Saving Grace, Enduring Love

Christianity is a Theism worldview that focuses on the belief in one personal and relational God that created all that exists (Hiles, & Smith, 2015). God created man in his likeness to care for all that has been created, to know and worship God, and to love and obey God (Diffey, 2015). Man is to rule and have dominion over the earth, be fruitful and multiply, filling the earth (Genesis 1:28). Christians rely on the support of the Holy Bible to guide them in the word of God. The Bible consist of four basic acts, the Creation, the Fall of Humanity, Redemption, and Restoration (Diffey, 2015). Christians believe that God sent his only Son to die on the cross for their salvation. In this paper will be a focus on the Christian worldview discussing God, humanity, Jesus,

Chapter Nine is a turning point in the plot of Ian McEwan's Enduring Love. In the former chapters, Joe and Clarissa witness a ballooning accident in which a man dies. This event is an emotional shock for both of them. On that day, they meet Jed Parry, a Christian fanatic. The same night, he phones Joe saying “I love you”, but Joe, too scared of Parry and of worrying Clarissa hangs up and says that it is a wrong number (p. 37). Few days after, Joe confesses about it to Clarissa, adding that Parry had been following him at the library, but she reproaches him not telling her before and does not seem to believe in the stalking, and thinks he imagined the whole thing. Then, the real harassment starts : Parry waits for Joe at the front door,

There are a variety of differing worldviews in practice today. Every person has a worldview that is shaped by their experiences, pasts, families, traditions, values, and beliefs that form the core of who they are. The Christian worldview is no exception. This worldview is formed by the beliefs and teachings of the Bible. The worldview is shaped and centered around the view of who God is, the purpose of humanity, the true identity of Jesus, the restoration of humans to God, acknowledging the strengths and weakness of the worldview, and the practicality of living out the worldview.

There a lot of differing worldviews in practice today. Every person has a worldview that is shaped by their experiences, pasts, families, traditions, values, and beliefs that form the core of who they are. The Christian worldview is no exception. This worldview is formed by the beliefs and teachings of the Bible. The worldview is shaped and centered around the view of who God is, the purpose of humanity, the true identity of Jesus, the restoration of humans to God, acknowledging the strengths and weakness of the worldview, and the practicality of living out the worldview.

Reverend Young addresses Christians about wealth inequality as he states that Jesus cared for the poor and consequently, followers of the faith have an obligation to do the same.

In the beginning, God provided Adam and Eve with a garden to live in with no house to go home to as the sun set each day. Americans today have the opportunity to live in a home where their lives carry on day after day. Adam and Eve were in a sense homeless, yet God did not love them any less. The homeless in America today are seen as less than everyone else in society, yet God does not love them any less than those of us who live in a home. As Christians, we are told to share with the homeless. Luke states in Luke 3:10-11, “And the crowds asked him, ‘What then shall we do?’ And he answered them, ‘Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.’.” The Bible tells us to share with the poor, despite

When he established Israel, he demanded that instead of taking advantage of the defenseless, they must take care of them, love them, and provide for them. This care is an execution of justice and is central to all in relationship with God. In the 1960’s, Southern whites took advantage of southern blacks, and perpetrated systemic racism that kept them “in their place.” Christians are called to step up when these forms of injustice take place, however, due to the tendency of covenant-holders to abandon the will of the Lord for the ways of society and cultural norms, they abandoned this ideal for inaction, and even discrimination and hatred. This is an unsustainable dichotomy, to claim to abide by a doctrine that requires love, and living a life of closed hearts and even pure hatred toward an entire people group, that, in many cases, was a majority of the population in which one lived. For those who fail to trade in the ways of the world, stepping up to a revolution like Kings in the name of Christ would be nearly impossible. One cannot embrace their culture while abiding by the law of God, or, as Jesus said, they will become a servant of two masters. That’s the church that King dealt with, one who served their culture rather than the Kingdom of the

“When people speak of great men, they think of men like Napoleon – men of violence. Rarely do they think of peaceful men. But contrast the reception they will receive when they return home from their battles. Napoleon will arrive in pomp and in power, a man who’s achieved the very summit of earthly ambition. And yet his dreams will be haunted by the oppressions of war. William Wilberforce, however, will return to his family, lay his head on his pillow and remember: the slave trade is no more.”

