Should people need to prove God exists? If you ask this question, you also must ask what kind of proof would be sufficient and to whom it should be proven. When you talk about proof, you are talking about establishing some degree of certainty about the existence of God. That is where faith comes in...

How many Old Testament worthies do we tend to examine and realize by way of their family! The Old Testament is in fact a family literature. We have read about the family relationships of almost of all of its important dignitaries, and out of them the description of family life of Hosea is the most h...

Introduction: The General Concept of Angels in Catholic Doctrine Angels are integral to the Catholic experience, doctrine, and cosmology. Defined most simply as a "pure spirit created by God," Angels were mentioned in the Old Testament as well as the New ("Angel Pages"). However...

Balance as the Center of Ones Life Balance, our world depends upon it physically, psychologically, and spiritually. This principle, although easy to overlook, is the foundation of my personal philosophy. Without balance there is no harmony, no conflict and no growth. Any productive result, any ach...

Problems with the Philosophy of Religion The philosophy of religion is an examination of the meaning and justification of religious claims. Claims about how the world is, often embodied in creeds, are more typical of Western religions - Christianity, Judaism, and Islam - than of Eastern religions...

"God deserves our fellowship and longs to have a covenant relationship with us." A covenant is an agreement or relationship between two people or between God and man. It includes a promise, a condition, a penalty, and a provision. It also involves obligations and benefits for performance. In gene...

Introduction The organization of the eastern religions ranges from simple to complex. Many religions have spiritual leaders or priestly figures. These leaders have the responsibility to conduct religious services, ceremonies, and rituals, to advise or command believers, and to govern the religiou...

The argument from natural evil, in its most basic form, states that if there is an omniGod (a being that is omniscient, omnipotent, and perfectly good) then there would be no natural evil in the world, but because there is natural evil in the world, an omniGod does not exist. A theodicy is a form o...

The Heresy of Akhenaten: The Creation and Doctrine of the First Monotheism By Peter C. Kyle April 17, 2000 The history of the Pharaohs of Egypt has been but an endless line of king lists with few pharaohs of note and even fewer with any individual personality, as far as we can glea...

Daniel Donato Box 517 Poythress, Vern S., The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses, (Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, Phillipsburg, N.J., 1991). BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION Dr. Vern Sheridan Poythress, the author of The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses, has accomplished man...

The 'flood' as found in Genesis is a multidimensional and an archetypal source of metaphor and myth. The 'flood' is an example of metaphorical and mythological language that provides foundational constructs upon which other aspects of the Biblical text and other works can b...

Summarise The Most Powerful And Persuasive Argument For Atheism That You Have Read. What Is Your Response? A person who believes in the existence of God, does so not because there is concrete fact to suggest that God does exist, but because they have a feeling, or a need to believe. Their f...

The religions of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt have long been studied by fascinated students, scholars, and the like. The remains left behind from these civilizations have provided great insight into their culture, philosophy, and religion. For these and most ancient cultures, the temple was the cen...

I am attempting to write one coherent essay discussing questions three and two. I propose to first characterize the opposing views of the savior in Gnosticism and in Orthodoxy. Secondly, I will compare the Valentinian and classic Gnostics in how they differ and how the Gospel of Truth exemplifi...

"The Contribution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Interpretation of the Old Testament" In reviewing the works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the study of the Old Testament seems to be almost non-existent. It is not until his time in Tegel Prison, nearly one year prior to his execution, that h...

"Before the world was made, he chose us, chose us in Christ, to be holy and spotless, and to live through love in his presence, determining that we should become his adopted sons, through Jesus Christ." (Eph. I, 4-5). These powerful words of St. Paul in his first letter to the Ephesians, I think...

The Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount is one of Jesus' most quoted, and most referenced teachings. The Sermon, a guideline to Christian behavior, worship, and spirituality, is found in the Gospel According to Matthew, chapters 5, 6, and 7. The sermon is broken into a vast array of ideol...

Why the Latter-day Saints closely adhere to the Word of Wisdom In her paper "In the Presence of the Past: Continuity and Change in Twentieth-Century Mormonism," Jan Shipps argues that the strict adherence to the word of wisdom present in the Church today began its evolution after the 18...

The Charismatic Ministry of Peter throughout the Jews, Samaritans and Gentiles is an example for all Christians to apply to their own ministries. Peter sets the bar, and that bar is raised further later by Paul. The definition of a Charismatic movement is: any various groups within existing denomi...

Nathaniel 1 Shaun Nathaniel English 207 02/26/2004 Note: All Biblical quotes are taken from the KJV unless stated otherwise. Paper #1: The fall across three bible translations I begin my analysis of Genesis 3:...

The Messiah and the Order of Melchizedek An exegetical look at Psalm 110 Introduction Many times I have wanted to pour my heart out to God and have struggled with finding the adequate words to express my deep emotion. In the back of my mind, I know that God already understands what I&...

The Origins of Hinduism A Brief introduction to Hinduism The religion of Hinduism is the world's oldest religion, reaching far back to the very dawn of history. It is filled with a vast ocean of spiritual teachings that respect all aspects of life and consciousness. This paper is just a m...

CAN WE PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF GOD? 1. Introduction The question does God exist, is the most controversial issue of serious debate over the centuries. What is the answer to this question? Many contributed their ideas and views to this challenging question from the time of the Greek philosophers to ...

Robert Browning, one of the most talented poets of the Victorian period, is famous especially for his dramatic monologues. Often these long poems deal with such issues as love, death, and faith. Much of his work is directly reflective of his life and of those issues...

Introduction Mark 16:16 says, "And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned."1 This is the basis for which Christian's all around the world shares the gosp...