Running head: ADVANCED OLD TESTAMENT SURVEYA Journey through the Old Testament Student Attending School Student ID School in which Student is AttendentFebruary 23‚ 2014 Advanced Old Testament SurveyIntroduction I have seen some reports about this book‚ and most of them were nothing more than rehashing of what we already know about the Old Testament. Some took a favorite chapter or person and centered on it‚ while others gave a condensed summary of as many chapters as they could‚ given the space
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With these readings‚ we have obtained a basic understanding of whether God’s goodness is to be considered necessitated/voluntary‚ and whether His omnipotence contains evil. Free will was another discussion we previously had with regard to God’s omniscience‚ as seen in both Boethius and McCloskey. Therefore‚ having some knowledge of these topics before continuing on with them will help us understand them better. Examining more content of the same discussions will help our class evaluate the concepts
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Robert Jenkins THEO201_B10_201240 Short Essay #4 Angelology and Satanology The world has a belief that God and Satan are equal in power‚ one being good and one being evil‚ this is called Ethical Dualism. Ethical Dualism teaches that there are two forces in the world that are constantly fighting each other‚ being equal to each other‚ and that they will eternally be fighting. The problem with this worldly view‚ that God and Satan are equal‚ is that God created Satan. God being the creator‚ and
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Summary: Dr. Gregory Boyd is a professor of theology at Bethel College. He attended such universities as the University of Minnesota‚ Yale Divinity School‚ and Princeton Theological Seminary. As well as being a professor he is a preaching pastor at Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul‚ Minnesota‚ and has authored three books and several articles. This particular book is a dialogue between he and his father‚ Edward Boyd. Edward lives in Florida and worked for 35 years in sales management. He has
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any given action. Within Christian thought an individual is typically blamed for his or her own damnation. Despite all of God’s superlative descriptions‚ He cannot be held guilty for any action due to his perfect nature‚ yet his omnipotence and omniscience seems to necessitate that blame be transferred to Him. When this situation is examined in light of all of His qualities‚ it becomes clear that the Christian God would not be responsible for any human’s damnation yet is simultaneously in complete
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Myles Hypse March 2nd‚ 2017 English 1B 3:30-4:50pm Clothes & Chrysanthemums John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums” tells the evolution of a character over the course of a story. Steinbeck accomplishes this by using specific point of view to carry out his vision‚ very similar to the way Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni uses distinct character development in her short story “Clothes” to entice and pull the reader in. These elements work together in both stories to create a theme that has the greatest
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Introduction Christology is an intriguing and vast subject in which kenotic theology is one study. The word kenotic is derived form the Greek word “kenoo” which means “to empty” ‚ Richard Muller define kenotic Christology as‚ “emptying; specifically‚ the self emptying of Christ who was in the form of God and took on himself the form of a servant in the accomplishment of the mediatorial office‚ as stated in Philippians 2:5-11”. The major text for kenotic theology is Philippians 2:5-11. Over the
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conspiracy with the Eastern Roman Empire and was eventually put to death at the age of about 44/45. Whilst in prison Boethius wrote his book‚ ‘The Consolation of Philosophy’ where he discusses in great depth with Lady Philosophy issues with God’s omniscience. In his writings‚ Boethius identifies an issue with God’s foreknowledge‚ our personal autonomy and the impact of how we are to be judged as when we enter the life after this. He identifies that if God has foreknowledge and knows our future‚ He then
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At least‚ most religions believed that evils would be vanquished. Kushner is a Rabbi who believes the true existence of God in the world. Therefore‚ we should use his eyes to see the world with a truly God. God is omnipotence‚ omnipresence‚ and omniscience. In Jewish Holy Books‚ Kushner create a new God who is less than perfect. The God builds the universe and laws of nature. Furthermore‚ God has it mind to meet every single needs instead of bending to rules. According to Kushner‚ God does not intended
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On Free Choice of the will: St. Augustine’s View on Evil This paper examines St. Augustine’s view on evil. St. Augustine believed that God made a perfect world‚ but that God’s creatures turned away from God of their own free will and that is how evil originated in the world. Augustine assumes that evil cannot be properly said to exist at all‚ he argues that the evil‚ together with that suffering which is created as punishment for sin‚ originates in the free nature of the will of all creatures. According
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