Salvation Run

In Gabriel García Márquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, José Arcadio Buendía, patriarch of the well-respected Buendía clan and founder of Macondo, exhibits with the progression of the novel an unwavering, imaginative, and somewhat stubborn pursuit of his passions that is seemingly tied to the very essence of his name. The first appearance of José Arcadio Buendía’s relentless pursuance coincides with the arrival of a band of gypsies in Macondo. One such gypsy, Melquíades, introduces…

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God “You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.” Jonathan Edwards stated this quote in his famous sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. On July 8th, 1741, in Enfield, Connecticut, Edwards expressed his beliefs to his audience: people who were not saved by God will go to Hell; these “people” were also known as “Unconverted Men”. Edwards was known for the uprising theology of the Great Awakening. Henceforth upon…

it’s the “pleasure of God.” Edwards characterizes salvation, grace, and the doctrine of “free will”. He characterizes salvation by mentioning things like we all were expected to sin when we were born because sin is inherent. It is built within us because we are suppose to mess up along the way in life. We are all human beings and human beings will make mistakes. He says that if we do make mistakes and sin, then we can be forgiven and have salvation to be saved. When we have nowhere to turn, we…

This young man, Jonathan Edwards was one of the great, brilliantly educated men of his time. Not only was he a Yale graduate, but he was also a Congregational minister. In which ministry was a not an easy or comfortable profession to pursue. For you must be smart, and have a great deal of personal relationship skills. Which many lacked at the time. On July 8, 1741 Jonathan gave this sermon to a congregation in Enfield, Massachusetts; which is now known as Connecticut. He starts off…

What is the significance of the Day of Atonement? First off what does Atonement mean? According to the ESV fire Bible atonement translated from hebrew is kippurim coming from the verb kaphar meaning “to cover over". With that said what is covered up? Sin. This was God’s chosen people group, weak and still having a hard time keeping out of a sin problem, and God is perfect and can’t stand to look down seeing sin. God’s desires to hide sin from his sight, so he set up a bunch of…

Throughout this semester, many important topics have been covered. Each of these topics are crucial to a believer's faith, however there are some that stand out in my mind as being most important. All of these topics I had somewhat of an understanding before taking the class, but I have grown in my knowledge and would consider them to be the most important things I have further learned through this course. The topics are: God’s chief end is to glorify Himself, God is faithful, and…

Moving on to the character of Inspector Goole, I can finally evaluate that Priestley used him as his mouthpiece right from the beginning since he is the only impartial persona that attempts to persuade each character to accept and share their guilt for their role in Eva Smith’s suicide. He appears to be very purposeful throughout the play and he actually makes numerous statements on the issue of responsibility and social equality by stating that “we don’t live alone”. These teachings are…

A man, laid on a hospital bed was battling with a high fever. The room He was in had brand new machines, but none of these pieces of equipment helped him recuperate. Nonetheless, someone was beside him with His divine hand gently rested upon this man’s arm. He then lovingly whispered "a changed heart" and the man had his full health. -August 2014 dream- A changed heart! The heart of man is where transformation begins. It is actually the very first organ God gave life to our bodies. Its first…

“There is no other reason to be given why you have not gone to hell, since you have sat here in the house of God, provoking his pure eyes by your sinful wicked manner of attending his solemn worship” - Jonathan Edwards. I will be comparing the literature works of Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards and To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet. The early American authors were similar and different because of religious beliefs and writing style. Both authors are very…

by telling us why Peter Enns’s “The Evolution of Adam” is wrong. And Richard Gaffin tells us that Peter Enns is demonstrating many problems with wrong biblical exegesis and unacceptable theological implication such as origin of sin and nature of salvation. This is what Richard Gaffin said about Peter Enns “what may with very little exaggeration be characterized as the persistence of Liberalism”. Richard Gaffin is well concluded by fitting these words at the very last pages of his book “No Adam,…