Predestination

Martin Luther was not the only person to take issue with the Catholic Church. There was the Calvinism and Anglicanism that were on the same side with the Lutheran branch of Protestantism. They have similar qualities but also different. Lutheran, Calvinism and Anglicanism was different by the beliefs of Eucharist, Salvation, and the importance of the bible. Lutheran branch of Protestantism was formed in Germany (north), Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Martin Luther believed the same with Anglican…

thanksgiving to God: “the salvation of the just, and the final doom of the godless.” Menahem Mansoor provides the more detailed themes of God and creation, knowledge, salvation through election, humanity’s frailty and sinfulness, and dualism and predestination. Others have divided the theological themes by the two categories of the teacher hymns and the community hymns. Esther G. Chazon identifies the teacher hymns’ main themes as persecution, suffering, mockery of enemies, “reliance on…

written byJonathan Edwards in, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God". This sermon was written during the time of The Great Awakening where many people where converting or "awakening" to convert to be Christians. Puritans beleived in the concept of predestination, where God already has a plan and everything that happens is for a reason, good or bad. Edwards wrote this sermon because he wanted people recognize their sins and to repent for the bad things that they have done. It is clearly shown…

Annotated Bibliography: Irony, Identity, and Autonomy in Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying Atkinson, Ted. “The Ideology of Autonomy: Form and Function in As I Lay Dying.” Faulkner Journal 21.1/2 (2006): 15-27. Academic Search Complete. Web. 27 Nov. 2014. Ted Atkinson argues that Cash’s production of his mother’s coffin is a metaphor for Faulkner’s production of As I Lay Dying because they both concern themselves with form and function, as they pursue artistic autonomy despite significant stressful…

knowing and man cannot come to him without becoming regenerated by the Holy Spirit, then God must have the foreknowledge on who would be saved and who would forever burn in hell. Verses like Ephesians 1:4-5 and Romans 8:28-30 present an idea of predestination which is defined by Merriam Webster as the doctrine that God in consequence of his foreknowledge of all events infallibly guides those who are destined for salvation. Since this truth takes away the choice of whether or not to be saved, it…

American citizens do not realize how everyday actions contribute and continually influence both the American and puritan societies. In Jonathan Edward’s sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, Edwards asserts that with continuous sin, puritans will be released to hell by God and by also not following the puritan way of life. Throughout the sermon, Jonathan Edwards uses similes, repetition and scare tactics to emphasize the fact that with sin, any Puritan will be sent to hell. Faith and…

In the book “Half Truths”, written by Adam Hamilton, a senior pastor at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, Pastor Hamilton questions whether common phrases used by people are actually true or Christian. Phrases such as “everything happens for a reason, God helps those who help themselves, and God said it, I believe it, that settles it.” Pastor Hamilton uses scriptural references from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Bible to break down these phrases and clarify the meaning…

The Death Traditions of World Religions There is no questioning that all beings on Earth inevitably die, however; each global religion has their own traditions pertaining to life’s final chapter. As a matter of fact, there is no concrete knowledge of the after life. Each religion reflects their personal values and teachings through their beliefs of the events that follow death. While researching, I discovered that some religious beliefs are alike, some very different, and some intertwined with…

In a Hero of Our Time, predestination emerges as a theme near the end of the story. The end of the story leaves the reader wondering if there is anything other than predestination. The story follows this young man named Pechorin. Pechorin lives a life very different than a “normal” person. He is both emotionally smart and foolish. The thing that striked me the most is Pechorin’s fate. When he was a young boy, his mother was told that he would “die through a bad wife” (p.123). Pechorin never…

Eusibius records the learly life of Origen in glowing terms, describing his great piety and intellectual ability. He portrays a youth so zealous he longed for martydom (6:2). He goes on tto describe his vast accomplishments in learning and his devout and simple life style (6:3). He desribes the mysteries Origen unlocked and the secrets he found, even mastering the Hebrew language and compliing the massive Hexapla (6:18). Eusibius endorsement of Origen makes sense, considering his conection to…