... be divine. I don't believe that Jesus was God in fact, I think it is crazy that he states he is "God's incarnate". It doesn't make sense to me and has no effect on my life. In my opinion, faith has been much more convincing than true evidence over time. By this I mean that people ignore evidence ... and restoring the sight of blind people spiritually and physically. (John 11:43-44) Again I don't think these stories should be taken literally at all, because to me these stories are absolutely absurd and crazy. And for the quote from C.S. Lewis. It is true that Jesus produced the three effe...

• Word Count: 1464
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... and those in red possibly little demons were led by Moses. There were also lyrics that symbolized the outer appearance of Heaven, such as "My Lord built-a dat city". The lyrics of the spiritual Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass tells of a Christian pleading for a loved one (sinner) ... to repent and ask God for forgiveness before its too late. This form of poetry concludes that the harvest is passing and we are not saved. Norman sung of " the cruel tree / Where Christ died for you and me ... and backsliding sinners. Some spirituals tell of overworked slaves and Christians with ...

• Word Count: 1650
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... man and give each song the sound it deserves- It is important to understand, the music must support the images and moods being created through lyrics and conversely it is also the same otherwise the effect is not as strong. There are many, many Christian Rock Festivals all around the country ... the trigger on the gun, the song Suicide Is A Lie came on. The song just made him stop and then he started reading the lyrics. He then hooked up with a local church and accepted the Lord! When he wrote them the letter, he was apologizing for shoplifting the tape ... other than Stryper and Petra ...

• Word Count: 1836
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... trip to a Baptist church a couple blocks away. When we got there, the pastor of the church greeted us warmly as we had called ahead of time to let him know we were going to be joining them. He lead us to some seats close to the front of the church, giving us a good view of the ... TV or a movie, there is some sort of stereoype occuring.. Currently on the radio, I would hazard to guess that half the songs are in hip-hop style. The lyrics of these few songs often lead to negative stereotypes of blacks. ("It's getting hot in here...so take of all your clothes."- Nelly, a black male.) I also...

• Word Count: 1592
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... song discusses the strength of God's love to individuals. The power of God's love encompasses everything on earth in the lines "all over you, all over me/ the sun, the fields, the sky." "All Over You"s refrain makes the connection between water and religion that many of Live's songs continue. Through ... religion. The answer is to enter into God's love symbolized by the water. The man advocates the cure of water with the line "And join me for a swim tonight." The narrator wants society to find compassion and love by joining him. With religion the people will heal the "bleeding of world ....

• Word Count: 1740
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... YOU DO WITH IT IN YOUR NEXT STEPS. 3. The 3rd challenge you may encounter is experiencing doubt about the reality of the things you experienced and heard here. Don't let doubt defeat you, accept it, and seek to understand it. Doubt doesn't mean your faith is gone. Instead, it is seeking understanding and it can help you grow ... something about you that caught my attention and God put you on my heart. I don't know what is going on in your life but I feel like God wants me to be here for you this week and let you know he does hear you." When this girl, whom I had never met, said these wor...

• Word Count: 1781
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... , rather than a more specific change in point of view on specific Christian issues. It has helped me realize not only that Christ works in his own way, pace and time, but also that I have a part to play and that it is incorrect to let everything pass me by while keeping in mind that complete healing and salvation shall come my way effortlessly because ... it is Christ who will find me. Rather, I should give effort in knowing Him better as each day passes so that when He finds ... me and I see Him, I know that it is Him and I won't let Him pass without following Him. It made me realize t...

• Word Count: 2129
• Approx Pages: 9

... love in return, but it does open the pathway to receive love if love wants to be given. The next question is one that is very personal to me because it is something that I have to work on improving and that is: Do I express love regularly? Sometimes it is easy to take the people you ... to love them back. Unfortunately there are those who reject the gospel everyday, but true love will not give up on those people. Just as Christ came to me several times and I rejected Him, so will he go to them and keep pulling and tugging at their hearts to convince them to accept Him. There is ... beh...

• Word Count: 1704
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... the physical symbol of Christ's sacrifice of his body and blood for all the sins of the world, and all that is asked of in return is to let one's grace grow and a live a good, Christian life, by following the ways of the Lord. The sacrament of confirmation brings closure to the sacrament of ... Sabbath and keep it holy, honor thy father and mother, do not take the Lord's name in Vain, and Thou shall not have any other gods before me ("What Catholics Believe"). This is the spiritual foundation that makes up the religion. The Catholic religion is a monotheistic religion. Monotheistic mea...

• Word Count: 2086
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... Whatever we define as a human can only happen through living in a social world. Everyone has a private self that they try very hard not to let anyone see. People also have conflicting emotions which means that you love someone and you hate that same person at the same exact time. In the Transformation ... have a social world. We would not have any experiences at all. When I was very young, all of my relatives used to tell my parents to stop giving me candy and soda because I was always very energetic. I grew up playing a lot of sports because I loved to run around so much. When I was in ...

• Word Count: 1819
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... do not apply to us. For example, one can say that no one has ever demanded a coat or shirt from me or forced me to go a mile. Therefore, I cannot do what he demands of me. Later in his interpretation, Shinn states how he personally interprets Matthew 5:38-42. He says that he does not take ... and people are to help others who have less than them "don't turn away from the one who tries to borrow from you". When she told me her interpretation, I was not surprised that she interpreted this section of the Sermon on the Mount in a modern day sense since the majority of the ... is catchy and ...

