...DEISM TABLE OF CONTENT INTRODUCTION………………………………………...………………………………………3 SUMMARY OF DEISM…………………….……………………………...…………………….3 FLAWS OF DEISM………………………..………...…………………………………………...4 PROPOSED PLAN IN SHARING THE GOSPEL……….……………….....…………………...5 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………………………6 BIBLIOGRAPHY……………………………………...………………………………………….7 INTRODUCTION Hindson and Caner states, “Worldview is the framework of beliefs by which a person views the world around him.” Everyone has a worldview whether they realize it or not. We all have a presupposition or bias as to how we interpret the world and reality. Worldview is the translation of the German word Weltanschauung, which means “perception of the world”. Worldview affects the way we determine truth, view of reality, and relationship with God, human rights, morals, our divine purpose and creation. Individuals who hold a proper worldview command an orthodox for truth, logic, and reason. Deism is the worldview that I will summarize, discuss the flaws within this worldview and propose a plan of sharing the Gospel with a member of Deism. SUMMARY OF DEISM Deism is the worldview that suggests there is a God, however, He is not interested nor invested in the world. It negates all the miracles and healings discussed in the Bible. If God is not concerned about those in the world, He could not have performed the miracles or healings. Deism states God is not concerned about mankind. Therefore, mankind is not held accountable...
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...Peace Child Don Richardson Online Information For the online version of BookRags' Peace Child Premium Study Guide, including complete copyright information, please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-peace-child/ Copyright Information ©2000-2007 BookRags, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections of this BookRags Premium Study Guide is offprint from Gale's For Students Series: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Works: Introduction, Author Biography, Plot Summary, Characters, Themes, Style, Historical Context, Critical Overview, Criticism and Critical Essays, Media Adaptations, Topics for Further Study, Compare & Contrast, What Do I Read Next?, For Further Study, and Sources. ©1998-2002; ©2002 by Gale. Gale is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Gale and Design® and Thomson Learning are trademarks used herein under license. The following sections, if they exist, are offprint from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: "Social Concerns", "Thematic Overview", "Techniques", "Literary Precedents", "Key Questions", "Related Titles", "Adaptations", "Related Web Sites". © 1994-2005, by Walton Beacham. The following sections, if they exist, are offprint from Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults: "About the Author", "Overview", "Setting", "Literary Qualities", "Social Sensitivity", "Topics for Discussion", "Ideas for Reports and Papers". © 1994-2005, by Walton Beacham. All other sections in...
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...Book Report 3 I – Information about the Book Name of the book: Kane Chronicles 1 – The Red Pyramid Author of the book: Rick Riordan Summary of the book: Since their mother’s death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives. Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them--Set--has his sights on the Kanes. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs. II – Personal Summarization When Julius Kane tries to summon Osiris through the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum, he also releases Set, the Egyptian god of chaos, who seals him in a coffin, as his children Sadie and Carter Kane watch. He also releases the other children of the Demon Days:Nephthys, Isis, Horus, and Osiris. The British police come to Carter and Sadie's grandparents' home, as Carter is with Sadie because of the twice-a-year visit, and question Carter and...
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...maybe when things just were not going the way you wanted, and thought “God what are you doing?” I can tell you I have many times. In fact I am going through that in my life right now. Today I was told that I was being kicked out of my house. I was also told I was being taken off of my parents insurance, car insurance, and phone policy. Today I looked up in the sky and asked “God what are you doing?” As I read through the story of the Israelites and how they wanted a king even though God had other plans I realized thats sort of like what I am going through. Key terms: God, Israel, king, plans Discussion of Key Terms The Israelites wanted a king and they made that very clear to God. Through Samuel, God told the Israelites that he pretty much had other plans. Although, like most humans, they didn’t understand why God was doing what he was doing. Why didn’t God just give them a king like all the other nations? The Israelites didn’t think God was a good enough king for them and wanted someone else to be appointed as king. Proverbs 16:9 says “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” I think this verse displace what happens perfectly. Eventually God decided to give the Israelites what they wanted but God still had a plan. Saul was the perfect king, or so the Israelites thought. He was a strong, attractive man and a brave warrior but Saul and the Israelites did not want to listen to God. The Essence of the Old Testament page 166 state “Saul’s disobedience...
