...this we shall discuss and review some areas of conflict as well as the covenants, circumcision, characteristics, and touch on the roots of Abraham. Abraham gave his life to obeying God and his word and finding favor in God’s eyes. Abraham received plenty from the Lord just for his obedience as well as his descendants. The covenant is a basic agreement between two parties. Some covenants often promise rewards or blessings for people who agree to keep the covenant. In the past covenants were sealed by blood or animal sacrifices. The covenant may have been made between family members, kings, states, or God himself. Those who did not keep a covenant was punished or even cursed. Often times the covenant would display a sign or symbol as a reminder of the covenant, such as: Adam and Eve disobeyed and received death, Jesus covenant was displayed through the cup and the drinking of wine as if it were his blood, the rainbow with Noah, and circumcision with Abraham. It is said Abraham shall be numerous and become a great nation while inheriting the Promised Land Cannon later to become Israel while others become blessed in and through him and their sign of the covenant was through circumcision. Abraham believed in monotheism, he believed in the promise from God of receiving the “Holy Land” and that he was the chosen one. God’s covenant with Abraham was considered a promise or unconditional covenant. “God alone who bind’s himself by a solemn oath to keep the covenant” (Campbell, 2009)...
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...In the face of utter, absolute shock, even the most adamant convictions can crumble. This breakdown blurs the line between what is rational and what is radical. In Peter Abrahams’s Mine Boy, Xuma (the main character of the book) is thrown into this state of insensible shock as a result of seeing the realities of city life. Abrahams is hailed by many because he informs to the whole world of the horrific reality in the apartheid system of South Africa. The setting of the story takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa and follows Xuma, a villager who is looking for a better life in the city, and monitors his up and down progress as he tries to find answers in an unjust world. The central theme of this novel is Xuma’s struggle to be freed as a human being in a society where the ruling minority controls the oppressed majority in the apartheid system. In the novel, we will explore the psychological, social protest, mine work, lifestyles, and law enforcement aspects that are depicted in the novel. In the book, the reader is introduced to a few new characters and how they deal with the stresses of racial discrimination in the city. Eliza, the niece of Leah, lives behind a façade that drives her to madness. She lives in a denial that she is black and she will still be judged even if she was born in the city and is literate. She also expresses interest in Xuma, but is hesitant because she asserts her needs for a man who lives a white man’s way of life. He loves her but she...
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...representativeness and the authors reputation” (Jon L. Pierce; John W. Newstrom, 2010,p.9). Since we understand what determines the best seller the next question that arises is why the popularity? This is due to Americas thirst for success, management competition, optimistic messages and increased commitment to organizational change (Jon L. Pierce; John W. Newstrom, 2010). Along with the reasons for popularity the authors emphasize that people should follow a guideline for critiquing these management books, the guideline consists of authors credentials, rationale, face validity, target audience, readability/interest, internal validity, reliability/consistency, distinctiveness, objectivity, external validity and practicality (Jon L. Pierce; John W. Newstrom, 2010,p.8-9). The body of the text summarizes management theories from popular authors such as Chris Argyris (Flawed Advice and the Management Trap), Peter Drucker (The Practice of Management), Edwards Deming (Out of the Crisis), and Douglas McGregor (The Human Side of Enterprise and Abraham Maslow (Maslow on Management) Management Theory Highlights The first theory in the summary reading is that of Chris Argyris in (Flawed Advice and the Management Trap). Arygris believes that in the work environment many people accept advice that is “fundamentally flawed” from professionals in which it leads to counter productivity (Jon L. Pierce; John W. Newstrom, 2010). The major focus of his theory falls upon...
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...morality. The theory states that God commands what is right and what is wrong. Though God does not press his rules upon us, it is said that “if we live as we should, then we must follow God’s laws.” (Rachels, pg. 51) Though someone might believe in the existence of God, it is possible they can reject the Divine Command Theory. With examples such as the Euthyphro question, the Arbitrariness objection, and God’s authority, it makes it possible to reject this theory. One positive outlook to the Divine Command Theory is that people don’t need to reason about what is right or wrong and they do not need to reply on emotions because what they need to do is follow God’s commands. For example, God has commanded to be kind to thy neighbor, so with that command, why listen to instincts when we can listen to the words of God? If God had commanded us to do one good deed per day, that’s what we must listen to, not our own basic instincts on the matter. One problem with the Divine Command Theory is made evident by the famous quote: “Is an act holy because the gods command it, or do the gods command an act because it is holy?” This question is known as the Euthyphro question. Socrates’s question is about “whether God makes the moral truths true or whether he merely recognizes that they’re true.” (Rachels, pg. 52) As you can see, each of the dilemma’s horns presents a problem for the Divine Command Theory. If what is morally good is commanded by God because it is morally good, then this makes...
