The Bible and the Word "Inspire" According to the Random House Dictionary‚ the word inspire means "to infuse an animating‚ quickening‚ or exalting influence into‚ or to communicate or suggest by a divine influence." This definition indicates‚ when applied to the scripture‚ that the stories and writings in the Bible did not come solely from the minds of the respective authors‚ but rather from a divine source. This suggests that the authors were scribes‚ reproducing what was instilled in them
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“I hate you‚ God!” I thought to myself. “I want nothing to do with you. You might be real‚ but you are not the good Creator people portray you to be.” I did not always feel this way toward my Heavenly Father. In the first three years after my baptism‚ my walk with God was tranquil‚ blissful‚ easy even‚ and overflowing with confidence in His Word. I indulged my eyes with Scripture every chance available. Church events became the highlight of my week. The feeling of calm I experienced during sermons
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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 is.
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In his escape‚ Elmer is representative of a different kind of attitude towards the industrialisation of America. His is the side of hope and possibility – he has the freedom to leave the suffocating surveillance of the small town in a way that was not afforded so easily to the generations before him. He will become one of the many‚ a dot in the masses that are seen so disparagingly in Manhattan Transfer. Yet‚ the kind of surveillance Elmer is running away from continues to exist in the cities. Individualism
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Penis (plural penises or penes) is a general term for the organs with which male andhermaphrodite animals introduce sperm intoreceptive females during copulation. Such organs occur in many animals‚ both vertebrateand invertebrate‚ but males do not bear a penis in every animal species‚ and in those species in which the male does bear a so-called penis‚ the penes in the various species are not necessarily homologous. For example‚ the penis of a mammal is at most analogous to the penis of a male insect or barnacle
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should be noted that some English bibles have the Greek word Paraclete instead of Comforter; but in Greek the word actually spells as PERIQLYTOS. Rev. David Benjamin Kaldani‚ B.D. Bishop of Urumiah Persia‚ the Greek classical scholar and Bible authority who converted to Islam‚ in his book "Muhammed in the Bible" has discussed the original Greek word‚ the actual word which Jesus (pbuh) might have used in his native tongue‚ Aramic (Dialect of Hebrew) regarding the word "Comforter". Dr. Kaldani writes:
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Pascal says “If there is a God‚ He is infinitely incomprehensible‚ since‚ having neither parts nor limits‚ He has no affinity to us’’ (Pascal‚ 2). Throughout Pascal’s argument he makes the constant notion believing in order to gain finite happiness‚ how is it possible to know if God is willing to provide this infinite gain if he is infinitely incomprehensible? This critical mistake is the very reason Pascal’s argument doesn’t work‚ we just don’t have the knowledge to know about what truly happens
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Family in Focus Project God’s design for marriage includes a man leaving his mother and father to become united with his wife and become one flesh with her. God designed this marriage between Adam and Eve to provide partnership‚ spiritual intimacy‚ and the ability to pursue God together as a unit. The purpose of marriage is for man and wife to unite together to steer each other toward Him. Marriage is said to be the firmest foundation for creating a family. Two people with their faith in the Lord
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God Does Not Necessarily Have to Exist In Descartes’ Meditations‚ he makes the strong claim that God must exist. I will first explain what Descartes’s argument for God’s existence is‚ and then I will attempt to support the argument that God does not need to necessarily exist through objections and replies. Premise 1: “We have an idea of God as an infinite and perfect being.” First‚ Descartes believes that there are properties that are inherently perfect. For example‚ being good is a perfection
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James McMaster Bible Worldviews essay 201440 Fall 2014 BIBL 104-D63 LUO The Epistle to the Romans‚ was written by the Apostle Paul to “To all in Rome who are beloved ones of God‚ called as saints‚” (Romans 1:7)‚ to explain how salvation is offered through the gospel of Jesus Christ (“Epistole to the Romans” 2014) This is considered to be one of the most important religious texts of any time and a major teaching tool that can be used today. What is it that the Book of Romans can teach us today just
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