pathos‚ and logos)‚ history‚ the role of the Holy Spirit‚ and the spiritual disciplines of a text-driven preacher. The second section addresses the foundational elements needed for sermon preparation. Matters such as exegesis‚ hermeneutics‚ and theology are covered. Finally‚ section three addresses matter related to sermon delivery‚ such as communication theory and how to properly apply the text. Text-Driven Preaching has its strength and weaknesses. A major strength is that the section on preparation
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decide to attend a Christ centered college for their education. They may attend a school where evolution is highly regarded and the professor may try and change their perspective. They may be told that there is no God and their entire perception of theology is wrong. A young believer’s worldview will be very important as they go on to college and have non believing instructors. They must stand firm in the knowledge that they have acquired from His word through Scriptures and through nature‚ not trusting
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Press‚ 2010. Martinez‚ Germans. Signs of Freedom: Theology of the Christian Sacraments. New York/Mahwah‚ N. J.: Paulist Press‚ 2003. Mihalic‚ Frank. The Next 500 Stories. Society of the Divine Word‚ Logos Publications‚ Inc‚ 1993. Njoroge Karanja‚ Daniel. Female Genital Mutilation in Africa: Gender‚ Religion and Pastoral Care. United States of America: Xulon Press‚ 2003. Osborne‚ Kenan B. Reconciliation and Justification: The Sacrament and It’s Theology. New York/Mahwah: Paulist Press‚ 1990. Pennock
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OPEN THEISM: AN ORTHODOX RELIGION Open theism is a theological movement that develops within post evangelical and evangelical protestant Christianity as a response to certain ideas in relative to the formation of Christian theology and Greek philosophy. I concur with McCormack assessment. Open theism is a belief that God doesn’t exercise timid control of the universe instead He leaves it‚ open for human to make choices that are meaningful and that affect their bonding with others and God. Open
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The Creator copied this world‚ regardless of how its imperfections may appear to support otherwise‚ from an eternal‚ immutable‚ and perfect model. The Creator‚ or God‚ combined the elements of earth‚ air‚ fire‚ and water to create the universe and all within it. As this universe would be the only copy made‚ no additional material remained. With order considered perfection‚ the God turned a disorderly substance into an orderly sphere which would become the universe. Next‚ God created heaven and with
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A personal worldview is a combination of all you believe to be true‚ and what you believe becomes the driving force behind every emotion‚ decision and action. Therefore‚ it affects your response to every area of life: from philosophy to science‚ theology and anthropology to economics‚ law‚ and politics‚ art and social order— everything. Worldview is a mental model of reality. The book has many good points on worldview‚ it states worldview determines are values. The four questions of worldview are
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Holy Spirit The “Person” of the Holy Spirit Of the three “persons” to the concept of the Trinity‚ the Holy Spirit is often shrouded in more mystery than the other two. While the person of God the “Father” as the creator and sustainer of creation is well established in the scripture and the history of Judaism and Christianity‚ and while the person of Jesus the “Son” as an actual person in the course of human history is well documented in history and scripture‚ the person of the Holy Spirit
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Andrew Baker Corey Miller Phil-P 100 September 16‚ 2014 God’s existence The issue that I shall be addressing is whether a certain objection to a theistic explanation of God’s existence can be sustained. In this paper‚ the objection in question is advanced mostly by naturalists‚ and the thrust of it is that theists cannot provide a satisfactory account of God’s existence based on causality because occasional philosophical questions arise concerning the truth of the premises. After carefully setting
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question of God ’s gender in this article while ’made invalid ’ due to God ’s “otherhood” still pronounces the “male divine” being that ’God ’ even from a Christian viewpoint due to the Jewish patriarchal nature of the Old Testament being that Jewish Theology is heavy on male transcendence. Judaism sees patriarchy as the mandate of giving life and of making reality - women need the male to “be heavy with child”‚ to look after the family‚ to carry the line from generation to generation. Thompson however
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cause. Smith says that there is a logical contradiction between God being omnipotent and God being the first cause. The third person Dr. Kuhn interviewed was Alister McGrath‚ a scientist‚ biophysicist‚ a former atheist and a professor in historical theology at Oxford University. According to McGrath‚ one of the great things in modern science is the quest for a
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