...Liberty University Biblical Worldview: How Genesis Affects My Belief System Candy Manwaring Bible 105 Professor Jason Mitchell 8 July 2015 Manwaring 2 Biblical Worldview: How Genesis Affects My Belief System The Old and New Testaments of the Bible give us literary instructions to a very clear picture of the way God intended for us to live. Through the Book of Genesis we are able to understand the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and civilization. It is also necessary to note that everyone’s worldviews may differ greatly due to personal interpretation of these scriptures. Genesis teaches me that through faith I believe the world was spoken into existence by God; I didn’t see it happen, but I believe it happened by faith. I believe that the natural world was intended to be like The Garden of Eden; a place to walk within the presence of God. I believe that we were created in God’s own image, both physically and spiritually. I believe that His creations of human beings were meant to interact with each other, and through these interaction we learn lessons, some good and some bad. I believe that through the sin committed by Adam and Eve, here marks the beginning of the decline of mankind; God’s grand experiment gone awry. Civilization will never be the same. “God created….” (Genesis 1:1). He created the world, people, animals, vegetation, and most especially, He created mankind. Only man has God’s imagine “Let us make man in our image, in our...
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...INTRODUCTION What is a worldview? A worldview is how a person see's the world around them and forms the basis on which making decisions and judgments. This picture defines the world around how the romans have four questions: the question of the natural world, the question of human identity, the question of human relationships, and the question of roman culture. THE NATURAL WORLD The New Testament symbolizes God's plan for the natural world is in the Romans 8:19-23. It depicts the apocalyptic symbolizes the end of history God will stop and renew the damage not only to humanity, but even to nature itself. For the average person, the word “apocalypse” means the end of the world. Apocalypses view the present as corrupted by sin and in contrast which is going to happen in a perfect world or age of glory and righteousness.1 Nevertheless, Gnostic writings biblical apocalypses Daniel, Isaiah 24-27,65-66, and Revelation and not all Jewish apocalypses view present material world damaged by sin, but not inherently evil. Besides, they look to not the eventual demise of the material world, but to its end and liberation from damage cause by sin. The early Jewish leaders used apocalypses to their struggle with the problems of evil and that God would make things right before the end of history. They expressed concern for nature by stressing that the natural world was created by God and is under God’s hands. Human sins and fallen angels have violated the earth and caused some aspects...
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...Throughout Genesis 1-11, the natural world is described from it’s creation in chapter 1, to it’s near destruction in chapters 6 through 8. As the creation of the earth is described in chapter 1, you cannot help but be amazed at its complexity. In only six days, God created light, water, land, lights from the heavens to separate day and night, sea and flying creatures and finally, animals and man. On the seventh day, he rested. Just in this first chapter of the first book of the Bible, we see an entire planet spoken into existence in a matter of six days. The first man created, is Adam, who was formed from dust, made in Gods image. Eve was then created as a partner from Adam, also created in the image of God. She was created from Adams rib. She was not taken from any bone in his head, not to be above him, or from his feet, not being below him. She was taken from his side, signifying that she is his equal and partner. Another significant event in Genesis concerning the natural world, is the flood. God nearly destroyed the earth. Anyone who refused to believe the prophecy given by Noah was wiped out. God used this to rid the earth of excessive sin. However, after the flood, God made a covenant with Noah to never flood the earth again. Human Identity On the sixth day of creation, God made man in his image and likeness. Many people are confused by the phrase ‘made in God’s image’. The most natural reaction is to believe that humans physically resemble God. However, upon studying...
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...Honglin Gong Mr. Timothy Faber BIBL 105 B05 24 September 2014 Essay 3 After finishing reading Bible, I am aware of the importance of diligence and the negative effect of being lazy. As a Christian, I strongly recommend that people should follow what the Bible has told us and listen to our God’s commands. Because the knowledge that Bible gives us will have a good and profound influence on our lives and help us out in many situations. During the process of reading Bible, we may gain much wisdom that will be helpful in our daily life. Also, God will see us that we are diligent in following his words and he will bless us in the future life. However, if we choose laziness when we are walking with God, he could penalize us because of the laziness that we have and let us fall into a much deeper sin. So Hebrew tells us about the good results of being diligent in our walk with Christ and it also points out the negative effects of laziness. “A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied”. (Proverb 13:4) This is a scripture that I quoted from the Proverb 13:4. The writer of Proverbs, Solomon, pointed out that being diligent in our daily life would fulfill our life with wisdom and we would never feel empty everyday. We can receive plenty of knowledge and wisdom if we are hard working and diligent in finishing our daily tasks. However, laziness is a bad habit that we should overcome in our life. Bible tells us that, “The way of the sluggard...
