Redemption In Mitch Albom's Have A Little Faith

Redemption. It is a single word that holds great meaning for both the ones who seek it, and for those whose opinions are the ones to grant it, whether it is an outside party, or a personal satisfaction that must be meant in the case of the seeker.

This is the ultimate goal in the life of a Christian: to be redeemed by the Father for the wayward life lived as a human, who could never hope to prevail without it. Richter explains that the word redemption was actually adopted from “…the laws and mores of Israel’s patriarchal, tribal culture” (40). She goes on to reference several popular stories from the Old Testament, in order to allow the reader to fully grasp the concept of redemption as it was applied in Old Testament text. The following are two examples:

People will sometimes think which would be the most effective method to use to right wrongs redemption or revenge? When righting a wrong, redemption is a more effective method than revenge. Redemption will usually result in less violence and there will be less problems to deal with. Revenge on the other hand, will usually result in more violence and it occasionally bites back on whoever was getting revenge on someone else or a group of people for some specific reason and sometimes things will tend to not go as planned.

As he reflects on this time in his life, now being converted to a Catholic, he understands that at that time he should have lifted his heart to the Lord

Forgiveness What is most important in life? Is it the people that encourage, specific items, or is it the life lessons? Mitch Albom’s book “Tuesdays With Morrie” , Morrie is an old man who is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease and also used to be Mitch’s college professor and Mitch is an old college student. In the book, it explains about how every Tuesday they talk about a new life lesson.

Throughout Rowlandson narrative, she uses the word "redeemed" in at least three different ways. Rowlandson uses the word redeemed in terms of religion, slavery, and commerce. First religion, while she was experiencing captivity she reflected on that of her sin and her bad actions. To Rowlandson her journey through captivity "redeemed" her in her mind. This was a common thought among Christians and or Puritans.

In his book Share Jesus Without Fear, William Fay lays out an easy and attainable way for one to reach people for Christ. A former mobster, and prostitution house owner, Fay says that if “God can take somebody like me and change him, he can take anybody in your life and change him as well.”1 In an easy to understand, comprehensive way, Fay shows how to overcome your fears and witness to those who are lost. By breaking down the six most common excuses one uses not

In the book Rediscovering the Power of Repentance and Forgiveness, Dr. Leah Coulter seeks to challenge the conventional Christian approach to forgiveness. Conventional Christianity approaches forgiveness as a Christian duty, and, in many ways, this has been unfair to the victims who have almost been condemned for seeking justice rather than simply forgetting. She asks, "From an all too common Christian view, why must the weight and responsibility of forgiveness be placed on the sinned-against instead of the sinner's repentance?" (Coulter). Therefore, she focuses extensively on the idea of repentance and the duty of the sinner to repent. However, that is not to suggest that Coulter abandons the idea that forgiveness is a Christian imperative, but she attempts to place it within its Jewish context, and demonstrate how other facets of historical Judaism inform the practice of forgiveness and repentance.

Currently, the future of his congregation members’ lives is very grim: death in eternal flames, powerless to escape, all due to the wrath and whim of God. However, he informs his audience that all across the colonies Christ is accepting all repentant applicants into Heaven. Once they convert, he promises that his pitiful audience will rejoice, sing, and revel in God’s glory, shed of the burden of eternal damnation.

Textual-“The Faith, in that wild frontier, is like a buried treasure; they guard it, but they do not know how to use it to their soul’s salvation. A word, a prayer, a service, is all that is needed to set free these souls in bondage. I confess I am covetous of that mission. I desire to be the man who restores these lost children to God.” (p. 207).

"I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight. These things I will do unto them and not forsake them” Isaiah 42:16. God promises to be there for His people as long as one believes in Him. The Kumalo family lives in a poor colored city in South Africa where they are constantly surrounded by the brokenness of the world. Knowing God will not forsake them helps one with building a strong connection with him. It is through this faith that Stephen, a priest, and devoted father, is able to find hope in the dark world he faces. Throughout the book Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton the flawed main character, Stephen Kumalo is able to go through the redemption cycle because of his relationship with God.

Whenever we come across the word “Redeemer” as a Christian, we think of the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. Father has to give up His only begotten son and Jesus had to shed His precious blood to make redemption. It was not quite an easy task for both the Father and Son. Father has to offer His only loving Son for the cause of the sins of human beings. Heavenly Father was option less other than to offer up His son as a living sacrifice.

During my research, I found in a novel “On Redemption, the Value of Putting Bad Things to Good Use” on http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9082842 that redemption is a way for people to recover themselves from their bad actions. Committing murder in particular regardless will always be considered a wrong action whether it be motivated from previous encounters. Redemption can also be considered a good thing, especially if positives have come from negative problems where it replaces whatever emotions people were feeling and concluding to a fresh start moving forward. Positive interpretations of redemption can be defined as something that has affected a person with certain torment and pain.

After a Christian had sinned that person had the opportunity to be redeemed for their sin. Redemption is actually very clear and easy to define. When a Christian sinned and wanted God's forgiveness they had to go before God, by praying to him, and ask him to cleanse them and forgive them of their sin. When God hears the person asking for forgiveness, God will answer their cry to him and cleanse them. When God cleanses a person it is almost like the sin was never committed in the first place. When God sent his son Jesus into the world he told Jesus that he would

Once we recognize God’s true love for us and see the need of looking to Christ to change our hearts rather than trying to do it on our own, we see our need of repentance, which involves a change of direction, turning our back on previous intentions and actions, and seeking new direction in life. Instead of making excuses, blaming circumstances or others, repentance means taking full responsibility. King David, after committing murder and adultery appealed to Christ: "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me" (Psalms 51:10). He accepted his guilt and asked for a new direction – from Christ.