that things often get overlooked. I will be discussing a few topics which I feel are important topics today. One of my topics is something that most of the people I know fear‚ death. Another important topic that will be discussed is the power of God. Death One of the greatest fears that most people have in their lives is death. I wonder why this is so? Do people mostly fear the way that they will die? Do they feel as if they haven’t accomplished everything they have wanted to in their life
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Reflection Paper #1 Rhonda Carter Theology 104-D11 LOU April 15‚ 2013 I. Introduction This paper will be written to discuss the two topics I have chosen to write about for my first reflection paper. The topics I chose are spiritual gifts and love. When you start to think about it‚ these two things go together. If a person uses their spiritual gifts for the right reasons they will be doing it out of love for God. A lot of people these days do not use their
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Comfort and Gods Glory Ray Kirby Liberty University In the decision to discuss two topics included within this reflection paper I have been led to discuss two doctrines that are close to all Christians. The comfort of God and the glory of God are the two doctrines that I have focused on over the last several weeks. The comfort of God has touched me at times over the course of my life however‚ never as much as it has over the last year. I wish to praise the glory of God as directed within
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especially adhere to the doctrine of predestination. There are two aspects to the Calvinist belief in predestination. The first declares that God basically has ordained everything that occurs‚ or will occur. In regard to salvation‚ the Calvinist code of predestination is more specific: Scripture teaches that there are certain people – ‘the elect’ – who are chosen by God‚ through Christ‚ to be called to Christianity‚ and thus be saved for eternity. Calvinist interpretations of predestination often get
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Reflection Paper Instructions For this assignment‚ you should compose a 4-page double-spaced paper that addresses how the principles that you have learned throughout this course have changed your understanding of what it means to be a Christian. You will submit your paper in Module/Week 7. You should choose three of the following topics to write about in your paper: 1. Did Jesus claim to be God? 2. Did Jesus need to be born of a virgin? 3. Does the Bible have authority? 4
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completely to my God. My interaction with each of these courses has had a profound effect of how I would like to change by gaining more knowledge of the Bible and its teachings. My faith and beliefs have been challenged‚ not for the worse but actually for the better‚ which showed me how not to fall short of The Lord and his Glory. In this reflection paper‚ I hope to give insight on what I have learned‚ and also giving my personal opinions to each topic. My topics of discussion and reflection are first
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Reflection Paper 1 THEO 104 Liberty University July 19‚ 2013 I. Introduction This reflection paper will highlight some of the insights I have gained during the first four weeks of Theology 104. This course provides information relevant to living an inspired Christian life. I have chosen to write my paper on character development and conscience. As believers‚ we should be constantly striving to develop our character to be more Christ like and to have a clear understanding of what is right
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studying further are the ideas of grace and spiritual gifts. In this paper I will discuss both of these topics in depth‚ including giving a theological definition of each concept‚ giving some biblical foundation of each concept and lastly I will explain some ways I can apply these concepts to my own life. What is grace? Grace can be defined as God’s unmerited favor‚ or the idea of God doing good for us that we do not deserve. (Website) God has given us more than we could ever deserve and it not because
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Reflection Paper #1 Introduction: The two topics I’m going to talk about are unconditional election and the gospel. These two topics are really important to me as a follower of Jesus Christ. I’ve learned a lot more about my faith and these topics as well‚ over the past few weeks in this class. I will go in-depth with these topics and back up with scripture‚ how they are biblical and essential to know about in the Christian faith. What is unconditional election? Before the foundation of the world
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In this first reflection paper I will be discussing “the fall of man” and “the death of Christ.” I chose these two because I feel as though they go well together. The fall of man represents sin being introduced to man‚ and the death of Christ is where the opportunity to be forgiven of sin is presented. Although I have heard these stories many times before this course has enlightened me on a more in depth look of them both. As mentioned before I have heard the stories‚ but now I have a better understanding
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