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...PREMILLENNIALISM by John Wolf A paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course Eschatology Bob Jones University March 9, 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………………………………….ii INTRODUCTION…………………….……………………………………..1 ISRAEL AND THE CHURCH……………………………………………………………………2-4 SIGNS OF THE RETURN OF CHRIST………………………………………….…………………………..4-6 THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF CHRIST………………………………………………………………………7-10 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………...10 BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………………….11 ii PREMILLENNIALISM There are three main interpretations of the millennium and they are amillennialism, postmillennialism, and premillennialism. According to New Ungers Bible Dictionary, amillennialism is defined as follows Advocates of this view maintain that no Millennium is to be looked for except that which, it is claimed, is in progress now in this gospel age. This theological interpretation spiritualizes or, rather, gives a mystical meaning to the vast kingdom promises in the OT.1 Postmillennialism as defined by the New Unger’s Bible Dictionary This interpretation maintains that present gospel agencies will root evils until Christ will have a spiritual reign over the earth…then the second advent of Christ will initiate judgment and bring to an end the present order. 2 I believe that the premillennial interpretation is the most Biblical and represents the teachings of scripture more accurately than the other views. Post & amillennial are confused on their eschatological...
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...Background Despite being known as the “Great Emancipator,” Abraham Lincoln did not pass the Emancipation Proclamation due to strong morals; he passed this piece of legislation for its military benefit: isolating the South from Europe. In his First Inaugural Address, Lincoln(1861) says, “I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so” (par. 6). Though Lincoln literally freed the slaves, he did nothing-even if he had intentions to shield the slaves social inequalities engrained for so long. For roughly 200 years, the southern segments of the United States of America had been dependent upon the racism toward Africans which allowed slavery to persist. The slaves were the people who-begrudgingly- supported the massive amounts of cotton...
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...Introduction The theology presented by Martin Luther in the sixteenth century greatly influenced the Protestant church reformation. Luther offered several ideas that tried to determine the relationship between the gospel and the law and others that sought to explain justification by faith. Unlike the Christian teachings during his time, Luther affirmed that the Christian righteousness is only acquired from without. He suggested that the righteousness not only comes from Christ but is also Christ’s righteousness that is ascribed to Christians through faith. In this regard, Luther explored the dissimilarities between the righteousness accorded to Christians as a gift through faith and Christian’s own proper righteousness which works in the power of the gift through Jesus to do different works of mercy and love. Consequently, Luther presented a Latin phrase that further described Christian justification, “Simul Justus et Peccator” which is directly interpreted as “simultaneously just and sinners.” Therefore, this paper will explain and evaluate Martin Luther’s ideas of the double righteousness possessed by Christians using his commentaries on Galatians and Romans as well as his 1519 sermon on two kinds of righteousness. Luther’s ideas on Simul Justus et Peccator and Justification Luther’s sermon on the two kinds of righteousness is associated with the reformers belief of salvation and living by faith and not works. The original justice presented by Luther is the alien righteousness...
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...pg 15-20: How do groups of people (sometimes called factions) contribute sometimes positively and sometimes negatively to the democratic process? In the words of Abraham Lincoln, the democratic government is one “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” The factions (parties or interest groups) contribute to the democratic process in that they use the theory of pluralism, and unite through shared interest to influence public policy. Because of the wide spread of power in our democratic government, these factions are capable of causing change only through the influence of a branch of the government, or through the people. Through the lens of the elitist theory, it could be viewed that certain factions have more pull because of their...
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...In this paper, you will read proof of how the Battle of Antietam was a crucial battle in the development of today’s howitzers and how it would mold the future of field Artillery. Since 17 November 1775, the field Artillery became one of the most critical and vital assets to every branch of the United States military. The field Artillery has been utilized in every major conflict to include when they were first deployed on 2 March 1776 under the command of president gorge Washington and Henry Knox. Throughout the endless decades of war, the howitzer has seen many modifications. The howitzer has improved so much from designs such as the catapult, muzzle loaded cannon, QF 13 pounder field gun towed by horses in WWI and all the way to present...
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...cementing operations). 2). Should responsibility for the accident be shared among the organizations? Why or why not? Absolutely, there is a huge relationship between safety and production. Most organizations are practically interested in staying ahead of their competitors and making huge turn over, this is often seen in shift from safety of personnel and environment to a more profit oriented goal. Hazards or risk as regards to safety of personals, equipment or environments while producing Should be reduced as reasonably practice in a work environment by planning. 3). “what is more important than safety”? Why is safety so important? Safety is the utmost impertinence for any organization, over the years in almost every industry involving production of any sort, where safety regulations, procedures and processes have to be followed, there has been a perceived conflict between safety and production. And processes have to be followed, there has been a perceived conflict between safety and production. The energy sector is no exception to the growth of this perception. Considerable amounts of accidents have occurred which could have been averted by sometimes very simple safety checks and routines. Many a times, safety processes, checks, routines and necessary service requirements may involve a need to shut down production temporarily to be done. Safety is so important, the results may end catastrophically, (April 20, 2010). Management...
