Righteousness

of this belief arose the indulgence trade. The belief is with a man’s good works he could pay for his sins, thereby earning righteousness from God. The catholic Church believes salvation is dependent on a man’s ability. When a man exercises his “free will”, and choose God, then God would give him grace. With “free will”, grace, and good works, God would give him righteousness so he can go to heaven. The Reformation condemned this false doctrine through biblical scripture in Galatians 1:6-9: “If…

I believe righteousness is more general, and morality is more personal. In Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” he believes that righteousness will guide them to a New World by following Gods order. He states this idea by mentioning the deep bond that the Puritans have with God; he is not only binding them together, but he…

The notion of freedom discussed in both Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince and Martin Luther’s The Freedom of a Christian is one that shares considerable likeness. While Machiavelli and Luther describe freedom in different contexts, one political and the other theological, both The Prince and The Freedom of a Christian preach that freedom is at the same time a marvelous gift and tool, for the wholeness of the state and for the individual. Moreover, freedom is to not be controlled or puppeteered by…

John Calvin was one of the greatest theologians to live. He was most prominent in the “second wave of Protestant Reformation.” Calvin’s doctrine is one of the most-well-considered doctrines that still have an effect on Christianity today. This essay explains John Calvin’s understanding of Scripture; his understanding of Divine and human relationships; his thought about election, providence, how humans know and understand God; and lastly, his understanding of predestination. Calvin had a…

spiritual beliefs. Mencius said that, “Every child knows enough to love his parents, and when he is grown up he knows enough to respect his elder brothers. The love for one’s parent is really humanity and the respect for one’s elders is really righteousness—all that is necessary is to have these natural feelings applied to all men” (“Assets.aspeninstitute.org”). For example, the Mikaelson siblings became vampires through the immortality spell that was done by their mother in the tenth century to…

his thought Escape from the prison is equivalent to destruct all of his thought and value what he had constructed during his lifetime. Because leaving Athens is kind of actions to contradict what he taught to his followers, be faithful to the righteousness. In order to protect his thought and value what he deeply believed, he chose to preserve them without fear of death as the price, and so he did loyal to his perspective and followers.…

In his chapter on the gospel of Matthew, Richard Hays writes carefully on the paradoxical tension between moral rigor and mercy; between a transforming radical righteousness and the two love commands on which everything else in Torah “hangs,” that is, the filter through which everything else is read and understood (p. 96). At one hand, members of the community are expected to grow to maturity and even perfection by strictly obeying God`s commands; on the other hand, they are called on to follow…

the skeletons of our egos, corpses of our fantasies of control, shards of self-righteousness, self-indulgent spirituality, and unfreedom will be littered along the road.” The “high road to Calvary” is the site of the crucifixion outside Jerusalem. This is where our beloved savior Jesus Christ died and saved us from our sins (ie skeletons of our egos, corpses of our fantasies of control, shards of self-righteousness, self-indulgent spirituality, and…

And Then There Were None Vs The Crucible Can comparing stories lead to revelation about human nature? After reading “The Crucible” and “And Then There Were None,” greed surfaces as a major part in both stories. So is greed everything in life? These two stories prove that it is. We are moving away from greed and going to thought of being trapped. Both stories have multiple styles of being trapped whether it’s mental, physical, or even spiritually. In “The Crucible,” the witchcraft had all of…

Political Oppositions Mathew 20-23 contains clear accounts of the opposition of Jesus which climaxed at His crucifixion. These oppose continuously question Him. And Jesus answered their interrogations about paying taxes, the resurrection, and the greatest commandment. But then, He started asking the questions. Many political groups who opposed Jesus such as the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Herodians. The Pharisees were pettishly religious minded. This group opposed the Roman occupation of Palestine…