The Nation of Gods and Earths

their sense of urgency. Pathos is used to evoke their sense of patriotism in the very first line. In that beginning sentence, he mentions the nations founding fathers and their role in establishing the nation we now know today as the United States of America. Lincoln says,” Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” (Brown). This line refers to the story of our…

Doctrine Personal Mission Statement To be a comfort and a peacemaker so that the people God puts in my path will know my God of Love and Grace. I will do this by putting myself in situations where people are in need of comfort and I will show them love and respect. I will also to be a person of reconciliation where God would have me being His peace. Doctrinal Statements General Revelation I believe that God reveals himself in general in nature. Every rainbow, every cloud, every tree, every…

books, or as the Law, or Law of Moses. The book of Genesis starts as an introduction to the five books of the Pentateuch. Genesis starts off with describing the upmost importance of God and his creations, but5 most importantly Man the finest of Gods work. Genesis 3 explains the fall of man from Gods favour stating “Did God really say you can’t eat from any tree in the garden of Eden?” This was the first landslide from man. This was the very first sin, that leads us to the ultimate judgement of…

To be justified in the Bible means to be in good standing with God. In saying that, there is only one way to be justified in the sight of God and that is through faith (Roman 4:1). Even though this is a common theme throughout the New Testament, and Paul is attempting to explain this concept the best he can to the Romans in Romans 4, the idea of justification through faith alone gets its origination back in Genesis 15 when God makes a covenant with Abram. Genesis 12:4 states that “Abram went,…

light on this, “But select capable men from all the people- men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain- and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens” (Exodus 18:21) the qualifications that are spoken about are aptitude in business, spiritual maturity, honesty, uprightness, and justice (Bright). While we are searching for such a candidate we must remember, “Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins”…

African Religions Africa is the second largest continent in the world. Africa is the home of many different ethnic and linguistic groups. There are nearly 3,000 different groups. The population of Africa is 700 million. Because Africa was the continent of slaves many years ago, it gave African religions the opportunity to advance throughout the world. In fact, there are many ancient African religion sculptures that were found outside of Africa. A scholar and a book writer by the name of…

from the conception of religion in the Quran in the plural. In the foreword to the book, Ozcan Keles notes that the Quran “explicitly conceives of religion in the plural, promising a just reward to all who believe in God…

designates people of whatever ethnic background who worships the God whose temple is in Jerusalem. A “Jew” is an inheritor of the father Israel and a “gentile” is any person who is not a Jew which means the rest of us. The term “Jew” and “Israelite” are used usually in Scripture. When God came to Abraham about 2000 years before Christ was born, God promised Abraham that he would have offspring through whom all the nations of the earth would be blessed. This promise was made again to Isaac,…

It is extremely embarrassing to say, but racial issues are still a problem America faces today. Throughout history, oppression and inequality have unfortunately become a part of black American lives. As our nation progresses, we should not continue in racism or the racial acts our country was once enslaved in. America needs to outgrow this behavior and appreciate when movements like Black Lives Matter is brought forth. The Black Lives Matter movement was created to make known that America faces…

Why, then if there are other evolutionary theories, is just this singular theory taught instead of them all being taught? If no one theory can be proved without question, why is one theory considered more important to teach the future of our great nation over the other? Public schools should incorporate not only the evolution theory in the curriculum, but also creationism and intelligent design.…