... Suffering? The question many ask in the midst of adversity is, "If God is loving, why is there suffering?" This question is not an easy one to answer. Christianity does not exempt one from pain, from disappointment, or from the ... tests one's faith to keep them on the right path. James 1:2-4 says, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." Experiencing these trials, the individual ... an...

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... how this mechanism works. Russell's approach to argue the Design law by Darwin theory is fallacious as Darwin's theory itself fails to explain why this mechanism is there and give no insights on how this mechanism works. Moreover, one can always argue that the process of evolution in ... definitions of right and wrong are necessarily similitudes to the absolutes. The absolute concepts are far removed from human ideas. After this insubstantial beginning on why he believes God doesn't exist, Russell turns his attention to Christ and his second standard of Christianity, Jesus' divinity and...

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... die. They also believe a life of pain and suffering can be as bad as dying, but I disagree because it is unnecessary to suffer because there are painkilling drugs. Other reasons why I disagree of euthanasia are; mistakes can happen, a dying patient may not be able to think properly when deciding if the patient wants to die quickly, if the patient is unable ... ...

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... final week of lent. Holy week recalls the events that lead to Jesus" death and Resurrection. Holy week involves Jesus entering into Jerusalem, his death, crucifixion and resurrection. This is why Holy Week is probably the most important time for Christians because it symbolises God's love for us all when he sent his only begotten son down to earth to forgive ... ...

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... the difference between a paraphrase and a translation? Translations should go word for word, paraphrases give meaning but language won't be as accurate. E. Is it important for Church teachers to know the original languages that the bible was written in? Why or why not? Yes, he should exegete text F. Do you ever read books other than the bible that help you with understanding the bible ... the original languages than others? Yes D. What is the difference between a paraphrase and a translation? T directly from words P what it means. E. Is it important for Church teachers to know the origi...

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... Our survival forever comes from His gre atness, not from our nature." 2It would be interesting to discuss this option further, and especially to ask why so many recent and contemporary Christian theologians are drawn toward it, how they might distinguish " spiritual resurrection " from immortality of the soul, and ... in common with the newborn babe. If a person maintains personal identity over a process of total atom by atom replacement, it is difficult to see why such identity would not be preserved through a sudden replacement of all the atoms at once." 19Dilley's argument seems plaus...

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... seen some of you in a couple of years. How would you help answer the question, "How do we know there's a God?" Discussion Spiritual Awareness/Awareness of God Let's start by asking this question: Why are humans aware of God? When you look at every culture throughout history, what is their one common denominator ... . Bingo. Perfection I mentioned "perfection" earlier. Does anyone know any perfect people? No? Will any of us ever become perfect? No?. Then why are we aware of something that is impossible for us? Worse, why does everyone want to achieve something we know to be impossible? No ...

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... . He shared with us the story of how he felt obligated to receive Christ by his Aunts' church congregation. Confused and alone, he struggled to understand why he was the last to receive God's presumably awesome presence. Langston Hughes endured a long revival, doing as he was told in order to see God and ... ' were "placed on the mourners' bench with all the other young sinners, who had not yet been brought to Jesus (pg. 1059)." Why exactly are they on the mourner's bench? Is the congregation mourning their sinful ways? This presupposes that all children are sinners until they receive the...

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... I believe in God since I was a little child because I was born in a protestant church. In this church I learned a lot about who God was but I did not know him, I had never experienced his power or presence in the first 16 years of my life. At age 17 I decided to tart visiting another church where the youth were known ... explained or at least depicted. There is no reason for something to just occur out of mere chance, I mean what sense does that have? Why do we live then? Why were we put in this earth I think that the Bible misses out explaining scientific reasons for our existence and h...

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Faustus Bargaining Essay First you have to know what bargaining is, and what the ups and downs are. It is common sense that if you bargained with the devil in exchange with your soul, that you are doing the dumbest thing that someone can do. Why would you have the devil give you anything you want, and ... so they turn to the devil and get what they need. I am not saying that this is an excuse, because it is not. It was just a reason why someone would do this. In my religion, we are taught to love God and Jesus, and follow their words and teachings. We also read the greatest book ever written ...

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... If we are not compelled in every prayer to ask for daily bread, why must every prayer begin with "Our Father-? How do we know Hesus never called God "Mother-? (He does just that in some reliable early Christian sources) Why can we more easily call God " a mighty Fortress- than a "Mother ... Eagle-, when both images are based in scripture? Why, in considering Jesus' parables, do we so ... Father, Son, and Holy Spirit- points to the reality of God with us. The doctrine of the trinity affirms that Christians have come to know God through the Holy One known to sreal; through the ministry, d...

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... hope that when we turn our attention to the church, we would find a better understanding of who the pastor is to be. But as many know, this is far from the truth. It seems that every church I walk into has a radically different definition of the word pastor. At first I ... stripped of meaning, and now is basically a connotation for: anyone whose work pertains to the church. This is the understanding shared by many Christians I know. They claim that because we are all supposed to be doing the work of the ministry, and because we all share in the priesthood, therefore everyone is ... tha...

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... dangerous. There were no fast-food restaurants or hotels. A traveler's survival depended on hospitality. (Silver 60) God lets the reader know exactly what the sin of Sodom was and why He destroyed it. God uses the prophet Ezekiel to chastise His chosen people, the children of Israel (the Jews) about the sins ... younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. 62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: 63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I...

