Examine religious teachings about the value of human life with particular reference to quality of life and self-sacrifice. (30 marks) Quality of life can be referred to how good or bad someone’s life is and self sacrifice is when a person gives up something for another person. In Christianity, Christians believe that Jesus sacrificed himself for everyone else, for example in John 3:16 it states ‘whoever believes in him may not be lost but have eternal life’. So, this shows that salvation took place as Jesus sacrificed himself so that humans still had an opportunity to enter heaven and in revelations 21 it stated that humans will redeem their relationship with God, so they can become closer and have that trust between them again. So, this that self sacrificed should be done and that humans quality of life would be good since now they know they have Gods trust again.
Throughout the entire Bible, it mentions how important it is for us to have Christ as our Lord and Savior, so that when our time comes, and we reach Heaven, God will say “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your Master”. (Matthew 25:23) Before this story, in Matthew 24:40 The Bible states “Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left”. This teaches us that when the time has come for Christ to come and claim His Church, only those that have accepted Him as their Savior, will be allowed into Heaven.
The Question of Meaning/Purpose- Christian’s belief that mankind were created to worship God, to glorify him, by being obedient, praying and being thankful Psalm 95:1 We are here to serve God, to have a personal relationship with him, to accept Jesus Christ in our hearts and belief that he is our Lord and Savior, to trust that he came to this world and gave hos life for us, to forgive our sins, and to allow him to love us and give us eternal life. 4. The Question of Morality- Mankind was created good, sin entered the world through Adam and Eve when they ate from the forbidden tree. God is Holy he is separated fro Evil, being created in the image of God, humans have a conscience and can distinguish good from bad. Jesus came to this world Matthew 28:19 to tell us that we are free from sin, follow him, create other disciples and reign in the glory of God for eternity.
A COMPARISON PAPER: CRABB’S EFFECTIVE BIBLICAL COUNSELING Dr. Larry Crabb believes that “God has ordained the local church to be His primary instrument to tend to his people's aches and pains.” He lays out a counseling plan for the local church to use in his book, Effective Biblical Counseling: A Model for Helping Caring Christians Become Capable Counselors (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1977). In this standard textbook for Christian counselors, he reminds us that people “will never be happy if [they are] concerned primarily with becoming happy (Crabb, page 22).” The real goal of life and thus the path of happiness is glorifying God and serving others. SUMMARY: The author’s theory/methodology 1. Primary goal (What is the desired outcome?) Dr. Crabb shares that the biblical goal of counseling goals should be to help people move over to the path of righteousness (Crabb, 28); and help them move up in their maturity to be like Christ (Crabb, 29).
He has published three books and written many articles for well-known magazines and newspapers. Furthermore, Lindsay’s writing style is professional and targeted at a very educated and cultured audience. Throughout the article his diction is very complex, containing philosophical jargon as well as literature of philosophers - to which everyday people are not familiar with. Since Lindsay is a practicing evangelical, it comes as no surprise that his writings tend to be supportive towards evangelicalism. The author relies heavily on ethos to add credibility to the claims he makes in the article.
Explain the ethical teachings of the Religion you have studied. (25 M) Christianity has multiple teachings and approaches which have been taken to it over time all these teachings and philosophical approaches to Christianity vary as you get situation ethics, natural law, the bible and the church showing different approaches which should be taken to Christianity. Natural law is the first teaching as it is widely used by the Roman Catholic Church as being the correct approach to Christian life; this theory was made by Aristotle but Thomas Aquinas expanded upon the thoughts and made it suit Christianity more. The key teachings of this theory are that everything has a purpose as Aquinas said Man desires happiness, what he believed by this is that we have to fulfil our purpose as humans. He said, in Summa Theologica, "Whatever man desires, he desires it under the aspect of good."
The two have both parallels and dissimilarities. They differ on a level of political idealism and in some of the rhetoric used within. However, the call for unity and movement within their political ideals still echoes even into modern day. ` The contrasts between these speeches mainly stem from within the political backgrounds and personal convictions of the speakers. An obvious but key point is the political affiliation of the two men; Jackson being a very liberal Democrat, and Goldwater being a very conservative Republican.
Discipleship is simple to explain in terms of the uncomplicated invitation Jesus gave to those who encountered him, “Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men (Matthew 4:19).” The complexity emerges when a person is confronted with the implications or meaning of a lifelong commitment to following Jesus. There is a lot to look at when you consider all that it could entail to be “a complete and competent follower of Christ.” Becoming a disciple is a decision not to be taken lightly. Jesus told those considering the decision to
The essence of the inner understanding we call worship is a being satisfied in God or a cherishing Christ above all things, this accounts for why Romans 12:1-2 depicts all of life as worship. What is the Christian life if God cannot be served by human hands but loves to serve us? We should get up in the morning and fix our hearts on Christ. Once we accept him; he renews our satisfaction through his word. Romans 12:1-2, joins all of life with the worship of God.
First, the position of man — and I use this term as it was used at that time, but by using it we are to refer to men and women — the position of people is elevated. Humans are no longer “worm” as the Puritans would say, but rather they are God’s worthy creatures. If Christ died for men and women, then we are obviously valuable. Thus we have the beginning of the elevation and ennobling of the ‘common man” in American History. There was a further implication resulting from this newly elevated status; before The Great Awakening, the emphasis was on God; now the emphasis is on people’s response to God.