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...Liberti Todd BIBLE 105 September 28, 2014 Diligence and Laziness vs. Wisdom and Folly The believer is called to live a life that is above reproach. While that does not mean the believer will never stumble it does mean that the believer is to live life wisely. There should always be a difference between the lifestyle of a Christ follower and an unbeliever; the life of someone that has been transformed is not common but carful and consistent with their change. Evidence of thought plus attention to certain actions are what help the believer to stand out in the world, there is a call to diligence and wisdom as opposed to living life lazy and imprudent. Although there are similarities between diligence and wisdom, laziness and folly, there are differences as well; observing scripture and context each will be addressed in this essay. Solomon, the wisest man in the bible, was the author of the book of Proverbs. The book goes into great detail about the difference in outcome for the diligent and wise man compared to the lazy and foolish man. It is imperative for every believer to read and study the book of Proverbs in depth to understand the sayings and to be able to apply it to their lives. Interesting enough the Hebrew teaching on diligence show the blessings of the Lord flowing on those that to choose to obey; blessings do not just flow on the believer but also the unbeliever as well. The dictionary definition of the word diligence is “constant and earnest effort to accomplish...
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...Ryan Prescott Ms. Barron April 4, 2013 “Night” Essay Opposing Views on Survival in “Night” In a time of need some people look to get help from others, while other people try to only look out for themselves. There are many other ways when faced with trouble, but when one boils it down these two are encompass most of the ideas. In the book Night by Wiesel it shows the differentiation of how people act when they arte close to death, or in a struggle. The book Night, along with the Bible, gives examples of either depending on the community or depending on oneself. The first option that is seen in both the Bible and Night is to live as an individual. This was common for many Jews during the time of the Holocaust. This was the result of people not being able to trust one another, but also it shows people’s greed. Wiesel tells many stories about how people have been hardened to the point that they will do anything in order to help themselves. Elie Wiesel is faced with this problem when he has to take care of his father. He is given the advice, “listen to me, boy. Don’t forget that you are in a concentration camp. Here, every man has to fight for himself, and not think of others. Even of his father. Here there are no fathers, no brothers, no friends. Everyone lives and dies for himself alone.” (Wiesel 105). He starts to believe that he cannot help both of them survive, but only can help himself. He only believes this for short periods of time, but it shows that even the strongest...
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...Caleb Smith Dr. Fuhr BIBL 105-D01 3 November, 2014 Genesis Essay 1 Genesis 1-11 describes and defines most of the core concepts of the Bible and describes God as the creator of the universe. These scriptures give us our first glimpse at God and his characteristics, and the origin of our world. By teaching these two very important concepts we are able to take away a lot from that. We can understand how we are to treat the world, treat others, how we are to interact with God and who we are as both individuals and as a society or civilization. One of the most prominent and obvious themes of these first chapters is how God created the world. The Bible teaches that the world was created in a quite literal and physical way. Infact the very first verse in the entire Bible says, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” (Gen 1:1) This really leaves nothing up to interpretation. Within six full twenty-four hour days, God had created everything, including humans, animals, stars and planets. Then on the seventh day He rested, and he blessed that day and called it holy and instructed us to set it aside for rest as well. “By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.” (Gen 2:2-3) God said to let everything that he created reproduce after its own kind, plants, animals...
