Should Christians support the death penalty? The answer to this is not as black and white as many people would think. Most people agree that the punishment must equal the crime‚ but what are we trying to teach with the punishment? The intended purpose of punishing an individual is in hopes that it will show them the error of their ways and aid in rehabilitating them. So when deciding upon what consequence is appropriate one must consider if it allows them the chance for true moral reform. A punishment
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Psychology‚ Theology‚ and Spirituality in Christian Counseling Liberty University Shelita Williams‚ Behavioral Science‚ Student Cohort BHS44‚ Liberty University. This is a student paper submitted on August 12‚ 2012‚ to fulfill course requirement for Integration of Psychology and Theology (COUN 506)‚ Week 7‚ 4MAT. Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Shelita Williams‚ Charlottesville‚ VA. E-mail: swilliams322@liberty.edu Summary When reading
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passing by will always remember the legendary hero and king‚ Beowulf. In this epic the presentation of the story telling moves within Christian surroundings as well as pagan ideals. Beowulf was a recited pagan folklore where the people of that time period believed in gods‚ goddesses‚ monsters‚a heaven and an underworld. It’s significance lies in an oral history where people memorized long‚ dense lines of tedious verse. Later‚ when a written tradition was introduced they began to write the story
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For instance‚ suppose you are arguing that the presence of evil does not diminish the possibility of an all-good‚ all-knowing‚ all-powerful God— Ex: In this paper I will be arguing that even though evil exists‚ it does not mean that the Judeo-Christian concept of God is false. This is because there are other explanations available with which I agree. Namely…. (2) The body of your paper should contain a statement of the argument you are addressing (including any relevant factual information)
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The Christian ritual of Baptism Many forms of Christianity unite in their belief of performing the ritual of Baptism. But it is seen that these Christian denominations differ widely in their teachings about Baptism. While some consider it a rite of passage into the family of God‚ others strongly believe that without Baptism one cannot truly attain heaven‚ as it accomplishes the “washing away of sin”. There are others that teach it as an important step in the believer’s life without it having the
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myth of the United States of America having been founded as a Christian nation has long been circulated throughout our country’s history. Christian historians were the first to put forth this narrative and in today’s world‚ website writers and editors have taken up the cause. On the website‚ WhatChristiansWanttoKnow.com‚ Robert Driskell peddles the myth in an article entitled‚ “Was the United States of America Founded As A Christian Nation? A Look at the Facts.” Driskell quotes a number of Founding
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a) Explain how the Judeo Christian tradition shows the goodness of God The ‘goodness’ of God‚ as a concept‚ refers to the holiness and care that god himself initiates on his people‚ however the Judeo-Christian tradition hold that gods attributes cannot be a ‘concept’ as god is personal‚ and treats all living beings as individuals. The biblical god‚ a completely different god than that of Plato or any philosopher‚ who can be seen as a ‘concept’ can be referred and described to as ‘good’ throughout
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list of Early Church Fathers who were pro-universal salvation‚ and connects the switch in Christian theology to exclusivism with the writings of Augustine (in the late fourth and early fifth centuries)‚ the Emperor Justinian‚ and the Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinople in the sixth century. As a student of patristics‚ I find this timing significant. Almost anyone who has studied the history of the Christian faith knows the name of Constantine as the emperor who made Christianity the religion of
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Christianity and modern liberal democracy when properly influenced by each other. He doesn’t believe we should “…pretend that Christianity is linked to democracy and the Christian faith compels every believer to be a democrat‚” but he does believe “democracy is linked to Christianity and that the democratic impulse has arisen in human history as a temporal manifestation the
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CWV 101 Module 1 - Preliminary Worldview Essay Template Directions: Insert the thesis statement in the box below that was created when you completed the interactive Jigsaw Puzzle Media Piece exercise. This thesis statement will contain the three components that are most critical in forming your worldview and purpose. Now‚ use the three components of your worldview that are in your thesis statement to fill in the three body paragraphs below. Write a topic sentence for each of the three worldview
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