Seventeenth-century sermon techniques in Benjamin Franklin’s "Way to Wealth" communicate his secular eighteenth-century principles. First‚ Franklin’s structure contains a text‚ a doctrine section‚ and an application section as a Puritan sermon would. Franklin addresses a question concerning the financial problems of the day‚ and he takes his text from “Poor Richard’s Almanac.” Based on the issue raised concerning finances‚ Franklin formulates the thesis that the tax commissioners are unable to ease
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Christ In Discipleship DSMN 500: Discipleship Ministries March 27‚ 2014 The definition of a disciple is “One who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another‚ as one of the twelve in the inner circle of Christ ’s followers according to the Gospel accounts.” Discipleship means nothing without Christ being the central focus. It is crucial that Christ be the central focal point for all Christian discipleship. There are
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Syllabus Dot Points CORE ETHICAL TEACHINGS Christianity • Outline the principal ethical teachings in: * The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments are a concise summary of Christian ethics‚ and stress the importance of human life and the need to respect family and personal integrity. For example‚ ‘honour thy mother and father’ and ‘thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour’. * The Beatitudes The Beatitudes is considered a fundamental passage for Christian ethics‚ and
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The Sermon on Mount and its Importance Today Jesus Christ nearly 2‚000 years ago gave mankind the most powerful and profound sermon every preached‚ the Sermon on the Mount. We can find essential parts of this teaching in the Bible. The Sermon on the Mount contains the essence of the teaching of Jesus‚ how convert Christians are to live and the fundamental statements for a life in accordance with the laws of God‚ guidelines for our relationship with our fellow men‚ with the animals‚ with nature.
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Often times in today’s society‚ a verse or passage from the bible can be taken out of context and misconstrued into something else. When analyzing and interpreting biblical passages‚ it is incredibly important to understand how the location‚ structure‚ and content of a passage work together to form meaning. For example‚ one may pull a single verse from a miracle in Matthew and only see one potential interpretation. However‚ when analyzing a passage like Matthew 8:27 through 9:8‚ which features three
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Beatitudes Reflection Paper The toughest beatitude for people my age to live by would be the very first one‚ "Blessed are the poor in spirit‚ for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." My reasoning for this would be based primarily on my own experiences whether it happened to me or I merely witnessed. The first beatitude states that the poor in spirit are blessed but Jesus does not mean the economically poor because even if you are poor you can be as arrogant as a rich person. Jesus is referring to
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the mood of this passage. The mood of the passage is persuasive angry admonitory. 2. Using specific examples‚ give one example of a metaphor‚ one example of a simile‚ and one example of an allusion that Edwards uses in this passage from the sermon to elicit this particular mood. An example of a metaphor is “fire of wrath.” An example of a simile would be “and you would be like the chaff on the summer threshing floor.” The allusion that Jonathan Edward uses in the passage is “Hell.”
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One of the major differences between the Sermon of the Mount and the 10 Commandments is the way that the two were given. The 10 Commandments were given to Moses to spread to the people. The Sermon on the Mount was spoken word by Jesus‚ given to his disciples. Another difference was God was not seen when passing the commandments to the people‚ where as Jesus was seen by the people and performed miracles. With these two differences we see the changes that had taken place over the years since the first
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Meeting God’s presence After King Uzziah died‚ Isaiah saw the vision of God’s presence surrounded by Seraphs‚ and he gets calling from God to be a messenger. 1 In the year that King Uzziah died‚ I saw the Lord sitting on a throne‚ high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2 Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces‚ and with two they covered their feet‚ and with two they flew. 3 And one called to another and said: “Holy‚ holy‚ holy
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This essay is a sermon delivered by John Winthrop to the Puritans aboard the ship Arbella as it sailed to America in 1630. Winthrop was an early Puritan leader and the first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Winthrop writes that God has purposely made some people to be rich and others poor in order to manifest his work in the areas of mercy‚ love‚ gentleness‚ temperance‚ faith‚ patience and obedience. He also speaks of the moral gospel’ that requires man to help one another in every want
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