“The choices that we make aren’t always perfect but it’s ok… It’s part of the journey” (Hayley Williams). As I encountered another religion, the sacred book used acts as a guide for its followers. Sacred books act as a road map to help followers live a fulfilling spiritual life because of the instructional text and moral compass that can be acquired. I visited Christian Baptist Church in Linwood, NC. I debated on whether or not I would go to the early morning service or the evening service. I…
Matthew Richard Schlimm, who wrote “This Strange and Sacred Scripture” raises a plethora of questions to sections of the Bible people have always thought to have had answers too. As someone who has always taken the Bible at face value and believed everything to be true; both the Old Testament class and Schlimm’s book make me question what I truly know as a fact from the Bible. Both the class and the book make me wonder why God did certain things in a particular way too. One of the first topics…
My Self-Concept Paper Just from being in my communication, class for a while now I have noticed that one of the most significant concepts in communication classes in my generation is self-concept. Self-concept defines as our beliefs, attitudes, feelings and values. It is who we are and what we stand for during our lifetime. Self-concept is a fittingly stable set of perceptions and emotional states. It is the way we see and understand ourselves, and contributes to how we perceive ourselves…
2015 at 4:38 AM my mother lost her brave fight against Cancer. I was initially going to talk to a pastor who lives next door to me. After my mother’s passing I decided to talk to my sister about her faith. We grew up in the same house, but our religious beliefs are very different, she is a believer and has faith and belief in God. I decided to talk to my sister about her beliefs and why she thinks we are so different in our beliefs. I already miss my mother and can’t believe she is no longer…
Topic C With all that is going on, today, concerning politics, the media, and the environment, how do we remain calm? Most people are committed to a religion or belief system that gives them faith in their time of anguish. What we are going through right now is not even comparable to what China went through during the Warring Sates Period. What did they have to look to in their time of anguish? For some time, they had nothing. Eventually, Confucianism and Daoism became their beacon of light. In…
“The Liberty of the Truth” Storybooks and movies show that American history has always been one of freedom, independence and liberty. According to these, since the beginning of colonial times, America has been a paradise for those in search of a perfect land where to re-establish God´s law and order, to speak freely and to start a new life without punishment or judgement. New England was the new heavenly kingdom for the Puritans persecuted in England for their radical beliefs. The American story…
society can make the school a place of general acceptance and diversity. Now, the formation and implementation of religious accommodations can be well evaluated through the use of examples. Due to the need to ensure society’s protection of religious freedom and the school’s purpose to educate a general curriculum, the subsequent argument will accept accommodation if it protects a religious belief and it does not hinder the general education of all students and limit the school’s education of…
These students belonged to both secular and religious schools and the study meant to find how large of an influence that religious schooling has on a child’s education. The study included 221 students and described a slight difference between the two groups. Seventy-one percent of religious students admitted or showed signs of cheating and/or lying while seventy-nine percent of secular students admitted to the same…
Etiological understandings of famine in the bible justify the presence of famine in the modern setting and often delay efforts to rectify the issue. The bible has been one of the most influential books throughout history due to the Christian fellowship’s infallible commitment to their faith. The bible is used as a tool to teach Christians a standard of living a good and ethical life. Story telling is one of the most infamous ways of teaching these essential life lessons, because when the bible…
Kinship ch 8 Chapter eight analyzes the fulfillment and transformation of the Davidic Covenant in Luke-Acts. Davidic themes in Luke are examined from the infancy narratives through the preaching in Acts. Attention is given to the institution narrative, in which Jesus shares His authority with the Apostles. This is solidified through the restoration of the Apostolic college and the sending of the Holy Spirit. With this authority they rule, through service, in remembrance of the paschal mystery,…