...Short Essay #1 Short Essay on Hamartiology Harmartiology is the study of sin. Many people have confusion on the reason why it existent’s when God created the world. Recently, a neighbor questions the very thing. He’s having trouble with his faith and doesn’t understand why natural catastrophes, disease’s and other things that plagued humans. Before this question can be answered it’s important to know the truth of evil in a Biblical view. The problem with evil is the perception of what it is. In today’s society evil acts are not considered evil; most are justified for the purpose. Evil is an act of that is not “not in the keeping with the nature or will of God.”[1] If a person decides to commit adultery repeatedly, the excuse could be because he/she does not feel loved; therefore the act is justified and excusable. Conversely, that is not the case. The act is a sin, period. Humans are called to live according to Gods laws and when people commit sin it’s important to repent and turn from sin, which is seen in 2 Chronicles 7:14, “if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land”. In today’s society people do not look at sin as evil acts that hurt people, when people are hurt then the question becomes “If there was a God, why is their pain; a good God wouldn’t hurt the ones He loves.” There are two types of evil, moral...
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...see that it is not just one issue, but a host of questions pop up in this arena. We find ourselves faced with moral evil and natural evil, just to pick two of the issues. Moral evil is defined as “evil produced by the activity of moral agents” and natural evil as “evil that occurs...int the natural order” (Elwell). These are seen daily in our world. Moral evil shows up in murder, greed and in the hearts of us all. Natural evil are those catastrophic events that are outside a moral agents’ influence. Therefore moral agents consistently choose that which is contrary to God, and sin. This is because the first man and woman fell at the original temptation (Gen. 3:5). Everyone in our culture agrees that,“no one’s perfect.” We see that all people have a flaw. This ranges from the heinous crimes that make the news to the church goer who gives for show more than God’s glory. All of our hearts have an evil bend. Sin is in us all. We also know that something is inherently dangerous about our world. Things degenerate and go to disorder. Nature itself seems to...
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...Judaism’s Rejection of the Original Sin In the bible, the story of Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis serves as scriptural evidence of humankind’s first transgression of God’s command resulting in the expulsion from paradise. Christians claim that humans are tainted from the fall and many scholars reinforce the idea of a recovery narrative, which depicts the bible as following a pattern of decline and recovery, thereby reinforcing the belief that something was once lost and must be recovered. After mankind’s fall from the state of perfection, Christians believed that Jesus was their savior and would consequently sacrifice himself in order to redeem man. Through the act of disobedience in Genesis emerged the concept of the original sin, which stipulates that humans are born sinners and that sins pass from parent to child as an inherited characteristic. Jewish believers, however, often criticize this notion and although they acknowledge that the human race came under the dominion of sin, which would affect their subsequent environment, Judaism, unlike Christianity denies that man is born into this world in a state of sin. Judaism affirms that the act of sinning is not part of the human condition but rather represents a conflict between two opposing inclinations (a good and an evil tendency) and that man has the ability to resist sin and can overcome the evil inclination by willing himself to become a righteous person. Therefore, Jewish people believe that man is inherently...
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...result of that creation. All these things He created for His own pleasure. God desired to populate the earth. He did this with animals and humans. This means God also created man (and woman). All was flawless in the world. There was no death, no sin. Adam and Eve had a perfect relationship with each other, and with God. He had created them in His own image. He walked and talked with them frequently. He gave Adam complete control of everything in the garden, allowing them to eat “of every tree of the garden” (Gen.2:16, NKJV) except for “the tree of knowledge and evil” (Gen. 2:17, NKJV). As long as Adam followed this one rule, he and eve were welcome in the garden. This all changed when Eve allowed herself to be tempted by Satan while Adam stood idly by. At this point, all perfection came to an end. Death, both physical and spiritual, had entered the world. Adam and Eve had disobeyed God’s one commandment. They were thrown out of Eden, and separated from God. This one act has had massive impact on the entire population of the world ever since. The next generation, and all generations that followed, wasn’t immune from sin. The story of Cain and Abel (Gen. 5, NKJV) is one of jealousy and murder. God’s once perfect creation continued to live in sin. In the subsequent chapters of Genesis, we see that human relationships with one another continue to devolve. The same can be said about man’s relationship with God. As generations passed, civilization continued to grow more and more sinful....
