...In the Supreme Court case of Trinity Lutheran Church V. Comer, the case is based on a preschool in Missouri that is in involved with the Trinity Lutheran Church. Trinity Lutheran Church is in need of support in making sure that the students are protected. The Church desires to request for state funding which will renovate the playground with rubber from recycled tires. The preschool met all the requirements for the fund and was chosen fifth out of forty-four applicants. The state funding is dispersed to fourteen schools, but revoked Trinity Lutheran’s approval due to its religious involvement. The state of Missouri does want its funding to be linked to a religious affiliation. This case began five years ago, 2012, when Trinity Lutheran requested the state for money to resurface the playground with recycled rubber from tire. The objective of the tires resurfacing the playground works as a dual win situation for the environment. It would clear...
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...IMPLEMENTING TECHNOLOGY UPDGRADES AT TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL Prepared for Jill M. Braun Director of Educational Technology for Trinity Lutheran Church & School Prepared by Mark D. Davidson Administrative Assistant August 30, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iv INTRODUCTION 1 TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION PLAN 1 TECHNOLOGY BUDGET 2 TECHNOLOGY INVENTORY 3 TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES 3 CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER 4 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 5 POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 7 REFERENCES 8 FIGURES Figure 1: Technology Decision-Making Cycle 1 Figure 2: Breakdown of technology budget by category 2 Figure 3: Computer devices used at Trinity Lutheran School 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This proposal discusses the benefits of implementing technology upgrades at Trinity Lutheran Church and School through the addition of computers and Chromebooks for students to use during classroom instruction, through increased bandwidth to allow the internet to work faster and more efficiently for both students and staff, and how developing a position for a full-time technology coach or Chief Technology Officer on staff to help with maintaining the current technology infrastructure of Trinity Lutheran Church and School, along with providing continuing education can aid the teachers in providing a more professional...
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...Brenna Kern TH109 Final Exam 1. According to Catholic belief, a human person consists of a body and soul, both of which were made specifically for each and every one of us. Humans were created in the image and likeness of God and are to partake in God’s immortal life. However, to do so, we as humans must be able to love and must be open to accepting God. What distinguishes a human from an animal is that we have personal freedom to make decisions, also known as “free will” and are able to rationalize. The soul that is within us is the “mysterious power of life” (Albl, 176) that is given to us at birth directly by God himself. Anthropological Dualism, divides the human body and soul, and views the body as just a “housing” for the soul. This view would portray that the soul is not a necessity for our identity as a human. Conversely, Christian anthropology believes that the human body and soul are to be together, as a whole, and the soul would not be complete without the individual body it was created for. Christians believe that even after death, we will eventually be unified with our unique soul. As humans, our ultimate destiny is to be sorry for our wrong doing and fully accept God into our bodies and souls. We are to choose God, give ourselves to him, rely on him, and be open and honest with him. However, our salvation is not only within ourselves but relies on our faith in Christ. Through purgatory we can continue to “cleanse” ourselves of our wrong doing before...
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...true. Take for instance the foundation that these two religions are founded on. Christianity was founded solely upon the Holy Scriptures, whereas Catholicism was based on the doctrines taught by Popes and Bishops. With foundations so different it can only be assumed that the beliefs would be different as well. There are several main differences between Catholicism and Christianity: how they perceive the Bible, Salvation, Baptism, the Holy Trinity and evolution. “The Bible is the sole authority for Christian beliefs and practices. The Catholic Church stresses a balance between Biblical support and the tradition of the Church itself.” (Robinson, June). This difference is based on the foundations of the religion itself. Christians believe that all rules of faith have to come from the Holy Bible, which is the written Word of God. They also believe that the Bible is authoritative and clear, and it can be read and understood by anyone who chooses to read it. In the Catholic faith, knowledge is passed down from Popes and Bishops through the church which is then taught to the people of the religion. There are scriptures with these subjects in them, but they are not accessible to all people of the faith. “The Scriptures are inaccessible because only the magisterium (Popes or Bishops) is able to establish the authentic meaning. Similarly the contents of Sacred Tradition can only be known through the magisterium.” (Mizzi, n.d.) Salvation is a common term between Christianity and Catholicism...
