Faith, Morals, Ethics And Cultural Values

As Christians, we are called to evangelize people and to engage all people in the redemptive plan of God; in order to fulfill his purpose it is necessary to share our knowledge of God´s word in congregations and secular life. Despite didact techniques has been evolving for centuries providing us many different pedagogy strategies, it is still a challenge for Christian educators to teach facts from cultural or historical context alien to the context of their students. In his article "The Christian Story and Our Stories: Narrative Pedagogy in Congregational Life", Benjamin D. Espinoza, who possesses an M.A. from Asbury Theological Seminary, explains the characteristics and creative ways to apply narrative pedagogy effectively in religious and secular areas of life (Espinoza 443).

In the sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Jonathon Edwards utilizes rhetorical devices such as, personification, similes, and metaphors to persuade his audience into obeying God.

As a social work undergraduate, we have several queries regarding why it is so important to follow the NASW code of Ethics and values that relate to human diversity, with regard for the worth and dignity of all persons, as applied to a specific case where we are delivering social work. It is very essential to recognize the five core values of social work, service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, and integrity and competence on our occupation of social work. Today, we have chosen two areas and situations of how we are going to deal with our biases and our challenges while working as social workers, by employing the NASW code of Ethics and values that relate to human diversity, with regard for the worth and dignity of all persons.

The calling of a pastor for the Lord is a very high calling as well as position. God has granted the ability of the pastor to lead sheep and teach truth to people. A pastor also has certain convictions that he or she must live up to. These certain convictions keep him or her accountable to God, upholding the stature of being light and salt of this world. Through the content of this paper, every conviction a pastor must have will be discussed, why these convictions are important, and who compromised their convictions.

This is a study about one’s ethical and moral behavior and Christian World View as related to personal and professional growth and development. This study examines my personal views of moral behavior and Christian World View as it relates to my expectation of what a manager in a leadership position should posses and why. Growing up in a African-American Baptist church and ultimately landing in a diverse Christian Church has shaped my life and viewpoint when it comes to values and beliefs. There are 5 characteristics that I believe a Manager should possess: Authenticity, transparency, empowering, trustworthy and competence. These five characteristics help to build rapport and trust in a manager, which are good qualities to possess when leading a team.

In the life changing sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Edward Taylor uses many persuasive techniques to grab the attention of his congregation. By amplifying specific rhetorical devices Edwards intends to instill enough fear into his congregation for them to turn from their sinful ways and repent; He achieves this by repetition, imagery, and his use of hyperbole. An effective rhetorical device Edward Taylor uses is repetition; this allows him to deepen the personal effect his sermon has on his congregation. In his piece Edwards continually restates many phrases to keep the overall tone very clear and distinct.

Often in sermons pastors persuade their audience to behave in a spiritual or moral fashion. For example, as used in Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” where he goes on to express how sinners should repent and live happily or continue to sin and live in destruction forever. Edwards wanted to convince his audience by appealing to their fears, pity, and vanity. Edward had a strong impact on his audience because of his use of incensed tone, vivid imagery, and his use of figurative language.

Mr. Hooper had the reputation of a good preacher, but not an energetic one: he strove to win his people heavenward by mild, persuasive influences, rather than to drive them thither by the thunders of the Word. The sermon which he now

As a child, he was given a bible, which made him want to be a preacher. He was born in Alabama in a rural area. When he was a little boy, he wanted to be a minister. One of his uncles brought him a Bible and gave to him as a Christmas present. At the age of five he could read the Bible by himself. He declares, “growing up, what I really wanted to be was a preacher. An uncle gave me a bible for Christmas when I was four” (Lewis and Aydin 1:26). In other words, his main dream was to be a preacher to spread the word of God to other people. He didn’t want to do anything else but that. He wanted to preach the Gospel. His parents had a farm, they gave him the responsibility of taking care of the family’s chickens. John Lewis’ life of chicken farming in rural Alabama, and his belief of what his role would be in the world, grew suddenly. He declares, “I imagined that they [the chickens] were my congregation, and me—I was a preacher” (Lewis and Aydin 1:28). In other words, he imagined they were his audience and he was the preacher, when John look back, he would see some of the chicken would shake their heads and that help him see that they were listening to what he was reading and it was important to them and it would be important to the people too. His chickens help him see that he was going through the right path by practicing with them. In this turning point we can see how receiving

Jonathan Edwards use of restatement, repetition, logos, pathos, and ethos, in his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” make his pastoral very persuasive. He spoke with such persuasion that his congregation are told to have screamed in terror. Even though he spoke with no emotion Edwards had to pause his preaching to request the silence of the congregation.

During the 1790s, a black evangelist named Harry Hoosier drew thousands of converts across the South with his dramatic retellings of Biblical stories. A black Virginia Baptist preacher named John Jasper became legendary for his ability to string "together picture after picture." Black preachers' use of repetition, humor, striking metaphors, and a stress on the human Jesus transformed American preaching

All persons are entitled to the freedom of conscience and religion. Nonetheless, Loyola High School believes the Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC) program infringes the religious freedom expressed in the Canadian Constitution. In the case, Quebec (Attorney General) v. Loyola High School (John Zucchi) , the issue arises whether a provincial ministry of education can implement the (ERC) program and teach it from a non-religious perspective. Loyola High School believes it would be unethical to disallow it from being exempted to teaching the ERC program. Whereas, the attorney general believes kids should have an open mind, and believed the program proposed by Loyola High School adopted a Jesuit perspective of Christian service instead of allowing the students to reflect on the ethical question from a non-religious perspective. Bringing us to the main question that does the proposed ERC program go against the freedom of conscience and religion which Loyola High School is arguing. Further in the text I will be discussing the different legal issues presented and the view of a single factum within the case.

Randy Newman’s book, Questioning Evangelism, is a book about on how evangelizing is to ask questions, and therefore, letting people communicate with questions about their own truths about God. Newman writes this book hoping that anyone who reads it will gain a better understanding of what evangelism is. Newman’s book is divided into three parts: why questioning evangelism is needed, considering what questions non-believers are asking, and observing why asking questions and knowing answers doesn’t mean a Christian’s own problem like cold-heartedness or anger. Throughout the book Newman brings readers right back to bible scriptures. Even though he appeals to accounts of people like Paul in Acts preaching on Mars Hill, he also shows how the wisdom literature is applied to our evangelistic attempts.

To answer this question, we must first understand what both ethics and morality are. As ethics is defined as the philosophical study of morality, those who study religion get their moral precepts from what they believe God says should be done. This perspective is not at all unexpected, because all religions apply a perspective on morality. Morality is defined as beliefs concerning right and wrong, good and bad- beliefs that can include judgements, values, rules, principles, and theories. Morals are what help us guide our actions, define our values, and give us reason for being the person that we are.

Some people believe our life is based off of morals, a belief of right/justification or wrong/ unjust. Living this way perceives their ways of the world by doing what they feel is good or bad or what is lead by their conscience regardless of religion. Others believe in religion, a feeling or act of faith, from God or “gods” ( Merriam-Webster). These acts motivated by faith and God/ “gods” provide a comprehension between choices, a choice given to all for all based off of a religious belief. In analyzing this presentation, it will show what the writer of this topic is trying to point out to the intended audience or its purpose, while conveying to the readers what morality and religion is.