Select a person from the textbook involved with Judaism and Christianity. Characterize how that individual expressed their religious beliefs through a faithful event in their life. Ensure that you articulate some key terms of Judaism and Christianity in your response.
Book- Edited by Will Deming/ Understanding the Religions of the World
Your response must be at least 300 words.
Write a six-page paper on one of the following topics- Transgenderism,
Here are the requirements of the paper: First, define it (both secularly & biblically). Next, identify counseling techniques you can use to minister to a person with this issue. Then, discuss how this person/issue impacts the congregation and how you should address it in your local church. Finally, demonstrate your Final Paper:
Write a six-page paper on one of the following topics- Depression, Anxiety, Suicide, Child Abuse, Homosexuality, Transgenderism, or modern-day Polyamory. If you wish to study a different Topic, you must seek permission from the instructor first. It is recommended that you begin working on your final paper at least four weeks before it is due so you can seek advice from the instructor if needed and have plenty of time to conduct research and refine the paper.
First, define it (both secularly & biblically). Next,Identify counseling techniques you can use to minister to a person with this issue. Then, discuss how this person/issue impacts the congregation and how you should address it in your local church. Finally, demonstrate your awareness of resources that you would recommend to this person to continue to assist him/her to overcome this struggle.
Now that you are exploring Africa on your next continental adventure for Religious News, you will come across many religious practices.
For this news report, your boss has asked you to examine the religious beliefs you witness in Africa by reporting back on the following components:
Compare and contrast ceremonies performed by African religions to those of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Chinese and Japanese religions;Determine if you feel it is wise for the Dogon to incorporate new and modern practices into their historic religion; and summarize the role of clothing within African culture.
Two pages in length, not including title and reference pages. Include at least two outsides sources, which can include the textbook and videos from the unit, and follow APA guidelines throughout.
POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Research how the Lord Jesus Christ ministered in the power of the Holy Spirit during His mission on earth.
Type a short essay, using as many Scripture references as possible, showing how the Lord Jesus Christ ministered in the power of the Holy Spirit during His mission on earth.
List 8-10 of those core values and give a two-sentence description of each. You might consider issues like the centrality of scripture, the priesthood of believers, etc.
The majority of these will be developed in two preliminary assignments. You should accumulate all of them into a list here, but make sure to edit the list to include the most important and to state them in the best way.
Part 2: Pick 4 of the core values you listed in Part 1 and explain how a contemporary ministry would embody those values in about 400 words each.
Describe what kinds of practices ministers should follow, what types of ministries should be pursued, who should be involved, etc. Since all ministry is contextual, you will need to translate these ideas to fit the contemporary context.
Basic Requirements:
An essay of approximately 2,000 words
The key task is detail how core values of the Reformation should influence the practice of
contemporary ministry.
The citations should support and describe how reformers understood the core value and/or the practice of ministry.https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tbjdioyc46kgshojzvqje/CHRI-4356-LCR-Core-Values-ABib-Luther-Part-1.docx?dl=0&rlkey=l0nl5oocez7jwyxrsv7qbfkum
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2hcqjo49hlfcrfh4eccdf/CHRI-4356-LCR-Core-Values-John-Calvin-Part-1.docx?dl=0&rlkey=cwkohdrom9apqawp0f7hi88ps
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fkg0fkvyb3tqh9gj3gzo2/CHRI-4356-LCR-Core-Values-LutherPart-1.docx?dl=0&rlkey=xayhbf9y89opfzsvr1rdt0pwl
Copy of sources
Upon your recent travels to the China/Japan area for Religious News, you came across the following article that seemed like major news:
Holtz, M. (2016). Japanese prime minister, party leaders seek policies that revive
Shinto religion. Christian Century, 133(2), p. 16. Retrieved from
https://libraryresources.waldorf.edu/login? auth=CAS&url=http://search.ebscohost.com.libraryresources.waldorf.edu/login.aspx? direct=true&db=a9h&AN=112343000&site=ehost-live&scope=site
As an up-and-coming reporter, you felt it was a good idea to report some of the latest stories from the area Religious News sent you to cover. After confirming the idea with your boss, you have the green light to write a review based on the article.
Your article review must consist of the following components:
Explain key terminology and religious practices.
Explain Prime Minister Abe’s tenets of Shintoism, and compare and contrast Chinese religions to Japanese religions.
Object -Inlaid Box for the Portuguese Market
Students will write a 1000-word (not counting the contents of the footnotes) paper on the meaning and significance of their object both in the past and to the field of art history.
What has been written about your object? What are the arguments? Who are the scholars who have addressed it? Who do you agree with? Disagree with? Why?
What purpose did your object serve?
What may its original viewers have seen/thought about it?
How does your object relate to other works of art? Is it copying another style or type of object? Are there other objects or styles that were inspired by it? Are there other artworks that can tell us something about yours?
Students are required to cite their sources using proper Chicago Manual of Style Notes citation format:
https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
The Meaning paper is due before class meets on 11/23.
What is most central in Calvin’s theology of justification and how does his approach to justification influence his interaction with others? Include how the Reformation doctrine of justification influences issues today. Include 1 additional source along with the sources two sources below:
Chapter 11- McKim, D. K. (2001). Calvin’s Institutes. (abridged ed). Louisville, KY: Westminster John
Knox Press.
Choose just one of the themes from the list below. Note developments of that theme in the Old Testament to the New Testament (N.T.), and show how N.T. writers reinterpreted it. Discuss similarities, differences, and changes to the meaning. You must provide a separate outline to your paper. Use only the following resource that’s available as an e-Book:
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology. Be sure to distinguish between paraphrase and direct quotes. Type a 350-750 word paper using MLA formatting.
Approximately, what percentage of the book was read in preparation for this discussion?
What is Murray’s central in the book? Defend your answer.
In chapter 2, Murray writes, “If humility be the first, the all-including grace of the life of Jesus, if humility be the secret of
His atonement, then the health and strength of our spiritual life will entirely depend upon our putting this grace first too, and making humility the chief thing we admire in him, the chief thing we ask of him, the one thing for which we sacrifice all else.”
Do you agree or disagree with this statement and how is his argument here developed through the rest of the book?
Whether you agree or not with his argument, where in Scripture could someone argue that “humility be the first, the all-including grace of the life of Jesus”?
Which chapter did you find most convicting and why?
Which chapter did you find most encouraging and why?