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...Seamands starts off the chapter discussing how the church refers emotionally distressed persons to therapists without giving them the opportunity to heal within the community. "the heart of God is home, where the humble and wise learn to shepherd those on the path behind them, where trusting strugglers lock arms with others as together they journey on." (Kindle Locations 269-270). Humans are created for relationship, since they are “created in the image of the triune God.” Trinity and Personhood The concept of the Trinity poses God as three distinct persons working in partnership as one being. Because we are made in the image of God, we are also born relational by nature. We still maintain our own distinct uniqueness, we are also bond to others in relationship. Even though this doesn’t always happen, we are created this way. “But the Trinity not only reveals that persons are essentially relational, it also discloses characteristics that define healthy interpersonal relationships.” (Kindle Locations 303-304) We can learn how to maintain healthy relationships by identifying the characteristics of the triune God. “Mark Shaw delineates four characteristics that define fine the relationships between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit: (1) full equality, (2) glad submission, (3) joyful intimacy and (4) mutual deference.” (Kindle Location 305)....
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...doctrines of the church are teachings of the scriptures and give answers to fundamental questions of life. “The trinity” and “The full deity and humanity of Christ” are such doctrines. The trinity basically is a belief that God exists in a trio form namely God the father, son and Holy Spirit. The full deity and humanity of Christ refers to the existence of the Son of God in two forms as human and as God. The trinity shows how the attributes of God are shown with the three forms he is. The trinity was a doctrine developed in the early church to answer the frequently asked questions about the nature of God. This was mostly in Arianism in the attempt to protect monotheism. God is believed be three persons in one essence. Theology however explains the trinity as a way of denying the oneness and uniqueness of God. The statement that there is only one God is seriously opposed in the trinity aspect. The doctrine of the trinity plays a major role amongst Christians today. Just as God is three in one, Christians are encouraged to employ the system of togetherness as no man can stand alone. It even presents a better argument that even God is three in one. This is often mistaken making understanding the trinity a hard task for believers. It involves careful concideration of the bibles analysis and faith to understand how God is both one and three. Basically, the trinity can be understood by reading the scriptures. Once all these is relevant to a person then the concept of the trinity is easier...
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... TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ii Old Testament Texts Relating to Missions 1 New Testament Texts Relating to Missions 2 The Nature of God and Missions 3 Two Aspects of Missions Theology: Ecclesiology and the Trinity 4 Two Key Motifs of Mission Theology 5 Mission Theology and a Missionary, Church Leaders, and Lay People 6 Bibliography 7 i Introduction What is theology? According to a theological dictionary, it is simply the study of God and His creation. After the fall of Lucifer and his angels and then the fall of mankind, God had a plan in motion for Satan demise and the salvation of man. Theology, etymologically comes two Greek words theos (God) and logos (reason or speech), meaning a rational Study of God.1 The theology of missions is a disciplined study of the nature of God, creation of the world, the church, and the interactions of these three.2 Having an interest in missions came from being in a missions minded church. We have had many “go out” from our parish over the years. This paper is an attempt to show how mission theology relates to Scripture and the nature of God, using other areas of theology and the church itself. There are hundreds of verses in the Bible that relate to missions, but we will be looking at only a few of them. In reading the Psalms you cannot go too far until one of them speaks of the earth praising God or bowing down to Him. The earth...
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... PAUL, THE SPIRIT, AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD GORDON FEE, AUTHOR A BOOK SUMMARY AND INTERACTION SUBMITTED TO DR. DANIEL MITCHELL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE THEO530, SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY EDDIE H FINCH – 22458150 LYNCHBURG, VA THEURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 1 In Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God, Gordon Fee outlines a theology of the Spirit in the Divine Trinity, the basis within Scripture for the experience of the Spirit, and the interaction of the two. Fee, a Pentecostal scholar, “redefines the terms of discussion about the Holy Spirit in a way that transcends today’s paradigm of ‘charismatic’ or ‘non-charismatic’ orientation.” Fee fills the gap between the neglect of the Spirit in traditional theologies and the seemingly excesses of the “Spirit movement.” He seeks to revitalize the people of God with a new Scriptural understanding of the Trinity, recognizing once again the role played by the Spirit in the teaching and living of the church communities under Paul’s ministry as well as Paul, himself. The author’s excellence in scholarship as well as his consistent exegesis as he considers each of the supporting Pauline texts concerning the Spirit allows the reader to feel that he is not being led through an academic exercise or a diverse display of opinions and prejudices, but through the New Testament itself in a plain and often frank discussion of truths. By the author’s intention...
