Essays On Faith

Studies in the Life of Elijah by J. Hampton Keathley III hamptonk3@bible. org Biblical Studies Press www. bible. org 1995 J. Hampton Keathley III, Th. M. is a 1966 graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and a former pastor of 28 years. Hampton currently writes for the Biblical Studies Foundation and on occasion teaches New Testament […]

Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term as president of the United States on November the 7th 2012, by beating Mitt Romney despite dissatisfaction with the way he handled the economy. Before this particular outcome of the election, Obama made some remarks at a Campaign Event in Denver, Colorado. These remarks were among many […]

The meaning of one’s life as seen through the eyes of God is what determines their personal faith and religious identity, such as that of Damien of Molokai. Religious purpose refers to the ways in which an individual lives out their faith and puts it into practice, representing their recognized purpose in life. The concept […]

Thought and Discussion: On Liberty of Thoughts and Discussion By: Pamela Noble For: Professor Brad Bell Ethics and Media, The Arts and Society Excelsior College August 11, 2013 Thoughts and Discussion: On the Liberty of Thought and Discussion Abstract In the second chapter of John Stuart Mill’s essay, On Liberty, Mill presents reasons why he […]

Elie has been a follower of God ever since he was brought into this world, and truthfully I cannot imagine him ever giving up hope in his God. I would have to say probably the only thing in the world that could have ever managed to make Elie even doubt his God one bit would […]

When the term ‘genius’ is investigated, one will receive multiple definitions from the same dictionary. The Collins English Dictionary defines genius as “a person with exceptional ability, esp. of a highly original kind” yet under a different entry it also describes genius as “the guiding spirit who attends a person from birth to death”. This […]

Initially, Hernando Cortes and the Conquistadors were traditionally depicted as barbarous, savage beings who ravaged, murdered, and looted their way into the core of the Aztec empire, exhibiting their merciless and cruel nature. Their objective was to destroy an age-old Mexican empire with no empathy whatsoever. Nevertheless, upon examining Bernal Diaz’s authentic narrative of his […]

During my professional life as an airline pilot, passengers sometimes visited the cockpit of my aircraft. They asked about the many switches, instruments, systems, and procedures and how all this technical equipment would help such a huge and beautiful airplane fly. I would explain that it takes a great aerodynamic design, many auxiliary systems and […]

Losing My Religion: Exposing the Hypocrisy of Religion in Emily Dickinson’s “Some keep the Sabbath going to Church-“ Who does society consider the faithful? Is it the man on the street corner screaming for everyone to repent their sins before the apocalypse? Is it the zealot who straps a bomb to his body, and walks […]

The theme of education, learning, teaching, being a teacher, who is educated and why, runs throughout the novel A Lesson Before Dying. The attainment of knowledge influences Grant, Jefferson, Vivian, and Reverend Ambrose differently throughout the novel. Grant, Vivian, Jefferson, and Reverend Ambrose all struggle to do what they feel is right based on what […]

Introduction Australia has not yet committed itself to a definitive principle of good faith in contract law. Unlike the legal systems in Europe and the United States, Australia does not demand an explicit legal prerequisite of good faith to form a contract. [1] Decisions in different jurisdictions have however considered the validity of the values […]

Should a parent be able to make the ultimate and final decision to provide medical treatment for their child? Do parents have the right to choose prayer instead of modern medicine to relieve their child’s suffering? Throughout this paper I will attempt to provide various examples, both local and national, of religious sects that believe […]

Most philosophers think that you cannot know that something is true without believing it is true. If you do not believe that a fish cannot breathe out of water, then you do not know it. Believing is a requirement of knowing. That said, how justified must our beliefs be to constitute knowledge? How valuable is […]

After reading Horace Miner’s Body Ritual Among the Nacirema I cannot say that I would want to be part of the tribe. A huge reason would be that I could never go from my own Christian faith to the religious practices of the Nacirema. My second reason for not wanting to be part of the […]

He begins seeing the darkness around him which is symbolic of sin, and he sees his wife’s ribbon in the tree which Is symbolic of his need of her and fear of losing her. He is mostly afraid of the sin In himself which he unravels as he goes deeper into the forest. HIS fellow […]

We are in our first week of our series Losing My Religion and the idea is that we are talking about worship and how worship takes us from the place of religion or the motions of church or what we do to the relationship of church, or the why we do It! This is what […]

Croon and Oedipus represent two completely different characters that serve deferent roles in the tragedy. Their differences are emphasized through their actions and speech. Although Croon and Oedipus have some similarities, they represent foils of each other. Croon contrasts strongly with Oedipus and presents himself as Oedipus’ foil. The purpose in Croon being Oedipus’ foil […]

We humans, are the most remarkable species on the planet earth. We have traveled vast lands. Explored great oceans and settled down creating the greatest race on earth. We evolved with time, with the ambition to reach for the skies and determination to Max our full potentials. However, we have been implanted with this code, […]

An American and a Filipino go to the Cordilleras to look at the rice terraces which were built by the Filipinos ancestors. There they find the meaning of their friendship, how t defines the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized. The story begins with two officemates Philip LATA (an lawful from the Mountain province […]

Although having been read and examined the English translation of his original poem, I could still feel the sincerity in the message his piece tries to envoy and the strong resolve of the author that led him to create such masterwork. Defining them as fair hope of his motherland, Dry. Jose Racial proved his recognition […]

You may have had only one or two clergy leaders, or you may have had many. Like all organizations, you have fallen into certain patterns of operation, some good and some not. Again like all organizations, you have two choices: to continue to do what you always have done (because that’s the way you do […]

Goodbye is a traditional word that is said when leaving . Usually, people say this when they will meet again, but sometimes goodbye can mean that they will never see each other again” It is hard to choose words on saying goodbye. No words can ease the pain brought by the sensation of goodbye. No […]