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...“‘Texts explore, support or subvert notions of identity.’ Discuss this statement making detailed reference to the excerpt from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros.” • The except “The Three Sisters” is chapter 41 from the novel The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros published in 1984. • The chapter starts of by talking about three sisters, aunts, and they are las comadres and that is a Spanish term given to Godmother, ‘one with laughter like tin and on with eyes of a cat and one with hands like porcelain’. This gave a thought of maybe witches and further research of the novel/chapter reveals that they are representations of the “three fates” of ancient mythology and these are women who decide, death, birth and lengths of lives. • Lucy and Rachel’s baby sister died, and there was wake or a viewing that happened in their home, ‘anybody who had ever wondered what color the walls were came and came to look at that little thumb of a human in a box like candy’. • Esperanza then makes a wishes and the sister who had ‘marble hands’ called her over to tell her something. o “When you leave you must remember to come back for the others. A circle, understand? You will always be Esperanza. You will always be Mango Street. You can’t erase what you know. You can’t forget who you are. … You must remember to come back. For the ones who cannot leave as easily as you.” • “The story approaches the fantastical here (in Esperanza’s point of view), as the sisters seem to read...
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...Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII was the first pope to try and bring the Roman Catholic Church into harmony with the modern world. He continued the efforts of his predecessor Pius IX to gain independence for the Vatican from Italy. It could be argued that Christianity Survived through Pope Leo XIII because of his political and social work. Pope Leo XIII’s real name was Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci. He was born on March 2, 1810, in Carpineto, Italy. Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci was the sixth of the seven sons of Count Lodovico Pecci. When he was eight he and his brother, Giuseppe were sent to study at the Jesuit school in Viterbo. After Leaving the Jesuit school he took up the study of theology. In 1832 he obtained the doctorate of theology. He then went to the Academy of Noble Ecclesiastics, and started studying canon and civil law at the Sapienza University. He began his career as an official of the civil administration of the Papal States, and was appointed priest in 1837. He was promoted often; in 1840 he was made governor of Perugia. In 1843 he was made Nuncio to Belgium, and Bishop of Perugia in 1846. In 1853, he was made Cardinal. Cardinal Pecci was not in like by the papal court because as nuncio he earned the disapproval of the Metternich. He did, however, prove himself to be a good bishop by creating many practical reforms for his diocese that he would later promote as pope. During the hard years of King Victor Emmanuel’s occupation of the Papal...
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... Gods Odin Odin was the king of gods and Thor and Loki’s father. He was a very noble man. He sacrificed one of his eyes so he could be intelligent. The Saxons called him Wodin. 1 Thor Thor was the god of lightning and thunder. It was believed that when Thor rode his chariot lightning would come and if he hit his axe thunder would come. Thor’s chariot was rode by a pair of goats. Thor was Loki’s half brother. 2 Loki Loki was the god of mischeve. He was the one who caused the death of Thor’s son [Baulder]. Loki was also the god of fire 3 Frey Frey was the god of fertility. Frey gave peace and pleasure to his disciples. Frey was especially prayed to in Sweden. Frey had a chariot which two boars pulled. 4 Norse Levels In Viking times there were three levels. One was called the Land of the Dead which is where the dead people went. The second level was Midgard and that was the earth. The third level was Asgard and that was where the gods lived. 5 Valhalla Valhalla was heaven to the Viking’s. It was where Viking’s had big feast’s and Odin was the ruler. Valhalla had big gates which had carvings of Viking gods. 6 VIKING WORD SEARCH A L F M S O R R G K E M A I Y Q R O H T D T V X I M I R C P B O E S K D Z Y N I O L J N R W U A Viking Quiz 1. Who were the Viking Gods ? 2. Where did they come from ? 3. Give one god of the Viking Gods. 4....
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...Various Types of News Structure 1. Straight News Story a. The summary lead answers the most important W’s depending on which of the W’s is the most prominent among them. b. The body consists of the elaboration of the W’s and the H. The Torres Goldies ripped the Laurel Greenies last week at the High School oval because of better team work, 65-60. (Lead) The Torres team was composed of Antonio Oropeza, captain; Rogelio Romero, forward; Seki Santos, and Dioscoro Reyes, guards.(Elaboration of the WHO) The game was held in the evening of Sept.10 in connection with the celebration of Barangay Day. The Greenies’ defeat was the first they suffered in the current invitational games. (Elaboration of the WHEN and WHO) The Goldies played smoothly. They did not shoot for the basket until they were near it. The cheering squads kept the players’ morale high.(Elaboration of the HOW) Although the final score was 65-60, there were times when the lead of the Goldies was as much as 10 points. (Further elaboration) B. News-Feature Story News-Feature should not be confused with the feature articles (features) which are sometimes called special features and printed in the features sections of the newspapers of in the magazines. Human interest and news-feature stories are classified as news since both are gathered and written daily by reporters as their regular assignments. Furthermore, both emphasize the elements of timeliness or immediacy which distinguishes news from other types of...
