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  • Christian Worldview Verses Secular Perspective

    Christian Worldview Verses Secular Perspective

    Domestic violence is the second most reported crime, accounting for about 25% of violent incidents reported to the police. Between a quarter and a third of all women experience some form of domestic violence from the male partner or ex-partner. Abusers are usually brought up in a dysfunctional family. Often the father, if present is violent and abusive. Spousal abuse is a specific form of domestic violence where physical or sexual abuse is perpetuated by

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    Essay Length: 259 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Victor
  • Philosophy of Christian Education

    Philosophy of Christian Education

    “The church teaches. It always has and always will. From the Great Commission to its earliest confessions and catechisms, the church has viewed teaching as an integral part of its life and ministry.” It has been noted that there is a distinct difference between a “Christian philosophy of education” and a “philosophy of Christian education.” The former being only one of many applicable and credible forms of education and the latter being the only viable

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    Essay Length: 2,490 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Christianity Versus Evolution

    Christianity Versus Evolution

    For over a hundred years now a battle has been raging over the origin of the Universe and man. Soldiers of Science have drawn the battle lines with each side using various scientific and non - scientific theories as their weapons. Who will ultimately win the war depends on who holds the most powerful weapons. On one side we have the Evolutionists. On the other side we have the Creationists. Evolutionists believe in spontaneous

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    Essay Length: 636 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 15, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Comparing and Contrasting Islam and Hinduism to Christianity

    Comparing and Contrasting Islam and Hinduism to Christianity

    Comparing and Contrasting Islam and Hinduism to Christianity Just as the apostle Paul witnessed to the Greeks, Christians are called to witness to their culture in the same way. The Greeks had an unknown god that they worshipped and Paul taught that Jesus was this unknown god (Acts 17:23). In today’s culture, in order for Christians to witness successfully they must understand the two religions that are rapidly growing in popularity; Hinduism and Islam. Christians

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    Essay Length: 2,478 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Top
  • Christian Vocation - Section a (i)

    Christian Vocation - Section a (i)

    Joseph West 6/3/05 Christian Vocation -Section A (i) All Christians are called to be “followers” (disciples) of Jesus, just like Jesus’ original twelve disciples. In some cases Christian’s believe they have been called to a particular job or to live a certain lifestyle. This is referred to as the term “Christian Vocation”. There are things a Christian can do or ways in which a Christian can act in order to follow their calling from God.

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    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Edward
  • Shintoism and Christianity

    Shintoism and Christianity

    Shintoism is the indigenous and national religion of Japan. The literal translation of the word Shinto means the way of the gods. It is a nature worship based religion with its own concepts on deities, ethics and life. Shintoism is based on the beginning of the human race when the trees and plants had speech. Shinto followers also believed that the animals acted and spoke like men. However, the religion does not directly deal with

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    Essay Length: 532 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Mike
  • Plato: Impact on Christianity

    Plato: Impact on Christianity

    Drafty Plato was born in 427 BC in Athens, Greece. He was born into a wealthy and aristocratic family with a political background. Plato's father claimed he was a descendent of Codrus, the last king of Athens; on his mother's side he was related to a Greek lawmaker by the name of Solon. Plato's father died when he was still young and the rest of his childhood was spent with his mother and her new

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    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: David
  • From Christianity to Capitalism and Back:

    From Christianity to Capitalism and Back:

    From Christianity to Capitalism and Back: The Story of a Homeless Man An Essay Within the past couple of centuries, the man of the developed western society has found himself within the doorsteps of a new world that would not include the old promise of an everlasting shelter, which would protect him against the harshness of the real world. He has found himself in the house of the nonbeliever. Religion has lost all credibility with

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    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Bred
  • Christian Mission to Muslims

    Christian Mission to Muslims

    Since September 11, the Muslim communities have been under siege by the media and the entire world. We have seen how the miss conceptions of Muslims have spread all over the media. As a Christian I begin to think that they should be treated as normal people. “When a radical fundamentalist, start a sect with ideas that differ from what the Muslim religion stands for, we begin to stereotype all the Muslims as the

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    Essay Length: 2,840 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: Yan
  • Are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism "male-Chauvinist" Institutions?

