perfection. Therefore‚ the poem’s title is suiting and signifies God’s perfection and His grace. In the poem‚ the earth and nature is also seen as a symbol of perfection‚ as it is made and controlled by God. This is evident in line one‚ which quotes “The world is charged with the grandeur of God.” This shows that nature is seen as pure and it is renewed at this point to be slowly changed by imperfections such as man. In line six it is stated that ‘all is seared with trade; bleared‚ smeared with soil;
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objective truth‚ and then there is God (Christian truth) which has a large element of faith. The modernist is all about what they believe to be absolute truth and what is scientific and provable. To the modernist‚ Christianity is the keeper of faith but not the keeper of truth. The post-modernist is skeptical of absolute truth and of any faith or religion who claims absolute truth. The Christian knows God is the truth and the bible holds all the messages and lessons of God which is our truth. As learned
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stop and ponder the wonder of the moment. Count your blessings name them one by one. Start with the room you are in name every blessing you see. God has given you so much today. You can read. You can write. You can breathe. Don’t just stop and smell the roses count them. Regard each blessings as a gift given especially to you from you heavenly Father who loves you so much. Think of the wonderful people in your life and give thanks. Right this second in time be thankful for each person is in your
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you may be sons of your Father in heaven.” This verse was the hardest thing for me to understand‚ loving someone we hate might be the impossible thing to do in these days. In Romans. 12:14 have also said the same thing. “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.” After spending a long time to figure it out the purpose of this verse‚ I have finally understood why Jesus is telling us that we should love our enemies. Love is one of the strongest emotions that God has ever created‚ Jesus
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The Shack Paul Young 246 pages The Shack is about a man named Mackenzie Philips‚ who has an encounter with God and is saved through a tragedy. Mack‚ short for Mackenzie‚ takes his children on a camping trip‚ just for the fun of it‚ and to get away from civilization. While they were there‚ his two sons were on a canoe and accidently flipped it. One of his sons almost drowns but Mack runs out into the lake to save him. Not thinking before he did that‚ he left his little daughter Missy by herself
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being able to look inside for qualities. Wise people do not judge through life but‚ only say what is right or wrong. This gift has been used thousands of years by philosophers which held others during the earlier times. Wisdom is a special gift from God given to certain people through the body of Christ to the Holy Spirit and having wisdom. Wisdom along with the message is need by all Christian to gain certain sources. Wisdom is rated number one‚ "highest gift" because it gives us the perfection of
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person that one. But the question I want to ask today‚ are we actually doing so in reality? I’d like you to turn to John 10:14-16. (Someone reads or something). ""I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me- just as I know my Father and my Father knows me- and I lay down my life for my sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too shall listen to my voice‚ and there will be one flock and one shepherd." I think this verse is absolutely
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conveying his Puritan idea of an angry God. The words are harsh‚ dark‚ and intimidating with the intention for the people to be frightened by His higher power. In order to achieve such a strong message he uses words such as “fiery…wrath…fury…damned…abominable…and venomous serpent” to do so. When comparing all those words they share a common negative connotation. With such a potent word choice the audience is mesmerized by what they believe is the truth of the God they worship. On the other hand Chief
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my sophomore year‚ I remember having to ride home every 2 hours to check in with you guys. He said that was horrible‚ and I could not agree more. “THOU SHALT NOT LIE” (10 commandments). This is a sin through God when you lie‚ so by lying you are hurting god with what you say. God is our father in heaven and he ulitimately is what we believe in as Christians. Lying is wrong and the people that I have talked to could not stress this enough to me. Punishment for lying should be hard‚ because lying
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a chance to show everybody he was stronger than his father was‚ and that chance was beating everyone at a wrestling match. He beat Amalinze the Cat who had been undefeated for seven years; this brought great honor to his village and made everyone respect Okonkwo. This also proved to Okonkwo that he was nothing like his weak father. Okonkwo is then able to attain a position of wealth and gain a good and respected reputation‚ even though his father was shameful and poor. Numb- Linkin ParkThe song Numb
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