...Coming up with the meaning of the ‘worldview’ seems difficult because there can be many meanings to many different people. Weltanschauung meaning, “our intuiton of the world” was first shown by Immanuel Kant in 1970 (Weider and Gutierrez, 2011). A worldview to me is the full understanding of the decisions we make. It is the emotions, the will, and the intellect behind every decision. It is our view of the world. II. Part Two: 1. The Question of Origin asks “How did life begin?” and “How did mankind come into existence?” (Weider and Gutierrez, 2011). In the biblical/Christian worldview, God created all. He is the answer to why everything is the way that it is. In Genesis 1:1, Moses recognizes that God created the heavens and the earth. Another example of the belief that God created all is in Nehemia 9:6 from The Book of Ezra. 2. The Question of Identity seems to ask the question of what it means to be a person or a human (Weider and Gutierrez, 2011). In a biblical or Christain worldview, God created all mankind and all animals. He created animals so that we, as people, can reap the benefits of the land He created and the animals He created. In Genesis 1:26, God created man over the animals and all of Earth. God then talks about the plants in Genesis 1:30 and how every man and every animal has food. 3. The Question of Meaning/Purpose is probably the most common asked question. We ask, “Why does mankind exist?” or “Why do I exist?” (Weider and Gutierrez...
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...reason the Tiktaalik fish needed to do pushups so he could strengthen his upper body to jump out of the water onto land. The reason he needed to get out of water because of all the predators in the area and the ability to move to locations where predators couldn’t move made it possible for him to alive. Catholic Theology Understand the Sacraments as “means of Grace” By Melissa Robinson Saint Leo University REL 123 Christian Spiritual Vision Dr. Richard H. Cobble The Sacraments are between the most evident forms of obvious outward show in Christianity coming as they do with major differences, both in number and in practice. I will explain the theological and historical background, and their significance in the continuing life of the church. The focus will be on two main sacraments as practiced in Protestant Christianity, verse Baptism and Holy Communion “means of grace”. The early church acknowledged many practices which in some way expressed the “mystery’ (Greek: mysterion) of the Christian belief. (McGrath). Albl, points out from the beginning, a union was between the Sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion and the mystery of God’s saving work in Christ (Albl 56-100). Translated the Greek term to into Latin, by using sacramentum, a worked which in a worldly sense meant an oath of commitment, for example the kind that a soldier might make to his commander in charge. Augustine a 4th century theologian of Hippo defined a sacrament as an “outward and visible...
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...Allen Session 1 Journal Colorado Christian University, I feel, will have a major influence in my academic work and goals because of its Christian foundation. Upon searching schools for ministry, I found Colorado Christian University (CCU). I became interested in being able to obtain a degree from a college with a spiritual background. I have been spiritually driven in the past few years with seeking Christ, although I ran into some rough patches, I chose to stay on track. It was a long journey to what I call recovery. It was not until I decided to change where and how I lived that my relationship with Christ was strengthened. I prayed and asked God to remove me from my current situation so I relocated from Iowa to Alabama in pursuit of a life...
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...THE CHRISTAIN EDUCATION OF YOUTH A study of the history of professional youth ministry shows that over the years they come a long way. In the late 1950s churches began to invest significantly in salary funds in staff positions for youth ministry before that the youth ministry was done by mostly volunteer workers who were unqualified and poorly trained. Also it can be said that evangelical churches grudgingly instituted the youth ministry because they feared that Para church organization would take the youth away from the churches. GAINING A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Youth ministry in the 1950s was a calculated attempt of countering the influence of secular entertainment on Christian youth and they introduced 1. Christian film in the hopes that to be a possible alternative to movies in secular theaters. 2. High powered recreational and social programs were developed as an alternative to school dances 3. Large rallies were organized in major cities with famous Christian entertainer as a way to convince youth that they could be Christians and still be popular and well liked In the 1950s entertainment was used to retain youth within the church .The 1960s was a landmark decade in the country. The church’s approach to youth ministry was greatly affected by the sociological and cultural times. Youth in the country began to demonstrate that they cared greatly about the issues related to the world they lived. Those involved in youth ministry realized that...
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...In The Inferno it illustrates Dante and Virgil’s journey through Hell, and results in Dante understanding sins. According to the Bible, sinners will be punished for eternity, and those who follows good Christain values will live in eternal happiness, “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life,” (Revelation 21.8) Dante’s journey allows him to see the pain that sinners go through for eternity, and learns about how sins can cause an eternity of pain. In the beginning of the poem, we see that Dante has lost his way of life, Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray From the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood. (The Inferno, 16) Dante has lost his way to salvation, and Virgil...
