I believed one of the reasons why I chose to run from church at an older age was because of the parenting styles of my parents. However, knowing the Bible says to train up a child in the way they should go, and when they are older they will not depart from it. It is true, I am now at a place where I love the Word of Christ and cannot put the Bible down. Now that I am in a place in my life where I seek God daily through prayer and Scripture, I try to understand more connotations to Scripture. Keith Ferrin’s book, Falling in Love with God’s Word, in a very short time, has made me open my eyes for a better connotation with scripture.
Kaitlyn Barry English 11 Self improvement plan 4/17/14 I have been reading this book now for some time, called " The Great Gatsby." Let me tell you, I would have never found this book to be as interesting and as joyful to read. Once I got to actually reading the book though, I never wanted to put it down. I had my eyes glued to the book, wondering what would happen next all the time. While reading this book though, I had discovered many different things about the setting, the year the book was written, but mainly about the characters.
Situation ethics does have rules and principles to abide by. However, situationists are allowed to set these general rules aside if it seems more loving to do so. Situational ethics is a teleological theory as it is mainly concerned with the outcome and if this outcome is the most loving thing. Fletcher argued that “loves decisions are made situationally not prescriptively” this statement can be accounted for by the actions of Jesus Christ himself. Christianity teaches that people should not work on the day of Sabbath as God himself didn’t and that it should be the day of rest.
The present society appears to have an identity predicament with the Church, because there is a tremendous amount of self-help propaganda in this society; therefore they simply do not care about a commitment with the Church, but can read about how to be better people in the comfort and safety of their own homes. This concept is safe and they do not open themselves up for disappointment or tedious Church tasks. Billings notes, “Participation in Church life is not seen as crucial for the practice of Christianity, it is the practice of Christianity that British people think important.” (Billings, 2004, p. 104) The British thinking has become a
But don’t judge him by his size, he has always been my Sunday school teacher and a leader in my eyes. During our discussions, I discovered that Roger was a Theory X leader and mostly worked on his own. He never had anyone to boss around but he did lead a group of kids my age towards Christ. Followed up I asked what his vision was in what he did. He replied “My vision is to teach young men and women the wonderful gift of Jesus Christ.” This is one of the reason why I look up to him so much, is because I believe my calling in life is to be a youth pastor, and Roger has been a big influence on my decision making with what I have learned through his teachings.
I believe this to be relevant in every single person’s life. Similarly, my pastor taught me indirectly about the bible which influenced my religious beliefs. At a young age, I struggled with the confusion of what to believe in and was caught up in mischief. As a result, many adults tried to intervene about my ill behavior, but none of them actually took the time to truly help me change my ways. Luckily, my pastor just happened to have an enormous amount of determination and decided to never give up on me.
In the book, there was no one who actually tried to make a good act of their own towards her. Not only this but they were committed to their religion. They were persuaded to do what the Bible said in the sermons that that mass gave and if they were to tell them to punish the sinner, they would. Social observers have long recognized imitation as important in human society. Machiavelli (1514) wrote: “Men nearly always follow the tracks made by others and proceed in their affairs by
I am a lifelong learner so I will never say I have a mastery of any skill as there is always something new to be learned, or changes made to existing skills. I can say that when it comes to new concepts and ideas I try my best with the tools that I have acquired over the years to effectively use critical thinking when formulating a persuasive argument. This class has given me new tools as well as shed more light on the existing ones I have already acquired. I wasn’t able to get feedback on week 9’s
After I was saved my preacher gave us a message on God's call for our lives. This was the first time I had ever heard anything like that. I went home that week and read my Bible like crazy. The preacher taught that God talks to us through His word. So I was determined to know specifically what to do about the job I had and what move to make.
I wanted to know all the little details, especially the “whys”, and in school, there was never time for those types of questions. We had a certain amount of time to cover a certain amount of information and asking additional questions was an impediment to getting it done. So I find this week's readings and the questions posed to actually stop to think about it very interesting. I was surprised to hear how many of the World Bank's projects have backfired on it. For example, Sobradinho Dam was built thanks to the World Bank's financial help.