A Personal Pastoral Theology I begin with a story about a spiritual journey similar to my own. One day in the South Pacific‚ a navy ship captain saw smoke coming from the hut on an uncharted island. Upon arriving at the shore‚ they were met by a shipwreck survivor. He said‚ “I’m so glad you’re here! I’ve been alone on this island for more than five years!” The captain replied‚ “If you’re all alone on the island why do I see three huts?” The survivor said‚ “Oh‚ well I live in
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Short Essay on the Problem of Evil The question of evil is a common hot button topic among atheists and non-Christians who attempt to disprove Christianity. They argue that an omnipotent and omniscient God cannot exist in a world with so much evil. The argument is used by them to try to prove that Christianity is “internally self-contradictory and thereby to be rejected.” Many claim that a benevolent and caring God would certainly not create evil or allow it to flourish in the world that He created
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mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God‚ and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual.” (S&H 468) “Christian Science founder‚ Mary Baker Eddy was born in Bow‚ New Hampshire‚ in 1821. Her parents were devout Christians and she joined a Congregational Church at age 17. She was chronically sick growing up with many ailments including paralysis‚ hysteria‚ seizures and convulsions. At 22‚ she married her first
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La Torre’s‚ Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians‚ I was struck by the history of Liberation Theology and the attempts that the rich and powerful have made to prevent the exploitation of those who live in poverty. To begin‚ De La Torre explains that Liberation theology is different from liberative theology‚ in that liberation theology is attached to the Christian faith‚ while liberative theology can be of any faith. This is important because for some time the Christian faith has been run by
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Foundations of Christian thoughts and practice January 17‚ 2014 - My reflection of Christian worldviews - Everyone has a worldview. A worldview should answer the big questions in life that we all share: “Who am I”‚ “Where am I”‚ “What is the problem”‚ and “What is the solution”. Of course all of that depends from which country are we. I think that the way people were raised and brought up has a lot to do with how they perceive the world. It provides us with a foundation for the
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events take place‚ but it does determine how we make sense of the events that take place. There are many different worldviews‚ but the Christian worldview is set apart from the rest. There are four main ideas within the Christian worldview‚ and they are creation‚ fall‚ grace‚ and glory. The Christian worldview is founded in‚ and supported by‚ the Bible. The Christian Worldview starts with the belief that there is one God‚ and He is the creator of all things (Corduan‚ 2006). This belief is found in
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Liberation Theology is the belief that Christianity not only involves belief in the scripture but also a commitment to change social and political positions that oppress the poor and disadvantaged in a society. This is mainly understood by those who have been able to experience a "privileged position"‚ which is described as being able to live amongst the poor and understand them. This term was first coined by Gustavo Gutierrez in his book "An Introduction to Liberation Theology". In this he discusses
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BIBLICAL FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPING CONTEXTUAL THEOLOGY Introduction Christianity which we follow today may not exist if there were no contextual theology. We would all have to learn Hebrew‚ Greek‚ Aramaic and culture of Israel by compulsion and then try to fit into the religious practices like circumcision‚ Sabbath and Jerusalem. It would be a problem for people other than the Jews to really understand and accept. Contextual theology helps people to know God better as it makes the Gospel relevant
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SEMINARY THEOLOGY OF MISSIONS PAPER A PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. STEPHEN PARKS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE INTRODUCTION TO WORLD MISSIONS ICST 500 BY SIMONE ATKINSON SUNRISE‚ FLORIDA MARCH 3‚ 2012 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS RELATED TO MISSION 1 NEW TESTAMENT TEXTS RELATED TO MISSION 3 NATURE OF GOD RELATED TO MISSION 4 MISSION THEOLOGY RELATED TO OTHER ASPECTS OF THEOLOGY 5 KEY THEMES AND MOTIFS OF MISSION THEOLOGY 6 MISSION
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Eve Haught THEO 104-D54 April 22‚ 2013 Biblical Worldview In order for one to understand what their purpose is or plans in life‚ it is important to understand what it means to be created in the image of God. Genesis 1:26 states‚ “And God said let us make man in our image‚ after our likeness.” Because no one has ever seen what God looks like physically‚ there are other attributes about Him that makes Him amazing. God is full of love‚ compassion‚ kindness‚ joy‚ peace‚ gentleness‚ mercy and
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