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In this paper, I will be talking about my biblical worldview, and how it is pertinent to Romans. I will be addressing the six aspects. These six aspects are critical in understanding and digesting a biblical worldview. Paul does a great job in conveying the key elements that a Christian must know, these include; the…

Siddhartha has been searching for fulfillment all his life. Though he was the most scholarly and respected Brahmin, this did not satisfy him. He drank knowledge, yet still felt ignorant. He could not find peace. He could not find fulfillment. His journey is essentially one of trial and error, suffering, mistakes, and rebirth. He was…

As I entered the upper Egyptian gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology I noticed a women giving a lecture to a small group concerning some of the monuments in the gallery. Lucky enough, I got a chance to catch the end of her lecture, and coincidentally it was about this…

By 1936 there were 33 Catholic Worker houses spread across the country. Due to the Depression, plenty of people needed them. The Catholic Worker attitude toward those who were welcomed wasn’t always appreciated. These weren’t the deserving poor, it was sometimes objected, but drunkards and good-for-nothings. A visiting social worker asked Day how long the…

What was Isaiah’s message in the parable of the vineyard? V. 5: 1-2 My beloved had a Vineyard on a very fertile hill. He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he…

Reading Lord of the Flies, one gets quite an impression of Goldings view on human nature. Whether this view is right or wrong, true or not, is a point to be debated. This image Golding paints for the reader, that of humans being inherently bad, is a perspective not all people share. This opinion, in…

Religion Contract Nativity Alphabet A~ Angel B~ Bethlehem C~ Christ D~ Dawning Sun E~ Eucharist F~ Frankincense G~ Gold H~ Holy Spirit I~ Infant J~ Jesus K~ Kosher L~ Lord M~ Myrrh N~ Noel O~ Ooh Emmanuel P~ Peace On Earth Q~Queen of Bethlehem R~Rejoice S~ Sacraments T~ Three Kings U~ Universal Faith V~ Vigil…

Pagels says that rather than viewing Christ’s death as a sacrificial offering to atone for guilt and sin, the Gospel of Truth sees the crucifixion as the occasion for discovering the divine self within. In the Gospel of Mary, physical suffering has no reality because physicality has no reality (G. of Mary). Christ’s crucifixion has…

His guitar slung over his shoulder, his Rasta locks flowing in unrestricted freedom, he generated a raw power of personality that overwhelmed his worshipers. Sounding his opening refrain “Hail Jah Rastafari!” and without another word he immediately launched into his opening song, “Concrete Jungle,” which immediately brought the crowd to its feet.” Robert Nesta Marley,…

.. . Tendai was broadly founded on the teachings of the Mahayana or Greater Vehicle school of Buddhism. Its basic scripture, the Lotus Sutra, purportedly contained Gautama’s last sermon, in which he revealed to his disciples the universality of the Buddha potential. The Buddha asserted that until this time he had allowed individuals to practice…