Trinity

“I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.” – Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890). And it was his faith in God that allowed Dutch Post-Impressionist Vincent van Gogh to become arguably one of the most famous and prolific artists in history. Religion has long provided significant inspiration to the world’s artists and art has been the perfect vehicle for artists to express the human understanding of the mystery of God. Both van Gogh’s Starry Night (1889) and…

God gives people a sense of hopefulness and hopelessness. God as the creator of everything, it gives us the feeling of vitality and faith. At the same time, God is also everything's destination which scares people. This essay will explore how beauty of nature and the beginning and terminal of everything illustrate the idea of god with references to Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poems. They are The Windhover, Pied Beauty, I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day and No worst, there is none. Pitched…

4.1.3 Dogma of Sin (according to representative era) Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is the manifestation of Protestant religious convictions about the consciousness of sin. It is an organized mouthpiece of famous protestant slogans “Five Solas”. The awareness and guilt of sin aroused on learning through the Bible in Pilgrim’s Progress. Bible is being represented chief and infrangible source of faith. An indictment of complete guidance rather than a Pope contrasting the Catholic concept. Christian…

St. Philip Neri is an interesting person. He was born on July 21,1515. His feast day is May 26. St. Philip Neri is from Florence, Italy. He journeyed to heaven on May 26, 1595. His symbols are a Rosary, an angel holding a book, and a lily. The rosary represents the virgin Mary. The lily Represents purity, innocence, and heavenly bliss. Finally,the angel holding a book represents wisdom. This Saint was officially recognized as a Saint in the church's eyes in 1515. Some information about…

Once again, Clark H. Pinnock opens wide my eyes to the power of the Holy Spirit at work in the world through the church. He highlights the need for the church to be empowered by the Spirit in order to complete God’s mission. For example, Pinnock says, “Like Jesus, the church must live not out of its own resources but by the power of the indwelling Spirit, which breathes, strengthens, inspires and guides” (Pinnock 115). This is a huge reminder for me not to depend on the world’s ideas or even my…

According to Oxford Dictionary Online, Resurrection is “the act of causing something that had ended or been forgotten or lost to exist again, to be used again” Christianity teaches that Christ was resurrected into eternal life for making the ultimate sacrifice for mankind. The idea of being “recalled to life” comes through every course of A Tale of Two Cities. The French revolution is form of resurrection. The revolutionaries had to destroy the entire society to form a new one to gain their…

dividual report '' The priest face of leadership'' [Tanveerpal Kaur] [13-09-2017] Instructor name: [Anders Hytter] Book: [Three faces of leadership] Role: [Priest] PART ONE: ''Presentation'' In this report, I am going to describe the role of the priest in leadership. The book ''Three faces of leadership'' written by (Hatch; Kostera; Kozminsky, 2005). In this book, the authors define the three roles in an efficient way. Priest symbolizes the deep morals and trust that furnish the…

Illustration from the 7 Jewish Feasts Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and Ending, the First and the Last. God knows the end from the beginning, He alone traverses time (both past and future) into eternity. God cannot be boxed into time (like humans), He is greater than time – He has no beginning of days or the end of life, He is from everlasting to everlasting. He alone knows the exact day when the kingdoms of this world would end and a new heaven and earth will take their place.…

Scott Sturgeon, the author of “Philosophy: The Great Debate”, talks about philosophy and the existence of God. Sturgeon states that every culture believes in a different God. He mentions that people always believed that there is more in life than everything we see and touch. Sturgeon asked us many questions whether God exists because of a psychological defense-mechanism or because of a common experience for all humans that led them to believe in God? Sturgeon talked about Theism which means the…

Locke believes that God gave this world to men in common but he gave this to men for their conveniences. Man has the power of reason to make use of it to the best advantage of life. He keeps on going and says, man has a property in himself that is his labour. With whatever thing provided by the nature anyone mixes his labour that becomes his private property. This does not mean that Locke gives unlimited right to private property, there are some limitations also. These limitations are- a) An…