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this is part of our human condition but we must continually monitor all of our own personal needs and desires. There are power differentials among clergy and congregant so this attunement is what I call a consistant must. I loved Traina’s example of a new mother with a baby. There are needs and a mother will learn how and when to respond to the child’s needs and wants in a proper manner and this is better learned over time. Each pastor must be very careful not to under emphasize attunement. It…

2. Israel a. Abraham, the Father In “Ur of the Chaldeans” (Gn 11:31), probably the same land of Babel, there is Abram, a man that waits for the word of God, a man that is able to hear, a man chosen by God, the first in the Bible to be called “prophet” (Gn 20:7). Abram is presented as the anti-Babel character par excellence. A kind of dichotomy can be seen in the two accounts. The promise of God to Abram “I will make of you a great nation” (Gn 12:2) finds its counterpart in the story of Babel…

well that when they die they do not perish, but live… and become incorruptible through the resurrection.” Another proof of the power of the resurrection is that many former unbelievers and deriders of Jesus have become believers, and some of those new disciples have become martyrs for their faith in Jesus. These types of witnesses make it hard to deny and doubt that Christ has risen and now lives. Jesus today, as he did two thousand years ago, can “prick the consciences of men [and women], so…

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DIVINITY Old Testament Exegetical Commentary of Ruth Submitted to Dr. Gary Schnittjer in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of OBST 515-B08 LUO Old Testament Orientation by Dianna L. Domek September 26, 2017 Introduction Historical Background Prevailing Conditions Main Characters Major Argument Major Themes Exegetical Outline 1. Moab, and the Journey to Bethlehem: 1:1-18 1. Naomi Widowed: 1:1-5 2. Return to Bethlehem: 1:6-14 3.…

Thessa G. Smith 103 Stratford Road-Greenwood, SC 29649 864.377.0400 tgsmith@umcsc.org Thessa G. Smith 103 Stratford Road – Greenwood, SC 29649 Cell phone: 864.377.0400 tgsmith@umcsc.org Disciplinary Questions – Part I Describe your personal experience of God and the understanding of God you derive from biblical, theological and historical sources. I have a personal relationship with God the Father through the redemptive power of Jesus Christ and the keeping power of…

Yasna Liturgy,” by D. F. Kotwal and J. W. Boyd The authors start the essay by explaining the main reason for the Yasna liturgy. the main reason for the liturgy is to please the God of Wisdom, Ahura Mazda. they compares the the theological visions of the liturgy to the platonic world view. They go on to say that Wisdom is eternal, ultimate source of intelligibility and all source of positive reality. Archetype principle such as good, health life and devotion are come from the ultimate…

According to Clines, the theme of the Pentateuch is: The theme of the Pentateuch is the partial fulfilment – which implies also the partial non-fulfilment – of the promise to blessing of the patriarchs. The promise or blessing is both the divine initiative in a world where human initiatives always lead to disaster, and are an affirmation of the primal divine intentions for humanity. The promise has three elements: posterity, divine human relationship, and land. The posterity-element is…

Her diagrammatic representation of contemporary consciousness shows a new dimension of sensibility highlights on the psychological adjustment of an urban middle class family. It is essential a “Spiritual” Crises for Sarojini the serene and traditional housewife of the newly emerged middle class in the country. Her ultra modern…

In the book, “The Irresistible Revolution,” the main idea of the book was how to live a “true Christian lifestyle” which is based off of loving all of God’s humans, Christian or not, as well as God’s environment. In our class discussion of chapters one and two, a recurring idea is how some people who consider themselves Christians in church can act like good and righteous people helping others on Sundays, then turning around on Mondays and blowing off everyone else, just as long as they get the…

Bible, once again, God’s con-stitution is “alive” and “active;” it cuts more keenly than any two-edged sword, piercing as far as the place where life and spirit, joints and marrow, divide: It sifts the purposes and “thoughts” of the “heart.” End quote; New English Bible. In addition , in this book you will find exactly what is stated in the book of Ecclesia-stes, in the Old Testament or Hebrew Scriptures, chapter 12 verses 10 & 11; namely: “The Teacher, (the teacher in this case is…