Honor means to “hold in high esteem.” In our culture, honor is reserved for those persons who’ve achieved a remarkable feat or attained a certain status. An athlete is honored for winning championships. Michael Jordan is considered the greatest basketball player in NBA history because he won six championships. Business leaders are honored for having…
We used to think the mind worked like a filing cabinet. We were given information and we would assign it to a particular file in our mental cabinet. When we needed to retrieve the information, we would reach into the appropriate file and pull it out. Now we understand the mind works much more like…
I came across these classification of spiritual disciplines recently. These terms came from “The Spirit of the Disciplines” by Dallas Willard, and I strongly believe that these are valuable to be recorded and shared. Dallas’ list of spiritual disciplines, which are separated into two categories: Disciplines of Abstinence and Disciplines of Engagement Disciplines of Abstinence:…
Presentation by Zubei, Grace and Samantha History of Judaism Originated in the Middle East One of three original Abrahamic faiths (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) Bases of Christianity Beliefs There is only one God and can’t be subdivided (Christian Holy Trinity) God is.. omnipotent omnipresent above and beyond all earthly things just and merciful personal and…
Presentation by Daniel, Felix and Ching Lam Islamic Beliefs Allah is the one and only God, therefore Islam is a monotheistic religion. Collectively, Islam, Judaism and Christianity are known as the Abrahamic religions because they all claim that Abraham is a common ancestor. The Quran (Also spelled Qu’ran or Koran) is God’s last revealed word…