me and brings excitement. The thought of leaving my family and everything I know to go live in a foreign place doesn't exactly sound like something I would volunteer for, but doing the will of God and meeting new people interests me like nothing else. Like…

change is bound to happen. In personal experience, on campus, I witness a lot of Temptation. Temptation within my life and temptation that I see affecting my friends.…