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The Pledge of Allegiance Although many American citizens believe that students should be required to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance because it shows respect and patriotism, standing for the Pledge should not be mandatory for students because it goes against their rights, possibly their religion, and it is also morally wrong to force a student to stand for the Pledge if they are unwilling to do so. Several courts have ruled that forcing students to stand and recite the Pledge goes against…

Should Public Schools Allow Prayer? With any and all religiously based arguments the ongoing debate of whether or not to involve prayer in public school is heated. Both parties on the subject at hand have valid concerns and legitimate stand points. With the society that we live in today’s day and age is entirely involved with religious freedoms that allow us all free liberties. The subject matter of prayer in public school has existed in the U.S since around the 1830’s. However in and around…

When God created the world, He created it without sin. However, the prefect beauty of the world was soon corrupted by sin. In response to this, God reacted with grace and mercy, and invited us into relationship with Him. In order to maintain relationship with Him, Christians exercise spiritual discipline. These disciplines, inward, outward, and corporate, reflect our desire to commune with God and demonstrate our need for Him as our savior. In his book Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster…

spiritual formation and the implementation of prayer and faith? In order to understand the importance of pastoral counseling, one might need to know what elements are to be included. There are several types of counseling and psychological methods and remedies concerning various issues and conflicts. However, one might conclude to understand that pastoral counseling serves in an arena all by itself. When it comes to pastoral counseling, faith, prayer, and spiritual formation all play very…

for God and seen only by God. At the commencement of Bible College I understood fasting to be a practice that people in the church did in order to get God to hear their prayers and move on their behalf and answer the prayers that they had placed before Him during the time of fasting. It was like a way to get your prayers answered in an accelerated way. Mother Teresa would be a person in history who I class as someone who significantly contributed to the discipline of fasting. If…

that I see a Christian Counselor. What stands out the most from my sessions, is the way that prayer seemed to be forced on me during each session. It was like the counselor would not proceed with the session if I did not repent or pray for something and I was made to pray out loud so they would know that I was actually praying. I know that it is important, especially after reading this book, to have prayer and Scripture in sessions, however, the way it was presented made me feel even less of…

“Many of us have a vague idea that there should be something different about our leadership as Christians- particularly if we are leading a church or organization with a spiritual purpose- but that difference usually gets reduced to a perfunctory prayer at the beginning of a meeting,…

first church session that I was made to feel that I was not worshiping god correctly and that I was going to hell for my sins. Are you kidding me? I was nine years old and my fate was already determined. Unless, I begged for forgiveness, I recited a prayer and confessed my sins, and accept the lord as my savior. Where do I sign up for this? I need to be forgiven, because at nine, I have committed sins that will damn me. Understand, I was distraught, and in tears, I mean what have I done that…

I am going to select models of spirituality that bring me together with other people. So spiritual activities such as worship, fellowship groups, prayer groups, bible-study groups, and spiritual-formation groups would be the types of scenes where I would spiritually thrive (59). Learning and testing out this information has greatly enhanced my spiritual life already. I do thoroughly enjoy the company…

Spiritual Reflection This assignment felt like an answered prayer. Just last night I asked God to help me be more open in this course because I struggle with writing about other faiths and doubts of my belief. My spiritual journey has made me the person I am today. I have always believed in God. I was born the daughter of Baptist minister and a Sunday School teaching mother. After turning one years old, my mother and father split. This event only strengthened my mom’s spiritual education in…