    Are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism "male-Chauvinist" Institutions?

    I. Introduction Are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism "male-chauvinist" institutions (Mathieu P. )? In this paper I will attempt to prove that Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are not "male-chauvinist" institutions, but rather have hierarchy in place that is based on logic and tradition. Firstly, I intend to show that the roles of men and women in the above-mentioned religions follow natural tendencies of both genders. Secondly, I intend to show that Mathieu's argument that both men

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    Essay Length: 1,854 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: Jack
  • Multiculturalism, Christian Faith, & Ignorance Accommodation

    Multiculturalism, Christian Faith, & Ignorance Accommodation

    Cyle Parker History 444 Dr. Mancastroppa December 11th, 2007 Term Paper Multiculturalism, Christian Faith, & Ignorance Accommodation (I.E.: Saving Committees, Exceptions, Bias, False Love, White Lies???) Often times I sit and while objectively listening to the arguments of my peers there are few moments metaphysically that I can honestly place myself in their mindset. Actions, scholarly debates, and just an over arching dissatisfaction with myself as a human realist prompts me to write not for

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    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Vika
  • Christianity

    Christianity

    And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.” (Matthew 21:12, 13) A kind of bidding war is heating up for the identity and loyalty of the evangelical

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    Essay Length: 327 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 28, 2010 By: Victor
  • What Does a Study of St. Mark's Gospel Tell Us About What It Means to Be a Christian Disciple?

    What Does a Study of St. Mark's Gospel Tell Us About What It Means to Be a Christian Disciple?

    A disciple is a person who follows and loves Jesus and helps to spread the teachings of what Jesus taught. They are a member of the new community, and they become more and more like Jesus through a life of faith and obedience. Jesus taught that the life of a disciple must be like his own, which is a journey to the cross: a disciple must ‘take up his cross and follow’ (8:34-35). St Mark’s

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    Essay Length: 314 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 28, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Christianity Vs. Islam

    Christianity Vs. Islam

    Christianity vs. Islam Islam is making headlines and is rapidly increasing into a large political and religious power. Initially it seems that Christianity and Islam share a lot of the same doctrines, even the same prophets, but there are important differences. As a Christian we need to equip ourselves with the knowledge of Islam, what it teaches and how it differs from Christianity. Although it seems on the surface that Christianity and Islam are so

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    Submitted: May 30, 2010 By: Janna
  • Hans Christian Oersted

    Hans Christian Oersted

    Hans Christian Oersted was born in Rudkobing on August 14, 1777 to Soren Christian Oersted and Karen Hermansen. His father was an apothecary and did not have the time to properly raise Oersted or his brother so they were raised by a German wigmaker. When he turned eleven, he went to work for his father at his pharmacy, where his first interest in science began. Without any prior schooling, except what he learned informally through

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    Submitted: June 6, 2010 By: Top
  • The Spread of Christianity

    The Spread of Christianity

    The Spread of Christianity By: Ryan Ku The Apostle Paul had four missionary journeys. These journeys are responsible for the spread of Christianity and created many churches throughout countries of the Mediterranean. On his first journey, Barnabas, Saul, and Mark, church leaders, accompanied Paul travel to the island of Cyprus and parts of Asia Minor. Paul would preach the gospel and start many churches. His journey started in the city of Seleucia and concluded in

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    Essay Length: 314 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: June 6, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Two of Christian Doctrine Milton

    Two of Christian Doctrine Milton

    In Book Two of Christian Doctrine Milton explains that the general category of virtue (he differentiates between general and specific categories of virtue), which "are relevant to the whole duty of man" (CE xvii. 27) are comprised of understanding and will. Why should memory be the discarded component? Ignatian meditations employ memory to dramatize a biblical event in one's imagination. If the object of meditation is the Nativity, the retreatant places himself at the scene:

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    Submitted: May 5, 2011 By: wicked
  • Christmas: Pagan Vs. Christianity