In Chapter 5 the family returns home. We're we see Perfecto contemplate his life and leaving due to the fear of the law because of Estrella's actions in the previous chapter. After seeing Perfecto in this state of mind Petra goes to pray. After praying she drops her statue of Jesus which triggers her to feel like her life is falling apart. Also that night Estrella comes to the realization that she may never see Alejo alive again. Disturbed by this thought Estrella grabs a lantern and heads for the barn. When she arrives she climbs the chain to the trapdoor to the roof. After reaching the trapdoor she walks out to the roof to the beautiful night and was stunned by the stars that she compares to diamonds. At this moment Estrella realizes she

I believe that common ground can not be found between all the major world religions. I think that there can not be something that all the religions interpret exactly the same way. All the religions have their own ways of looking at something, from how they interpret the Golden Rule, to how they carry out funeral ceremonies. Culture and society makes all these religions so different from each other, that there really can’t be common ground. Religion and rituals vary from place to place, from how one thing to another is carried out. Common ground means to be exactly the same and to interpret things in the same

Reflecting upon our national experience of being brought together as a people, I want to talk about something much bigger and far older: It embraces almost every culture and ethnicity in the world without erasing their identity, or requiring them to speak a certain language. It is Christ’s Church! Christ’s Church began almost 2,000 years ago when a band of Aramaic speaking Jewish disciples of Jesus founded Christ’s Church. This was in response to the move the Holy Spirit to bring to human life God’s love and compassion revealed in Jesus Christ.

In cases of severe poverty and suffering, people may often find themselves asking, “where is God?” People often challenge the church as well as God’s power and wonder how such suffering could be. God has a plan for everyone and provides faith for those in impoverished situations, but can not control every poor decision made that sends such an unfortunate number of humans into despair. Jesus, who was poor himself, focused on the poor and suffering people, and any legitimate church will provide help to those who have historically been marginalized or deprived of their rights. All church doctrine should grow out of the perspective of the poor. Defending the rights of the poor is seen as the central aspect of the gospel.Chapter four of Elizabeth

Because mankind was made in God’s image, Christians aspire to follow the footsteps of Jesus as he leads the pathway to the Kingdom of God. So just as Jesus, “healed the leper, the paralyzed, the blind, the deaf, and many who suffer from many diseases,” followers of the gospel are called to “pass through this world doing good.” Not only did Jesus heal, but he turned it around and allowed the once sick to heal. They became “agents of healing and invited to be agents of their own destiny” (Saying and Showing, pg. 31). And as Christians, the gospel calls them to do the same, focusing their attention to the “most abandoned and mistreated” and help bring them to be a part of society.

The names “Old Testament” and “New Testament” are inherently theological in nature. Because there is a difference distinctly built into giving them different notations, it implies that there are differences between each the Old Testament and the New Testament, whether it is subtle in nature or obvious in nature. To Christians, the difference means that the Old Testament contains dealings between God and the world and even some of the rules made are made irrelevant by the interactions of Christ Jesus with the world. One of the differences between the New Testament and the Old Testament is the way each of the Testaments describe God and God’s nature. The Old Testament describes an angry God, one who only created the world and was obsessed with laws and rules. The New Testament describes a loving God who redeemed the world. The different ways the Old Testament and New Testament describe God and his nature are very much influenced by their perspective of God. By the rules, actions, and laws God made, the early writers of the Old Testament made their judgements about God and wrote those perspectives into the books of the Old Testament. The writers of the Old Testament did the best they could with the information they had and got some things about God right, but also got things wrong. The writers of the New Testament and therefore, Christian believers understand God better.

God is concerned about the abuse of vulnerable people by those who wield power, be it in business, government, or religion, or even the halls of school. To “do justice” is to set things right with an eye toward the lot of the most vulnerable. “To love kindness” is to have loving-kindness flowing from us to others, just as God’s loving-kindness flows to us. This “kindness” maintains a loyal commitment to God and others that goes beyond the basic legal requirements. The motivating factor is not fear, or coercion, or manipulation; but,