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...Worldview Paper A worldview is how we look at the world around us. Whether a Christian or secular worldview, it is a filter or lens from which one sees and interprets the world and all that it represents. An example of this would be when a teacher divides her class into different sections, hands out different color tinted glasses, holds up a white blank sheet of paper and asks her class what color the sheet of paper is. The class will view the paper in different colors because their view was affected by the different color tinted glasses. In the same way, our view will impact how we look at life. (109 words) The question of origin asks how life began and how mankind came into existence. God created life out of nothing (Genesis 1:1-25) and then He created man, male and female, in His own image (Genesis 1:26-27). The question of identity asks what it means to be human and if humans are more important than animals. Mankind is a special creation of God because we were created in the image of God and a little lower than the heavenly beings (Psalms 8:5). Humans are more important than animals, when God created mankind, we were given the responsibility of caring for the fish of the sea, the birds of the air and animals that move upon the earth (Genesis 1:28). The question of meaning or purpose asks we exist. We exist to love the Lord, to fear Him, to walk in His ways (Deuteronomy 10:12) and to serve Him and keep his commandments (Deuteronomy 11:13). The question of morality...
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...Myths in Golding’s novels “The Spire” and “Lord of the flies” A famous English writer William Golding was born in Cornwall, England. Golding started writing at the age of seven, but following the wishes of his parents, he studied first natural sciences and then English at Brasenose College,Oxford. Golding’s first book, a collection of poems, apperad in 1934. After study at university Golding moved to Salisbury, where he began teaching English and philosophy. During World War II, Golding served in the Royal Navy(armada) in command of a rocket ship. In 1945 Golding returned to writing and teaching, with a dark view of the European civilization. In many novels Golding has showed the dark places of human heart. His work is caracterized by exploration of “the darkness of man’s heart”, deep spiritual and ethical questions. In Salisbury Golding wrote several books, but did not get them published. “ Lord of the Flies”, an allegorical story set in the near future during war time, was turned down by many publishers until it finally appeared in 1954. The famous English writer Forster named this book “ The Book of the years”. At the time of its appearance,Golding was forty four, but the success of the novel allowed him to give up teaching. In the exciting story a group of small British boys, standed on a desert island, fall into violence after they have lost all adult guidance. Ironically, the adult world is ruined by nuclear war. The novel “ The Spire” concerned the construction of...
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...Whether Young Goodman Brown dreamed the night in the forest is a question the reader must decide for himself. To me, it doesn't matter whether it's a dream or not because Young Goodman Brown believes in his heart and soul that it did happen, and this changes the rest of his life. Brown makes the decision to give up on humankind and believe his wife and friends are evil, and he spends the remainder of his life alone, feeling that evil has won out over good. The Puritans believed that all people are evil because of the "original sin" committed by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. It is only through belief in God and living a pure life that man can overcome evil. Brown's night in the forest, whether a dream or reality, takes away his belief in humanity. The Black Mass in the forest forces Brown to see himself as just one evil part of a corrupt race of sinners. Goodman realizes that Faith, his wife, is now a witch. In essence, he’s lost his faith. He then wakes up in the woods unsure as to whether or not it was all a dream. So there you have it, the age old “was that a dream” feeling when you wake up in a strange place, not knowing how you got there. Though, similar thoughts may include “where am I,” “What did I do,” and “What did I drink?” Either way, he’s in the woods, and once he arrives back in town, he can’t come to terms with what he has seen, and he lives his life out in gloom, unable to trust even his own wife. , I really want to question whether or not what Goodman...
