THEO202_D12_201320 Final Essay Made In the Image of God The idea of the image of God dwells at the heart of the biblical doctrine of humanity. In that regarding to man‚ both male and female‚ in one form or another resembles the Creator‚ and therefore provides important and significant value and meaning for the human race. A biblical worldview and the image of God would have to begin with God in the book of Genesis‚ first chapter‚ verse one. It is seeing the world
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sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day‚ and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.” Man had a personal and daily relationship with God but after man decided to sin‚ our shame overtook us. Our focus on God was for the most part lost. No matter how good one of us were‚ the whole (meaning all humanity) would never truly know God. We were forever cursed to die. Athanasius‚ a fourth century theologian‚ wrote to his
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...TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD (AND THE PEOPLE I LOVE) Christians talk a lot about premarital sex. And I think that’s a mistake. I don’t think it’s a mistake because the issue is unimportant but because the grammar is skewed. The word “fornication” is almost gone from contemporary Christian speech. It sounds creepy and antiquated. Instead‚ we talk about “abstinence” and “premarital sex.” In the most recent issue of Touchstone magazine‚ I argue that the loss of the words “fornicate” and “fornication”
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Punishment Punishment‚ Witness‚ and dehumanization are common in the world today illustrated in poems such as‚ “Punishment” by Seamus Heaney and “Capital Punishment” by Sherman Alexie. The poems give the world a different perspectives based on the authors viewpoint‚ yet both authors seem to favor punishment. Therefore everyone in their life deserves to be punished based on the authors work or even a witness for one reason or another to speak for something they have done or witness. These authors
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to be justified seems to be when a person is made righteous in God’s eyes. Although the Jews are God’s people‚ justification is not limited to just Jews‚ it is open to everyone for one main reason: sin. Paul writes‚ “For we have already charged that all‚ both Jews and Greeks‚ are under the power of sin…” (Romans 3:9). It is understood that Jews and Greeks/Gentiles alike submitted to the desires of the human body and realm and “became futile in their thinking‚ and their senseless minds were darkened”
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Purgatorio‚ and Paradiso. The Inferno‚ written in 1314‚ is about Dante’s allegorical journey through Hell where he speaks to many of the sinners and tells their stories. The inferno presents the theme that God finds a just way to punish all those who sin. The author‚ Dante Alighieri‚ is also the speaker in the poem‚ and Dante’s audience is mainly the Italian people‚ as they are familiar with many of the characters and places Dante speaks of in the poem. In Canto XX‚ the speaker Dante and his guide
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the definition of ignominy. However‚ Chillingworth is a person who is much eviler than them and should be ashamed of himself because of his attitude toward the care of Dimmesdale whose condition is in decay. Some of the biggest ideas are evil and the sin which is from the scarlet letter of “A”‚ thus the ending of the chapter totally belongs to the entire story of The Scarlet Letter. At this moment‚ Chillingworth becomes totally distinct from what he used to be and his outlook on things is also different
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it is a sin. The belief in God is also a very important theme in the story; one must not disregard Christianity - that is the greatest sin. Throughout the story‚ Karen learns that the most important things are not material but rather non-material values. The story also presents one of the most important values in Christianity: charity‚ and the ability to forgive those who have sinned. Everyone is allowed into heaven as long as they believe in God and can confess their sins. The sin that Karen
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Composition and literature February 22‚ 2014 In Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s short story "Young Goodman Brown‚ "the author uses mystery and suspense to hold the attention of the reader. From the beginning to the end of the story‚ Hawthorne leads the reader into asking the question‚ "What does all of this witchcraft‚ mysticism‚ and the double-sided lifestyles of the characters actually mean?" The
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