Anselm's Cur Deus Homo Analysis

You did an excellent job on explaining what Martin Luther believed about the image of God. God is full of grace and full of power. He is Lord over all and chose us to be in His image. What a wonderful privilege! John Calvin believed that the image of God is reflected in us like a mirror. As you said, it is his nature to be glorified, and we can glorify Him by reflecting his nature! Martin Luther believed, however, that in the fall of man,"the image of God was lost." John Calvin believed that image was not lost but instead horribly deformed. John Calvin and Martin Luther both believed that at glorification, man will be restored back into the complete image of God. Luther says, "the Gospel [which] brings it about that we are formed

Religion has been and always will be one of the core foundations in American society. This is especially true in the book, “The Kingdom of Matthias”. In this novel, Paul E. Johnson and Sean Wilentz use memoirs and stories from many authors including (but not limited to) William Stone and Margaret Matthews. Matthias did not leave any written accounts behind so these articles are the only sources available to be analyzed. The story begins not with Matthias, but with a man named Elijah Pierson. This extremely religious man saw himself as a “messenger of God” and felt like he too could be like one of the Apostles in the Bible. The book then moves on to Robert Matthews who also like Elijah, was a devoted believer. Many mocked Matthias, which led to a whole other set of issues. In “The Kingdom of Matthias”, historians Paul E. Johnson and Sean Wilentz give an enthralling look into the chaotic movements of the religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening through the trials of Elijah Pierson and Matthias.

Christ had a map, the map he had was known as a topographic map, which tells you all the little details or where you can find things. If christ would have kept that map with him, and not got rid of it he would have most likely survived. (174) The map would have told him how to cross the river the day he decided to return to civilization, he would have gone out of there, and possibly explain his reason for doing what he did, but because he was so arrogant and wanted to prove he can do it on his own, he died. Chris was not in the right mindset to go into the wilderness like that, he was angry with him parents, he wasn’t thinking straight and once he stepped in that trail without anyone companionship, or help from anyone, he was already dead. He was stupid for thinking he could get through it alone, I mean maybe some people can with training and hard work, but Christ did this without thinking, the only real help he got was from reading books and taking advice from different authors, and fictional characters, but even with that “help” he still didn’t make it

Personal identity is one’s self concept that it is comprised of two dispositions, internal and external, and this identity can evolve over the course of a life. Through The Interesting Narrative, the reader comes to see Equiano as a man who is trying to evolve and change in-order-to evoke a greater social reaction and drive change. Equiano is motivated to maintain his external identity so that his voice will be heard and his book be read, with the end goal of abolishing slavery in mind. He is motivated to evolve his internal disposition to establish himself as a speaking subject by acquiring skills associated with the British. Identity is key in this work as Equiano writes the narrative as a representative of the Africans. However, as he establishes

In all three parts of the book, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home, Richard Foster addresses seven different types of prayer in each section. The first kind of prayer that Foster addresses in part one is the Simple Prayer. The Simple Prayer is essentially exactly what the name says it is. Foster calls it the most basic and primary form of prayers. He also says that is the most common form of prayer found in the Bible. The Simple Prayer is where we come before the Father with our sins and mess-ups and just talk to Him. Foster summarized the Simple Prayer brilliantly when he said, “In a very real sense we are the focus of Simple Prayer. Our needs, our wants, our concerns dominate our prayer experience.”

Salvation is like lightning, it is never the same for any two people, and for some their salvation is only within arms reach for but a second, and then it’s gone. Salvation strikes in the darkest and most violent storms, when it seems like it’s always raining, it was strike and light up the world for someone. No two lightning strikes will look the exact same either, the branching patterns and shapes, for some salvation may look like a person, for some it looks like a book. The only thing that’s always the same is that salvation hits you with electrifying intensity, sending energy through you that you never knew you had, and this is true for real life as well as in ”A Lesson Before Dying”. Salvation for myself, Grant, and Jefferson may look and be different, but it in the end it’s still the same, it’s still being saved. Though what any one person is

Martin Luther was a very important figure in Western history and for the Protestant Reformation. He argues that many people think that Christian faith is an easy thing, they say this because they have not had the chance to experienced or make proof of it. People have to understand that Martin Luther was not opposed to Christianity, he was just criticizing some of the things that he thought they did wrong. He also talks about the importance of faith, trustworthiness and salvation in Christianity. The importance of salvation is what encourages other Christians to keep worshiping God and having faith. His work, On Christian Liberty, impact on the church and society was so tremendous that he is still recognize and known today.

Incarnational Union soteriology conveys the holy work of our savior, Jesus Christ, through him becoming human to save the world from sin. God the Father begot the Son and then sent him to save the Lord 's people from themselves. The glorious Son had to become human, so that all humans could become God and be in eternal Union with the Trinity. He also had to die for our sins to show obedience to God, thus setting an example for all. Jesus is the ultimate example of a person, human and divine because as the following states, "There is no greater love than to lay down one 's life for one 's friends," (John 15:13, New Living Translation). This bold soteriology can even be expanded to encompass Jesus Christ 's death and Resurrection because Christ saved humanity by becoming human, by dying for

Church mission can be found in the book of Acts as an act initiated and supported by God. There are three strong points to what a scriptural mission contains. The first point, is the Calling of those that God desires for the journey. Secondly, The Holy Spirit

Conan Doyle presents Thaddeus Sholto at the start of Chapter 4 with the immediate in detail description of his unusual look as he is noted to have ‘A very high head, a bristle of red hair all round the fringe of it, a bald, shining scalp which shot out from among it like a mountain-peak from fir-trees’. This simile describing his bald head, ‘Like a mountain-peak from fir-trees’ is almost used as a hyperbole to make the not usually affiliated with good looks characteristic stand out inferring that Conan Doyle wanted the reader from the start to find Sholto’s appearance, in a way, horrid and disgusting.

It is used in Mark 8 times, in Matthew 4 times and in the rest of New Testament 64 times. This word is especially pointed to the good news Jesus Christ brought to human kinds. In the passage of Mark 1, it is the good news / gospel of Jesus

The Books of John and Matthew depict two different perspectives of Jesus’s crucifixion that will divide the followers of Christ from the rest of the Hebrews. The followers of Christ use Christ, as well as an internalized Godly perfection, to become closer to God. By Jesus taking away the barriers

In analyzing the four Gospels of Jesus Christ, is an excellent master plan about His life, and purpose in who Jesus is. In understanding the scripture of Matthew 16:13-16, Jesus challenged his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” When the disciple answered Jesus’ question,

I love the Bible Dictionary’s definition of repentance, it says that repentance is a translation of a Greek word that means a change of mind, a fresh view about God, about oneself, and about the world. I think this definition has everything to do with the two questions about how do the arts help us and what we need to do to better pursue beauty in our lives. The answer is repentance. We can know what to change, or what is not beautiful, through the Holy Ghost (2 Nephi 32:5). As we do so we will come closer to Christ and better recognize the love and mercy of God through the beauty of the

The third major branch of Protestantism in the 1500s was the Anabaptist movement. Historically they were quite significant.