Repentance

Jesus, the Son, is one of the three parts that make up the trinity. He is the son of God who became human and was sent to Earth to save us. God sent Jesus so that we would be lead to live more faithful and meaningful lives. By becoming human, Jesus was able to experience some of the daily sinning that people commit. This means that Jesus got a personal and close look at humans and their sinfulness. Throughout his life he went to many different towns preaching the word of God and what kind of…

life and from it everything else follows. A person is not “of Christ” unless the Spirit of God is in him or her (Romans 8:9). This Spirit is imparted by the laying on of hands by an authorized representative of Jesus Christ (Acts 8:17-18). Through repentance, baptism and the receiving of God’s Holy Spirit, a Christian is then able to understand the spiritual truth of God and His Word (1 Corinthians…

repent and understand your mistakes. It is even reasonable to understand the guilt involved with sexual relations before marriage. However, holding this impurity over your head is not what the Lord may have intended. Anyone can come to the Father in repentance and still have a happy and successful marriage. It was because of topics like this that Sarah’s audience was so skeptical. But Sarah has overcome many obstacles along her path of writing success. She has now reached out to so many young…

In the timeless play Hamlet by Shakespeare, one man’s apparent madness impacts not only his fate but also the lives of those around him. Hamlet, enlightened by a ghostly figure, devises a scheme of revenge on his uncle King Claudius. Consequently, Hamlet’s flaw of indecisiveness causes him to blur the lines between sanity and insanity as he is unable to make important decisions while unfolding his need for vengeance. Ultimately, his irrational madness embodies Hamlet’s high intelligence and…

Most High. Mary wanted the children to pray the Rosary every day to bring peace to the world and ask the priest to construct a chapel at the site of her apparition. She warned them of the sufferings that they would face as a way of amends for the repentance of…

The age of the Reformation in the 16th century was the dawn of new religions and the reforms of the old Catholic Church. The Reformation began as a movement devoted to returning to biblical scriptures. A prominent religious leaders of this period was Martin Luther. Luther blatantly disagreed with the Catholic Church over the doctrine that allowed the selling of indulgences to lay people. While studying the Scriptures, Luther came to the conclusion that salvation was achieved not by indulgences…

New Agers object Christianity’s beliefs for a few reason. New Agers believe that reincarnation seems to make more sense than God sending people to Hell for mishaps. “Christians believe God will send people to hell because of their bad deeds. How can people believe that a God of love would punish anyone by sending him or her to hell? Reincarnation seems so much more just” (Halverson, 1996, p. 168). One of the main issues to this is New Agers do not have a great understanding to who God is and…

Final Thoughts and Musings I wanted to close this post out with a disclaimer and some encouragement… Disclaimer: Like James Torrance mentioned earlier, despite the covenantal, filial, and loving nature in which God relates to humanity - which, requires nothing on our part for its effectiveness or actuality - it still demands a response from us. For some of you reading this post, you may be thinking to yourself, “Sullivan, if our salvation, God’s relationality, etc. towards us is covanental in…

Sophocles suggests that divine intervention may be the necessary reminder in accepting the truth. Teiresias is the only source of divine intervention in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and Antigone. When introducing Teiresias, Sophocles never forgets to remind the audience of Teiresias’ old age, incontrovertible wisdom and prophetic abilities. Both Oedipus and Creon look to Teiresias for advice when they need an objective voice. Sophocles uses him to stress the moral values of compassion, kindness,…

One of the concepts Shakespeare explores in Much Ado About Nothing is that of the different natures of relationships. Throughout the play, Shakespeare sets up two distinct pairs of lovers, both exemplifying a different model of relationship. Shakespeare contrasts two ideals of relationships, one of which being a relationship of immediacy based on necessity and a need to fulfill social norms, and the other being a relationship that is based on genuine feelings of love that are cultivated slowly…