Introduction to Biblical Studies (PHIL 223) Study Guide Old Testament Prophets Carol Swain Lewis‚ Ph.D.‚ Instructor God’s Messengers From the beginning‚ prophets were known as spokesmen for God. In other words‚ the purpose for a prophet was to speak God’s words to the Israelites. Sometimes God’s message for his people was a call to repent and return to God’s ways‚ and sometimes a prophet foretold future events. Regardless‚ when a prophet‚ the evangelist of his day‚ appeared
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The Old Testament presents specific agreements between God and man called covenants. 1 Such agreements are a theological conception which denotes predominantly to God’s obligation to his people. The above verses established unique agreements to remind God’s people of his conditional and unconditional promises. Such promises granted man special blessings provided man met certain conditions contained in the agreement. The conditions usually required man’s obedience before God would fulfill his portion
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Worldview Assignment William Curtis L25987340 Apologetics 104 July 10‚ 2013 What is a worldview? Dr. Caner & Hinson state‚ a worldview can be described as “the frameworks or beliefs which a person view the world around around him”. (Caner & Hindson 2008‚ p A world view can also be a persons philosophy of life. It is like a filter or lens from which we see the world around us and what it represents. “Do to others as you would have
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Old Testament Kings A prophet is an orator or an orifice for God. A prophet communicates a direct message that God gives to him to the people that God has sent him to. Some prophets had written messages while some were just spoken. A king is a leader of a kingdom‚ who governs a kingdom’s people. The old testament of the holy bible majorly speaks of the kingdom of Israel and its history‚ kingship and prophesies. It speaks of different prophets a different periods in the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel
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How does God show us his amazing powers? In the Old Testament‚ there are heroes who proceed through the process of discovering out God’s powers and intentions. The Old Testament heroes: Jonah‚ Shadrach‚ Meshach‚ and Abednego‚ and Daniel experience God’s powers and character by obeying and disobeying God’s rules‚ following God ‚ and being faithful to God. First‚ Jonah doesn’t obey God’s commands.Jonah was a prophet who preached in Nineveh‚ the capital of Assyria. In the Bible‚ God gave Jonah a job
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NO: 12S03ABT003 DEPARTMENT: UNIVERSITY COMMON COURSES COURSE: UCC 105 OLD TESTAMENT LECTURER: Dr. THUO TASK: DESCRIBE THE HISTORY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT DUE DATE: 28th January‚ 2013 Introduction The Old Testament was written over a wide historical period‚ it describes the relationship of God and the people of Israel before the coming of Jesus. To make it easy to explain the history in the Old Testament‚ I have seen it best to look at it under the following periods: 1. Primeval
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Review Questions for the Mid-Term Exam (9th March 2015) I. Review questions for short-answer questions 1. Briefly characterize the following terms: a. Hexagram-The I Ching book consists of 64 hexagrams.[2] [3] A hexagram is a figure composed of six stacked horizontal lines (爻 yáo)‚ where each line is either Yang (an unbroken‚ or solid line)‚ or Yin (broken‚ an open line with a gap in the center). The hexagram lines are traditionally counted from the bottom up‚ so the lowest line is considered line
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Stacy Norton 03 October‚ 2012 Old Testament Ballard Terrorism and the Old Testament Many terrorist organizations use their religious texts as justification for their acts of terrorism. People even go as far to say that God‚ as depicted in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible‚ encourages those acts as a way to defend their actions. While it is true that the Old Testament has evidence of God sending out his people to defend his word and his chosen people‚ it should not be taken as black
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Quiz #5 Part 1 of 1 Question 1 of 10 For western monotheism‚ what three characteristics below are the associated divine attributes of God? A.Omnipotent‚ Omniscient‚ Omnivorous B.Omnipotent‚ Omniscient‚ Omni-benevolent (goodness) C.Omniscient‚ Omniferous‚ Omni-benevolent (goodness) D.None of the above Answer Key: B Question 2 of 10 The "onto" in ontological argument refers to what? A.The nature of the argument B.God’s nature of being C.Mankind’s nature of faith
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1. Question : Which type of data flow diagram illustrates the internal and external entities who are participating in a given system? Student Answer: Context diagram CORRECT Physical DFD Logical DFD Systems flowchart Points Received: 2 of 2 Comments: Question 2. Question : A data flow diagram represents a physical‚ rather than logical‚ view of an accounting information system. Student Answer: True CORRECT False Points Received: 2 of 2 Comments:
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