Contemporary worship

to different theologies. In a long quest to understand religion objectively. (This is only a comparison of beliefs not religions.) I came across a seemingly simple question. Is Idolatry a thing of the past or as ubiquitous as ever? Idolatry is worship of an Idol. A form of extreme admiration, love or reverence for someone or something. It usually done in religious practice but spills out into much of society. It might be unfair to compare but the past belief on theology is much different…

The religious cultural belief system and their momumental constructions found at aksum. Aksum is a representation of powerful kingdom in northern Ethiopia during the early Christian era. The peoples of Aksum were the product of a linguistic and cultural mixing of African Kushitic speakers with Semitic speakers from Yemenite southern Arabia. The massive ruins, dating from between the 1st and the 13th century A.D., include monolithic obelisks, giant stelae, royal tombs and the ruins of ancient…

A sacrifice and prayer, such as what Chryses did in the text was the most common way to appease or communicate to the gods for humans. In another Greek myth, Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia to appease the goddess Artemis before he sets sail for Troy. It was common for ancient religions to involve sacrifices, such as Judaism and the religion of the Mesopotamians. The Greeks believed that the smell of the burning meat would appease and please the gods, while the Israelites believed it…

While hymns originate before the legalization of Christianity by the Holy Roman Empire, contemporary Christian music is part of a movement created around the peak of Beatlemania. Originally referred to at “Jesus Music”, Christian Rock, Pop, and R&B had expanded into a multimillion-dollar business by the 1980s. This takeover of the music business was not without controversy, with contemporary Christian music being criticized for simple lyrics, repetitious chords, and having disingenuous motives…

I believe that people cannot live without ‘Faith’. People know that god exists through two ways. First way is through prophets messages, which I think was the first real knowledge. God ordained Prophets to undertake the same mission from Adam to Prophet Mohamed, the religion delivered by all prophets is exactly the same. The message is monotheism, doing righteous deeds and to establish the religion and make no division therein. So how did divisions happen? When Prophets died, their followers and…

to justify themselves are those who were exiled and returned, the Samaritans, those whose ancestors were not exiled, and the Elephantine Colony. According to the Deuteronomic theory (Lecture 2), the people: could only worship Yahweh, could only worship Him in Jerusalem, and worship Him only as priests instructed. None of these groups perfectly match these descriptions. However, the group that comes the closest are those who were exiled and who returned. In my opinion, these are the “correct”…

According to wallace, when operating on default settings, i.e. to be unconsious, we are choosing death. Finally, it is an acceptance of the fact that we, individually, are not the center of the universe which correlates to the next point regarding self worship.…

essential for the believer. The service of the word is the spoken word. This is an important part of the worship experience. This was also derived from the Jewish structure of worship. The history of the service of the word occurred when Israel wondered, “How could they sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” The synagogue provided a safe haven for the people of God to assemble and relish in worship and the spoken word. The Jews began to put together all of the things that the Lord had done for…

Literature and Form of Prayers “Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God” – Billy Graham. Prayers causes me to feel a sense of relief. It is the main relaxation method for all who believe in god. Just like prayers, literature also gives me this feeling of relief and relaxation. By engaging in a storyline that I enjoy reading until the end. Literature makes me think about what happened in the storyline and prayers make me think about if my prayers will be answered. To what…

why hast you forsaken me?” When we look over Job and his situations you have this wise servant who doesn’t want to take negative to the lord but he probably had a bit of forsaken on his heart. The moment he shaved his head and fell to the ground in worship. He was making the surrendering to the Lord with an understanding he had nothing else to lose nor to gain. Naked he came out from his mother womb and naked he will leave. After reading that I feel he definitely had a good deal of forsaken on…