C. Lecture 3 –Thessalonians Word Count: 524 1. How should one respond to those who cite 1 Thessalonians 4:13 as a reason for Christians not to grieve when a fellow believer passes away? One major theme of these letters is eschatology regarding the return of Christ. Verse13 has been abused by some believers and used as a directive to not grieve when a loved one goes to “sleep” (a euphemism for death). Grieving is natural and dangerous to suppress. Instead, Paul is making a distinction between…
Case 3 - Case 9-2 Student Number: 212222576 Bearer Plants Grapes and grape vines are biological assets, necessitating the fair value model if they can be accurately valued (as this is WI’s business, this is the case). Grape vines are bearer plants, and are exempt from fair-value accounting. Thus, the grapes and grape vines must be recorded separately. Thus, grape vines would be recorded at cost, and depreciated during their useful life. While growing, any increases/decreases in the fair value…
Many who seek mental health professionals are looking to deal with emotions that have reaching a breaking point, often inhibiting normal daily life. At the root panic disorders, anxiety, depression, or even suicidal thoughts, is often the painful seed of emotions such as guilt, remorse, and regret. These feelings may sprout from a sense of responsibility that one did not previously own up to, in which your feel bad about something you did or did not do, or maybe falsely believe you did. Remorse,…
Revenge of The Demon Lover A promise should alway be carried out to whomever, when it fails revenge will take place. A promise should alway be carried out to whomever, when it fails revenge will take place. In the short story The Demon Lover, Bowen uses the primary character Mrs. Drover, to depict how far one person will go for revenge and the internal conflict of a memory. Mrs. Drover is murdered by an ex-lover who wants his bitter revenge after a failed promise. Elizabeth Bowen was born in…
The Purpose of Life: Christianity The Purpose of life is perhaps the most philosophical question ever asked throughout history and in many religions. Religions like Christianity have provided what they believe is the answer. The different denominations of Christianity may well have different interpretations of the meaning of life, however Christianity does share a common belief, which is to have a spiritual relationship with God. The Bible does not directly inform or specifically outline what…
With hundreds and thousands of desperate faces that is being seen by doctors, organ waiting list and organ transplantation have set people’s lives in risk for their health and cost. An average of 18 people die each day awaiting an organ transplant (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2014). Anybody that has had to wait for an organ donor knows the challenges and stress of the condition. Organ transplant surgery entail vast amounts of money or full insurance coverage and finding an…
his fault that the other man is a murder, and he is acting from duty, the most morally correct course of action. Utilitarians would have some substantial critiques for Kantians, calling their morality too ridged. The categorical imperative is too unforgiven to the subtleties of circumstance, which could result in dire, avoidable consequences, such as in the previous example. Contrastingly, a Kantian might say that Utilitarianism is also too ridged, but in a different way. Since Utilitarianism…
During a period in time known as the Middle Ages the Catholic Church was the subject to ample criticism and displeasure especially among low income families. The Great Schism or separation of the Roman Catholic Chruch into east and west, brought about feelings of distrust to a climatic level. Citizens all across Europe were began to lose their faith in the church's leadership especially with the Pope. A man Martin Luther who had spent his life dedicated to the monastery lifestyle ignited a…
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