In The Bible Among the Myths‚ Oswalt states‚ “If the historical basis on which the supposed revelation [the Bible] rested was false‚ then why should we give any special credence to the ideas resting on that basis” (p. 31). Please post a 400-word response to Oswalt’s statement. Seek to answer whether or not one could trust a historically false document to be theologically accurate? If not‚ why? If so‚ how? While sources are not required‚ you may support your answer from the Bible‚ your textbooks‚
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A Christian worldview is the total opposite of the secular humanist worldview. Christianity teaches individuals a set of beliefs that help form the basis of this worldview. Multiple elements inspire the Christian worldview. These features include: an absolute God exists‚ God created the universe‚ man is created in God’s image‚ and man created in God’s image is all worthy of respect and honor‚ man was given dominion over creation by God‚ mankind is fallen‚ Jesus is mankind’s only hope for redemption
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Jounal What is My Belief? Belief is something inspirational that encourages others to progress and work towards self-improvement. That is especially important for today’s youth and can play an important role in shaping our society. Beliefs can influence a young one’s values‚ conviction‚ and attitudes‚ which will shape the person that one will grow to be. That has the ability to focus that efforts on others rather than on themselves and inspire others not only by their words‚ but more so by it
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understanding human-being. Being raised in a Baptist church‚ and then converting myself to Methodist at the age of fifteen gave me two different points of view when it comes to the Bible. Of my personal experience‚ I have noticed a few differences between the two denominations. One difference I had noticed was of course the baptism beliefs. Baptist individuals tend to wait until the person that is being baptized actually wants to be baptized and understands what it means to be baptized versus Methodist individuals
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and Europe. Religions like Christianity and Islam produced new culture and took on a more unifying and dynamic function. Both Christianity and Islam are monotheistic religions‚ both a development out of Judaic teaching‚ and both spread through conquest. However‚ when compared: Christianity developed many years before Islam‚ Christianity believes in the Trinity while in Islam Trinity is rejected‚ and Christianity spread to the West and Islam to the East. Christianity and Islam are both monotheistic
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studying the Bible and the history of religion. One of the many problems that come up in the Bible is whether or not God is completely benevolent. The existence of evil compromises God’s ability to be all knowing‚ all powerful‚ and benevolent. This obviously brings about the question of whether or not the perfection God represents is true‚ or whether he exists as we describe him at all. The recognition of evil in our world does indeed pose a threat to traditional ideas of God‚ and the Bible is more
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Anointing with Oil in African Christianity: An Evaluation of Contemporary Practices By Sampson M. Nwaomah One New Testament practice that seems to have appealed to many contemporary African Christians in their quest to appropriate the providences of God in their lives‚ endeavors‚ and in order to protect their possessions is the practice of anointing with oil. To anoint‚ as popularly understood‚ means “to smear‚ pour oil or other unctuous substance upon” (Horn 1979:48). Historically
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THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TRUE CHRISTIAN Characteristic/attribute/qualities: being very typical of something or somebody. Do you know the true Characteristics of a Christian? There are tons of people in this world who say‚ "Yea‚ I’m a Christian." I guess that anyone can say this‚ it’s a free country right? The very first Christians were called "disciples" and in essence that is what every true Christian is‚ a disciple of Christ. Follow the way to the Narrow Gate: Matthew 7:13-14‚ Luke 13:23-24(being
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or a nurse) to assist with the birth. When giving birth to a child‚ Diamat repeatedly mentions the woman standing on bricks‚ where today women have comfortable hospital beds. Chapter 3: In the beginning of this chapter‚ Rachel is very depressed from having many miscarriages and not being able to provide a son for Jacob. She retreats deeper and deeper into her shell until a few weeks after she spends a night with her husband. She thinks she is pregnant‚ but doesn’t tell anyone or get her hopes
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Representation of God in the Bible Throughout the Bible God can be represented in a number of different ways. In some chapters of the Bible God can be found to be a compassionate‚ loving God‚ who would do anything for his people. To contradict this‚ in other chapters of the Bible God can be found trying to instill fear into people so that they believe in him‚ or do what he wants of them. In both instances it shows how different God can be seen and why believers can have doubts about how God really
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