The metaphor of SONG and homiletic Contextual homiletic in patristic age The metaphor of song and music turns up here and there‚ over several millennia‚ in the terminology of preaching. In the following essay I attempt to show through the metaphor of singing how Hungarian homiletics is related to the so called aesthetical homiletics‚ which appeared both at the beginning and the end of the 20th century in international theological discourses‚ the effects of which also reached Hungary‚ albeit to
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sure their own influences will not get in the way of the clients. From this article‚ the reader was able to understand how it is important to look at the whole picture in where the client is coming from personal experiences‚ cultural background‚ and theology background to be able to see if Scripture can be applied to help the client. Having a complete understanding on where the client is coming from can help the counselor to be able to work with the client by digging down to the core problems that have
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Miguel De La Torre (born October 6‚ 1958) is a professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at llff School of Theology‚ a scholar-activist‚ author‚ and an ordained Southern Baptist minister. Though Miguel was born in Cuba months before the Castro Revolution‚ De La Torre and his family migrated to the United States as refugees when he was an infant. For a while the U.S. government considered him and his family as "illegal aliens". On June 6‚ 1960‚ De La Torre received an order from Immigration
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must be grounded in how God corresponds to the reality of our humanity. He believed the God-talk in Western cultures was disconnected to the realities of life. Therefore‚ placing God’s existence doubtful in postmodern secular culture. Christian theology has done a poor job of connecting the God of the Bible to the god of Philosophers. Pannenberg makes the argument that God-talk must be intelligible and must not separate from the general term of god. If Christianity continues to speak of a One true
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June 29‚ 2015 Final Essay A foundational belief for all Christians is how we serve a God that loves His children unconditionally and has been approachable and involved in our lives and His creation. Throughout this essay I will approach the theology of creation‚ explain how God is actively involved throughout it all‚ and how His doctrine will impact whatever career path I chose to follow after college. In Genesis 1:1 we see the verse that tells us‚ “God created the Heavens and the Earth.”
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Aquinas’ Five Proofs What real evidence can be supplied for God’s existence? St. Thomas‚ in his Summa Theologica‚ sets forth five separate proofs for the existence of God‚ Unlike St. Anselm’s proof‚ which deals with pure concepts‚ St. Thomas’ proofs rely on the world of our experience-what we can see around us. In these proofs we can easily see the influence of Aristotle and his doctrine of the Four Causes. l) The Proof from Motion. We observe motion all around us. Whatever is in motion now
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may be confusing and difficult. Surely‚ you will always go around in circles. However‚ when one incessantly focuses and have a sturdy faith‚ only then he could reach the end of his strife and consequently sink in his mind nothing but the truth. Theology helps us find reasons for the truth we believe in. It guides us to know the answers for our questions with confidence yet with modesty. Does God really exist? Inside my head is this question‚ yearning to have answers using the paths for seeking the
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How do I know that I am growing up spiritually? First of all‚ if we want to know whether we are growing up spiritually or not‚ we must know what the meaning of growing spiritually is. Spirituality is our human capacity for God which allows us to recognise God or the movement of God in our lives and‚ in the light of this recognition and experience of God‚ our lived response to God (quoted from SF from the heart pdf). We can define growing up spiritually as the processes when our human capacity to
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what frames all theological method‚ conclusions and considerations ‚ which would ultimately lead him to the establishment of ‘person Theology’ in his dissertation ‘Act and Being” . Likewise‚ Moltmann had no desire to be a disciple of any of the great theological giants of the past. Rather his desire was to be a vessel for people to be stimulated to discovering theology for themselves by seeking the end to questions that each person uniquely has‚ which in turn
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Competing worldviews are breaking out everywhere especially throughout North America. Two sides with vastly differing and incompatible worldviews are being locked in a bitter conflict that permeates every level of society. On one side of the battle is the Christian worldview‚ and on the other is the Humanist worldview divided into three branches: Secular Humanism‚ Marxism/Leninism‚ and Cosmic Humanism. It’s in this essay that we will seek to understand all of the three Humanist worldviews while presenting
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