Yahweh

In his book, Honor and Shame: Unlocking the Door, Roland Muller presents three basic worldview systems that effect every part of human life. The three systems that Muller identifies are: guilt/innocence (right/wrong); honor/shame; and fear/power. Almost every culture has a mixture of two to three of these worldview systems, however, there is always one system that primarily dominates a culture (Muller 2000, 67). Muller looks at how these worldviews effect societies, especially pertaining to the…

The Interpretation of Old Testament Prophecy in the New Testament Ever since the beginning of Christianity, there has been the age-old debate between some Christian scholars concerning the interpretation of the Old Testament (OT) prophecy in the New Testament (NT), and whether or not such interpretation is valid. Perhaps, such disagreement might be the reason for the various sects of Christianity and why some of the Jewish faith still holds true to the OT belief system. Notwithstanding, one fact…

Modern Paganisms such as Wicca serve primarily to fulfil the spiritual needs of believers in a manner supporting their pre-existing ideological convictions; as is shown by the diversity of opinion regarding the sacred within this spectrum of New Religious Movements. There are a multitude of sects within Modern Paganism, all claiming roots in the primordial past. In reaction to the growth of secularism throughout the 20th Century, various groups self-organized based upon a revived ‘natural…

Biblical Story Assignment As Christian story comes to close, it is now time to look back and reflect on all I’ve learned, especially from Bernhard W. Anderson in his book The Unfolding Drama of the Bible. In this book, Anderson explains that the drama occurs in three main acts. Act 1 The Formation of God’s people, Act 2 The Re-formation of God’s people, and Act 3 The transformation of God’s people. For this paper, I have chosen to talk about Act 3 and highlight some key events that take place.…

The wide spread of practicing the worship of spiritual beings helped expose early societies to communicate in other forms of expression besides language and writing. Art, storytelling, production of precious metals such as silver and gold, starting being highly sought after and thus helping the progression of trade between civilizations from different areas around the known world. Another trend in earlier civilizations was creating monuments and temples in honoring their Gods. Wonders of…

Theology Responses Question #1: What changes has the practice of ministry had on your interpretation of (a) the Lordship of Jesus Christ, and (b) the work of the Holy Spirit? Beside my grandmother, front pew on the preacher’s right, St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Ocala, Florida (hereafter referred to as St. Mark’s). That’s where I began to confess the Lordship of Jesus. In the earliest formative years of my life, I stood with those precious folks and recited, “I believe in Jesus Christ…

Arguably one of the most integral aspects of a religion is its scriptural text. It assumes the role as an identifier to the followers of that particular practice as well as provides a sort of guide book of traditions and values. The Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam find their own respective ‘guide books’ in the form of the Tanakh, the Bible, and the Qur’an. Although these three scriptural canons share the similar belief of dedicating oneself to one true God (names may…

restoration of worship in the temple of Jerusalem that had been rebuilt. Zechariah the prophet had done people to rebuild the temple before that time and so Ezra’s duty was majorly restoring worship. The Israelites never listened to the warnings of Yahweh through his spokesmen the prophets and, as a result, God gave them to the people of other nations as slaves. In the year 444, BC Nehemiah…

Deuteronomy and Joshua 24 seem to carry six primary traits that are found other ANE treaties. First off ANE treaties also began with a preamble. This was the place where the people of authority would state their authority in giving the covenant. We see Yahweh doing the same thing with the use of the words I am, or I the Lord or God is establishing a covenant between you and me. While not always the case usually in this part of the case there is a mutual agreement between two parties to the…

Israelites is left without a king after the death of Joshua. This led the tribes to be dependent on anything that looks worth believing in, other than the laws of Yahweh. Some Israelites tribes followed, Canaanites religion (Baal) the rain gods; the gods promised their followers agricultural prosperity (Chrisholm, 1994), because of their ability to make it rain. Therefore, this and other attraction had drawn the Israelites…