Christians strive to emulate the perfect’ life of Jesus‚ though they know that they will never truly achieve their goals. The idea of God is almost always boiled down to the "aspiration to participate in or be in harmony with perfection.1" But how does this perfection shape our conception of God? The nature of perfection is defined in theistic circles as love. There are two schools of thought addressed in the selection; traditional theism & process theism. Cobb & Griffin discuss the conflict between
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Mandatory 35 Point Question (All Tracks Answer This Question) Explain both the scriptural and experiential warrant for the doctrine of the Trinity‚ the biblical foundations for the doctrine‚ and then discuss the doctrine of the Trinity as it developed in the course of the church’s reflection on that scriptural and experiential warrant (Note to Students: you do not want to simply reproduce the chart. That chart is a learning device‚ not simply to be reproduced. This answer entails four different
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Competing worldviews are breaking out everywhere especially throughout North America. Two sides with vastly differing and incompatible worldviews are being locked in a bitter conflict that permeates every level of society. On one side of the battle is the Christian worldview‚ and on the other is the Humanist worldview divided into three branches: Secular Humanism‚ Marxism/Leninism‚ and Cosmic Humanism. It’s in this essay that we will seek to understand all of the three Humanist worldviews while presenting
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Theology 104-D14 Jenna Erickson - L26804152 Reflection Paper 1 04/13/2015 I. Introduction Upon sitting down at my desk to write this Reflection paper‚ I had to put a lot of time and thought into which topics I wanted to discuss and go further in-depth with. Knowing where I stood throughout much of my life‚ and then in the beginning of this class I have decided upon the topics of Doubt and Reconciliation. I believe these two topics can go hand-in-hand with each other. Doubt being first‚ but then
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Aquinas’ Five Proofs What real evidence can be supplied for God’s existence? St. Thomas‚ in his Summa Theologica‚ sets forth five separate proofs for the existence of God‚ Unlike St. Anselm’s proof‚ which deals with pure concepts‚ St. Thomas’ proofs rely on the world of our experience-what we can see around us. In these proofs we can easily see the influence of Aristotle and his doctrine of the Four Causes. l) The Proof from Motion. We observe motion all around us. Whatever is in motion now
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may be confusing and difficult. Surely‚ you will always go around in circles. However‚ when one incessantly focuses and have a sturdy faith‚ only then he could reach the end of his strife and consequently sink in his mind nothing but the truth. Theology helps us find reasons for the truth we believe in. It guides us to know the answers for our questions with confidence yet with modesty. Does God really exist? Inside my head is this question‚ yearning to have answers using the paths for seeking the
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Psychology‚ Theology‚ and Spirituality Samuel Bland Liberty University COUN 506 Psychology‚ Theology‚ and Spirituality in Christian Counseling by Mark McMinn. Summary In his book Psychology‚ Theology‚ and Spirituality in Christian Counseling‚ Mark McMinn (2011) provides his readers with a book “to investigate the frontier of intra-disciplinary integration” (p. 9). McMinn (2011) provides his readers with the appropriate actions and interventions Christian counselors should taken with
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The metaphor of SONG and homiletic Contextual homiletic in patristic age The metaphor of song and music turns up here and there‚ over several millennia‚ in the terminology of preaching. In the following essay I attempt to show through the metaphor of singing how Hungarian homiletics is related to the so called aesthetical homiletics‚ which appeared both at the beginning and the end of the 20th century in international theological discourses‚ the effects of which also reached Hungary‚ albeit to
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sure their own influences will not get in the way of the clients. From this article‚ the reader was able to understand how it is important to look at the whole picture in where the client is coming from personal experiences‚ cultural background‚ and theology background to be able to see if Scripture can be applied to help the client. Having a complete understanding on where the client is coming from can help the counselor to be able to work with the client by digging down to the core problems that have
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Fundamental Moral Theology II The course aims to complete building up the framework for moral decision-making in the Roman Catholic tradition‚ exploring more the basis of Christian moral reasoning. Content The main themes in the course will include: Natural law tradition and its contemporary understanding‚ Moral norms and moral values‚ a synthetic view of the moral decision‚ Freedom and responsibility‚ Culture and morality‚ the modern concept of sin‚ its dimensions and the call to conversion
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