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...S Summary of Agamemnon Summary of Agamemnon THE AGAMEMNON OF AESCHYLUS First part of “The Serpent Son” Prologue: The Watchman on the roof of the Palace of Agamemnon at Mycenae presents the facts. He has been watching a year for the fire signal that will announce Troy’s capture, and all is not well within the house. He sees the beacon at last and will tell Clytemnestra, Agamemnon’s wife. He rejoices at the news for it means his master will be coming home. Parodos or Entry of the Choros, who are Elders of Argos, counsellors to the Queen Regent. They chant about the expedition against Troy. The sons of Atreus (Agamemnon and Menelaus) are seen as birds whose nest has been robbed by the stealing of Helen. Par is who stole her thereby offended against Zeus, the God of the host and guest. With legal images the old men say that Paris will be punished. They themselves were too old to go to war ten years ago; like the old man in the Sphynx’s riddle they lean on staffs. Clytemnestra enters with slaves to make sacrifice at the altars; the choros ask her why sacrifices are being made but she ignores them and does not answer. The choros continue with the first Ode, a song about Aulis and what happened there, The omen of the pregnant hare attacked by the eagles: Calchas the prophet interpreted it to mean that Troy would fall but that the goddess Artemis will try to prevent the destruction of Troy. The sons of Atreus, he said, must not annoy the gods. There...
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...2 Esdras Summary: The book of 2 Edras starts with Ezra receiving a prophetic call from God. He explains that God is upset with Israel because as time goes on, they keep on sinning. He continues and says that they are going to be driven out of their land and that there will be a people coming from the East (1:38). His prophecy ends with God saying that he will judge Israel and protect the church that is to come. Then there is a cut and we jump into Ezra’s discussions with the angel Uriel, and he his three visions. Ezra talks about two main things, the first being his struggle with sin and how God is disappointed with Israel. The next big topic is Ezra’s visions about things to come and the end times. Ezra struggles to grasp God’s decisions and actions and Uriel makes it clear that man cannot comprehend God’s actions. The last two chapters of the book talk about God’s judgment on people and cities that oppose him, such as Babylon. From here, the writer encourages believers to stay strong for there is much persecution to come. Date and Evaluation: Many scholars believe that 2 Esdras wasn’t written by Ezra or during the time he was alive, but rather the book was written by Christians in the first and second century A.D. After reading through this book I understand that the author has many questions about why things are what they are. We read over and over again that “Ezra” is disturbed by questions about God’s chosen people and sin. More than this, I see that Ezra really respects...
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...many ‘Worldviews’ regarding religion. The topic of this paper will discuss the Worldview known as Islam. Islam claims to be the only true religion, bringing the purest message of Allah and could have succeeded. This paper will contain a summary of Islam, a critique, a plan as to how Christians can share the gospel and a conclusion. Summary of the Worldview of Islam Islam, to surrender, is a worldview religion founded by Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn “Abd al Muttalib ibn Hashim; or more commonly known, Muhammad. Isalam is a religion based on one man’s vision, one man’s experience. Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, is believed to be the last prophet of Allah (God). To understand Islam is to get to now its founder, Muhammad; as well as his life changing visions. Muhammad was forty years old when he experienced his first vision. It is said that Muhammad had a vision that he was visited by the angel Gabriel. In this vision Gabriel said that all the religions of the world were not only wrong and corrupted. In this vision Gabriel also said that the message of God was corrupted by man and he would be Gods messenger. Muhammad was going to receive the message from God. Muhammad was not only going to receive the message from God, but he was also going to record this message and bring it to man; to bring people back to the true path. Muhammad went through a series of seizure-like episodes that revealed this message. The visions are recorded in the Qur’an, the Islamic...
