Ashley Simmons THEO 104 Reflection Paper #1 Introduction: God gave us two gifts‚ life and love. God has given us the ultimate gift of love‚ by sacrificing his only son to give us eternal life. John 3:16 says‚ "For God so loved the world‚ that He gave His only begotten Son‚ that whoever believes in Him should not perish‚ but have eternal life." God has endless love for us‚ even though we are sinners by nature‚ his love is never ending and never changes. John 4:8 says “God is love‚” people
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inspiring‚ and moving the masses to accomplish great and mighty things. But there was only one perfect‚ righteous leader; one who led by example‚ and implemented the wisdom keys from the Word of God: Jesus Christ. And He gave to us His Word‚ the Bible‚ the perfect manuscript for life‚ including key leadership concepts that we can be apply today. Using the life of Christ as the primary example and combining His life with God’s word‚ one finds perfect‚ holy‚ and successful leadership treasures that
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before 3. According to Fee and Stuart‚ what is the antidote to bad interpretation? The antidote to bad interpretation is not no interpretation but good interpretation based on commonsense guidelines. 4. They define “The Bible” in part as… The Bible is not a series of… both human and divine God’s word given in human words in history; it is not… propositions or imperatives not a collection of sayings from a chairman God 5. Know the kinds of “communication” mentioned that God
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why the Epic of Gilgamesh compares to the Bible in many different ways and the epic also has an extraordinarily different perspective than the Bible does. Yet the Bible and Gilgamesh‚ story or truth‚ myth or religion‚ these are questions that are applied to the ancient epic of Gilgamesh. Interestingly‚ these same questions apply to another major? They were written many years ago‚ both with many different versions‚ and in different languages work‚ the Bible. While the Sumerians wrote Gilgamesh as
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References: Towns‚ E. H. (1996). Illustrated Bible Survey. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group.
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Laura Rogers APOL104 – B08 September 5‚ 2012 Worldview Assignment Part I: What is a world view? A worldview is easily described as the person’s perception of the world around them and is the framework for decision making. You can think of a worldview like a pair of glasses. When you look out of those glasses what do you see? Dr. Weider in his presentation gave an example; if your glasses are red then everything around you will be red. (Weider & Gotierrez‚ 2011) This is the same for
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harm. God is one is being known for being merciful but the mercy he show in the old testament versus the new testament are vastly different. It can be seen evidently in the Old Testament in genesis four that god is merciful and forgiving versus in the New Testament depicted in Jerimiah forty four he is more relentless and unforgiving. The Old Testament depicts god as forgiving and trusting while in the New Testament he is more vengeful. His treatment of sinners changes completely whether it’s for the
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The very differences and similarities between Matthew and Luke compared to the New Testament book Mark have led many scholars to understand the role of redaction criticism. Redaction criticism remains a way for many to look at these Synoptic Gospels (Mark‚ Luke & Matthew) to understand why the author or authors of these books may have changed‚ modified‚ added‚ or left certain passages the way they were. More importantly‚ I will be focusing on the introduction of each Gospel‚ as well as the middle
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1. From the book of Amos‚ state how the poor and needy were afflicted. (4) In the book of Amos‚ the poor were treated as outcast and were discriminated against. The government collected taxes from the poor such as rent thus fine buildings were built and pleasant vine yards were established. Selling the righteous for money and the needy for a pair of sandals tells us a lot about the social conditions of that time when the poor had to fight for their just rights‚ which were all too frequently ignored
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HIS 104 Key Terms * Thirteenth Amendment * The amendment to the US Constitution that abolished slavery. The abolishment of slavery was the final blow to the South during the civil war and was an attempt to secure the future of the nation by making sure that the institution of slavery‚ which was the ultimate cause of the civil war‚ could never cause a civil war in the US ever again. This was the first time slavery was mentioned in the Constitution * Fourteenth Amendment * The
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