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... what has happened between him and the girl that he loves, Jenny. But for Forrest and soon the many others who are running with him they don't know why he is running and then one day in the middle of nowhere Forrest stops running. That right just stops and turns around to go home. How many ... of us are running with no place to go? Or are we running but we don't know where we have come from or where we are going? Just recently I saw a new commercial for New Balance. In it a is woman running up a set of ... one another toward the tomb. They get in some sort of race, rushing - -now one gain...

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... extraordinary effect on their listeners because of the emotional nature and content of their songs. To try and understand this effect we need to identify why these artists choose Rock Music as a way of enhancing peoples faith and the ways in which they do it. Christian Rock started in America to ... conquer death His love will never rest He died for me And he died for you Why did he die for me? Was this so I could be free? Crucified, what a way to go He died for me, this I know He died for me And he died for you" (Copyright 1998 "Psychoma" Album: " ... also thanked them for what they we...

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... who commits suicide spend eternity? Now the first two questions are ones that can only be answered by the deceased and as we all know after someone commits suicide it is too late to ask them "Why?" Or "What if?" But the third question is one that can be answered by the living. The unfortunate thing though is that ... is going to heaven nor do we have the right to say Osama Bin Laden is going to Hell. Therefore, the most important truth of all for us to know is that that each one of us will stand before His throne one day and give an account for our life. Now you may wonder what account I...

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... it too much of an environmental nightmare pose arguments for support or opposition. However, with these questions we have to understand what do we need them for, why were they created, and are the people who use them small minded, aggressive, and illogical. Using some writing from John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, and American ... player doesn't show up in a $60,000 or higher vehicle he must not be a starter because all of them drive SUV "s. A good question is why do so many people in Florida need an SUV? In this type of case Franklin and Locke would both agree that it's not necessary to hav...

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... holiness as loving God with all our hearts, with all our souls, with all our minds and strength. For we know that He is devoted to doing the same. Could that possibly be the reason why many people defines holiness as just loving God. Is that what we have been taught? In John 21: 15-17 ... , Simon Peter is being questioned about his love for Jesus. When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you love me more than these? He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; you know ... , do you love me?" Peter felt hurt because He said to him the third times, "Do you love me?...

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... opinions of baptism? When did people start being baptized? Should I be baptized? Should everyone be baptized? And, the most important question of all, why did Jesus imperatively stress baptism. This question of baptism falls into the category of spiritual growth in Jesus. Baptism, in the Assemblies of God handbook is ... for a certain reason. When I was a child, I thought it was something that only adults did. But, by the time I was an adult I really wanted to know for what reason I would be baptized. So, I started researching the subject. I found that Jesus was not baptized until age t...

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... the way, the truth, and the life are that, first, truth is absolute, and, second, truth is knowable." Do you believe those two assertions about truth? Why or why not? Truth is a funny thing, if you were to ask 100 people their definition of truth, almost all of their answers would be totally different. Truth really depends ... that there are no truths (If you don't understand what I just wrote, read it again slowly). So yes, truth is an absolute no matter what. How can we know truth is knowable? This question was answered by Ravi Zacharias when he said, "The blind man may tell you it's a ...

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Why Roman Catholicism is Not Evangelical Christianity This collection of articles is not a "slam" against individual Catholics, but against a "system" that claims to be ... the Bible, and the protestant church do not teach anything like this. __________________________________________________________ Question: I've always wondered why the Catholic Church keeps Jesus on the cross. If Catholicism teaches that Jesus was buried and raised from the dead then why does he remain on the cross? If it is a reminder to Catholics of the sacrifice that Jesus ... conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidd...

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... his followers who had stayed closest to him to the end. First there were some women, later the apostles, and finally some whose names we don't know. We are told this in their stories in the gospels. The despair of Jesus' death and burial, the sense of finality and loss, was undone on ... At least periodically it comes back again with force and hurts them. That is the enemy exerting his power to ruin you because you are afraid to die. Why is the logic of a midlife crisis ever persuasive to anyone? Let's imagine a man in his fifties, with a good family, children who are difficult but ... ...

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... is what creates disappointment; a sad belief to have. For hope provides one with the ability to project success in one's mind, aids in one's acceptance of one's faults and to know that challenges lie ahead, and provides the strength needed to remain appropriately focused on reaching one's goals. Hope provides one with trust, healthy and responsible anticipation, and gives one optimism ... hope for the best is to be focused, bold, mature, challenged, and alive. Preparation, therefore, becomes an important idea. One would never enter into battle without armament and weapon. So why should ...

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... now people were starting to question whether this in fact happened, so Paul asserted the truth with his writings. Paul then goes on to explain why Jesus resurrected and why it is so important that he did so. Without Jesus resurrecting, it would have meant that everything Jesus preached and everything the apostles believed would ... " (48-49). While people believe that when they die they will leave their human form behind, but this is not the case. This is why Jesus' resurrection was so important because not only was his spirit sent up in to heaven, but by his body being missing from the t...

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... . Therefore this writer finds it wasteful and in vain to try to nail down with any certainty what the skovkoloy th/: sarkiv is when perhaps the Corinthians themselves did not know.8 It would also be wasteful to just give another survey of the various theories of what this phrase refers to over the centuries. Instead, it is proposed that Paul's purpose ... this phrase ἵνα μὴ ὑπεραίρωμαι. Paul seems to be emphasizing that this boasting or self-exaltation could be a real problem for him. Additionally this seems to be the whole reason why the thorn for the flesh was given...

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