The Bible And G-D's Analysis

The bible teaches us many things about God. From Genesis and Exodus we can learnwhat the Judeo-Christian view of God was. Genesis shows us that God made the sun, the moon,the earth and every living thing. During the days of creation God made all things good. On theseventh day of creation God rested and declared all he made to be very good (Genesis 1:31). God created human beings in his own image. We as humans can be certain of our owndignity and self worth because we have been created in the image of God. The book of Genesisshows us that people disobey God by choosing to do wrong. Even great bible heros failed Godand disobeyed him. The bible teaches us that God is forgiving. God has many attributes. God makes no mistakes and this is wisdom. God is infinite, heknows

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.

Per Genesis God created humans on the 6th day out of his own image. Some people believe this refers to characteristics, while others believe this refers to physical likeness. The fall of humanity started with Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit. They were banished from the garden, and humans were cursed by God from that day forward. He made work hard, allowed us to feel suffering and die, made childbirth painful and more. Many people question why God gave us the ability to sin if he is so good and gracious. The answer is God gave us free will to make our own decisions. Adam and Eve had free will but were not sinful by nature. After the fall, God

In “Genesis”, God has a fatherly relationship with the humans and as a result he chooses to bring a flood to destroy all of mankind for a specific reason. God chooses to kill all of humankind because they are noxious beings and need to be destroyed to rid the world of poisonous beings. “When the Lord saw that man had done much evil and that his thoughts and inclinations were always evil, he was sorry that he had made man on earth,”(6:5-7). God created humankind and because of the way their perilous acts he decided to destroy his

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.

What rightfully belongs in Stephen Prothero’s anthology? Creating an anthology is complicated because the author has to find texts that fit in to a specific topic of emphasis he wants for his book. The author might have specific principles he would like to address to tie together one single idea for the book. Prothero had many novels and books to choose from and I think he did a great job in choosing works of writing that merged with his principles about America. Based on what I have seen is his criterion, I believe that the film 12 Years a Slave directed by Steve McQueen, rightfully belongs in Prothero’s The American Bible: Whose America is this? This film belongs in Prothero’s text because it perfectly fits and follows all the criteria Prothero used to choose all the works in his anthology.

Liberal is a word whose meaning has multiple connotations. For many the word is synonymous with freedom and open-mindedness. For others, it refers to people and ideas that lack practicality and discipline. When the Puritans came to America in 1630, their leader John Winthrop told them to be liberal in spirit in a way that was like the prophet Nehemiah’s urgings and Matthew’s teachings of kindness. However, he also reminded his followers to balance benevolent generosity for strangers with prudent care for their families. He felt that kindness and liberality to the poor was the best way to show God’s love and grace. Winthrop felt that the Puritans should be willing to give up their desires to help provide the poor with the things that they needed. This is because materialism was thought to be counterproductive to the teachings of the Bible. The Bible teaches that one should have no god but God and that if a person focused too much on obtaining profit and materialistic pleasures they would perish. Since this period there has been a struggle in America to balance concern for oneself and one’s family with that of the community.

There were at least 3 views of how the Old Testament was composed which include the critical view, the compositional view, and the common view. Each view was somewhat similar and different in the aspects that gave it it's own characteristics. The main point of this discussion is to focus on the similarities and differences of each view which are but not limited to how the bible was created, the process, and design.

At first I started reading this book simply because it was assigned to me and it was one more thing I had to get done, but now it is funny to see that. The main theme of this book was how to really get the message of salvation across to others and one of the main talking points was to be open to listening. As the first chapter started, I did not really understand what was going on, I simply thought it was a manual on how to read the Bible, but this was so much more than that.

For hundreds of years, the majority of the world believed in the Bible’s version of how the world was created. The most common known story is from Genesis 1. In this verse from the Bible, God created the world in six days and then proceed to rest on the seventh which is why we are supposed to rest on Sundays. Each day God creates a different part of the universe. For example, the first day He creates light, the fourth and fifth day He creates all the land animals of the world, and finally on the sixth day He creates humankind, both male and female. This basic story was what most Christians accepted and believed in for thousands of years. Then in 1859, Charles Darwin released his book, On the Origin of Species, which stated that animals

By accepting our imperfections, yet striving to be good followers, we remain in God's grace. When man attempts to rise to God's level, punishment and destruction happens. Despite earthly attempts to attain divine status, God forgives us time and time again, only because we accept that we are sinners and atone. Adam and Eve, in many ways, saved mankind from damnation by falling in the garden. Had they not committed the sin they did they would remain perfect, only setting the stage for larger and more significant sin, such as the one Satan committed. Theoretically, such a sin could completely isolate humans from God, such as it did with Satan. Therefore, man should be grateful that God gave us the freedom to fall and make our own choices. While God may have wanted and set the stage for Adam and Eve to fall, the choice was still theirs. Likewise, God knew the fall would come, but he also knew a greater eternal saving would follow. The fall was essential for the prolongation and maturation of God's people. The idea of an original greater plan, while not particularly satisfying, is congruent with the metaphysical dilemma of why God gave man free will yet baited them to fall from perfection. Similar to good parenting, God allowed man to make a mistake and proceeded to punish them. Thus, by showing us tough love along with relentless mercy, God essentially molds man to be flawed yet wholesome followers and prevents man from having an unforgivable fall that parallels that of Satan. Lastly, God shows his greater plan of having a sinful but saved following by sending His Son, Jesus, to die for and atone our

The bible is a book, used as a guide, and the vital proof of the faith of many

Since the entrance of sin into the world, a war has been raging in every human heart between the spirit and the flesh. Every person desiring to serve God feels the battle between these two opposing masters. And Satan is always exploiting our physical and emotional desires to sever our relationship with the Lord. Your iniquities have separated you from your God. Isaiah 59:2 ....

When discussing the Bible, there are several different ways you can view the truth it holds. There are two main ways that people tend to view the Bible as true. You can either break down the Bible in order to find factual truth that defines history, or you can read the Bible in order to understand the messages it puts forth, and construct a spiritual truth that the Bible holds to you. When understanding the truth, whichever way you see fit, there are several resources you can use. Ones that we have been discussing quite thoroughly are the Gospels, an article written by Luke Timothy Johnson, How is the Bible True?, and quite frankly our own opinions.

God is mighty, powerful, all-knowing, all-hearing and has dominion over everything. He created the heaven and earth and everything that lives in it. He has the power and might to let things happen according to his will, yet he gave mankind free will and allow things to take their natural course. God described himself as merciful and compassion yet warn anyone against anyone who goes against his commandments. A good example was in exodus 20: 1-7, where God reminded the Israelites of his mercy upon them by taking them out of slavery; at the same time, he (God) warned against anyone who tries to brake his commandment. He reminded them that he is a Jealous God who punishes children for the sins of their fathers for generations to come. God has always had a relationship with mankind, but it will never be the same after Adam and Eve were expel from the Garden of Eden; He has always blessed mankind with free-will since the time of Adam but never seizes to punish when his commandments are broken. At the same time, he has always been merciful and just to forgive. In order to restore a broken relationship between him and mankind, he had a covenant with Abraham: "I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you” (Genesis 17:7).