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pagan ideals to show their two powerful kings represented in two completely different manners. In the literary work Beowulf the character Beowulf is known as the king along with many others. While in the literary work “The Dream of the Rood” Jesus Christ is known as the king since he is directly referred to as a “king” several times throughout the work. The settings and time periods play a huge role in the values and beliefs of Christianity and paganism and whether the values are good or bad

the loving sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ. This sacrifice is called the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The Perfect Sacrifice According to Romans 6:23, Adam’s transgression would have caused man to forever be separated from God. There needed to be a way to overcome death; a way that could only come about through the “vicarious sacrifice of one who was sinless and who could therefore take upon Himself the sins of all mankind” (Ballard). Blessedly, Jesus Christ courageously sacrificed and created this

viewing someone as a "target". However, when I think back to the Baptist church I recall mother's of way ward children or wives who had unsaved husband asking the church to "target" their loved one in prayer. They wanted their loved one to accept Christ and become a member of the church. Regarding the readings the one regarding grace resonated with me much more than the pluralism point of view. I like grace in it's most simplest form. Growing up Baptist I viewed grace as something granted to me

Unfortunate, for my family, God word did do just what He says it would do and set me set from a 17 teen year drug addiction although at the time when I was freed, I was a mass in my mind, body and soul. The fact that I did not understand what was happening to me when Jesus spoke to me in that car, nevertheless I decided to choose Jesus call to cancel my death sentence over my daughter continuing feeding me crack cocaine and to leave my dysfunctional family curses that include sexual abusing, mental

Worldview Everyone has a Worldview. “A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group.” (1) Some have a Biblical Worldview. A Biblical Worldview is founded on the word of God. It is how a Christian views the world. Both belief systems are equally important to each individual, but there are differences in the way they view the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and culture. Natural World By Faith we believe that God created the Natural World

look at their life and see whether or not Christ is all they need to impact their life for Jesus in a radical way. He asks the reader to carefully examine their life, and see if there are areas that perhaps the Lord would desire for change to take place. Platt challenges the Church to step up and see the urgency in missions realizing that this is the way God designed the lost and dying world to hear the Good News of the Risen and Glorified Savior Jesus Christ. Chapter 1 is entitled Someone Worth Losing

“love is the fulfilling of the law” (13:10). Finally, Paul urges Christians to live in preparation for the day that Christ returns. Constantly fighting sin, we must put on the mindset and character of Jesus Christ, in preparation for that day. Key Verses: 13:10 “Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” 13:14 “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to gratify its desires.” Question: How do Christians respond when the governing

short story “A Good Man Is Hard To Find,” the dark and apathetic Misfit is said to portray, in an allegorical sense, a Christ-like figure. However, through the interpretation of the inversions of divine characteristics, his repulsion of Christ’s very existence, and the denial of any powers beyond the observable realm, we find that the Misfit is actually representative of the Anti-Christ. Religion symbolism appears often in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”; the first appearances of religious symbolism are

contributing to it. “Yes, She’s a Christ Figure Too” (Ch. 14) 1. Why are there Christ figures? Christ figures in literature can be used for a number of reasons, such as the author wanting to make a specific point, about the characters sacrifice, their redemption, their hope, and their miracles. The author may also want to use the Christ figure ironically to make the character and their sacrifice look smaller, while making the great sacrifice by Jesus Christ much bigger.

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:18-19 NIV) I spoke yesterday how life is like a rope of sand. You can 't hold onto it, no matter how hard you try. We also can 't predict what might happen at any moment. My heart has been heavy this past week