...[pic]The King of Hearts – What is the world, O soldiers? It is I: I, this incessant snow, This northern sky; Soldiers, this solitude Through which we go Is I. – W. De La Mare, Napoleon The point of reference for a lost world is ‘I’. When the forbidden fruit was eaten ‘I’ was born, and ‘I’ characterises the world we live in today. In attempt to deify himself, man defaced himself and has been seeking his lost image ever since. When we gaze into still waters we see the reflection of our face, yet when we gaze into our hearts we see the reflection of our soul and in a haste we look away for its condition is too deplorable to bear. The malignant state of our hearts requires serious surgery, surgery which can only be carried out by the One who is called the kardiognostes, the Knower of hearts, and the One who has paid the price to rule man from within, the King of hearts. The point of reference for a repentant heart is God. At the cross is ‘I’ crossed out. At the cross selflessness replaces selfishness, and love is demonstrated in its fullness from a loving God to a lost world. Faceless man again finds his image ‘For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ’(1). Gazing into our hearts once more we see the face of Christ, the perfection of the law that is love, and instead of turning away in haste we ‘Fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher...
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...reasonable motive. The practice ended up becoming a concoction of evil and corruption; it was almost like they were buying their way into heaven. The years leading up to the reformation were indulgences very popular Martin Luther’s ideas of the church and what he taught: When martin Luther found out that pope Leo x and the archbishop of Mainz were selling indulgences for the construction of St Peters basilica in Rome he objected. He was against fooling people that they could buy their way out of sins without any faith what so ever. These people would believe that they were going to Heaven when in fact they would go to Hell. How could they be repentant when self-loathing and self-disgust was needed. Luther believed that there could be no short cuts to this and that God could not be fooled by sinners pretending that they were repentant. Luther’s main complaint against the Catholic Church was that it was supporting a system that left sinners in sins. Luther openly questioned the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, in particular, the nature of penance, the authority of the pope and...
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...Homosexuality - Theological Intro By Thomas Coy September 2008 Introduction to the theological aspects of homosexuality and the gay rights movement As a student of the medical debate over homosexuality, the gay rights movement, and the Bible, I believe I have an insightful perspective on the debates over homosexuality. In the last half of the twentieth century a divisive theological debate over homosexual behavior developed when gay activists created their own revisionist interpretation of the Bible to support their claim that homosexual behavior is neither immoral nor sinful. This revisionist theology has been labeled “gay theology.” Many Christians are not aware that in 1968 a gay activist started a Christian denomination called the Metropolitan Community Church based on gay theology. In this introduction I will point out some obvious errors in gay revisionist arguments and outline a much wider scope of biblical principles that are related to how the church deals with homosexuals and the gay political movement. Scripture and gay revisionism Gay activists contend there are only seven scriptures that address homosexuality in the Bible and therefore homosexual behavior is insignificant in scripture. Gay activists also contend that theologians have misinterpreted the seven scriptures. The seven main scriptures are the Genesis account of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19), the Mosaic Law in Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, the letter by Jude verse 7, and the Apostle Paul’s letters...
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...1 Tori Parker October 23rd, 2011 Eng. 101 Mrs. Griffin Forgiveness is an indulgent feeling that supports the willingness to forgive. The people in the short stories inside the book Somebody Told Me, written by Rick Bragg, committed a great amount of misconduct, and then had deep regrets afterwards. In “Just a Grave for a Baby but Anguish for a Town,” a church asked the family of a mixed race baby to remove her body so they could keep it a white’s only grave yard. Two soldiers in the story “Fort Bragg Area is haunted by Ghost and Two New Deaths,” were charged of murder for killing two innocent African Americans. In “Emotional March Gains a Repentant Wallace,” all George C. Wallace wanted was forgiveness for his horrid actions during the civil rights movement. The individuals gave sincere apologies for their wrong doings; however, their forgiveness will never remove the hurt in the hearts of the ones who were affected. All Jamie Wireman wanted was for her beloved baby girl to rest in peace. Whitney Johnson only lived nineteen hours, and was buried right beside her grandfather in the Barnett’s Creek Baptist Church cemetery. Jamie and the rest of the family became overwhelmed after the church found out Whitney was a mixed race baby and asked for her body to be removed and buried somewhere else; “‘There was no peace in it,’ Ms. Wireman said. ‘It was bad enough that the Lord decided to take my baby. But then they wouldn’t let her rest’” (Bragg 182). Only did the church ask...
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...Research Paper: Divine Comedy Epic poems were popular as early as Ancient Greece. These poems depicted the events and the ideas of the time they were written in. One such epic poem was Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Written in the early fourteenth century the Divine Comedy takes on an allegoric view of the Christian and of the political beliefs held by Dante at the time. Dante was part of a political group in Italy known as the White Guelphs, who favored the Pope as leader over the Holy Roman Emperor. This held influence in the Divine Comedy. In trying to get these ideas out the people Dante wrote the epic poem in the vernacular of the Italian people. The Divine Comedy is centered on Dante and his two guides. The poem takes the reader on a journey with Dante and his guides through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. This is accomplished through the poem being broken up into three main canticles. Each one of these canticles contains thirty-three cantos. The number three is an important Christian symbol as it symbolizes the Trinity. This is important to Dante in his poem due to his religious beliefs. As the reader gets a literal description on Dante’s travels, the reader symbolically gains insight on how people viewed the progression of a person’s soul toward God. The first canticle is about Dante’s and his guide, Virgil’s, descent through the ten circles of Hell. As they descend through Hell the reader learns about the 10 circles. The deeper in Hell the...