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...always remember singing a lot of children songs such as standards such as Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and Ring Around the Rosie. One of my favorite songs when I was a kid was “Baby Beluga”. I am not sure exactly why I just remember my mom singing this to me. My adolescence is a time I like to try and forget. To fit in with my older siblings and my friends I listened to a lot of rap music. I also dressed and acted like a “gangster”. It was during this period of my life I had a lot of issues. I was rebellious to my parents and my teachers. I had run-ins with the police, and even dropped out of high school twice. Luckily I had some good people looking out for me and was able to go back and graduate. Looking back on it now I feel like an idiot. I let others influence myself and I acted a way that was not really who I was. I listened to a lot of artists Eminem and 50 Cent who are not good role models at all. I can no longer stand to listen to this type of music. I am not sure if it just reminds myself of a time in my life I am not proud of, or I just realize this type of music really is terrible. For me comfort music is hard rock. It may sound odd and counter intuitive, but it relaxes me. After a long stressful day at work there is nothing that relaxes me then some hard rock and heavy metal....
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...identify what causes them. It is not helpful to ignore them, pretend they don’t exist or forget them by putting them behind. 3. How can you be a creative witness in making beauty in brokenness tomorrow, next weak and this year? In the future,i believe in sharing my struggles with non-believers can be a beautiful thing. i believe many people that are not Christian view christian as people who think and are holy than thou. so they chose not to engage with christains. but if we as christian admit that we are broken we can lead others to christ and let others know that we are all sinners. Personally, I want to lead by example as when Job was hit will multiple sufferings in the Bible he was able to be an example of righteous suffering to his friends. Therefore, i believe that allowing people to see growth through my own suffering will make people recognize beauty in suffering. As one who grew up in a missionary family and lived in poverty in a war-torn country the first part of my life, then spending the second half of my life working with the poor in inner-city ministry, I am constantly reminded that Jesus knew we would always have the poor with us…the broken, the weak, but even Jesus knew when to...
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...Chad Muhlbauer #462436 Legal @ Social Environment of Business Heidi Noonan-Day Section 03 Casey Anthony Trial For the past three years, people have tuned-in to television, radio, newspapers, and the internet to hear the latest news on the famous Casey Anthony trial. During June and July of 2011, there wasn't a TV station that didn't have coverage on it. It was a case many mothers and fathers could relate to because it dealt with the everlasting love between a parent and their child; or so they thought. In this paper I'm going to talk about why the jury found Casey innocent of first degree murder and what is wrong with the American Justice System that allows guilty people like her walk free. How far does reasonable doubt go? Also, I want to talk about why the case hit so close to home for many people that followed along with the case, and what needs to be done regarding child abuse laws in Florida. First off, let us get the facts of the case straight. Casey Anthony waited 31 days to report her two-year-old daughter Caylee missing, in the summer of 2008. At first she told authorities that her nanny had kidnapped her, then went back on her word and said later in the trial process that she drowned in her parents swimming pool. Casey also lied to police about having a job and made up stories about future plans she had with her daughter. Testimonies and video footage also showed Casey out shopping, drinking, and hanging with friends during the time Caylee was “missing”...
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...It is commonly used in church services. This music is written beautifully, and its sole purpose is to help the church focus on God while they are singing it. An example artist of praise and worship music is Kari Jobe. Another, rising genre of Christian music is rap. Christian rap is rhymes evangelize and preach to the world. Over the past few years, Christian rap has become more accepted in a positive way to promote a Christian culture (The Best Christain Rappers n.d.). An example of a Christian rap artist is Lacrae. His music expresses parts of his life from the past, and how he overcame his past. He is now spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ to a whole new group of people. Some of the people who might listen to his rap music may think, “How can this even be Christian music?”, but as the definition states, it’s any music that brings glory to God. In conclusion, these up and rising artists are reaching people with the gospel that have never been reached out to before, its considered to be missionary...
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...they will then need to learn about different backgrounds they may have to care for. Religious beliefs are a huge factor when patients are deciding what kind of care they want. Looking at different religions and how they perceive health and health care is very important in the learning process in how to take care of patients from different backgrounds or religions. In a comparison to Christianity: the Aboriginal faith community, Christian Science faith community, and Sikh faith community will be looked at. Aboriginal faith community includes people of Canada. They include more than fifty cultural language groups within Canada (Linda, 2009). In the Aboriginal faith community they believe health is holistic and is a balance of all aspects of life including physical, mental emotional, and spiritual. As Christians request anointing with oil during illness or when close to death Aboriginals do what is called smudging. Smudging is burning sweetgrass, sage, cedar and tobacco. Traditional healers or medicine men are the ones who perform smudging techniques. Herbs used in smudging are considered sacred herbs (Linda, 2009). Most medical treatment is generally accepted to the aboriginal people (Linda, 2009). They use western medicine as a enhancing or complement to their herbal medicine (Linda, 2009). Immediate family is included in any medical treatment decision making processes (Linda, 2009). It is asked that ceremonial practices be respected...
