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The book, Psalms of Faith by Ray C. Stedman is about one man’s interpretation of the book of Psalms and how one can gain insight into daily living from the book itself. The themes of each chapter come from certain Psalms, such as, A Song of Foundations, which covers Psalm one, or How to Handle a Bad Conscience, which is on Psalm 51. Each one of the Psalms has its own unique meaning and personal application on how one should apply themselves in certain situations. The book of Psalms itself was…

Relational Holiness in Wynkoop Almost immediately following John Wesley’s death his essential teaching, Christian perfection, was being redefined by his contemporaries in more strictly western theological conceptions than Wesley had ever intended. As has already been seen, Wesley was more profoundly impacted by the teaching of the Eastern Orthodox Fathers than those of the Western Church. Nearly 200 years after Wesley, Mildred Bangs Wynkoop sought to reclaim the core of his conception of…

Compare and Contrast Marcellus Harris: Mentor, Guidance Counselor, High School, City Councilman, and Associate Pastor at First Baptist Morrison Marcellus Harris currently holds multiple positions that induce him to be a mentor. He had recently been elected as a city councilman for the City of Newport News, Va. In addition, he is a guidance counselor at Denbigh High School. He also serves as an Elder in his church where he is a Reverend. Lastly, he has been a head coach at Denbigh High…

During the course of the book, From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism, author Darren Dochuk argues that it is average people and groups that forged the connections between evangelical Christianity and modern politics in Southern California during the 1930s and the 1980s. With “Southern California [serving] as the lab for this endeavor, [with] its evangelical entrepreneurialism a catalyzing force” (113-14). The author declares…

are facing away from the angel and in towards Isaac. He also has a grip on Isaac's hair with his left hand and tense muscles throughout his arm that is holding the knife. Abraham is still in the mindset of performing the sacrifice and hasn’t come to terms that Isaac is saved by the angel. His tight grip and tense muscles show he has conflicting thoughts about whether to go through with the sacrifice or trust the angel because this is the type of body language one would have that is about to…

One is given the power by God to take full control of his life and body. Self-control is a significant characteristic that enables a person to act rightly and accordingly to God’s law. In Micah 6:8 it states, “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God,” which teaches us to do what is right. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee it evidently shows and teaches one, the way of men is not…

In chapter 18 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor the main idea is how drowning is symbolic of baptism. In Morrison’s Song of Solomon, Milkman gets wet three times, an allusion to the form of Christian baptism in which the person is submerged three times in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. But it is not always baptism, it can mean something different like in Africa, drowning is associated with the Middle Passage. The Middle Passage is the mysterious, treacherous, and a…

Compassion Can Heal Wounds “Just assume the answer to every question is compassion” (Boyle 62). This is a quote from Fr. Gregory Boyle’s book, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion. From the title it can be drawn that this book often focuses on compassion and how it relates to “homies,” or gang members. Most, if not all, gang members go through a lot of trauma, starting in their childhood and going on through adulthood. This is causes them to seek a place, usually gangs, of…

During the final months of my high school journey in Guyana, after my weekend lesson was concluded, my friends and I decided that we would attend the racing park activities and later the bar. Bare in mind that our finals were also upon us for the following day. However, that did not stop us from going. Flashing back to beginning of the day, our classes were long and boring. The only excitement we endured during that 5-hour lesson was our eating break. During our eating break we came up with…

Kiki Hsieh Ms. Marniel Botha English Literature 11M4 7 January 2016 Word Count: 1004 I have a dream---Martin Luther King Martin Luther King (1929-1968) was the leader of the Civil Right Movement in United States during the sixties. From his earlier ages, he was inspired by Mohandas Gandhi’s nonviolence campaign and he held Christian beliefs. He frequently cited the Old and New Testaments of the Bible in his several speeches. His dream was to establish equal rights and to end the segregation for…