Archive for November, 2010

The Book of Luke

The Prodigal Son Verse By Verse Rev. Patrick T. Kiernan Below is a verse by verse commentary on the popular teaching of the Prodigal Son found in Luke 15:11-32. ●Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. (Luke 15:11) The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his
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The Life of St Paul

Final Essay for Master of Life of St. Paul Rev Sharon J. Mayer, D.D. It is very obvious that Reverend Moline has great admiration for St. Paul. This is shown in his selection of text for the course and his own words on the subject. The course was well written and presented a doorway to other areas of study of
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Becoming ordained

Universal Life Church I wish to share why I became ordained by the ULC.  Firstly, I believe we are all called and ordained by God when each of us decides to serve our fellow brethren in the world. I come from a religious background, raised in the back of my grandmother’s Pentecostal church.  My grandfather, on the other side of
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Four Gospels Course

Four Gospels Seminary Course – Final Essay by Douglas Grant Although I do not identify myself as a Christian, this course has given me much insight into the real message of Jesus, as a messenger of hope to a lost world. I found what I feel to be a most cogent lesson on the proper actions of a Christian in
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Master of Religion

Master of Religion Final Paper Rev. Dennis W. Zerull First of all let me begin by saying that I have enjoyed this course and the previous course I have taken in this Seminary. I am not quite sure if “Master of Religion” truly expresses this course. I feel I have personally only scratched the surface of what Religion truly is
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Spiritual Awareness

I recall asking my parents to have the country song “Me and Jesus Have Our Own Thing Going,” played at my funeral if I should die while I was still a child. Looking back I realize, It was my own personal statement of awareness’ perhaps of the first insight even at the age of 5 or 6. As I grew
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Four Gospels Midrash

Bear with me a little bit, Rev Elizabeth Andres say I am “long-winded” and I type too fast. Most of all stray from my points. If you not familiar with midrash this a short over view. A Biblical canon or canon of scripture is nothing more than a list of Biblical books which establishes the names of books which are
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Become an ordained minister

Why did I become a ULC Minister?It was an interesting chain of events, and a story I’m sure I’ve told more than once here.When my husband and I first got engaged, a friend of ours informed us that as an ordained minister, he’d be happy to perform our wedding. I absolutely did NOT believe that he was ordained. He told
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Philosophy of Religion

Final Essay for the Philosophy of Religion Course Rev. Pete Mason I have found this course to be interesting and exciting. It has encouraged me to read in many areas touched upon by the course. I feel disappointed it has finally come to an end. As a final essay for the course I will discuss one of the areas that
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Spirit Quest

Universal Life Church – Spirit Quest Final assignment is to write a short essay about what tools you like best, some miracles you have created for yourself, some change in your life, etc. Write about any way that you have changed your life using the tools and information you have learned throughout this course and send it. When I first
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