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...David Green, is the founder of the infamous Hobby Lobby, he opened up his first retail business in 1970 with only six hundred dollars put aside for his start up capital and flipped it into a whopping two billion per year with 434 stores in his chain. Forbes has estimated that his personal net worth is over $3 billion, these numbers giving him the title of one of the wealthiest men in the world. By society’s standards, he is regarded as a remarkable success. However, the thing that some consider to make him an even greater success is his intense commitment to presenting his faith in Jesus Christ throughout his business. From being selfless enough to spend thousands of dollars each and every year to promote Christianity in newspapers during the Easter and Christmas hours, to making sure he played Christian music in his stores,keeping his business closed on Sundays to observe the sabbath, and as a whole running his business parallel to the bible’s standards.. The motivation behind putting ads in newspapers to spread the word of God was said to have came when David Green realized the true meaning of Easter and Christmas was slowly but surely being taken away from every phase of society. His stores, Hobby Lobby, have already created and produced ads for well over 250 papers across America each week. His first ad was six inches in size and ran in 1970. Following up, two years later, he he had upgraded from the six inch to a full page for each holiday, and ever since he has taken...
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...Compare and Contrast Nature in The Task and Windsor Forest Both Windsor Forest and The Task use nature in their poems to as a means of portraying a wider political idea. However the opposing poetic princlipals behind both poets works are echoed in their potrayls. Pope celebrates the groomed, contrived garden of Windsor forest as a means to show admiration for Queen Annes rule; under her reign the garden has been ordered meticulously to reveal its true potential, a metaphor for society. In the Task Cowper celebrates pure organic nature, that has not been infiltrated by the influence of man. The untarnished countryside is illustared to be superior to the man made city, as it is closer to god; God was the creator of the country and the man made cities are threatening to undermine the entire realm. The titles of the two poems make the differences in content more explicit. Pope’s piece is primarily a quixotic descriptive piece about Windsor Forest, elevated by combing the descriptions of external nature with feelings accordant to the actual state of society. The Task is a much more unromantic, logical and sober as its title reflects. Didacticism is present in its great descriptions of natural scenery. Cowper saw clearly the actual reality of organic nature, and ignored the pruned gardens dealt with by Pope; he presents an argumentative verse rather than a panegyric like Windsor Forest. Nature for Cowper was an assertion of God and the poem seems to echo the creation story,...
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...The first half of the fourth century in Christendom was a turning point in the History of the Church; a time that brought freedom, acceptance, and even favoritism by the state to the previously persecuted and outwardly oppressed community of believers; this was heralded the age of the Emperor Constantine the Great, (312 to 337 A.D), who was both the inward life and outward strength of the Church. The Roman Catholics present him as laying the foundation for the Papacy, Protestants see him as the one responsible for leading the early Church away from the simplicity of the pure gospel and turning it into an institutional Church. Thus this short paper seeks to explore the life of Constantine and his contribution to the Christian church. Family and Birth of Constantine: Flavius Valerius Constantinus, known as Constantine the Great, was born on February 27, c. 280, in Naissus, in the province of Moesia Superior (Serbia). Constantine's mother was named Helena, described as a barmaid, and his father was a military officer named Constantius. Constantius would become the Emperor Constantius I (Constantius Chlorus) and Constantine's mother would become famous as the canonized St. Helena. Helena is thought to have found a portion of the cross of Jesus.Constantine had for siblings, three half-sister and three half-brothers, the products of his father's marriage to a second woman of less shady background than Helena's. On October 28, 312, Emperor Constantine met Emperor Maxentius, his major...
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...Terrorism 1. What is terrorism? Terrorism is hard to define. In its broadest sense terrorism can be thought of as the use or threatened use of force against civilians designed to bring about political or social change. Moreover, while we think of terrorism as being both a political and irrational act (especially suicide terrorism), terrorism can also be thought of as a rational act conducted specifically because of the impact -- fear, confusion, submission -- it will have. Given the U.S. government's pledge to wage a war against terrorism, it is important to look at its definitions. According to both the Department of Defense (DOD) and the FBI, terrorism is "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives." The DOD definition adds that a goal of terrorism can be "inculcating fear" (thus the psychological dimension), while the State Department is more elaborate, specifying that terrorism may include the use of biological, chemical or nuclear devices as well as the act of "assassination." The latter would suggest that assassinating bin Laden would be a terrorist act by our definition of the word; the former that allied forces in the fire bombings of cities in Dresden, and specifically the U.S., through its use of nuclear weapons to end World War II and of chemical weapons in Vietnam, has already engaged in terrorist...
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...prospective authors that dedicated their time to evaluate files and write about the religious situation in the country and give their general opinions on the matter. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. I want to acknowledge the lord Almighty, for the wonderful work he has done in my life and the aid he rendered me during the research of this work. PREFACE This discusses the solutions causes and effects of the ongoing religious conflict in the country. The religious conflict have taken so many loved ones and destroyed a lot of properties. The text elaborates al these and review the timeline of those events act the number of lives lost the number church and mosques destroyed all for the name of religious conflict. CHAPTER ONE 1. INTRODUCTION Nigeria is known be highly religions each of these groups has its own religious behalf and procures. Religion is the strongest element in traditional background and the greatest influence upon the thinking and living of the people concerned. According to John S. Mbiti “religion are not primarily for the individual but for his community of which he is part. Chapters of Nigerian religion are written everywhere in life of the community and in traditional society there are no irreligious people. To be human is to belong to the whole community and to do so involves participating in the beliefs, ceremonies, rituals and festivals of that community and a person cannot detach himself from the religion of his...
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