Article Review: The Church as Forgiving Community: An Initial Model Liberty University Summary “The Church as Forgiving Community: An Initial Model‚” by Chad M. Magnuson and Robert D. Enright is a research article based on the study of forgiveness. This article guides the reader through steps on how to work towards forgiveness as an individual‚ through the church‚ and into the community‚ and also how to then sustain the forgiving community that has been built through this
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The Church as Forgiving Community: An Initial Model Liberty University Summary To forgive is not to condone‚ excuse‚ forget‚ or even to reconcile. To forgive is to offer mercy to someone who has acted unjustly (Magnuson; and Enright‚ 2008). The study of forgiveness in this research article leads us down a path of insightful hopefulness for reconciliation‚ peace‚ trust‚ self-esteem and greater self-actualization. Along with humanistic values this article gives the reader a deeper comfort in
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The Church as Forgiving Community: An Initial Model Michael Page Liberty University Summary The topic covered by this article is about the power of forgiveness and the Church posing as the initial model of a forgiving community. Forgiveness interventions have shown to decrease anxiety‚ depression and anger while increasing self-esteem and hope. (Magnuson & Enright‚ 2008) The article focuses on the process of forgiving as a learned action that must be practiced and
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Sebik 12/16/13 Period 3 A model is simply an image that helps us get a better understanding of a complex reality. Models of the Church are valid approaches to Catholicism that explain actions in faith. These include the model of Institution‚ Herald‚ Mystical Communion‚ Sacrament‚ and Servant. Each of these models explain definitions of Church and their goals and functions to justify their view of how the Catholic Church should behave. The first‚ Institution‚ defines Church as visible and palpable
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Pneumatic Community sharing the Divine Wisdom-Spirit ------------------------------------------------- Reading the Bible from Feminist‚ Dalit‚ Tribal and Adivasi Perspectives ------------------------------------------------- Introduction The transforming power of the Spirit is evident at the beginning of the history of the Christian church. The church is a transformed by Spirit into Pneumatic Community. On the day of Pentecost‚ the Spirit was received by the apostles as a community but not as
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Forgiving Justin Lassiter 11/5/13 Mrs. Mignon 2A Today the question is: what is forgiveness? What does it look like? What isn’t it? We have heard from Jesus that it is necessary. It is not icing on the cake of Christianity. If we don’t experience it and offer it to others‚ we will perish in our sin. So it is tremendously important to know what this is that is so essential to our eternal life. Let me begin with a definition of forgiveness. Forgiveness is not feeling angry or resentful
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Review of Trisha Greenhalgh‚ Glenn Robert‚ Fraser Macfarlane‚ Paul Bate‚ and Olivia Kyriakidou’s‚ “Diffusion of Innovations in Service Organizations: Systematic Review and Recommendations” (Greenhalgh et al. 2005b). “Diffusion of Innovations in Service Organizations: Systematic Review and Recommendations.” Milbank Quarterly‚ 82(4)‚ 581-629. Abstract This article summarizes an extensive literature review addressing the question‚ how can we spread and
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Article review by Dawn Drake – Writing sample 5/2008 dawn.drake@yahoo.com Lieff‚ J. (1982). Eight reasons why doctors fear the elderly‚ chronic illness‚ and death. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology‚ 14(1)‚ 47-60. Jonathan Lieff‚ author of this article‚ holds a B.A. from Yale College and an M.D. from Harvard Medical College‚ and is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry (Ages Health Services Inc.‚ 1996). When the article was published in 1982‚ Lieff had developed services
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Article Reference Newel‚ P (2005) ‘Citizenship‚ accountability and community: the limits of the CSR agenda’‚ International Affairs‚ 81 (3) May‚ pp. 541-557. Objective of Article The writer attempted to highlight the benefits and limitations of CSR‚ the challenges facing its implementation particularly in poorer communities that do not enjoy a good relationship with their local corporate industry due to the absence of strong state socio-economic agencies‚ poor legislation‚ and access to NGOs
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Statement of Intent of the Article The intent of the article entitled “The Believers’ Church: A “Natural Resource” Worth Conserving” is to make modern believers aware of the importance of saving certain characteristics of the church for preserving the essentials of salvation for future generations. Summary The subject article is a bold attempt by Jason Duesing to bring attention to the growing indifference that many evangelicals have toward the natural resource of “biblical doctrines that serve
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