Throughout many of the chapters Anderson mentions how our struggle with un-holiness is less when our parents or loved ones meet the needs we have to be loved. Anderson then tells us the importance in realizing our worth in God. He says “In Christ we are important, we are qualified, we are good. Satan can do absolutely nothing to alter our position in Christ and our worth to God. But he can render us virtually inoperative if he can deceive us into listening to and believing his insidious lies accusing us of being of little value to God or other people”…
Sharon your credo indicates a sound understanding of Christian theology. Your exegesis of the cited Scriptures shows a Bible based approach to systematic theology which will serve you well in your ministry. Your responses to the quotations cited in the paper, were good.…
He sees Christians as having an “exceeding dependence on God’s grace and strength” (A:408). He feels that the gospel of Christ is his “chosen light” (A:408) and that Christ is his “chosen prophet” (A:408). He compares holiness to “a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene calm nature”(A:402) where Christians, like a “little white flower” (A:403), soak up the light of God just as the flower soaks up the sunlight.…
As Goal of all sacraments, Christ is the perfection toward which our life on earth tends…
Spanish explorers referred ironically to their early discoveries as The New World. The America’s, however, were inhabited by people with an extensive history, a wealth of customs, and culture. The New World would eventually become a blending of European and American cultures. Christopher Columbus describes himself only as a person observing from the outside, and details the geography he encounters. The entries, therefore, are not considered literature of witness. Alvar Nunez de Vaca, however, becomes a part of the new culture and de Vaca writings are considered a literature of witness. Alvar de Vaca joins in customs of being naked; shares in hunting, fishing and gathering; sleeps on shells; and completes assigned tasks. Alvar de Vaca becomes…
Lennox, Stephen J. " 'One In Christ ': Galatians 3:28 And The Holiness Agenda." Evangelical…
According to most of the people in the world, one of the biggest problems that we face is not the failing world economy or the growing civil unrest in the Middle East. Instead most people in the world believe that we are the main problem, before any of the other struggles that might be going on. A better way of saying it would be that we as humans are the cause of the problems that we face. Those problems stem from the fact that we as humans don’t always get along with each other. Some people even say that if there weren’t so many “stupid” people in the world, it would be better place to live and there would also be fewer struggles around us. In the Bible we see that mankind has struggled to get along with each other since the fall of Man in the Garden of Eden. Since the Fall of Man, each of us is born with a sinful nature inside of us that makes us want to sin and rebel against what God would want us to do. In fact, God wants us to get along with each other and His Word is a great place to look to when it is difficult to get along with a co-worker or family member. With all of the knowledge of the Bible, and what it’s teaching could help us to do in getting along with others, we as humans still pick and choose what we believe to be the best solution when it comes to dealing with other people; whether it is good or bad for the relationship.…
Sadly, perfection or a world free of sin did not last. Adam rebelled against his Creator, bringing sin into the world (Genesis 3:1–7; Romans 5:12), that is why humans get a sink feeling in the pits of their stomachs when…
Disasters such as floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes can occur in almost any area of the country, so it’s a good idea to prepare for them. Organize your home to minimize damage, create emergency plans, and make sure you have emergency supplies. Learning about the building is it safe and able to withstand a disaster? You should also plan what you would do in case of a natural disaster and discuss it with your family to make sure you are all as prepared as possible.…
Moral perfection is something to really strive for, as everyone has their faults it’s also nearly impossible to obtain. I for one am only human, I have many faults, some of which have the potential to be fixed with some of the virtues Benjamin Franklin talked in the excerpt “Moral Perfection” out of his book The Autobiography. In this excerpt he talked about thirteen virtues that he thought made someone morally perfect. Of these thirteen the three that stuck out to me, for me to become morally perfect were: order, frugality, and tranquility.…
Aquinas focused on the fact that as humans goal is to reach perfection their actions would reflect…
churchgoers do not think of themselves as perfect in any way, for they think of themselves as forgiven.…
However, the major factor that renders perfection impossible to be achieved is the natural human limitation all the people should accept without choosing. Keller prods Paul more than once, drawing a negative image and telling him that he will never…
My greatest weakness is the fear that anything less than perfection is failure. No matter how many people tell us that “nobody’s perfect” or “just try your best” I cannot seem to wrap my head around those concepts because perfection is the ultimate achievement. Without perfection, there would be nothing to strive for, whether it be on a test or in life. Throughout my educational career, I have always had straight A’s and great test scores because of this idea of perfection being the highest degree of excellence which everyone in society attempts to attain. I believed in the false notion that perfection was the only thing to strive for. However, after reading the transcendentalist views of Emerson and Thoreau, it raised a thought-provoking…
The overall concept of Great Commission is that “many times in Scripture it appears that while God is always our object of worship, the concept of obtaining salvation (evangelism) appears to be the motivation.”1 Authors Wheeler and Whaley intertwine their experience in the areas of worship and evangelism and present to readers a great book that pursues to describe the main focus of the Christian and Church. Evangelism is understood as spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The main points proclaimed in the book are worship and evangelism. “Since the Christian life is meant to be an open invitation to join Christ ‘on mission’ as obedient multiplying believers, evangelism and worship are both hatched from the same egg. Ultimately, it is impossible to claim one without the other.”2 Worship and evangelism is a spiritual ingredient to Believers who desire to live a life of obedience unto God. God created us in His image to glorify and worship Him, and He poured out His spirit so we as Believers can be His true disciples. A Great Commission worshiper is an individual completely sold out for Jesus Christ. He is willing to be lead by God and because of his love for Him; he is more than willing to share with others his relationship with Jesus Christ. The author’s goal is to conjoined worship and evangelism. A worshipper who is obedient to God’s Word shares the love of God by evangelizing.…