• Word Count: 2292
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... consorting with false gods, unless Hosea experienced the same pain and loneliness through marriage to an unfaithful wife? Without asking if that was fair to Hosea, let me ask: "What is the span of time Hosea served on earth, regardless of how painful, compared to the eternity Hosea is spending in the presence of ... On the other hand, does this not make it abundantly clear the great importance God places on marital faithfulness? I pray that God gives you and me wisdom today! June 18 Hosea was faced with the responsibility of convincing Israel that obedience to God is essential. Many Chris...

• Word Count: 1453
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... 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? All of ... I"m not talking about opinions, I"m talking about absolute right and wrong. Absolute truth. Absolute rights and wrongs are true all the time for everyone. Who can tell me absolute truths (right and wrongs) exist and why, or why not? Discussion. Stealing is absolutely wrong? Killing...

• Word Count: 2231
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... to change my faith. I believe everyone has the choice in what they want to believe whether it is Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism. But it is hard for me to trust an atheist. Why trust anyone that does not have anything to live for, alive or dead? Heaven is a real and beautiful place to go, ... changed their ideas. Whether it was from a death of someone close, a loss of a job, or getting cancer; they decided that God must not exist because he let this unfortunate event to happen. Numerous Atheists think that if God existed everything would be perfect. Various atheists are scientists that expe...

• Word Count: 1592
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... imminent peril at the hands of the inhabitants of the land in which they dwell. You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land... my numbers are few and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household. (The Holy Bible, Gen. 34:30) As they flee, God sends a "terror ... that there will not be enough room for the both of them. There is trouble between Abraham's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen. Abraham approaches Lot to make peace. "Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my her...

• Word Count: 1787
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... a tearful, joyful, hope-filled reunion. I feel something like that occurred this day. I have times when the love of God startles me, awakens me, brings tears to my eyes, makes me fall to my knees in spontaneous worship as it did Jesus' followers. But there is a word of instruction in the resurrection accounts 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 not impossible, a marriage of many years that ...

• Word Count: 2078
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."" C. David encouraged himself in the Lord (I Samuel 30). D. Jesus had a support team - his disciples - even though they let him down (Luke 22). E. Mary had support in Joseph (Matthew 1). F. The blind man of John 9 had neighbors to support him. G. Paul had brothers (and sisters too ... Body of Christ in 1 Corinthians 12. IV. Financial Support A. Philippians 4.10-12, "I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. I am not saying this beca...

• Word Count: 1399
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... dealing with masculinity or femininity. I was not raised as a Catholic (although I was baptized) or as a Jewish person, so the idea of Satan to me was only what I had experience through television or what other people in my life have described him as. So I was eager to learn the exact origin of ... traditional Judaism that were not liked could be eliminated. Out of all of the self-righteous claims that the Catholic Church makes, it appears to me that The New Testament is the ultimate myth of Jesus and Satan. These four supposed pious believers in Jesus promoted anti-Semitism and caused f...

• Word Count: 1646
• Approx Pages: 7

... . Do not be quick with your mouth; do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few." - Ecclesiastes 5:1-2 Listening is a skill that lots teenagers need to work on. Due to the "I don't care" attitude in our defective teen society ... . I learned that I have many bad defective habits that need deal with. The study of Ecclesiastes brought the fear of the Lord to reality in my life; it showed me that I can't do it alone. I need God in my life to be able to be effective and live a life of a Christian to its fullest. Th...

• Word Count: 1535
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... support fellow believers. To our worldly neighbors, all we can do is preach the gospel that God has come to save his people. This does not mean that we let the fellow man starve because he does not have the love of Jesus in his heart. It is not our duty to judge our neighbor. We must be like ... the proper meaning is. There is no question that the Christian must love his enemies and do good unto all men. Galatians 6:10 "As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are the household of faith." It is also true that the Christian must desire the sa...

• Word Count: 1441
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... fetus's existence is completely dependent on the mother who was chosen by god. In Galatians 1; 15 it says, "Even before I was born, God had chosen me to be His." That being said, how would you feel if someone killed a child of yours because that child may not make their life easy at all ... times. Does it sicken you as much as it sickens me? A defenseless child of god should be protected by his or her brothers and sisters of God. I know that if anyone tried to hurt my little sisters ... , so why do we, as god's children, not defend each other in the same way? Psalms 127; 3 says, "Childre...

• Word Count: 1607
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... Apostles to "take this bread and eat it for this is my body, take this wine and drink it for this is my blood, do this in memory of me. The Eucharist is defined as a sacrament because it is a ritual, it was initiated by Christ, and it bestowed grace. The sacrament of Penance and First communion ... of a sacrament. In the scriptures the Apostle Paul states that "the relation between a husband and wife should be as the relation between Christ and His Church, let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord: because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the Chur...

• Word Count: 2331
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography

... and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, ... the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Now his ... and intreated him....

• Word Count: 1584
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... marketplaces, and it was Paul who said that Christians ought to follow his example - 1Cor.4:16, 11:1 and Phil.3:17. When he said "Be followers of me" he was encouraging Christians to put Jesus first in every area of their lives, which would include relationships. Before we go any further with this topic I think ... and warn us of the consequences if we disobey Him. As a Holy God He is always provoked to anger, and as a Judge He is unable to let any sin go unpunished, but these are side issues, and usually these actions come after He has waited patiently for us to change our minds. Just a...

• Word Count: 2452
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... Langston and another young boy named Westley. Westley gets fed up with waiting and leans over to Langston and says: "God damn! I"m tired o" sitting here. Let's get up and be saved." Langston, however, is still waiting to "see Jesus". Finally, he comes to the realization that Westley lied and used God's ... him behind the preacher, especially Westley who, as Hughes put it, "was now sitting proudly on the platform, swinging his kinickerbockered legs and grinning down at me" Westley was grinning down to him as if to say, "look how much fun it is up here come on man, come on" (77). The ... ...

• Word Count: 1253
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School