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...It is irrefutable that christianity is one of the dominant faiths in today's society, but how did it become so successful? Christianity and the development of the Church owes its success to key figures and aspects including: The Apologist that defended the true meaning of the doctrines, Athanasius, who refuted the false teachings of Arius, the Council of Nicea that drafted a creed affirming Jesus Christ, and St. Basil who clarified the ambiguous terminology put forth by the Council of Nicaea. Christianity started out as small and illegal movement. The First Apology states that classical philosophers believed Christianity was an atheistic and lower class religion(Placher, 33). However, Tertullian, a highly educated Roman citizen was convinced...
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... This church is an African Methodist Episcopal church. It is located in downtown Frederick on East 3rd Street. Picture #2 This is a photo of the window of the Quinn Chapel AME. It depicts Jesus guiding lambs. Picture #3 This is the sign in front of the Saints Peter and Paul church. Its purpose is to welcome people to the church, show upcoming events, and service hours. Picture #4 This is a picture of the Saints Peter and Paul church located on West 7th Street in downtown Frederick. It is a Greek Orthodox Church. Picture #5 This is a picture of Willy and I standing out front of the Greek Orthodox Church. You can tell a little bit from the picture but there was a lot of vegetation in front of the church. Picture #6 This is a picture of the Beth Sholom Congregation church found in downtown Frederick. It is a Jewish Church. The interesting thing about this church is that it looked more like a regular building rather than a traditional looking church. Picture #7 This is a picture of one of the many windows in front of the Jewish church. It shows various Jewish symbols and items such as dradils. Picture #8 This is a picture of a plaque outside of the Beth Sholom Congregation church. It says “WITH THE HELP OF HEAVEN” and it includes some numbers. I’m not sure exactly what the meaning of this is but it looked sacrite. Picture #9 This is a picture of the Majid behind Wolf Furniture. This is an Islam church. It is...
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...of Ministry” (Chapter 4) 4 Biblical Basis for Small Group Ministry 5 Principles from Passages 6 ‘My’ Church 7 Current Structure 7 Small Group Structure 7 Conclusion 8 Bibliography 9 Summary - Comiskey (Chapters 2-4) Summarizing the following three chapters of Joel Comiskey’s book, Biblical Foundations for the Cell-Based Church will prescribe a brief understanding of the trinity and its relationship to the image of God being created in man, and reinstituted through the work and person of Christ, the second person in the trinity. “God’s Trinitarian Nature,” (Chapter 2) God’s Trinitarian divine nature and character is revealed through theology, “the study of God” His ‘oneness’ is explicitly revealed, and His Trinitarian nature is implicitly revealed, yet equally true from His special revelation in scripture. The first reference to the Godhead being comprised of more than one is Gen. 1:26 where the plural ‘us’ is used; thereafter it is used multiple times. The triune nature of God reveals the foundation of his image being created in humanity with relational community characteristics, love being that which connects us with Him and each other. Scripture talks of one God (1 Cor. 8:6), and of those called unto Him being One in the Son, and we then “…become more like this one who came down to model his oneness and love with the Father and Spirit.” The trinity is critical to our understanding God and ourselves. “The Family of God” (Chapter 3)...
