Sin as Anti-Creation Cornelius Plantinga Jr. defines sin as “a disruption of created harmony and then resistance to divine restoration of that harmony” and says “sin disrupts and resists the vital human relation to God‚ and it does all this disruption and resisting in a number of intertwined ways”(Plantinga). He seems to believe that anything that goes against creation‚ what is known as anti-creation‚ is an act of sin because it interrupts the order and bonds that God put in this world during creation
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The Prosperity Gospel Introduced in the post civil rights era‚ The Prosperity Gospel was preached to the Black community as a scripture in which to live their lives. Mainly‚ this religious practice was based upon having faith in God without any sin in your life and in return God will deliver to you all things on Earth. As this gospel developed over time it became more evident that preachers sought to make out that when “God delivers to you all things on Earth” these things would be in the form of
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In the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards the author describes how God will condem all sinners into hell. Jonanthan Edwards vividly informs his audience that God has infinite power and that the almighty will not hesitate to send anyone in the fiery pit of hell. He disguises his message under a variety of methods such as imagery‚ alliteration‚ and similes. First‚ the author uses imagery to vividly explain the sufferable experience sinners will have in hell. For instance
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Savior‚ Noun: One who saves from danger or destruction. All definitions are from Merriam Webster. We live in a world seeped in pain. Our world is full of hurts and wounds‚ and every single human being living in it has both inflicted countless wounds and bears countless wounds of their own. We live in a world where any sin can be justified‚ and yet we know that it is right to help someone who we see has fallen‚ and it is wrong to kick them. In the midst of the most ugly of sin‚ we know that it
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The Bible is an accumulation of historical books that are comprised into the now known Bible‚ which has a variety of versions. However‚ the Christian Bible is composed of two Testaments. The Old Testament and the New Testament‚ whereas the Jewish Torah is only composed of one‚ the Old Testament. In the text‚ "Beginning Biblical Studies‚" revised by Marielle Frigge; she presents a section on sin in chapter 5. Sin is addressed as rebellious‚ distorted‚ and an act of forsaking’s God’s covenant. Sin
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(Ezekiel 18) and (Romans 5). I believe Ezekiel is revealing some of the greatest news which is we are only responsible for our own sin. This may seem odd but it’s the greatest news that we are not held accountable for our parents or our children’s sin. The central focus of Ezekiel 18 seems to be around Ezekiel’s statement in Ezekiel 18:20 NLT “The person who sins is the one who will die. This shows that we have a personal connection with our sins‚ which will cost us our life. Ezekiel goes on to
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This week our studies focused on two major topics‚ looking back on American history focusing on colonial times while the country was in its infancy and our forefathers dreams of the new world had not come into fruition. The Great awakening‚ and the Atlantic slave trade each had profound impacts on America and shaping history in general. The movement that was the great awakening swept through Europe‚ and especially the American colonies. During the Great Awakening an influential revivalist teacher
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Inferno by Dante Alighieri is a story about an adventure into Hell with Dante and Virgil. Afterlife is when people live in Heaven or Hell after they have died. Hell is a place where the bad go and get punished in many different ways. Dante’s view of the afterlife is much different than today’s view of afterlife. A sin is when you commit an illegal act in the eyes of God. It’s a violation of God and the ten commandments. When you arrive to Hhell you are given a specific area where you go‚ and depending
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Lorena Tzul Mrs. Carter English 3 Period 4 September 16‚ 2016 The fastest way to go to hell or to heaven Why do you think that the Puritans were so scared when the preacher was giving his sermon? The use of pathos is convincing in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” because how the preacher has no emotion in his sermon and used literary terms to scare the Puritans. First reason that the preacher has no emotion in his sermon is that he scares them to turn to God‚ and he is using
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In the first stanza‚ the author asks the reader‚ who laid in the tomb. The man in the tomb was placed there after he died. Next‚ the author takes a moment to enjoy the beauty of nature. He tells us that this man is Jesus‚ the source or subject of all hymns in church. The stone was rolled in front of the tomb‚ and Pilate sent men to stand guard outside the tomb. The author asks the reader who is this person who was put in the tomb. In the second stanza‚ the author reveals that he will tell the
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