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...apart”[3] Now speaking of Limbo in the Inferno, Virgil, who also happens to be from this place (proved by line 39, Inferno 4), refers to the inhabitants of Limbo as “those who live in longing”[4] (manifested by their constant sighing, and not any outcry of pain due to suffering unlike other Cantos in the Inferno). Logically and factually, these souls long for the Beatific Vision or entry into Paradise, but such event will never happen despite these pagans being virtuous[5] (unless Christ decides to repeat the Harrowing of Hell wherein He took some virtuous pagans in Limbo and brought them to Paradise[6]). In reference now to the Valley of the Rulers, these individuals also live in longing, but unlike the virtuous pagans in Limbo, these late-repentants will ultimately gain entrance to Paradise thanks to their accepting of Christ. I have chosen therefore to...
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...Nik Reasor Reli 217H Gospel of Thomas The “Gospel of Thomas”, written sometime before 200, is considered to be one of the most confusing religious texts when it comes to Christianity. Containing only vague, out of context sayings of Jesus, with the prologue proclaiming that “Whoever finds the meaning of these sayings will not taste death” (Layton, 380). While these texts mainly prescribe to traditional Christian doctrine and parables, there is also a significant amount of fundamental gnostic beliefs. The first hint for Gnosticism comes in parable 13, where Thomas decrees that he knows what Jesus is, but he cannot tell the other disciples for fear that they “will take up stones and stone me” (Layton, 382). This is reminiscent of the Gospel...
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...wife wrong; he had made an unjustifiably hasty decision, and this thought bothered him. However, it was too late for him to ask to be forgiven. He scoured the heavens, but his efforts were in vain; Maguayan was nowhere to be found. So, to while away his sorrows, the repentant god created the earth and planted bamboo in a garden called Kahilwayan. He also planted other plants like rice, corn, and sugarcane. Among these plants, the bamboo sprouted first. It grew to be a beautiful tree with pliant branches and feathery leaves dancing to the rhythmic wafting of the breeze. Beholding the splendor of his creation, the great Kaptan was filled with happiness. "Ah," he sighed, "were Maguayan here, she would enjoy this beautiful sight amid the sighs of the breeze and the rustle of the leaves!" The bamboo continued to grow. The garden became more beautiful each day. Then one late afternoon, while Kaptan was watching the bamboo leaves play in the breeze, a thought came to him, and, before he realized what it was all about, he was murmuring to himself, "I will make creatures to take care of these plants for me." No sooner had he spoken these words than the bamboo split into two halves. From one stepped out the first man. To the man, Kaptan gave the name Sikalak, meaning "the sturdy one." And from that time on, men have been called lalaki. From the other half stepped out a woman. The god called her Sikabay, meaning "partner of the...
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...John Blake and Cole Dominguez are both employed at Sycamore Pharmaceuticals. This case study is about the company manipulating scientific studies to say that the popular drug Osteoporin which is also used for rheumatoid arthritis was supposed to help the treatment of Crohn’s disease and lupus, but the scientific findings came back negative in helping with those two diseases. John Blake seems to be a genuine man and was truly feeling bad for not reporting the findings to anyone and keeping his mouth closed without letting anyone know. He was edgy, troubled and showing that he was repentant for taking part in this situation. Cole Dominguez was the complete opposite of those makings. He was more concerned with losing his next month’s bonus than feeling bad for the situation that had occurred. Both Blake and Dominguez had different views and attitudes towards how they were going to handle the scandal. Dominguez was going to stand by the manager no matter what in fear of losing his job in his defense he said he was only following orders. That may be true, but Dominguez showed no remorse or compassion for the patients that were affected by this situation. Dominguez thought that he was doing what he was told by the manager he would be not held responsible for the making of the scandal or situation which he was involved in. I will say that this showed his lack of personal ethical values and respect from the company. This would indicate that Dominguez is just as guilty as...
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...When was the last time you got in trouble for something minor? You would never in a million years think that something like that would lead to your ruins would you? Okonkwo gets himself into this exact situation, Okonkwo is a strong, prideful village man who loses everything that he has worked for all his life. He struggles through a series of events to maintain his status and dominance, unfortunately, he does not succeed and ends up committing suicide. In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo’s prideful behaviors and reckless actions led to his downfall, but still, the Christian missionaries would have inevitably aided in Okonkwo and his clan’s demise. Okonkwo’s prideful behaviors is one factor that led him to his doom. When Okonkwo...