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...African American History Since 1865 Alishia Colella HIS 204 American History Since 1865 Instructor Thomas Roka March 11, 2013 African American History Since 1865 Most individuals are probably familiar with the well-documented information regarding African American history, such as the Civil Rights Movement and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but there are also many little known facts about their history that are of equal importance. African Americans have been present in the United States ever since the early 1600s and their presents plays an important role in American history not only because of the Civil Rights Movement, but because of the strength and courage that they had struggling to try and live a good life in America. History is rife with records of decades of untold torture and harrowing experiences that African American slaves suffered from at the hands of their captors and masters; they were even denied all natural rights as human beings and forced to live like animals. In all actuality, a slave was viewed as one-third of a person and the property of their owner(s), treated as an object instead of a person. Therefore, one could assume that after their emancipation, life would have become significantly better because the slavers were free to move away from the torturous hands of their masters. However, most of them faced incredible opposition and discrimination even after emancipation. Thus by and large, did not truly free them nor did it directly lead...
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...respond with violence as an act of rebellion or retribution (Colvin and Mackenzie 19). For Mrs. Wright, it could be defined as both. In a sense of rebellion, Minnie murdered her husband because she was tired of living under his control. The killing of the canary was the last straw for Minnie because she noticed how far his authority extended and how much freedom was taken from her. Minnie would also want to avenge the canary now that it was her only companion in the lonely farmhouse and represented who she once was. Further, victims of abuse are more prone to use weapons when they attack their abusers, even when their abusers are unarmed because they tend to believe that there is an unequal amount of strength in the relationship. This explains why Minnie took action while John was asleep because he wasn’t able to fight back. He was at his most vulnerable state and Mrs. Wright used that to her...
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...afterthought; perhaps they were fired by the victim himself, before he died . . .) Yarn can tell us the story only in certain circumstances. As a researcher and a writer, Matthew Gribble analyzes his crime scene with diligence and care. The crisis: The shortage of nurses in America. The question: How and why did this shortage become a persistent problem? Matthew affixes strings of yarn to a number of gunshots: the increasing average age of the workforce, long hours, work that is often menial or clerical, and finally, relatively low salaries. But these strands lead to new questions, wider causes which have nothing to do with social yarn. These new questions have to do with rhetoric and the enduring association of nursing with “women’s work” and “femininity.” Matthew has the audacity to ask how the rhetoric of femininity actually functions. How and why are we compelled to accept images and tropes as ‘normal’ or ‘natural’ when they are anything but normal and natural? Is it possible that the rhetoric of nursing is responsible for the shortage? Or perhaps it is the rhetoric of femininity and masculinity as such? But how did such a crime take place, right under our noses, when so many of us never noticed that an injustice ever took place? This essay is brilliant and provocative because it will not stop until the crime...
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...Christian Counseling attempts to provide encouragement and guidance for those who are facing losses, decisions, or disappointments. Counseling can stimulate personality growth and development, help people cope more effectively with the problems of living, with inner conflict, and with crippling emotions, assist individuals, family members, and married couples to resolve interpersonal tensions or relate effectively to one another and assist persons whose life patterns are self-defeating and causing unhappiness. The Christian counselor seeks to bring people into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and to help them find forgiveness and relief from the crippling effects of sin and guilt. Therapist Characteristics A Christian counselor has beliefs about the attributes of God, the nature of human beings, the authority of Scripture, the reality of sin, the forgiveness of God and the hope for the future. The counselor seeks to help counselees change behavior, attitudes, values, faulty thinking and/or perceptions. We attempt to teach skills, including social skills, to encourage recognitions and expression of emotion, to give support in times of need, to teach responsibility, to instill insight, to guide as decisions are made, to help counselees mobilize inner and environmental resources in times of crisis, to teach problem-solving skills, and to increase counselee competence. The Christian counselor also seeks to stimulate spiritual growth, encourage confession of sin and...
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...Standardized Testing: Good or Bad? Education is the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge. We all crave knowledge, we all learn new things every day, and we all make decisions based on our knowledge. It comes to no surprise that a major part of our lives is education, from pre-k to graduate school. Being successful in our education consists of hard work, a little luck, and now, more importantly than ever, being able to pass exams. Tests are one of the only ways to see how well we understand a subject and in many instances, can either make you or break you. Testing, however, should be based on the individual, where differences in the way students learn should be taken into account. As of several years ago, however, our education system has moved away from this individual approach, and has adopted a broad and general way to measure success: standardized testing. We have all taken standardized tests at point in our lives, be it the FCAT or the SAT which had a huge influence on which colleges we were accepted to. There is no argument that standardized testing does have its advantages, such as allowing schools and states to compare their education systems to one another, however, standardized testing being implemented as a major factor in our education has overall had a negative impact on education. The use of standardized testing in deciding whether a student passes or fails is simply wrong. Standardized testing should not be implemented into our school systems...
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