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...Christianity- The Largest Religion PREFACE “Universal Online Solutions”, presents a series of short articles on different religions. A Jew might contain more information on the Judaism. Same could be predicted about the followers of other religions. Then why to compose an article on any religion? That is for the two major reasons: First, all people do not have sufficient information on their own faith. It needs a lot of research to know about a religion. Some people manage to spend the required time and do the needed research. Majority cannot or do not concentrate on the religion. They have the faith because their predecessors had the same. A Christian child follows Christianity without any persuasion. This series will give the major information to its followers which they never struggled to obtain. The article will provide them all the necessary information about their faith in a concise nutshell. Efforts have been made, after extensive research work, to establish the basics of a faith, its worships, prayers, rituals, its history and all interrelated information in one thousand words or so. We have spent weeks in research to introduce this faith to our readers in its fullest context, enabling them to know all about their faith in a few minutes. Second, the individuals who are interested to know about other religions; but refrain to go through scriptures and revelations. This concise article will be of great interest to them. The article is neither a critical...
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...opening words, "Whosoever wishes". The creed has been used by Christian churches since the sixth century. It is the first creed in which the equality of the three persons of the Trinity is explicitly stated. It differs from the Nicene-Constantinopolitan and Apostles' Creeds in the inclusion of anathemas, or condemnations of those who disagree with the creed (like the original Nicene Creed). Widely accepted among Western Christians, including the Roman Catholic Church and some Anglican churches, Lutheran churches (it is considered part of the Lutheran confessions in the Book of Concord), and ancient, liturgical churches generally, the Athanasian Creed has been used in public worship less and less frequently, but part of it can be found as an "Authorized Affirmation of Faith" in the recent (2000) Common Worship liturgy of the Church of England [Main Volume page 145].[1][2] The creed has never gained much acceptance in liturgy among Eastern Christians. It was designed to distinguish Nicene Christianity from the heresy of Arianism. Liturgically, this Creed was recited at the Sunday Office of Prime in the Western Church; it is not in common use in the Eastern Church. Today, the Athanasian Creed is rarely used even in the Western Church. When used, one common practice is to use it once a year on Trinity...
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...Tawhid: Belief in One God Apologetic Paper (Joseph Smith) - May 1995 Contents Introduction The Muslim View The Christian Response What the Scriptures say The history of the word 'Trinity' 'Trinity' defined Common misconceptions Can 1+1+1=1? Is Jesus not merely human? The ignobility of God's humanity Was Jesus begotten? Where was God when Jesus was on Earth? Is Mary God? Is the concept of the Trinity not borrowed from a pagan source? Conclusion A: Introduction A few years ago I received a letter from a colleague in India who had been approached by two Muslim teachers, in Bihar, with the request for: "A statement of Christian faith which would compare with the five principles of Muslim teaching." This list concerns The Beliefs of Iman, a group of five to six beliefs which all Muslims must adhere to, and which has, consequently become a sort of 'Statement of Faith' for the Muslim religion. The list includes the: belief in One God (Allah) belief in the Prophets belief in the Holy Books belief in Angels belief in the Day of Judgment belief in the Decrees or the Predestination of God (Allah). I decided to write a Christian response to the six beliefs. This is the first response, concerned with the belief in one God (Tawhid). Because this paper is initially written for Muslims, it must be made understandable to them. For that reason I have left out many Christian religious terms which they would not be familiar with, and have kept the parameters of...
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...The First Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical (worldwide) council held by the church, is best known for its creation of the Nicene Creed, the earliest assertive statement of Christian orthodoxy. The council was convened in 325 by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in an attempt to settle the controversy which was raised by Arianism over the nature of the Trinity. It is important to note that Constantine had converted to Christianity and had “called the council together because he clearly had hoped for Christian support in holding his fragile empire together.”1 Held in Nicaea (which is now modern day Turkey), over 300 bishops and non-episcopal Christian thinkers were brought together for the event.2 The council’s major controversy was about determining whether Christ was both human and divine. “The crucial debate centered on the statement that the Son was “of the same substance” (homoousios) with the Father.”3 The predominant idea of Arianism is the unique and superior nature of the singular divine being. At the center of the controversy was a presbyter in Alexandria named Arius. His belief (centered around Proverbs 8:22 which states The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old.) was that the Son was not of the same essence as the Father, that the Son was created by the Father. From this line of thought, he argued that there would be more than one God. Therefore, the Son must be deemed a creature that has been given life from nothing and has had...
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