Essays 451 - 480
Descartes, of course, is remembered as the "father of modern philosophy". A rationalist, Descartes was particularly concerned wit...
inflicts diseases on the Pharaoh and his household How God is manifested: * God comes to Abimelech in a dream * God condemns Abi...
innovative leader whose combined perspective and actions serve to bring about positive change. While in one negative sense, Akhen...
social spectrum. The old womans story also charts the fall and misfortunes of an individual who was once a beautiful young woman, ...
because pity carries with it the connotation that divinely imposed punishment is less than just. He tells Dante to lift his eyes a...
to exist, the material world would, therefore, be a useless creation (Berkeley, 1986). Philonous attempts to understand Hylas pos...
anxiety or address a family problem, they may prefer faith-based counseling simply because its in a language that fits them and th...
most accepted frameworks of cognitive child development is the one formulated by Swiss child psychologist Jean Piaget. Based on hi...
child in his level, a necessity that is much easier said than done. Jesus proposed this mental transition as a means by which to ...
either way, according to McCloskey, is that Gods omnipotence is limiting to his being in light of how He cannot be at once be both...
We can look at this and begin to understand that China was going through a great and difficult period in relationship to many real...
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the s...
"probably influence a greater number of important decisions than do statistical projects, opinion polls, consultants reports or ev...
as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...
He was the promised Messiah: The woman said to Him, "I know the Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He wil...
son or "the good shepherd" who leaves his flock in order to find a lost sheep (VanBuskirk). Paul pointed out this change in the co...
Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...
established and has sex with a woman and thus loses some of his superior strength. He became more human but "his understanding had...
existence as fact. However, the existence of God still remains unproven; the Cosmological Argument has been raging for centuries a...
one thing causing another to come into existence. While scientists can argue persuasively that the Big Bang was the beginning of t...
for permitting evil; a reason of which we are not aware. And as long as this is logically possible, there is no contradiction betw...
Testament, these words generally refer to "service associated with the work done in the temple."6 In the New Testament, these word...
of the Persian Empire" (Herodotus, 2006). Herodotus begins his story with "an account of the first western monarch to enter into c...
loving God for our own sakes but then, we are able to love God for Himself. Question: Does Bernards work support the notion that...
The transformational leader is one who creates a vision and a challenge for employees (Bryant, 2003). Burns, who initially postula...
has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...
of England. If something that catastrophic were to happen today, would the Prime Minister respond to save the church? One can onl...
without specifically worrying about success or failure, "they cannot be stained by action" (Harrison, 1996). Hearing this, Arjuna ...
born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...
the Big Bang, that was the "source of mystical illumination" (Henderson). This completely undermines the Church dogma that God is...