Common Bible Truths: A Short Story

Theories X & Y have existed since the times of the Bible. Through analytical evaluation of situations in the Bible, we can see the results of using either theory.

“even though she knew preaching is not a human invention but a gracious creation of God and a central part of His revealed will for caring and loving. “Betsie had dome my hair that morning, labouring for an hour with the curling iron until it was piled high on my head- and so far, for wonder, it had stayed” (Page 39) There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for other.

The Bible is composed of many different stories and narratives. Each one of these individual stories contributes to the greater story of the Bible; sometimes called the Grand Story of Scripture. Within each Story, they have elements that define the setting, characters, climax, and themes. The overall Grand Story of Scripture contains these elements in each of the five divisions: prologue, epilogue, and three acts in between.

Write a brief reflection on the activity (no more than 3 pages). What did you learn about yourself and others? What implications might this have on your own classroom practice?

Certain philosophers would have you believe that science at best is an integrated, and reconstituted distillation of all the current knowledge at any one time (much like Campbell's condensed Tomato soup: boring and uninteresting). A diminutive subset of these natural thinkers has even dared to characterize our universe as one with an infinite number of happenings outside the current domain of knowledge.

It’s very difficult when we are in school to find the time to do what we love as disciples, which is to lead others to Christ. After working a full-time job I come home to do work for my company, Unique Expressions which is a promotional company. I met with a customer about four weeks about to do some flyers for his restaurant, once I completed them. He asked me a few weeks later to do a second flyer for his ministry called “Empowerment” he begin to tell me how he goes around the community and invite them in for a short message in the word, prayer and koinonia . This is not the nicest community but one where most of the lower working class resides.

There is no doubt about it, at least once or twice, you have heard someone say that life is mysterious and everything happens for some unexplainable reason. In any case, the fifty-three residents who live in the rural southern farming community of Wrongberight swear by it. According to the locals, it is the gospel truth. For instance, the beginning of this week a series of intermittent summer rainstorms struck the town. When the townsfolks awoke, on Friday, they expected their usual unique Maxwell Parrish sunrise. Instead, they received a ten-hour deluge and eight inches of additional rain added to the already saturated farmer’s fields and woodlands. On Saturday, the townspeople honestly believed they had a greater chance of seeing a drone

A young Latina girl began to confide in me, telling me about the cruelty of playground politics and her struggle to teach her brother English. She told me how she translated for her mother, and how she felt stupid because the school system her forced to read in her second language before she had even learned her first. The program directors had told her to trust in Jesus because she was not enough on her own. I told her to trust in herself, telling her of the strength and beauty she already had inside herself. She listened raptly, and her eyes brightened when she knew that someone believed in

The building blocks and foundation of the bible and a biblical world view starts in the first eleven chapters of Genesis. Without this primeval history we would not have the understating of numerous things, developing many questions and doubts in our faith. It is the basis of our natural world; how it has begun and came to be. The basis of our identity; how we got here, by who, and the reason for being. The basis for our relationships; how they should be, and for what reasons. The basis for civilization; what we are to do here on earth, why we do it, and for what or whom we do this for. Again the first eleven chapters are essential to many aspects of my world view and the beginning to everything I know, see, and understand

The Bible holds many truths. Every time I read a verse, chapter, anything from The Bible I read has all of the truth I have been looking for my entire life. Even when I come across something that doesn't make sense, I seek, pray, and wait. It may be right away or it will take some time, but either way God hears my prayers about my confusion and reveals what He will to me so that I may understand. His promises are Yes and Amen! As I read this verse - You didn't chose me, I chose you - Hallelujah! Gods word is truth! Yes He did chose me. He chose me for something greater then I can comprehend. How do I know this? Well ever since I could remember I always felt the world was much bigger, like there was a God that no one had seen orchestrating

Throughout the decades the traditional belief of the author of the first five books in the Hebrew Bible is believed to be Moses. The Pentateuch is the first division of the Hebrew Bible which consists of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Contrary to traditional belief, it is thought that the Pentateuch is a conglomeration of early written documents. The Documentary Hypothesis explains the issues of how and why the Pentateuch was written. The Documentary Hypothesis presents four source documents the Yahwist document, the Elohist document, the Deuteronomist document, and the Priestly document as the basis of the first five books in the Hebrew Bible that would later form the Pentateuch as the world knows it today.

The first 39 books of the larger work called the Bible, is called the Old Testament. The Bible itself is arguably the best selling and most read book of all time, yet it’s well known to be quite challenging to read through and understand. The Old Testament portion of the Bible, notably the most difficult portion of the Bible for most to study and follow, yields 39 books from multiple authors, and spans over 4000 years of crucial world and church history. If that were not enough to take on, the Old Testament comes our way through multiple styles of authorship and formats, including but not limited to, books of history, law, proverbs, ethics,

To speak of the Hebrew Scripture is to speak of story, a story stretching from the very beginning of time to only a few centuries before the beginning of the Common Era. It is to speak of richness of content, of purpose and of reality and to engross oneself in an overarching narrative that, depending on your personal convictions, continues to the present day. Within this richness is found a wide variety of different events and experience, told through a series of genre ranging from foundational myth to apocalypse, law giving to poetry, genealogy to wisdom and many more. Within this diversity however, three broad sections can be discerned that speak to a shared purpose and content, these are the sections of Law, Prophecy and Writings. It

Since beginning this course, I have turned my daily neighborhood walks into opportunities to spread the message of Christ. I have been more intentional about meeting my neighbors and learning about their life situations. Most are Christians, which is nice, and we exchange prayer requests. As I walk and pass their house, I lift them in prayer, which is a blessing to me, as I have developed many new relationships just by being intentional about speaking to people.

One experience that, in the end, gave me confidence was my first semester of lessons with the Penn State School of Music clarinet professor. The Professor was not a personable man. He was very quick to criticize every mistake I was making and was very blunt with his comments. I felt like a failure. I was very sensitive,