Maulana Rumi Epistemology

2.0 The Couple as Sacrament of Creation In order to reach an understanding of the couple as a sacrament of creation, we have to examine the biblical text from Genesis 1, where God says, “let us make Man in our image male and female he created them, and said be fruitful and multiply”. Gen 1: 27 This quote leads us to an understanding of the origin of Man’s creation and its source. So, When St.John Paul II speaks of the Sacrament of creation, he indicates that all of the created universe in some way makes the invisible mystery of its creator visible. The sacrament of creation reaches its highest expression in the crown of creation: Man, and female. Man reaches his fulfillment through the sincere gift of self which is realized in an original

His religion was Christianity, stripped of the miracles, the Trinity and the divinity of Christ. That a moral compass was given to most of mankind and that man was responsible to use it to do what is right. He was a believer in ‘natural law’ which mankind might know from the prompting of conscience, which he equated with the other physical senses we know of. Jefferson considered Jesus to be the greatest of all the religious reformers and he wrote of the morality of the teachings of Jesus. Jefferson considered his religion to consist of belief in a single god, an afterlife of reward and punishment and loving one’s neighbor as self.

I’m certain we all have an image of God that becomes the touchstone” (19). Father Boyle is my touchstone. I think of him when I think of God’s work. Father Boyle is living a life Jesus wants us to. He has put himself in danger to help the homies.

And where do you find your identity? Everyone's asking the same question and looking for the same answer. How you answer this question, as can be seen through The Separate Peace, is how you will approach life. The only way to find the true answer is through the Truth that God has given us. As believers, we know that our true identity is found in Jesus Christ and God's Word.

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

Paul encourages the believer in Rome that there is a still hope and that not all is lost. He insists that there is a way to righteousness thru none other then Christ the Son of God, The God that they have left outside of their margins. In continuation to that, everyone regardless of culture, language, skin color and of customs may be safe through faith in Jesus Christ. That discrimination may be our own misunderstanding of God’s perspectives. Perhaps God has created us equal to one another, in regards to that, the same blood that cleanses one person is the same one that cleanses me and everybody else.

My personal worldview, in its entirely, stems from a belief in a divine God who created the universe and everything in it to His exact specifications. This belief directly answers Sire’s first and second worldview questions, “What is prime reality—the really real?” and “What is the nature of external reality, that is, the world around us?” (Sire, 22). The Christian Bible’s first chapter, Genesis 1, details my view of God’s creative process, with its first line effectively summing up my stance, saying “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1.1). Anyone, including myself, who holds a theistic Christian worldview believes the Bible to be more than just a book; God himself inspired the authors of its pages. Like a belief in God himself, a certain level of faith must exist for a Christian to believe in the text’s holy nature.

This forces us to continually seek him with our own accord to strengthen our relationship with God, because our purpose for creation is to worship him, and sin is a reminder for which Graham articulated, “that we cannot live without a god, even if it is a god of our own making” (Graham, 2009, 29). After the fall comes redemption, redemption is the doctrine that shows how merciful God is towards his sinful creations. God, through his mercy, provides his son Jesus Christ as the ultimate sacrifice to redeem and cleanse the sin of his worshipers. The crucifixion of Jesus Christ allows anyone that accepts Christ as the one true Lord and Savior may enter into the kingdom of God and live eternally without any pain or sorrow. Through these doctrines, Christian’s can stand firm in their beliefs and

God is good as stated in Psalms: “O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth forever” (Psalms 118: 1 KJV). Like Aslan, God is the creator and ruler of all. Paul reports: “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist” (Colossians 1: 16-17 KJV). The Lion of Judah is mentioned in the Bible as a reference to Jesus Christ (CBN). As stated in Genesis: “Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.

The Role of Sin & Shalom in Multicultural Counseling As a Christian, it is believed the creator of all things and the giver of life is the Almighty God. For the Bible states, “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good…” (Genesis 1:31 New International Version). Along with the heavens, earth, mankind and all of living things being wonderfully made, order was also created, which cultivated a dynamic combination of a perfect harmony called shalom. The Bible’s common interpretation of shalom represents peace, universal flourishing, wholeness, and delight (Plantinga, 1995). Therefore, according to Plantinga (1995) shalom “is the way things ought to be (p. 10).” While God intended for shalom to reign over all things that he created, there