This poem is a fourteen line poem. Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV "Batter My Heart Three Personed God" is his earnest plea to his Creator‚ the Three In One God‚ The Holy Trinity‚ Father Son and Holy Spirit‚ to deliver him from the clutches of evil Satan and ensure his eternal salvation. Donne uses a remarkable simile-"like an usurpt town"-to describe his pitiable sinful condition of slavery to sin and how his conscience and reason have been completely overwhelmed by Satan and hence cannot set him free
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gifts and only on Giver‚ this Giver may bequeath various gifts‚ which create a variety of effects. (4) This brings up yet another point‚ someone who doesn ’t receive the power of spiritual gifts through out their life time‚ yet they have witnessed the Holy Spirit and have a close personal relationship with God‚ are they not as close to God as someone who has experienced spiritual gifts? We are all part of the body of Christ; it states clearly that no part of the body can function without another
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Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code is one of the most successful and controversial novels of our time. Other authors have jumped on the bandwagon writing novels on Christian topics or treasure hunts or simply discussing The Da Vinci Code. Even the film industry has profited by using Brown’s strategies (and topics) in the successful movie National Treasure and by taking advantage of the Grail publicity in TV productions like The Blood of the (Knights) Templar. But which strategies does Brown use to make
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revival: earnest‚ heartfelt prayer‚ a deep searching of the Bible; and a passionate commitment to win lost people. These three essentials of true revival are manifest in the disciples’ experience in Acts. Jesus’ promise to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit was not given without conditions. The disciples were to wait not in idleness but in united‚ earnest prayer and heartfelt supplication. And they did. The Acts narrative records‚ “These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication
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Part 2: Practical information gained from the interview assignment In his book‚ “Think Christianly‚” Jonathan Morrow states‚ “Every person filters the information that enters their minds and their daily experiences through their worldview. They then make sense of this information in their experiences based on their worldview.” The church must come to understand the worldview and the perceptions of this generation if it wants to have real answers for this generation. This is why being an authentic
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inventions‚ illustrated throughout the renaissance‚ enlightenment‚ scientific revolution‚ and industrial revolution. Logical pursuits comprise a significant capstone of human nature and progress. However‚ according to Rudolf Otto in The Idea of the Holy‚ these tendencies have created different dimensions of religion; the rational and non-rational‚ with the latter often times overlooked. The most significant difference between the rational and non-rational aspects of religion deal with their respective
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spread through ideas like the Pentecost‚ Paul and his conversion‚ and even in the catacombs of Rome. The Pentecost is a concrete connection between Heaven and Earth by showing how the Holy Spirit shows itself to the Apostles. The Apostles‚ the disciples of Jesus Christ‚ were in a house in Jerusalem when the Holy Spirit appeared to them. A
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Presence lives‚ filling them with hope and peace. But if we want to enjoy all these benefits‚ we must respond adequately to God’s presence in us. We do that by opening our hearts to Him with gratitude and eagerness‚ following the example of Mary Most Holy who declares her total availability to do whatever God wants. Let this be our disposition today as we are about to begin the Eucharistic celebration. hough Christmas is still a few days away‚ today the liturgical readings already invite us to reflect
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all-powerful); omnipresent (present everywhere‚ not limited by space); omniscient (infinite‚ universal‚ complete knowledge and insight); goodness (looks out for welfare of creation); holy (separated from sin); righteous (can be depended on to act with justice) * Autographs-original manuscripts- inerrant word received from the Holy Spirit; the first and original documents; “word of God infallibly inscripturated by supernatural inspiration” “the original handwritten manuscripts produced by the human authors
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Tan then describes eight key features of a biblical Christian approach to CBT. The key features of this biblical approach include: agape love; unresolved past issues; spiritual meaning; the use of biblical truth when approaching organic problems; Holy Spirit’s discernment in bringing about healing; make use of community resources; use techniques that are biblical; use research before making definitive statements about the superiority of CBT (Tan‚ 2007‚ p. 102). Tan goes onto describe the two types
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