When you go into a public restaurant do you still pray before you eat, or are you afraid of the mockery you might face? When you have non-Christian friends coming over for dinner do you pray before eating or do you only do that with your Christian friends? When you are behind closed doors do you worship the one and true God or do you only do that at church? These are some examples of how we might interchange what we are doing because we have formed our behaviors around society. Integrity is doing the right thing no matter what the consequences! Daniel was among the first batch of Hebrews that were deported from Jerusalem. They were taken into Babylon to be 'brainwashed' for 3 years in the Babylonian culture and language education. Before being taken to Babylon, I personally believe that he must have been raised as one with a deep love for God, for he had a remarkable wisdom for such a young age.
Daniel first showed his integrity as a covenant-faithful person when he declined a portion from the king's kitchen as their regular meal. This event was recorded in the first chapter of Daniel. Daniel and his company, namely Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah stated that they were forbidden to eat what was brought to them. This they did so because of their covenant with God. Even though they were in a foreign land, serving a foreign pagan king, they did not forget that it was their nation's failure to maintain the covenant that had brought them to Babylon as captives of war. This is the reason why they needed to show how they were different from the rest of the group. They simply did not compromise (unlike the rest of the captives from Jerusalem), and continued to consecrate themselves to the One and Only God.
Daniel and his company were intelligent and behaved tactfully. They handled the issue of avoiding unwholesome food shrewdly by proving their point to the head attendant rather than choosing to defile their bodies.
Golding's writing experience and power over language are well illustrated throughout the book, which tells the story of a group of young schoolboys who are in a plane crash and end up alone on a deserted island. ... Biblical references can be extracted on several different occasions. ...
"The Christian homosexual position when carefully examined can be exposed for what it is at its very core: an attack upon the integrity, sufficiency, and authority of scripture, which for the Christian church is an attack upon the very nature of our Holy God!" ... The Christian Church is ruled by patriarchy, it was men who wrote the bible and interpret the words of God. ... The Church was founded by men, ran by men, and ruled by male ideologies. Until recently men were the only ones who were allowed by 2 the church to be Ordained Priests. ... King Saul says that Jonat...
At the beginning of the play in Act 1 Scene 2 Desdemona's father describes her as "tender, fair and happy- then in Scene 3 he says she is mild, shy and nave when it comes to men. ... Othello uses formal and biblical language "soul, joy, heaven- showing how he looks up to Desdemona and worships her. ... As a young woman she is likely to be aware of her sexual attractiveness and could be trying to exploit this. ...
The membership was composed initially of men and women who had undergone a change experience and could prove it to other members. ... Conversion was a rejection of the "worldliness" of society and a strict devotion to Biblical principles. ... In 1688, four young girls accused a laundry woman of "bewitching" them. ... The young women enjoyed the attention this story afforded them, but no doubt were afraid that their lies would be found out. ...
Not even the famous Biblical interpreter of dreams, Joseph, who read dreams for Pharaoh (see Genesis, Book 41), nor Macrobius, the late Roman author who wrote a famous (in Chaucer's day) commentary on Cicero's Dream of Scipio, would have the skill to read the fantastic dream the narrator had that night. ... A young dog, obviously at a loss when the deer give the hunting company the slip, approaches the narrator. ... He describes her modesty, moderation, courtesy toward all, and the general integrity of her character. ...
Depression, melancholy, disillusionment, and disconnectedness are the burning emotions churning in young Hamlet's soul as he attempts to come to terms with his father's death and his mother's incestuous, illicit marriage. ... What is greater than Hamlet's loss of belief of integrity in the world his is loss of love for the life he once had and the people he knew/knows. ... Drawing on Biblical allusions, Hamlet redefines the position of man as simply he who came from dust and regards humans as no more important than that which they came from. ... Hamlet feels that even if...
