Sexting: A Christian Parent’s Guide Family Communication in the Digital Age Elizabeth Adkins Regent University Sexting: A Christian Parent’s Guide ABSTRACT: In the digital age‚ teens and their parents are navigating new territory on how to manage technology use. Of particular concern is the relatively new trend of sexting. Christian parents‚ in particular‚ face the daunting task of training their children with Biblical principles regarding
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Reilly poses a question about some differences between China and Europe in the fifteenth century‚ “What accounts for the different fortunes of China and Europe in the fifteenth century? Were the decline of China and the rise of Europe inevitable? Probably no objective observer of the time would have thought so. In what ways were the expansions of China and Europe similar? In what ways were they different?” What happened from 1400 all the way up until 1500 is a very interesting phenomenon in regards
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Symbols in a Christian wedding The Rings The rings symbolize God’s unending love‚ as the shape of a ring has no beginning and no end. These symbols stand as the model of love for the husband and the wife who have both pledged their commitment to each other; and as they wear the rings‚ they are reminded of each other’s love. The circle of a ring represents undying love and the continually renewed vows of the married couple. The Veil The veil is placed on the groom’s shoulders and on the bride’s
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For early modern Christian theologians‚ the nature of god was more or less a settled question. There were‚ it is true‚ disputes along the margins. The synod of dort‚ convened in 1618 and 1619 to resolve debates between Calvinists and the arminian remonstrants‚ crystallized ongoing skirmishes over the proper understanding of divine foreknowledge and will. decades later‚ arminianism was just one of John Milton’s unorthodoxies‚ and one of his less eccentric ones; more unusual was his rejection‚ in his
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CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE: REVISITED I. INTRODUCTION This paper primarily aims at revisiting‚ rectifying and restoring the Christian understanding of eros as a form of love. It aims to redeem the wrong notion that Christian tradition still holds the comprehension that eros is the worldly and possessive love as compared to agape‚ as the heavenly and oblative love grounded in and shaped by faith. Secondarily‚ this paper attempts to propose through phenomenological and metaphysical reflections
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Spirituality In Christian Counseling. Carol Stream‚ IL: Tyndale House Publishers‚ 1996. The book opens dialogue with scenarios of Christian counselors faced with dilemma of approaching the subject of religion in the counselor’s office. The author presents an interesting case establishing a need to integrate spirituality‚ theology and psychology when dealing with religious issues in the counseling office (McMinn‚ 1996). Theology and Psychology are presented as legitimate disciplines with principles which
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response to modernity. Although the term is frequently used in a popular context to mean any religious position perceived to be traditional‚ archaic or scripture-bound‚ it has a specific meaning from an historical perspective‚ and a genealogy which has seen the term change from the self-referential description of a particular religious group‚ to a term which may have lost its impact through misplaced‚ and indiscriminate‚ application. Originally used by a specific group of American Protestants‚ who shared
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domination of Eastern Europe during the 40’s and the 50’s of the previous century has left indisputable marks upon the region’s economic‚ political and global status‚ evident still today. As to how this Soviet control was garnered and maintained‚ and the measure of effectiveness it had‚ there are two main time periods to examine‚ namely‚ Eastern Europe under Stalin‚ and destalinised Russia under Khrushchev. If control were defined as the "ability to authorize‚ manage or direct"‚ the former time period
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through god. Christian Humanism focuses on the advancement of man with the backbone of Christian principles. Humanism comes as a belief just as well as religion and can be interpreted in many ways. In Machiavelli’s The Prince‚ he tackles of issues in society and the government as a whole. Machiavelli believed a good ruler is one that could give justice and provide some type of order to his citizens. He believed that a good ruler should focus more on the present rather than what could be. Machiavelli
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casting aside all previous viewpoints and open your heart to what the Spirit of God is speaking to you. Many well meaning people build their case against homosexuality almost entirely on the Bible. They‚ just as I‚ value the ancient text‚ and seek its guidance in their lives. Unfortunately‚ many of them have never really studied what the Bible does and doesn’t say about homosexuality. I was unaware until about 2 years ago that a lot of what I’d been taught about the Bible by people who love God and
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