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...Website Regulatory Paper The Federal Government presents a legislation that administer Healthcare professionals, Social Services, and employees to safeguard of individuals medical records. These materials are endorse in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA. State Governments apply this act to the protection of children (Child Protective Services (CPS) and adults Department of Social Service (DSS). Team A will discuss how Confidentiality, Privileged Communication and Rights to Privacy are applied at the state and county level. The Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) is New Jersey’s child protection and child welfare agency within the Department of Children and Families. As mandated by state law (Title 9 and Title 30), DYFS is required to investigate all reports of child abuse and child neglect (Division of Youth and Family Services, p. 1, 2008). New Jersey was one of the first states in the nation to create a state division on aging. Chapter 72 Law of 1957 established within the State Department of Health, a state unit on aging. In 1973, amendments to the federal Older Americans Act of 1965 authorized states to designate geographic planning and service areas to be administered by Area Agencies on Aging. New Jersey designated each of its 21 county offices on aging as Area Agencies on Aging, making each eligible for federal funding under the Older Americans Act (DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES, p. 1, 2009-2013) . AND SENIOR...
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...Aguilar, Kryztelle Mae P. World Literature AB Psychology 05/08/2015 About the Author Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) remains Italy's greatest poet. He was born in the city of Florence, in the region of Tuscany, Italy in the spring of 1265. He wrote the Divine Comedy(Commedia) from 1308 to 1320, completing the work the year before he died. The Divine Comedy is one of literature's boldest undertakings, as Dante takes us through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and then reaches Heaven (Paradiso), where he is permitted to partake of the Beatific Vision. Dante's journey serves as an allegory of the progress of the individual soul toward God. While Dante was critical of the Catholic Church as an institution, his writings remained faithful to his schooling by the Dominicans, where he learned the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274). The Divine Comedy signaled the beginning of the Renaissance. The Commedia by Dante had everlasting impact on Italy, for the Tuscan dialect became the literary language of Italy. He died in political exile in Ravenna, Italy in September 1321. The Divine Comedy 1308-1320 INFERNO "Midway in our life's journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood. How shall I say what wood that was! I never saw so drear, so rank, so arduous a wilderness! Its very memory gives a shape to fear. Death could scarce be more bitter than that place! But since it came...
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...and a healing for the human soul, and such qualities as humility, sincerity, patience and charity are strongly encouraged. However, human beings have also been created weak and regularly fall into sin. This is the nature of the human being as created by God in His Wisdom, and it is not inherently "corrupt" or in need of having repairs. (www.Islamicinformation.net). The Question of Meaning/Purpose: Islam condemns pride and self-righteousness, since Almighty God is the only judge of human righteousness. The Islamic view of the nature of man is also realistic and well-balanced. Human beings are not believed to be inherently sinful, but are seen as equally capable of both good and evil. Islam also teaches that faith and action go hand-in-hand. God has given people free-will, and the measure of one's faith is one's deeds and actions. This is because the avenue of repentance is always open to all human beings, and Almighty God loves the repentant sinner more than one who does not sin at all. The true balance of an Islamic life is established by having a healthy fear of God as well as a sincere belief and hope in His infinite Mercy. A life without fear of God leads to sin and disobedience, while believing that we have sinned so much that God will not possibly forgive...
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...of worship) STUDENT NO: 13m04ebt004 MASUMBUO MPATHE ZIRO The sanctuary An introduction: Unquestionably, the greatest revelation of the love and character of God was at the cross, where the Lord offered Himself in the person of Jesus Christ as a sacrifice for the sins of the world. To help human beings to understand better what this great sacrifice meant, God devised the earthly sanctuary – modeling the heavenly sanctuary – as a pictorial representation of the plan of salvation ( Hebrews 8:5,Kjv). The sanctuary as a central place of worship serves as a teaching tool to help us then and now understand Jesus as our savior a high priest. The sanctuary – a heavenly plan for Gods residence in man “Let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them”……. “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you?”(Exodus 25:8,9; 1 Corinthian’s 3:16, Kjv). In profound simplicity and challenging depth God has revealed the way of salvation in the symbolism of the ancient Hebrew sanctuary. Said the psalmist, “Thy way, o God is in the sanctuary”(Psalms 77:13). And Jesus said of Himself, “Iam the way”(John 14:6). As the shekinah glory dwelt within the wilderness tabernacle of ancient Israel, so did the Father abide in Christ, that through Christ, God might find eternal residence in us. God’s presence abode with his people in the dwelling places they prepared for Him, from the time the tabernacle was...
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...After Jesus revealed to the Jews that He was the Light of the World (John 8:12-19), He began to talk to them about Heaven, the world from which He came. John recorded, These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come (8:20). The location in the temple where Jesus was speaking was the treasury, which was openly accessible to the public. Specifically within the treasury, Jesus was in an area called the women’s court, which was the same location where the woman who was caught in adultery had just been brought before Him. Although Jesus was in His Father’s house, the enemy had control of the temple. The temple was the place where the chief priests and Pharisees...
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