First Impressions What are your first impressions of this text? * Forgiveness‚ repentance‚ and diligence * In the Prodigal of the Lost Son the farmer celebrates the return of his son from a life of sin. Son’s sins are not what is celebrated rather his acknowledgement of his own sins and his repentance to his father. His father (the farmer) with a celebration forgives the son. * Both the Parable of the Lost Sheep and the Parable of the Lost Coin reflect repentance‚ diligence and a form
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will be sent‚ to face punishment for all their sins. However‚ there is a problem associated with the existence of hell‚ especially if the idea that there is a morally perfect theistic god is proposed. The idea that there is an irreversible hell where people can be sent would be incompatible with the theistic god‚ for primarily the fact that no matter what the sin has been‚ the core component of justice is that the punishment should be equal to the sin committed. Therefore‚ if someone has been sent
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of payment of a ransom. In Romans 3:24 it reads‚ “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” In Romans‚ Jesus is reclaimed us from our sins; he was a ransom for a penalty he did not deserve. The word redemption is used in this passage of scripture as an act of being saved from sin and retrieval from hell.
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of societal guilt or personal redemption that he confesses but instead religious loyalty. After proclaiming his sin to the colony‚ Dimmesdale dies as if in the moment of his confession God had decided that the minister’s time on earth had finished‚ that he had completed his purpose. Roger Chillingworth embodies the evil essences within all human beings‚ brought about by temptation and sin. The liaison between his wife and the minister causes Chillingworth to focus all of his energy on punishing the
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...TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD (AND THE PEOPLE I LOVE) Christians talk a lot about premarital sex. And I think that’s a mistake. I don’t think it’s a mistake because the issue is unimportant but because the grammar is skewed. The word “fornication” is almost gone from contemporary Christian speech. It sounds creepy and antiquated. Instead‚ we talk about “abstinence” and “premarital sex.” In the most recent issue of Touchstone magazine‚ I argue that the loss of the words “fornicate” and “fornication”
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So. . . you think you know who God is? and Requiem have been combined to give you a more complete view of who these two authors believe God is (and is not) as they expose the lies and the liars – who would deceive each and every one of us and keep us imprisoned on this pseudo religious candy coated road to Hell – that is paved by deceptive religious dogma and doctrine. Keeping in mind that we agree with Emanuel Swedenborg that heaven and hell are continuums of goodness and love vs. evil and hate
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darkness of the sinners. This portrayal of Jesus blending into the sinners of the earth and not painting him as a heavenly saint shows even the sinners of that time that Jesus was with them and they too are capable of forgiveness. This forgiveness for his sins is what Caravaggio himself strived to possess and it is a constant reoccurring theme in his paintings. Much like the artists of the Northern Renaissance Caravaggio’s art was extremely melancholic and daunting. Caravaggio being rebellious did not wish
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painter)‚ describing how he had five sons and out of all of them four of them were painters. The biggest piece of evidence that he existed is his magnificent works of art. He was known for his dark paintings‚ most revolved around human moral failures and sins that man could commit‚ some say he showed his vision of hell‚ each of his works are incredibly complex and highly imaginative.Throughout his career he explored different religious themes and beliefs‚ in his lifetime he had some success‚ but like most
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him that all of his sins are now forgiven. Another strips him of his rags‚ and clothes him in bright new raiment. The third puts a mark on his forehead and hands him a parchment‚ "a Roll with a seal upon it‚" This Roll he should read as he journeys along and when he gets to the Celestial Gate‚ he should present it as his credentials‚ as his passport to Heaven so to speak. The symbolism of the Cross and the open sepulcher‚ and of Christian’s release from the heavy burden of sin he has been carrying
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inconsiderate of the souls that they have condemned to Hell. Dante’s description of the punishment that these fraudulent clergymen endure reinforces the moral intent of the poem – which is meant to demonstrate that each sin is punished judiciously and that each consecutive sin is punished
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