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On August 26, 2005, I gave my life to Christ, and it was the start of a whole new chapter of my journey. I still remember that night vividly in my head. The feelings of excitement, joy, and love were very tangible in my heart. My mom and dad were both sitting beside me on my bed while I was told the importance of this decision and how my life would never be the same. Even at 5 years old, I was aware of my decision to follow Jesus and accept him into my heart. I was aware of the love He had for…

Social Identity Theory, known otherwise as SIT, is a principle proposed by Tajfel and Turner in the 1970s. The study aimed to explain intergroup behaviour and the situational factors within a model of behaviour. At its core, the theory consists of four interrelated concepts: social categorization, the tendency to categorize individuals into in-groups (we/us) and out-groups (they/them); category accentuation (social comparison), the exaggeration of intergroup differences and intragroup…

Joshua’s Message to Auburn and the Modern World Joshua, written by Joseph F. Girzone, is a modern day parable. The story is set in the city of Auburn, New York, and focuses on the religious opinions and impact of Joshua, who is new to the town. Through evidence in the text, the reader can conclude that the character of Joshua is supposed to be Jesus in his second coming, which allows the reader to understand the reasoning behind his message. In Joshua: A Parable for Today, Joshua communicates a…

Rehaf AL Sehli Getting to Yes, Fisher and Ury. pp. 1-106 Principals of negotiation according to Roger Fisher and William Ury are: Chapter I: The Problem 1- Don’t bargain over positions Taking positions between parties could provide an anchor in an uncertain and pressured situation which leads to an acceptable agreement. Positional bargaining fails to meet the basic criteria of producing a wise agreement if agreement is possible, efficiently and amicably. There are some methods of why…

“The Seven Churches” by Jamie Bell, Revelation, 7th Period, October 2, 2017 In the first chapter of Revelation, John introduces himself and them proceeds to include the letters addressed to seven churches in Revelation. These churches were relatively close to each other in location and were in the same regions. The churches varied in the amount of wealth and attitudes that they possessed. These churches included, Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. Each…

Christianity has always been a little confusing for me and how many different types of Christians that there are. I am a newer Christian and I am filled with questions on a daily basis, full of doubt, full of confusion, and sometimes other Christians throw me off with their closed minds and their judgements and smugness. Daniel Taylor asks the question in his book, The Myth of Certainty: The Reflective Christian and The Risk of Commitment, “Do you resent the smugness of close-minded skepticism…

Liberal humanism is the first in the way of organized and structured analysis founded as an official school of thought. Colleges, which at the time of the creation of liberal humanism were mainly religious institutions, were the first places the ten commandments of liberal humanism were set in stone. In order to use liberal humanism, you must first omit all prior understanding and future predictions of the universe. There is nothing except the text you are attempting to analyze. While this…

The philosophies of Hegel and Kierkegaard differed in many ways, as Kierkegaard's is often seen as largely a response to or critique of Hegel's. They disagreed on the role of the individual vs. that of society, what comprises truth, and the place of Christianity in history. However, they also complemented each other in subtle ways, as well. Perhaps their single greatest disagreement lay in the debate of the importance of the individual and society. Hegel zoomed out as much as possible, trying…

Sermon that can change lives A sermon in a powerful thing. Jonathan Edwards and Martin Luther King there sermons are very different, but they are both powerful. Edwards talks about hell. King talks about loving your enemies. As humans we can learn a lot from both of these men. We are a stubborn group of people, but they are trying to get us to get out of our own head and learn and change. Martin Luther King fought against what people said and did. He was fighting for equal rights and standing…

In the section titled “The Heart of the Method: Topic and Theme” found in chapter six of Effective Bible Teaching by Wilhoit and Ryken, the authors argue for a unity of the theme of the message with a focus on the larger idea. They present the concept of a theme (thesis) which is the general overall idea of a biblical passage. They explain the need for the creation of a topic (subject) to describe what the passage covers. Then is the discovery of what the author intends to assert about the…