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...Tyesha Richard July 5, 2013 BIBL 105 Essay 1 Natural World, Human Identity, Human Relationships, and Civilization throughout the Bible God is the creator of all things. He created the heavens and the earth. God created the natural world. Genesis 1:1 states, “In the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth (NIV)”. On the first day, God created light. He created light to separate day from night. The second day God created the sky and the ocean. “And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water. So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it” (Genesis 1:6-7). This is how God created the sky. On the third day, God created the dry ground and He called it land. He created land so there would be vegetation (Genesis 1:12). God then created the sun, moon, and stars on the fourth day. He wanted to distinguish day and night by creating the sun and moon. “God made two great lights, the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night” (Genesis, 1:16). God then created the birds of the sky and the fishes of the sea on the fifth day. On the sixth day, God created animals and man. God wanted to make man in His own image. The fact that man is the pinnacle of God’s creative work is evident from his designation as God’s image bearer (pg.55). Man was to take care of the earth, to rule over the fishes of the sea, the birds in the sky, and the animals in the land. Man and woman were given...
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...To Understand Islam and how it is being practiced and envisioned in the East and the West, we must know Prophet Muhammad’s personality and his beliefs. The foundation of his message was the belief in the unity the only one God. “And there is none that could be comparable unto Him” (Quran QXP 112:4). The West is an established civilization with a hierarchy of government that the majority of citizens trust to represent their ideas and wishes. However, the Muslim nations are not democratic, and most, if not all, are authoritarian and not representative of Islam. For this reason and among others, teaching’s of Islam is practiced differently in different countries and cultures, especially the in the East vs the West. We must also consider culture and how it influences the practice of laws of Islam. For example, women wear different forms of burka in different regions of the world, such as the one in Saudi Arabia, and this by itself represents repression of women to the eyes of others and thought of as strict laws of Islam. In fact, the burka has been worn 1000’s year before Islam was founded. Therefore, culture and politics has be separated from the practice of Islam in order to understand the true meaning of the religion. One of the main factors that adds to having a different image of Islam is that many do not understand the differences and similarities between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are monotheistic religions and they all started and...
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...religions in practicing their religions use rituals, sermons, commemorations or veneration of a deity, gods or goddesses, sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trance, initiations, funerary services, matrimonial services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, public, service or other aspects of human culture. Satanism on the one hand does not fall short of these crucial parts of any religious ceremonies. Anton Szandor LaVey author of Satanic Bible and founder of Satanism explain that serious rituals and ceremonies are held when initiating new members as well as sustaining the old members. Petersen, J. A. (2000:105) explains that the rituals performed by Satanists do not in any way differ from those conducted by other religions. This particular aspect of Satanism makes it qualify to be a religion in its own context and not just a counterfeit faith. Another factor which makes Satanism qualify as a religion is its use of a sacred satanic bible. Like many religions around the globe that are guided by written codes of conduct for instance the Holy bible for the Christians and the Quran for the Muslims, Satanism as a religion equally has a written down code of conduct handed from its founder and author...
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...Tori Cisney L23872846 BIBL 105-001 18 September 2013 Genesis 1-11 Essay English Standard Version A biblical worldview is based on the infallible Word of God. It the practice of living out what the Bible teaches. Genesis one through eleven is the basic framework for the creation of the universe. These chapters describe how the natural world is a fallen world. They also explain that every human’s identity is in Christ, and the affects that the fallen world has on human relationships. Chapter eleven in Genesis explains how people forget their judgement so quickly and return to their crimes and idols. Genesis one, three, and six portrays the world at a fallen state. God created the universe with perfection. Each day, He created something new on the Earth and saw that they were all good. He created man in His image,” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Gen 1:27). But, the earth instantly became a fallen world, beginning in Genesis 3. As a result of Adam's sin in the sixth verse of chapter three, the world has to encounter sickness, sorrow, evil and death. Everyone is born into the world with a sinful nature. So, nobody is born innocent and pure, but have the inbuilt desire to sin. God’s plan was to create a world for the humans He created with creature righteousness to dwell in His presence. But, because of this new fallen state, God’s judgement is upon man, woman, nature, and Satan...
