Sample Math Integration Paper
Faith Integration Project
To many, mathematics is a cut and dry, black and white subject. There is a right and wrong for solutions. What happens though when someone is able to step outside of these rules? There is only One that can do that, God. I may ask you, what is 1+1 and your answer, or course, is going to be 2. But what if God responded to that elementary question with the answer of 3? Would you question it? Or would you take His answer as-is because He is all knowing? I am going to explore through math whether or not we, as Christians, it is wrong to question God.
A bible verse that immediately comes to mind on the subject of the impossible is when Jesus feeds the five thousand.
13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew …show more content…
You give them something to eat.” The disciples immediately responded, in question, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish.” Their justification for questioning Jesus was logical. If Lottie Nelson Dining hall were to send out their lunch menu email stating, “We are serving the entire campus with only two pizzas today” you and I would question the Lottie Dining crew as well. We would be leery of their claim since the laws of mathematics limit you and I. Our justification is innocent. As written, 8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9 …show more content…
Some examples include, when Jesus had instructed the fisherman to cast their nets on the other side of the boat. The nets became so heavy they could not lift them in the boat. This example shows how Jesus was able to produce countless amounts of fish from nothing. Another is the example of the flooding during the story of Noah and the ark. God flooded the earth for 40 days and nights. Flooding the earth would take a multitude amount of water that might seem impossible to create. The water had to come from somewhere, but where? The answer is apparent, God. Not only did God create all the water needed, but also, rid the water of the earth at the conclusion of the flood. Due to the knowledge that you and I have, it is simply logical for you and I to question the fact that these ideas may seem impossible because of the current laws of math that we are confined
To many, mathematics is a cut and dry, black and white subject. There is a right and wrong for solutions. What happens though when someone is able to step outside of these rules? There is only One that can do that, God. I may ask you, what is 1+1 and your answer, or course, is going to be 2. But what if God responded to that elementary question with the answer of 3? Would you question it? Or would you take His answer as-is because He is all knowing? I am going to explore through math whether or not we, as Christians, it is wrong to question God.
A bible verse that immediately comes to mind on the subject of the impossible is when Jesus feeds the five thousand.
13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew …show more content…
You give them something to eat.” The disciples immediately responded, in question, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish.” Their justification for questioning Jesus was logical. If Lottie Nelson Dining hall were to send out their lunch menu email stating, “We are serving the entire campus with only two pizzas today” you and I would question the Lottie Dining crew as well. We would be leery of their claim since the laws of mathematics limit you and I. Our justification is innocent. As written, 8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9 …show more content…
Some examples include, when Jesus had instructed the fisherman to cast their nets on the other side of the boat. The nets became so heavy they could not lift them in the boat. This example shows how Jesus was able to produce countless amounts of fish from nothing. Another is the example of the flooding during the story of Noah and the ark. God flooded the earth for 40 days and nights. Flooding the earth would take a multitude amount of water that might seem impossible to create. The water had to come from somewhere, but where? The answer is apparent, God. Not only did God create all the water needed, but also, rid the water of the earth at the conclusion of the flood. Due to the knowledge that you and I have, it is simply logical for you and I to question the fact that these ideas may seem impossible because of the current laws of math that we are confined