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and worship. The function of food for enjoyment is seen at Ecclesiastes 2:24 where it states " Nothing is better for a man than th...

Christian but it was a Western culture. East Asians are from a complex culture, one that is based in Confucianism and then, Christ...

painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...

and people were referred to as sheep: "When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless,...

seeming "errors" in scriptural passages. The position of Charles A. Briggs on inerrancy Briggs maintained that neither the Scrip...

author explains, based on this belief, "slavery of Africans became religiously justifiable."iii Proslavery advocates based their c...

political leaders say they pray for wisdom but they do not seem to be making wise decisions and Solomon did. This is one reason w...

can help. Anderson points out that secular counseling is not holistic in that it does not generally include the persons spiritual...

Reformers argued that Gods grace changes or transforms lives. Calvin consistently wrote and preached about the Holy spirit through...

as his twelve disciples, and the authors of the books of the New Testament, as well as the vast majority of the earliest Christian...

the laws regarding the firstborn, substituting something for an animal or a person (New International Version, Exod. 113:13; 34:20...

This essay presented an argument that defends the AME's Church's opposition to same-sex marriage. The writer draws on scripture. ...

This essay discusses Wayne A. Grudem's views and interpretations of the Greek word "metochos," referring to the way in which it is...

This essay offers an overview of the issues associated with divorce and remarriage from the perspective of scripture and the Chris...

This paper offers an overview of Old Testament scripture that pertains to how the ancient Israelites regarded slavery and the fun...

This paper is made up of three short papers, the topics of which are the social role, position of the prophets, the role of Hokmah...

mentioned again so we might assume that first man was not willing to follow without having a secure bed. In that case, a permanent...

This research paper/essay offers an overview, summary and comparison of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, which both pertain to the Dec...

This essay reports different perspectives regarding the nature of the church. The major divisions are the nature of the church as ...

This essay pertains to aspects of E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien's text Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. The n...

be pardoned" (Luke 6:37). God is clearly telling us that it is in our own best interests to forgive others for whatever umbrage w...

first published in 1934). Although there are some subtle differences in their theories, each of these scholars saw humans as bein...

angels lost their original holiness and became corrupt in nature and conduct.5 In 2 Peter 2:4, it tells of how some were cast into...

poses some significant questions, including the question of what is salvation, the role that faith plays in salvation and how fait...

on which a religion is based. It is one of the forms of communication in the religion along with ritual activities, architecture a...

this account of Jesus ministry portrays it as a "coherent judgment comprising sin, chastisement and restoration" (Clifford and Ana...

not be able to reveal trade secrets. However a post termination covenant takes this further as it is restraining what they ex empl...

or Ego" (Rahula, 1986, p. 23). Conze s (1959) Buddhist Scriptures is another book that is rather comprehensive as well. Conze is ...

duties. Leviticus 19:32-33 details the societal obligation to respect the elderly, and also instructs that strangers should not be...

(Pitzele 24). This process can be encouraged by reading by Bible commentary or even by viewing how filmmakers have interpreted scr...