Shane Claiborne, writer of the Irresistible Revolution, is a man of great moral clarity and bravery. His actions and words speak for an alternative method of thinking. He preaches communal living, pacifism, and protesting against the norm in the world. Shane Claiborne leads a theologian lifestyle that promotes Christians to not live a radical anarchist lifestyle but to live radically in a counter culture way. Shane lives in poverty, chooses to spend his days with the poor, and ultimately serves his enemies.
The value of money has many misconceptions. As depicted in the story, people can look too highly upon money. The banker, filled with pride and very high self esteem, taunts the lawyer by presenting to him that “2 million dollars [was] a trifle”, which was not enough to pay off the “three or four years of the best years of [his] life” (Chekhov 767). The banker praises and flaunts his money in hopes of scaring the lawyer away from following through with the arrangement. He shows his true cockiness when he predicts the lawyer to only last three to four years out of the total 15.
-They would all become rich and poverty would just go away (Words of President Calvin Coolidge) Doc C: John T. Raskob, a well-known economist, told people to buy more stocks and in invest in banks and you’ll become a millionaire. -The chart in document K, shows that 20% of the income goes away if they listen to Raskob’s advice to fifteen dollars in the bank every month. When the banks failed, those people lost all that was in there. Doc G+H: With the new types of credit, margin and installment, millions were buying things they didn’t even have the money for. -They would take out a loan from the bank, but they could never pay them back and this hurt the businesses too
It supported the idea of laissez-faire policies of which the government should not regulate the marketplace or attempt social reform. Where as Social Gospel addressed excesses of industrialization and urbanization. Since it had a profound impact on churches and nonprofit organizations, it believed that Christians should work to improve social conditions for the poor, and the sick. Social Gospel taught its followers that it is a person's duty to help others in need. Inspired by the miracles of Jesus Christ, they believed that the Kingdom of God would appear on earth, and that the faithful should work to achieve it.
Secular worldviews often see human relationships as self-serving with an ultimate goal of getting ahead of the other person for bettering on oneself. In contrast, a biblical worldview of human relationships seeks to serve others first and place God above all else. Romans 2:8 speaks on the ultimate fate for the “selfishly ambitious” who do not obey the Word of God. Throughout the Bible, there are several instances of the ultimate human relationship found in Scripture. For example, Mark 12:31 states, “ …’You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’” as Jesus’ proclamation of human relationships with one another and God.
Winthrop states that since they are the chosen people, God will not be forgiving big errors. If the Puritans forsake their mission to create a truly godly society they will suffer the wrath. They are to be good Christians if they are to gain the promise land. Winthrop wanted to establish a theocracy. He hoped his colony would serve as a model for all other societies.
The Christian worldview understands that everything is the Lords and we are to treat it as such. Sometimes it is the lack of understanding regarding the ways of God and the principles of His word that can keep leaders from treating their employees with respect and with moral love. Nash (1992) stated, “Christianity simply will not make sense to people who fail to understand and appreciate the Christian doctrine of sin” (p. 48). It is easy to look at our ways as right when if they were put against the word of God we would see how wrong they really
In the beginning we learn that Huck sells his six thousand dollar fortune to Judge Thatcher for one dollar to make sure his father will never get it. Pretty smart for a 12 year old boy. Pap threatens to beat Huck senseless if he doesn't get some money. As soon as Huck gives his father a couple of bucks, Pap drinks it all away. “...I’d borrow two or three dollars off the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding” (pg.27) In Paps case, two of the flaws lie directly within him.
These tyrants have forsaken ethical and moral beliefs. They believe that only force makes right. They are aggressively seeking to expand the area of their domination.” But he did not claim that ridding the world of tyranny would bring eternal peace. As a Christian, he saw both the “barriers of ignorance and poverty” and the “barriers of tyranny”; as a Christian statesman, however, he concentrated his attention on the worst
the doctrine of works. Free grace versus the doctrine of works deals with how one becomes saved. The Puritans believe that no one can save himself or herself by doing good works or by earning it. (Puritanism par. 2) Instead God gives His free grace so that simply believing on Christ Jesus and having faith in Him might save man.