Schedule of Lectures for Theology 151:Christian Commitment Requirements and Grading System 1. Class Standing ( 4-5 Quizzes) 20% 2. Two Term Papers 10% 3. Mid-term (Oral) 30% 4. Final Oral Exam 40% =100% A 93-100 master of the subject‚ insights from the perspective of the whole book B+ 87-92 clear answers‚ correct answer and some insights from the books B 83-86 right answers but mainly taken from the lectures C+ 79-82 low understanding and doubtful of their answer C 75-78 vague
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with its impatient hate and violence) is the account of evolution. It s worth paying close attention to this section‚ which reveals Stevie Smith as a thoughtful Christian evolutionist. The jingly rhymed lines are packed with sophisticated modern theology. After running wild for centuries (or millennia)‚ primitive man‚ as the poem portrays him‚ becomes conscious at last of a need for warmth and inner peace: Sometimes I thought my heart would freeze‚ / And never know a moment s ease . Shortly afterward
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rendering it neither true nor false but quite literally meaningless. A detailed analysis of Descartes’ Meditations of First Philosophy in conjunction with Spinoza’s Ethics will help elucidate these claims. Before an analysis of Cartesian and Spinozan theology can occur‚ an understanding of each theory must first take place. The Cartesian proof of God is outlined in Meditation Three of the Meditations. Within this work Descartes suggests a causal argument for the existence of a supreme being. This argument
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understands his thoughts‚ He is acquainted with all of David’s ways and he knows every word David will speak. God sees everything; nothing can be hidden from God‚ not even the secret thoughts of the heart (Psalm 44:21). In the book Lectures of Systematic Theology‚ Henry Clarence Thiessen
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One doesn’t need a Ph.D. in theology to look around the world and realize something is desperately wrong. The existence of evil is one of the most vexing challenges a Christian--or any person‚ for that matter-- must grapple with. It’s occupied the minds of great Christian thinkers since the beginning‚ including St. Augustine (354-430). For much of his life he worked hard at a solution. Augustine’s approach was not just brilliant; it was practical. His insight is intellectually credible and emotionally
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The mystery of God’s existence has been a crucial element of many religious studies and traditions‚ through the centuries. The question of who‚ what‚ and where God is has been addressed by numerous theologians‚ religious and philosophers through the centuries. This essay looks at the writings of one these thinkers‚ Julian of Norwich and outlines and discusses some of her central ideas on the mystery of God. Julian of Norwich was a medieval mystic‚ who lived in Norwich‚ England between 1342 and
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What happens after death has been a debated and documented topic dating back to shortly after the death of Jesus Christ. It is basically impossible to get certain evidence to back up beliefs. We are forced to rely on religious material and theologians to paint a picture for us. Even then it is hard to truly grasp what happens after death. It is proposed that you either go to heaven‚ or you go to hell. What do we actually know of the latter? The general consensus of society is that hell is a place
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Through His Word we can know our God and have thoughts about who He is. In a thoughtful desire to pursue truth there becomes a right and a wrong way of thinking about God‚ allowing us to discern heresy from sound theology. In his book God Talk‚ Randall J. VanderMey states that “close attention to Christian language— its possibilities as well as its poverties—can open the mind‚ reawaken wonder and strengthen faith” (VanderMey 16). It is important that we examine how
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1. The UTRUM: "Whether or not it is the case that there is proof for God ’s existence." 2. The VIDETUR: "It seems that the existence of God can be proven in five ways by the Cosmological Argument." Saint Thomas Aquinas‚ put forth his own theory on the existence of God. In his text "Whether God Exists"‚ he stated that through his five arguments he could prove God ’s existence. His five arguments are from motion‚ from first efficient cause‚ from possibility and necessity‚ from gradation
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References: McMinn‚ M. R. (2011). Psychology theology and spirituality in christian counseling (Revised ed.). Carol Stream‚ IL: Tyndale. McMinn‚ M. R. (2011). Psychology theology and sprituality in christian counseling (Revised ed.). Carol Stream‚ IL: Tyndale.
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