Trinity County

RE Essay – Ani Gemmill Hinduism and Catholicism couldn’t be more different however when it comes to the belief in life after death many similarities occur. In both religions the concept of life after death is based on a higher being or God in which they aim on returning to. (e.g. Brahman for Hindus and God for Catholics.) When Hindus die they believe in the concept of samsara meaning death and rebirth. They live their next life through karma. Catholics believe when they die they will go to…

Marino Caracciolo “Keep me safe, O God, in you I take refuge.” St Francis of Assisi was born on September 26, 1182 in Assisi, Italy. He was born into a very rich family. He was spoiled and his parents didn’t discipline him. As a result of his free reign, he became a troubled child where he drank at a very early age, he partied, and was very rebellious. His parents didn’t seem to think that the way Francis was acting at a young age was a bad thing and didn’t think to reprimand him. He was…

Through reading the book, Delighting in the Trinity, I discovered how God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit are all connected and how that affects my life today. I learned what God desires for his people and how He wishes for us to live a full and flourishing life. As I continue my journey at Taylor University I see how God wants us to live together in fellowship and love one another with the same love God has for us. Reading Michael Reeves book has helped me see the love God has for me. I…

intervention through the Son can reunite us with God. To understand the fallen condition of man, it is first necessary to understand the importance of the Trinity and the purpose of God’s creation. To claim belief in the trinity means to claim that “there is only one God, the almighty Father, his only Son and the Holy Spirit: the Most Holy Trinity.” As a necessarily perfect being, it follows that God is perfect unity…

people. Now you could say that people is worshipping him he could just be doing everything to gain attention and grow his own popularity with people. People also look at they are worshipping instead of God himself, that’s why we believe in the holy trinity; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This way the Son is the Father and the Father is the Son. This way people worship Jesus they in fact are worshipping God, because they are one in the same. I like this because it clears one counter argument about…

Wright, in his book Simply Christian: Why Christianity Exists, argues that God has no intention of “abandoning this world”, instead God has a glorious “rescue operation” planned, raising “all His people to new bodily life to live in it”. (Wright 58) God has begun this magnificent rescue operation utilizing Israel, the Church, and Jesus to complete his plan. Through these three, Wright believes that God intends for the “kingdom of the world to become kingdom of God” in which “the beauty of this…

The introduction to the meaning of worship in spirit and in truth defines a person’s relationship and experience or encounter with God. Therefore, the two key ideas that was of interested in the book review was: what worship is and what worship is not. Worship is spiritual, therefore, the evident of true worship has to come from the heart, mind, and soul of a person. The heart, mind, and soul are components of spiritual transformation in a relationship with Jesus Christ. Secondly, worship is…

For example, there is probably no topic discussed (the Trinity, atonement, baptism, penance, etc.) on which I had not already come to a conclusion. However, the underpinnings may have been assumed from another source. I cannot say with confidence that they are my own. Are they held because of my church background…

In his “Morning Hymn,” Prudentius contrasts God’s blessing with human sin, extolling the redeeming quality of God’s light. He offers a particular characterization of sin, predicating it on perversion of thought, rather than action. As a solution for humanity’s inherent perversion, Prudentius offers the story of Jacob: to him, Jacob was purified through genital injury caused by a harsh God, allowing him to birth the kingdom of Israel. As such, Prudentius’s image of God is grounded in the wrathful…

The concepts of sin and salvation make up significant components of the Christian faith. The book “Why Christian?” written by Douglas John Hall and Introducing Liberation Theology by Leonardo and Clodovis Boff examine these doctrines. The Wesleyan Quadrilateral referenced in John Cobb’s book “Becoming a Thinking Christian” highlight how the ideas of these two books in regards to sin and salvation align and diverge. With regards to Scripture, Hall believes that scripture loses its meaning…