The Poisonwood Bible

In the lecture, “Why I Am Not a Christian” Bertrand Russell delivers his thoughts on Christianity and the belief in God. Russell makes several claims and reasons on why he is not a Christian throughout this speech. He presents many theories and arguments about how God couldn’t possibly exist. Many of these reasons he gives have even been “proven” by a multitude of scholars and scientists. Although Bertrand Russell makes some compelling arguments he makes many illogical fallacies within his…

that may be the dictionary definition, a worldview is more than one person’s view. A worldview, “is an overall concept of the world and our part in it” (Hassenpflug page 88). A Christian worldview has the authority of God as its basis and what the bible has to say on topics such as our origin of life, our identity, meaning and purpose, our mortality, as well as our destiny. The origin of your life is the same for every person, religious or not. Our parents had sex and thus we became. According…

College never seemed like a possibility for me. However, God recently orchestrated events in my life that have sparked a desire for knowledge and academic accomplishment. I began working at Valley Christian Elementary School in the fall of 2014. To work in a Christian environment has been a blessing and a life changing experience. I work side by side with educated Christian men and women who work tirelessly and faithfully to support the mission “In everything God is preeminent”. This dedication…

Jack is shown as an evil character whereas Piggy, Simon and Ralph are shown as the good. As the novel progresses, Piggy and Ralph transition into evil characters. The major allusion to the Bible is shown with the Lord of the Flies or the boar head on the stick – the Lord of the Flies is a character from the Holy Bible, representing Beelzebub or ‘The Prince of Demons’. “He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. (King James Version 2193)” The boar head on the stick…

innocent baby into the house of Pharaoh. Pharaoh wanted the midwives to kill all male babies immediately after they were born. The midwives knew that this was not right and stood up against Pharaoh’s laws. God rewarded the disobedience. While the Bible talks about following man’s law, it was interesting to read about God rewarding people that stood for His laws over man’s laws. We must think about this when making decisions in contemporary society. After Moses was born, his mother put him…

In the early Christian church the canon was developed over a period of 250-300 years. Before the written canon was developed the majority of the gospel was shared by word of mouth through teachers. This was not uncommon for this period. One of the main reasons why the gospel was spread through oral tradition is because writing was clumsy and expensive to produce. Once papyrus became economical, and widespread use began, written texts exploded much like the internet has done to knowledge today.…

was a day as any other day, as I sat on the bench at the park and read my daily reading of the Bible. Today I was approached by a lady she actually stopped and ask me what it was in the world that made me sit day after day on my bench and read the Bible? She also wanted to know why I considered it to be an authoritative instrument. I shared with her the views of so many before me: When we refer to the Bible as being authoritative, we mean that it is something that has been either written down…

United States, Barack Obama, took his second oath of office. A. With his right hand raised, and his left placed atop of two bibles, one owned by…

We live in a society where times have changed and so have the traditions of many. In this 21st century we have more people open to accepting the beliefs of others, but we still see in some cases how loyalty can fog logical reasoning. Although foggy logical reasoning could be negative their can also be a positive effect in loyal peoples actions. Looking at religion as a whole, we see certain groups of people expressing their faith by committing acts of terrorism, and subordination. In other…

I blinked easily through Samson’s eye. “That would be your question?” “Yes”, said Samson. Trying to be sensitive, I suggested, “It’s not really a matter of life and death though, is it Samson?” He thought for a moment. “It is if you’re Elvis.” The Bible itself is full of people asking God questions. But if you could ask God one question, what would it be? Maybe you’ve already read the contents page of this book and spotted the question you’d most like to ask. If so, let me inspire you to read…