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...we ask for your continued grace as we study these passages from Isaiah and learn what it is that you wish for your Church to take from the prophetic nature found in this ancient song sung by the prophet about your vineyard. Let your Holy Spirit guide us through this lesson and the study of your Holy Word. Amen. As we delve into this particular passage of Scripture you will notice that Isaiah weaves the two basic themes of judgment and salvation interchangeably throughout the accounts recorded in this prophecy. By using the agrarian image of the vineyard, in these two pericopes (which are sections of a whole), Isaiah makes a perfect case in point of God’s continued grace in the accomplishment of His divine will in all circumstances. Summary Statement: The objective of this lesson is to understand Isaiah’s creative use of the prophetic language in this image of the vineyard in order to teach the Church that through God’s judgment, which is richly deserved by all, they can be comforted to experience God’s overwhelming grace and salvation. The Parable Explained There are many different views when it comes to identifying the genre, or literary type, of this prophecy. The majority of which lie in how the original language and to be more precise how each particular term used by the prophet is translated and understood. According to the scholars this pericope has an abundance of “word plays…. [Used] to proclaim Yahweh’s message.” Isaiah has a difficult message to push to those...
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...APOLOGETICS Michael V. Galarneau Jr. Introduction to Apologetics APOL 500 September 9, 2012 Contents Introduction 1 Summary of Evidential Apologetics 1 Critique of Evidential Apologetics 2 Proponents of Evidential Apologetics 3 Conclusion 3 Bibliography 4 Introduction Apologetics has a long history within Christianity. The term, itself, comes from the Greek word apologia which is found in 1 Peter 3:15 giving apologetics a biblical origin. Peter’s call for believers to “make a defense (apologia)” is the heart of Christian Apologetics. The idea is that, in the face of unbelief and persecution, Christians need to be ready to defend or argue for their belief in Christ. Put a little more plainly, apologetics is “defending Christianity in the context of an unbelieving and skeptical world.” Apologetics comes in many forms or styles that can by generally categorized as one of two differing styles: positive apologetics (“presents the truth of Christ”) or polemics (“proclaims the errors of all other systems”). Within the two styles of apologetics, there are many different approaches to or uses of them. This paper will focus on just one of the many Apologetic Methods: Evidentialism, with the purpose of providing an analysis of the evidential approach to apologetics. Summary of Evidential Apologetics Evidential Apologetics is a form of positive apologetics that is actually a sub-genre of the Classical Apologetics...
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...Contrast religion Part I Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religions with sacred writings dating back to1400 to 1500 B.C. It has over a billion followers and it is the third largest religion in the world with the majority of its followers being from India. Hinduism is known to have no precise instant of origin or initiator. “Hinduism is a system that attempts to maintain a complex polytheism on the one hand, and an earth-based worship of nature on the other” (Ed Hindson, 2008). Hinduism follows many sacred texts such as the Bhagavad Gita, Brahmanas, Sutras and the Aranyakas. Hinduism follows a monotheistic principle of Brahman, that the universe is one divine entity and that all of reality is a unity. There are three main deities, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva forming a visualized triad. “The central principle of Hindu morality is the idea of dharma, which teaches that each person has his own duties and responsibilities in life” (Stuart). Morality in Hinduism is realistic. Its purpose is to cleanse an individual’s spirit from unwanted requests to achieve numinous perception. Hindus believe in Karma when good is done positive Karma is gained and when bad is done negative Karma is gained. The negative and positive actions follow you not only in this lifetime but in all lifetimes in the belief of reincarnation. “Hindus believe that no particular religion teaches the only way to salvation above all others, but that all genuine religious paths are facets of God's Pure...
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...son of Nahor, the brother of Abraham. It tells of his trials at the hands of God, his theological discussions with friends on the origins and nature of his suffering, his challenge to God, and finally a response from God. The Book itself comprises a didactic poem set in a prose frame and has been called “the most profound and literary work of the entire Old Testament”. The Book itself and its numerous exegeses are attempts to address the problem of evil. II. Summary There was a man named Job, living in the land of Uz, who worshipped God and was faithful to him. He was a good man, careful not to do anything evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants and was the richest man in the East. Job’s sons used to take turns giving a feast, to which all the others would come, and they always invited their three sisters to join them. The morning after each feast, Job would get up early and offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally. All of a sudden Job’s possessions are destroyed and a ruach (wind) causes the house of the firstborn to collapse killing all of Job’s offspring who where gathered for a feast. Job does not curse God after this but instead shaves his head, tears his clothes and says, “Naked I came...
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