ExegesisI. James 1:19-25II. The exhortation of James to Christians to avoid anger and to live actively accordingly to the principles of their beliefs as Christians.III. In these verses, James states that anger is not aligned with Gods righteousness b Continue Reading...
Introduction Western scholars came up with the term mysticism to describe a special religious phenomenological concept. The term is general utilized today based on a very broad assumption that things found in every religion e.g. the rituals, the prac Continue Reading...
Sermon Manuscript: Philippians 2:1-4Text: Phillippians 2:1-4IntroductionAttentionPaul exhorted them to stand in unity and that humility causes us to place others needs above our own. C.S. Lewis states, "Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's Continue Reading...
Book Review So the Next Generation Will KnowMcDowell, Sean, and J. Warner Wallace.So the Next Generation Will Know: PreparingYoung Christians for a Challenging World. David C Cook, 2019.IntroductionAs Nick Foles points out in the Foreward to McDowell Continue Reading...
One of the greatest desires and pursuit in the life of human beings is the search for peace. According to psychologists, the greatest human drive is the search for peace, which dominates all human endeavors.[footnoteRef:1] Peace and tranquility has b Continue Reading...
Apologetics: Evil, Suffering and Hell 1. What are some of the facts of history and experience that give rise to the problem this course calls the problem of evil? The facts of history and experience that give rise to the problem of evil are primarily Continue Reading...
Catechetical Plan: Understanding Amoris Laetitia1. Topic 9-session program for adults (Summary of Chapter Five of Amoris Laetitia)2. Intended Adult AudienceAt Sacred Heart parish, we developed a program to help couples get more involved in the church Continue Reading...
Summary and ReflectionDifferent Literary GenresThe different genres of the Bible are: historical narrative, law, wisdom literature, poetry, prophecy, apocalyptic literature, gospels and epistles. Some books of the Bible blend genres, so it is difficu Continue Reading...
Aphrodite Biography Aphrodite was said to have been the most beautiful and sensual of all the goddesses. There are varying stories of her birth. One story holds that she was born from the loins of Uranus, when his sex was severed from him and thrown Continue Reading...
Preface – Moral Leadership in an International Context South Africa - Johannesburg and Cape Town December 2018 – January 2019 Wow! What an adventure! This trip/course to South Africa with my Candler School of Theology comrades was a ful Continue Reading...
Responding to McCloskey McCloskey conflates argument with proof because theists take the argument as proof—i.e., as something that cannot be refuted. For McCloskey just because they cannot be refuted does not mean that one has to accept that a Continue Reading...
Funeral Sermon: Our Eternal Hope is in Christ the LordText: John 11:25-26 (ESV) - \\\"Jesus said to her, \\\'I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall Continue Reading...
Introduction The safe group of participants who joined with me in the commitments of the course included four others, all of whom were interested in exploring the realm of pneumatology as a group rather than as a unique individualized experience. Thu Continue Reading...
Personal Theodicy Theodicy is the vindication or justification of divine goodness in spite of the evidence of a world where evil exists. When one has faith in the divine goodness of God, the question of why God allows evil things to happen is one tha Continue Reading...
Share Jesus Without FearBibliographic DetailsFay, William, and Linda Evans Shepherd. (1999). Share Jesus Without Fear. Nashville,Tennessee: B&H Publishing Group.Summary of the BookShare Jesus Without Fear by William Fay and Linda Evans Shepherd is a Continue Reading...
The Suffering of Job2. How does the book of Job explain human suffering and the human beings capacity to understand their own suffering? What coping strategies does the book offer if any? Do you think that there is any relevance to the story and can Continue Reading...
Interview about ReligionBuddhism is a way of life that spread from the East into the West and gained popularity in the US in the latter half of the 20th century. Some argue that it is not actually a religion since it does not admit of the existence o Continue Reading...
Introduction The God of the Old Testament has been viewed by scholars as something different from that of the New Testament. This mischaracterization is often produced by placing emphasis in the Old Testament on the God’s insistence that infide Continue Reading...
Action and Reflection Reading, meditating, praying and contemplating are the four steps of the Lectio Divina. By inviting the community to take part in this process, my goal was to increase the presence of the Holy Spirit in the community and in the Continue Reading...
Eschatology, Cult and Ideal Time Eschatology My own personal definition of eschatology is the meditation on the four last things—death, judgment, heaven and hell. The purpose of this is to gain perspective about one’s life in the here and Continue Reading...
Development of the Christian Doctrine of Holy Trinity The word trinity traces its origin from the Latin trinitas which literally translates to ‘triad’. In Latin trinus means threefold. This therefore implies that God is one but in that on Continue Reading...
Renewal MovementIntroductionBy the 16th century, Europe was in the midst of a great religious upheaval. The once Catholic continent had been shattered by religious and political division, and the Reformation had grown. The once Catholic King Henry VI Continue Reading...
IntroductionOne of the stumbling blocks for those coming to faith is the role that Jesus plays in their salvation. The fact that Jesus has a dual nature as God and Man is perhaps the largest stumbling block, for it is a mystery that one can sense thr Continue Reading...
