A) Outline Augustine’s Theodicy. Augustine’s theodicy is mostly influenced by the creation stories found in the Genesis. Augustine had a traditional view of God and thought God was omnipotent and good. The genesis mentions that everything God made was good‚ therefore the universe that God created is good. Augustine believed there were higher and lower goods but everything was good in its own way. Augustine called evil the privation of good and not a substance. It comes from the sins that Adam
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SIN The world is fallen and not the way if was intended to be. In the beginning‚ when God created the world it was good‚ this is seen in Genesis 1-2. Just a couple pages to the right‚ in chapter 3‚ sin enters the world. The crafty serpent enticed the woman‚ Eve‚ to eat from the tree that God commanded the man‚ Adam‚ not to eat from. After the woman took a bite she offered the man some of the forbidden fruit‚ thus sin entered the world. But how much effect did sin have on the world and humans‚ whom
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Philosophy Essay - The Problem of Evil Part A - Compare and contrast the theodicies of Augustine and Irenaeus Both Augustine and Irenaeus attempt to explain the existence of evil in their theodicies‚ though have different explanations for its existence. Theodicies put forward the argument that God has a reason for allowing the existence of evil separated into moral evil (for example‚ the holocaust) and natural evil (Haiti earthquake). Theodicies attempt to rationalise evil whilst retaining
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The speaker today is Kevin Garrett‚ a Christian Businessman and Entrepreneur and the President for the development of Cold Stone Creameries all around America. This lecture is about failure‚ and learning to succeed in the midst of failure. Mr. Garrett states that failure is required to achieve success‚ and I like that he talks about this‚ because there is a lot of failure that happens throughout life. All people fail‚ but only those who stand up courageously after failure can truly succeed in life
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Biblical Worldview Essay (Romans 1-8) In the Book of Romans Paul wrote many letters answering questions about the human world‚ mankind’s relations with God‚ the natural world and most importantly the plan of salvation. Paul wrote these letters to tell the truth‚ to tell that no matter what race or religion‚ we are all sinner and the only way to truly become righteous is though faith in Jesus Christ. In Rome at that time you had two extremes of people‚ the heathens‚ and those who thought they were
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The Cost of a Christ Centered Life Towards the end of David’s life and reign as King of Israel‚ he did something that God didn’t like. He counted his men. People warned him not to count his men. But he did it anyway. So what. He counted his men. What’s the big deal? At this point in his life David had not only outlasted King Saul (when he spent years chasing David around the middle east trying to kill him)‚ and out fought the giant Goliath‚ but David and Israel under David’s leadership
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The Salvation Army was started when William booth who lived in London at the time as a minister left his life and came to America to take his message to the streets to the poor and homeless about the gospel. And these people also thought as as unwashed started to come to there church. This made the wealthier feel uncomfortable. Then booth came up with the idea for them to have their own church. To help with of his son Bramwell and a good friend of his they started an annual report
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John chapter 4 says that it was “necessary for Jesus to go through Samaria”. Why was it necessary? This was not the usual route‚ but scripture says it was necessary to go thru Samaria. Jesus could have easily chosen to take the most traveled path around the darkness and have a comfortable journey to Galilee. This story shows us that God isn’t asking us to take the safe routes and detour the darkness. God’s Glory thrives where the darkness resides‚ and Jesus following Gods leading into Samaria
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In Jonathan Edwards’ powerful sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God it is evident that Edwards sought to coax the members of his congregation into salvation as well as convince “natural men”‚ or those who had not had a spiritual rebirth that their sinful actions would ultimately lead to the wrath of a merciless God. To persuasively convey this notion‚ Edwards utilizes various metaphors to compare God’s wrath and the sinner’s evil to heightened circumstances and attempts to provoke religious
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FINISHED” HE IS ANNOUNCING VICTORY. WITH HIS LAST BREATH THE LORD ANNOUNCES TO US THE VICTORY THE WE HAVE IN HIM. IT IS FINISHED PAID IN FULL…. SO I KNOW NOW YOU ARE ASKING WHAT IS IT THE JESUS PAID FOR US. OK THANKS FOR ASKING…. THE FIRST ONE IS SALVATION Jesus paid a debt He did not owe‚ because we owed a debt we could not pay. Our part is simply to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved. I Peter 3:18‚ "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins‚ the just for the unjust‚ that he might bring
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