    Christmas: Pagan Vs. Christianity

    Christmas: Is it "Christian" or Pagan? Lorraine Day, M.D. The Bible does not tell us when Jesus was born. However, we know that the angels announced the birth of Christ to the Bethlehem shepherds in the open fields who were tending their flocks by night.. This fact certainly implies that the birth of Jesus could NOT have been on the 25th of December. "The cold of the night in Palestine between December and February is

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    Submitted: May 6, 2011 By: bdub9288
  • Paulo Freire, a Christian-Marxist

    Paulo Freire, a Christian-Marxist

    ENG 121 Instructor: Martin Ley Formal Paper #4 By: Valerie A Perron Date: 10-25-10 Paulo Freire, a Christian-Marxist In this paper, I will be addressing the topic of how Christianity and Marxism cannot be yoked together. Let me first state that the kind of Christianity Paulo Freire says he believes in, is Catholicism. The Catholic Church tends to have beliefs that are not completely true to the Word of God because they take some scripture

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    Submitted: May 10, 2011 By: mykittenlove
  • Pablo Escobar– Criminal or Christian?

    Pablo Escobar– Criminal or Christian?

    Pablo Escobar–criminal or Christian? Short essay about a bishop, a mass murderer, the Christian church's bioethics and the following curious question I have to ask myself: I am going to church. I'm fond of modern theologians like Albert Schweitzer and Egon Drewermann and their bioethical standpoint regarding man and animal. As you know their theology doesn't accept the killing of animals for fun, and if it is unnecessary. Now, what shall I think of a

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    Submitted: January 1, 2014 By:
  • “fifa 1975-2000: The Business of a Football Development Organisation” by Christiane Eisenberg

    “fifa 1975-2000: The Business of a Football Development Organisation” by Christiane Eisenberg

    Introduction In this paper I will give a short summary of the article “FIFA 19-2000: the business of a Football Development Organisation” by Christiane Eisenberg which was published in 2006. The article provides the reader with the general information about FIFA, its history of creation, principles of governing, as well as its “global business” role. Besides, one can get information about its main development programmes and even problems concerning FIFA’s redistribution. Table of contents History

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    Submitted: January 17, 2015 By: Guzel
  • Persecuting Christians

    Persecuting Christians

    The Prison Epistles Saul of Tarsus also known as (Paul) had been persecuting Christians, until an encounter with Jesus. Jesus Christ had blinded Saul for three days, and the Lord called to Ananias in a vision. The Lord told Ananias to go to Saul and place his hands upon him to restore his eyesight. From that moment Saul could see, became baptized and was filled with the Holy Spirit. Paul had become an apostle with

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    Submitted: February 2, 2015 By: cevans27
  • Christianity, Islam, and Judaism: The Most Influential World Religions in History

    Christianity, Islam, and Judaism: The Most Influential World Religions in History

    Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are three of the most influential world religions in history. They are known as the Abrahamic Religions because they all recognize Abraham as their first prophet. They were all born in the Middle East and are inextricably connected to one another. Christianity was born from within the Jewish tradition, and Islam developed from both Christianity and Judaism. For centuries, Jerusalem, the capital city of Israel, is considered as a holy

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    Submitted: April 25, 2015 By: Sphynsie Deus
  • Difference Between Islam and Christianity

    Difference Between Islam and Christianity

    There are many similarities between Islam and Christianity, and there are also a few differences. Both Christianity and Islam believe in one single god. The only difference here is that Christianity believes in one God, and refer to him as god. Muslims refer to their god as Allah. Both of these religions believe that the significant figures of each respective religion existed, for example Jesus, Abraham, and Muhammad, but they have a few differing viewpoints

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    Submitted: October 4, 2015 By: caroline0323
  • How Slavery Affected the Family and Corrupted the Christian Faith

    How Slavery Affected the Family and Corrupted the Christian Faith

    Rene’ Green ENL 3110 4/12/2016 How Slavery affected the family and Corrupted the Christian Faith In the beginning “God created man in his own image.” After God made man he also gave man a companion. She was called woman. Neither man nor woman was created to have control over another man or woman. God only gave dominion over the earth to his son Adam and that was soon taken away from Adam. After a

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    Submitted: April 12, 2016 By: Studentfirst2016

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