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...religions in practicing their religions use rituals, sermons, commemorations or veneration of a deity, gods or goddesses, sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trance, initiations, funerary services, matrimonial services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, public, service or other aspects of human culture. Satanism on the one hand does not fall short of these crucial parts of any religious ceremonies. Anton Szandor LaVey author of Satanic Bible and founder of Satanism explain that serious rituals and ceremonies are held when initiating new members as well as sustaining the old members. Petersen, J. A. (2000:105) explains that the rituals performed by Satanists do not in any way differ from those conducted by other religions. This particular aspect of Satanism makes it qualify to be a religion in its own context and not just a counterfeit faith. Another factor which makes Satanism qualify as a religion is its use of a sacred satanic bible. Like many religions around the globe that are guided by written codes of conduct for instance the Holy bible for the Christians and the Quran for the Muslims, Satanism as a religion equally has a written down code of conduct handed from its founder and author...
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...ESSAY 1 BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW Sarah Leduc BIBL 105 11/3/2014 Genesis 1-11 describes the beginning of all creation. It depicts the building blocks for all mankind, in regards to the natural world, human identity, human relationships and civilization. The scriptures guide us through life; teaching us how to view the world, humanity and God the Creator of all. It helps us to understand the function of the world or God’s initial intended function. The natural world was formed in six days by a triune God. We are told through the scriptures that the “earth was without form, and void” (Genesis 1:2NJKV), it was by the power of the voice of God that the world came into existence. Through this we find the separation between God and His creation; that he is the origin of all living things and ultimately the one in control. He separated the light from darkness, water from land and day from night. He placed all living creatures on the land, in the sky and in the sea. The theory of evolution is disproved within the six days of creation when God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so.” (Genesis 1:11 NKJV). Every plant, animal and human were called to produce according to its own kind, therefore, not being able to evolve from a lower life form. The Bible teaches us that on the seventh day God rested. After speaking the world and all its inhabitants...
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...“Living in Poverty” Poverty is known all over the world. It can strike you, it can beat you or you can be lucky enough to defeat it. Poverty is fluctuating periods that somehow never are welcome. In the essay “Living in Poverty” written by Richard Wright we hear about his own experiences through poverty which he was born into in 1958. The main character’s father worked as a coal miner and his mother as a shop worker in a department store. Through the essay we follow this character, first known as the blackest five-year-old-boy in their street, then as a teenager, and in the final part as an adult educated man. The writer uses a lot of coloured and offensive adjectives through the essay which give the readers a more intensive and exciting experience. It gives the story life and meaning while the readers create more powerful images in their heads. You can for example see that on page 8, line 71-72: “Home was warm, school was stimulating and challenging”. Furthermore, the writer sometimes uses humor and on page 8, line 60-69 you can see that. At the same page line 79-82 we see another example on that: “...I fell in love with Bible stories and colourful pictures, although I wasn’t entirely convinced about virgin births, miracles and risers from the dead.” Even though it is noticeable statements you can’t avoid reading it with a smile on your lips. This technique also gives the reader a more thrilling experience and in this occasion the writer wants to lighten the story up, in...
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...Identification of the Ethic Ethics can be defined as a reflection of rules and norms, virtues and role models that give orientation to human decisions. The supreme aim of moral action thereby is to lead a good and decent life individually as well as in community (Gabriel, 2013, p.98). I chose Love as my ethic because I agree with Fletcher in that it is the most powerful and important force on earth. Love can move mountains, for the better or the worse. Love is the most important force in my life and I believe it is in most peoples’ lives. One of my favorite quotes is “A life without love is no life at all” by Leonardo Da Vinci. There are four working principles he assumed before setting out the theory of Situational Ethics, which include: Pragmatism, Relativism, Positivism, and Personalism. Pragmatism states that the course of action to be taken must be practical and work. Relativism states that there are no fixed laws which must be obeyed within this ethic. Positivism states the person must freely believe in the Christian concept of agape love which forms the basis of the ethic. Personalism states that people come before rules or ideals in a society, as reflected in his statement, “Man was not made for the Sabbath” (Wilkens, 2011, p.168). The ethic reviewed in the exposition, and the ethic that Fletcher believes is all encompassing is love. Love; however, is a situational ethic according to Fletcher. This is a deceptively simple ethic in the way that love can...
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