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Believes in the innate goodness in everything. Tends to be optimistic, romantic, and naieve.
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| Believes and emphasizes the fall with the tendency for things to rot and go bad especially within humanity. Thus has the need to change things and make them right. |
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| Daniel model of discernment |
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1. Be well-established in one's faith
2. Understand contemporary culture more clearly than teh secular counterparts
3. Authors suggest Daniel knew and accepted what he could of the Babylonian culture but stopped short of its worship and paganizing influence on his own life |
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| Since we have limitations, we need humility and tolerance with others because we may be misunderstanding Scripture and its application. |
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| Specifics vs. Generalities |
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| Deals with the concept that Christians often can agree on generalities regarding the general principle of liberty, justice, and equality. But actually differ on the specific ways these are to be lived out |
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| Deals with the social aspects of the Gospel and the concept of who really is my neighbor. |
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| Deals with the positive aspect of politics as a means to actually love one's neighbor through the political process to ensure justice, liberty, and equality. |
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| Ability to cause or influence another to behave as you wish. Can be by force, economics, formal authority, and reasoning |
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| Deals with problems of using force to restrict the exercise of freedom. Must appeal to a higher principle to do so; like public safety or the general welfare of a people |
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Use of non-coercive power.
When is withholding information legitimate and when is it illegitimate?
Is withholding information lying?
What is lying, propoganda, and secrets? |
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Problem of power affecting the holder of power as well as the one controlled.
Examples> office, money, force |
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Power of money:
Views as a god to be dealt with .
Serving two masters |
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Power of money:
Greed= idolatry
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Power of money:
Rich young ruler
"What good thing must i do to get eternal life?" |
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Power of money:
Love of money with its spiritual consequencs |
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Money and contentment:
Asking for needs not selfish wants |
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Money and contentment:
Learning contentment regardless of circumstance |
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Money and contentment:
Godliness and contentment is great gain.
Do not be arrogent in wealth, rather be generous and look for heavenly treasures |
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Money and spiritual stewardship:
How one handles money is an indicator of how one will handle spiritual things |
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Equal sacrifice not equal giving:
Tithe- 10th |
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Equal sacrifice not equal giving:
Tithe- 10th |
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| Leviticus 5:6,7,11; 12:6,8; 14:21,22,30,31 |
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Equal sacrifice not equal giving:
Offerings |
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Equal sacrifice not equal giving:
Widow's mite |
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Equal sacrifice not equal giving:
Widow's mite
In relation to Rich young ruler... Matthew 19:16-22 |
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Measuring one's worth by want has not is
1. Corinth- 1 Corinthians 11:17-22
2. James- James 2:1-13
3. Jesus- Luke 14:7-15 |
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polygamy, divorce, celibacy, eunuch
Deuteronomy 22:28-29
Mark 10
Luke 16:18 |
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Adultery, homosexuality, bestiality, transvestites, incest
Ex. Leviticus 18-20
1 Timothy 1:9
Romans 1:24
1 Corinthians 6
1 Corinthians 5 |
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| Recent development- past 155 years |
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| "Truth" that the media propogates is managed by as few as 500 individuals who control 3/4 of the film and TV. |
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1. Demands one's attention and thus robs the believer of the freedom to think, pray, meditate
2. Attacks actual person-to-person interactions |
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| Media as a community of pagan people |
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1. Hold media leadership accountable for what they do
2. Produce quality Christian media
3. Provide a powerful Christian presence in the media establishment as a means of evangelization |
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| Four main doctrines in literature |
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1. Creation
2. The Fall
3. Redemption
4. Pentecost |
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1. Deals with problem of reading about fallen humanity without becoming corrupt in the process
2. Need to have good stewardship of time
3. Focus on eternal truths not individual actions of the fallen character
4. Know limitations |
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| It is important to focus on reading with the worldview of the author in mind so we can examine authorial intent as the place of meaning rather than simply reader response or the autonomy of the text |
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"Doctrine of affections"
Holds that vertain specific rythms and patterns have meaning in and of themselves |
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| Some meaning is found in music based on "program" that is verbal description and "absolute" music that has no extra-musical meaning. |
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| Absolute music has problems in that music finds meaning through association. Theory suggests the individuality of absolute music. In other words, each person places one's own meaning into the music. The problem with this is that in practice one is enculturated and thus has associations with the music even if not consciously done. |
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1. psalms
2.Songs of Solomon
3. Military songs
5. Music with the realm of the Spirit
6. Music that soothes
7. Music that teaches |
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1. As worship
2. As seduction
3. as military victory
4. as part of heathen worship |
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