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...CHANGE By: Mae I was born in this world with the original sin of my first parents – Adam and Eve. So, I was baptized to erase my original sin and I was welcomed into the Christian World. I was raised by my parents with the reminder that I should love God and be thankful for him. They taught me to obey and respect other people. They taught me to be a good person. As I was growing older, I began to commit sins like disobeying my parents, saying and doing bad things to other people. I also started not to attend Sunday Mass and at that point I’m beginning to feel awful as a person. I feel bad for the things I’ve done. Thus, I remembered what my teacher said when I was in elementary, “Confess and repent.” I admit that I’m going in the wrong direction and I’m willing to face my sins and the consequences for it. So as one of the message of John the Baptist, I’m ready for repentance. I want to go back to God who I am ultimately belong. I will change to be a better person and I will avoid doing the things that I’ve done before. I will obey my parents again. I will say sorry to the people I’ve hurt. And lastly, I want to attend Sunday Mass and “isabuhay” the teachings of the Church. I want to confess everything I’ve done and I want to ask for forgiveness. I am sincere that I want to go back to God. I want to rebuild my relationship to him. Thus, I’m willing to be generous to other people especially to the poor to make them feel that they are special in their own ways. I want my...
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...covered many topics including revelation, interpretation, image of God, sin, atonement, redemption, and many more topics. All of these topics are important to understand as a Christian. Revelation discusses how the Lord reveals himself to his creation. Atonement and redemption discuss what Christ did for us on the Cross. However, in this paper I am going to discuss the fall of man and how man is born with a sin nature. I chose these topics because I know and understand my faith and the Bible better. I am convinced that to truly know and understand your Savior, you need to understand your need for one first. The Fall of Man The fall of man is defined as the moment when Adam sinned against the Lord. Previous to this day, man had an intimacy with God and regular communion with him. In no way was Adam hindered in his relationship with the creator God. This day brought devastation to the relationship man had with God. The Bible describes it as how sin and death entered the world.[do not change fonts] “Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.” (Romans 5:12-14) Sin and death now reigned in the world. But how can we apply this knowledge...
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...Name: Lau, Kwong Nam Class: Biology 100 Date: 11/05/2014 Let the Earth Bring Forth is a book to prove or testify God’s creation. A man who has spent so much time, efforts and almost his whole life for exploring the region of spiritual faith and science. Many people have some struggles between the theories which they have learned in biology and the traditional opinions of creation that they have learned in school. This book has truly answers all these questions and struggles by using different scriptures in the bible. In this book, the author tried to prove and explain that science and religion are not incompatible by nature. For example, we know that through the bible, the word “day” has used to mention time period. In Genesis 2:17, the Lord has instructed Eve and Adam do not eat the forbidden fruit or they will die on “the day” they eat. We know that at last Adam and Eve have eaten the forbidden fruit but they have lived for many years. The day spoken of in Genesis was not twenty-four hours period we calculate nowadays referring a day. Furthermore, “Let the earth bring forth” is God’s royal command (Gen1:11) God has prepared an earth that would bring forth and grow. In the bible, “And God said, Let the water bring forth abundantly, the moving creature that hath life and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every...
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...Subject : WRITING SKILLS Teacher : T. HAKOBYAN Student : SARGSYAN ANI Faculty: FFL, YEAR 2. 14G Deadline : 2.12.13 Submission: 2.12.13 BODY GESTUERS OF THE WORLD During our life we express our opinion, feelings, thoughts with the help of the words, but sometimes there are things which cannot be expressed with the help of simple words and that time we use language of gestures. These international and unique language has a long history. There are plenty of gestures and all the gestures have their origin but their meaning differs according to region. For example when we want to indicate that things are working according to our plans or when we want to approve something we us thumb up sign which is popular in American and European cultures . This gesture has its origination which goes back to the times of the gladiators . During these battles the audience had to decide give a life to gladiator or to kill him, so, if they were using thumb...
