Soteriology - The Doctrine of Salvation and Discipleship "Sirs‚ what must I do to be saved?" No question is more important or more debated than this one presented by the Philippian jailer in Acts 16:30. The answer to this important question is found in the basic aspects of the faith. This is why the doctrine of salvation is so important. No doctrine of the faith is more fundamental than this doctrine. The essence of the gospel message is that God has achieved eternal salvation for all who will receive
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2001 to 2006‚ the Army deployed over 717‚000 personnel to Iraq and Afghanistan‚ with over 15‚000 troops wounded. Little is known about the impact of military and demographic factors‚ particularly deployment‚ occupation‚ and pre-existing medical status‚ on disability retirement. Methods: A nested case-control study of first time‚ active duty personnel entering from 1997 to 2004. Cases‚ individuals granted a medical disability retirement from 1997 to 2006‚ were identified by the Army Physical Disability
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ISSN 1940-204X Tri-Cities Community Bank – A Balanced Scorecard Case Tom Albright University of Alabama Stan Davis University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Case A: BSC Development makers toward long-term value creating activities. Chris thought the BSC could be used to improve the financial performance of TCCB. In late December 2006‚ she approached the chief executive officer (CEO) and requested permission to implement the new program. TCCB’s CEO was apprehensive about the new program. His reluctance
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In the Hellenistic period we see a need for salvation from death. Due to the culture shock that many people experienced when the borders of different countries and cultures were erased‚ many people became pessimistic‚ started to doubt there religions and experienced the break-up of culture. The same is happening today as the internet and television make the world “smaller” in the sense that we are much more aware of the happenings world wide and capable of communicating ideas and perspectives easily
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“In peacetime‚ we practice tactics‚ strategy‚ and weapons firing. We must do the same with our values”. General Donn A. Starry.” Loyalty‚ Duty‚ Respect‚ Selfless Service‚ Honor‚ Integrity‚ and Personal Courage; The 7 army value soldiers past‚ present‚ and future are taught to live by. None of these takes precedence over another. All are of equal importance in application to life. My favorite by far is integrity. It is Do what is right‚ legally and morally. Be willing to do what is right even
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The Salvation Debate- Calvinism and Arminianism Calvinism and Arminianism are two different systems of theology that attempt to explain the relationship between God’s sovereignty and man’s free will. What differentiates these views is the issue of free will and whether people have any as compared to God’s will. Some people claim that God’s will supersedes human will in all situations if God’s will is different. On the other hand‚ some people claim God created man with free will and He would
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a Christian. Now he is one of the most vilified rebel leaders on the planet. Being raised a Christian‚ he wanted everybody to be a Christian. So‚ in 1987 he formed a group called the Lord Resistance Army (LRA)‚ which has been at war with the Ugandan government ever since. What Kony and his rebel army do‚ is take boys and girls away from their parents in the night. The boys are forced to kill their parents‚ so they have no home to go to. The girls on the other hand are forced to be his own personal
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Backfire There are three types of irony. Verbal‚ situational‚ and dramatic irony. The two types of irony used in Langston Hughes’ first person narrative “Salvation” is verbal and situational irony. Verbal irony is the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says. Situational irony occurs when the exact opposite of what is meant to happen‚ happens. Theses two types irony are introduced by Hughes’ Auntie Reed who begins to take Hughes to church for several weeks‚ and
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Purpose and Pattern Analysis of “Salvation” “Salvation” was written by Langston Hughes. The essay recounts the story of Hughes’s loss of faith. Hughes‚ who is “going on thirteen” at the time‚ attends a church revival with his Auntie Reed. He literally expects to see Jesus at the revival because the adults in his life have told him that he will see Jesus. Eventually‚ Hughes and Westley are the only two boys left on the “mourners’ bench” . Westley‚ tired and frustrated‚ lies and is saved
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saved. Salvation should be known for good experiences and not experiencing nothing. Langston Hughes wrote story titled “Salvation” who claims that nothing happened to him in his salvation experience. In “Salvation” Hughes demonstrates through characters’ perspectives how salvation in accepting Jesus as Lord is manipulated to be a religious act and not a genuine salvation. As the author‚ Hughes’ perspective of salvation contributes to the theme by believing in experiencing Jesus in his salvation. Hughes
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