Salvation Run

Often in sermons, ministers persuade their audience to behave in a spiritual or moral fashion. Such as the cast in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” where he preaches and tries to get sinners to give their lives to Christ. Edwards wanted to impact his audience by appealing to their fears, pity, and vanity. Edwards had a positive impact on his Puritan audience because of his use of fearful tone, heart-felted imagery and thoughtful figurative language. Edwards had a positive impact on his…

For my Confirmation name I chose ‘St. Thomas Becket’ for a couple of reasons. I chose him because he was a great saint and mostly because “Thomas” is my dad's name. Thomas was born in London, England on December 21, 1118, and died in 1170. He was always one of my favourite Saints along with St. Matthew. St. Thomas Becket was a famous author and publisher. He was also an Archbishop of Canterbury and one of the most famous saints in medieval Europe. St. Thomas made a lot of quotes that are…

24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Romans 3:24, considered by Jen Calvin to be one of the “more striking illustrations of the efficacy of God’s righteousness”, is such an influential verse in Paul’s case for justification by the grace of God. It is important to Paul’s case because it accurate lays out the process of justification. In order to understand its true meaning the word justified must be understood. When we examine this word we find…

The problem of evil has always existed, yet throughout history, the problem of evil has represented the most serious objection to the Christian faith. However, Jesus’ affliction and suffering that was implemented upon his body provided the Christians with assurance that weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning or that evil will never cause his authority to be compromise. In addition, Secular Humanism does exist, and as long as there is a human race, someone or something will…

Although Puritans and modern Americans both exhibit paranoia, they deal with their fears differently. Whether it is suicide bombers, disease breakouts, or simply going to Hell, both Puritans and Americans have reasons to be afraid. Jonathan Edwards preached to his congregation about the consequences of sinning and not pleasing God. Edwards ask the congregation to “consider the fearful danger you are in: it is a great furnace of wrath, a wide and bottomless pit, full of the fire of wrath, that…

When someone sins, they have to go through several consequences other than just the fact of living with what they have done. In the book The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, several characters sin and the consequences they have to suffer because of this are awful but deserving. You have to be able to accept your sin in order to get rid of some of the consequences such as shame and regret. Hester and Dimmesdale are two of the main characters who have sinned because they have…

especially when dealing with difficult life circumstances, sins, or emotional and relational issues because we suffer from identity amnesia. We suffer from placing our identity in the things of creation rather than in Christ and His great work of salvation and sanctification. We are blind to our own sins and self-righteousness and are a people in desperate need. We are in great need for others who are broken and know of the great grace of Christ to look into our lives and point us to Christ,…

The year was 1935 papa was 20 years old at the time, papa was full blood Indian very handsome man. Papa had long black hair and green eyes, he was defiantly a looker. Papas name was Martin Johnson at the time but he made a bad choice and went on the run so he had to change his name to Martin Jones. When he was on running he decided he needed to make fast cash, papa loved nice things and he loved the ladies as well. He would do anything he could to earn money as long as it was legal of course so…

For three weeks, my self-change goal was to run everyday for 30 minutes. The reason I chose this goal was to form a habit of consistent exercise in my life. The main barriers to the successful application of the goal were college classes I attended at night. However, after rearranging my running schedule, the barriers were overcome. During the total course of the project, the first week presented the most difficulty because of my amateur ability to sustain running for long periods of time. After…

bang was loud enough to wake me from my sleep. I looked up only to see my RA, Big Kat as we call him, standing in my doorway. Before he spoke to me, he flipped back his long hair out of his face and said “Get your swimsuit on. It is time for the pond run.” Dazed and confused, I stumbled out of bed and somehow found my teal swimsuit. As I was getting ready, knots began to form in my stomach. Mostly due to the fact that what we were about to do involved running. This was a talent I did not possess…