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...Genesis: The Effects Today Bible 105-B27 LUO: Old Testament Survey 201320 Spring 2013 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx L33333333 Liberty University January 21, 2013 Genesis: The Effects Today We must begin with the question: what is Genesis? Genesis is the beginning of everything we know today. It is what we research, study, and learn today about everything that exists around us. The first eleven chapters of Genesis cover the period from the time of creation to the time of Abraham (Hester, 1962). It is the truth of the beginning of the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and civilization. These four areas are discussed in this essay in reference of how they affect my worldview. When I read the first two chapters of Genesis, I find God as the creator of everything that we know in regards to natural world. The first chapter summarizes the creation of the world and the second scrutinizes it (Hinson & Yates, 2012). In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1). The teachings on how the natural world came to be, as we know it today, have never wavered from the depictions Genesis gives. Today we can watch as the concept of evolution self-destructs. Many have recognized the total inability of chance and random processes to produce the incredible complexity we see around us, especially in living systems (Morris, 2007). Statements such as these are easily found with the use of your computer. The fact is, none of the theories of how our...
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...with much success. Mr. Samuel Taylor Coleridge is one such author. Coleridge’s lyrical ballad “The Rime of an Ancient Mariner” is one in which numerous religious themes are adequately complimented. Most notable of the comparisons is that of the Albatross and how it symbolizes Jesus Christ. In the ballad, Coleridge writes, At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the fog it came; As if it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in God’s name. (Mariner, Line 65). In the ballad, the men on the ship had become lost, with mist, snow, and ice converging on them. Suddenly, from a distance within the mist and fog appears an Albatross to show the men on the ship the way to safety through the troublesome waters. Likewise, due to the Original sin committed by Adam and Eve while in the Garden of Eden, man has lost their way from God. As a result, man has wandered around this world lost, waiting for a savior to lead them through the troubled...
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...Natural evil being in the world has been explain to be a result of the original sin or the fall of Angels according to Irenaeus or Augustine. Natural evil is evil that is not caused by a direct action of humans. An example of natural evil would be a tornado which could cause mass destruction and suffering. Many people would argue that there is no God. This is because many people believe that if God did exist then God should be able to stop the suffering that natural evil causes. Another reason why many people believe that the existence of natural evil proves there is no God because the amount of suffering that natural evil causes seems to be wrong for a God to allow that to happen. Also by stating that evil exists and there is a God proves the inconsistent triad as they contradict each other. This is why people would agree that God does not exist. Also many people have argued against the existence of God for example Dawkins. Richard Dawkins argued that evolution can explain all and there was no need for a God. Dawkins believed that natural selection would explain our origins. Bertrand Russell also did not believe there was a God and in a famous radio debate against Copleston he stated that the every human had a mother which meant that the human race had a mother which he believed was not true. Russell rejects the idea of causality as he states it cannot just stop at God. However people would argue against those arguments and state that natural evil has nothing to do with...
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...THE DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMAL REGENERATION: AN ANALYSIS OF ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE RESTORATION MOVEMENT A Research Paper Submitted to Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Online In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course Systematic Theology II (TH 530-D09) By Justin Hartpence (23828793) May 12, 2013 THESIS STATEMENT This paper shall argue that this is an inaccurate depiction and seek to put forth the common view of baptism in the Restoration Movement as distinct from the common understanding of baptismal regeneration, while pointing to key factors that play a role in popular inaccuracies. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 DEFINING REGENERATION 2 DEFINING BAPTISM 3 The Mode 3 The Subject 4 The Meaning 6 According to Classic Baptismal Regenerationists 7 According to Restoration Movement Theology 8 BAPTSIM AS THE OCCASION OF SALVATION 9 John 3:5 9 Titus 3:5 11 BAPTISM'S RELATION TO FAITH 12 CONCLUSION 14 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 15 INTRODUCTION Change: it is an inevitable fact of life. Whether it is plant, animal, human or thought nothing exists for very long without addition or subtraction of some kind. Unfortunately theology is not immune. One need only survey the history of Christianity to see this disconcerting fact. Like a pendulum, however, as theology sways outward from its starting point there are inevitably forces that pull it back. This happened most notably in the Reformation under the guidance of reformers...
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