Previous research has indicated that the physical actions of prayer are especially salient for preschool-aged children, and children in this age range tend to associate prayer with communicating with God. As the context in which children learn about new concepts impacts on how children come to understand those concepts, and children are often introduced to the concept of God through prayer, the...

spinoza thinks that god is the only existent substance and all things are manifestations of it. in his view the manifestations of god in all infinite worlds is by his attributes which are infinite numerally and by their natures and they are united with his nature. in this world his nature has manifested by two attributes: thought and extension. spinoza’s conception of god is so ambiguous that a...

Build-up of enzyme–polyelectrolyte multilayer onto glassy carbon (GC) surfaces by electrostatic self-assembling method has been investigated. In order to functionalize GC surface by a starting negatively charged layer, two approaches have been carried out: (i) covalent linkage of phenyl acetic acid through electroreduction of 4-phenylacetic diazonium salt (GCA surface), and (ii) formation of a ...

Forgiveness. The Bible says we have offended a holy God and that we need to be forgiven of that offense before we can be in fellowship with God. There are not many ways to receive such forgiveness, because only the One who has been offended can forgive us of our offense (Mark 2:5-7). Jesus alone paid the penalty for our sin through His death on the cross (2 Cor. 5:21). He thereby cleared the wa...

1. The significance of Phil 2:6–7. Numerous texts of the NT suggest, more or less straightforwardly, that Jesus Christ is very God. In the Gospel of John alone, for instance, one reads: “the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (1:1); “so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father” (5:23); “before Abraham was born, I am” (8:58); “I and the Father are one” (10:30); “he who see...

Over the centuries, time and again, theologians, philosophers, poets and even sociologists have proposed that money should be regarded as a “god-term” (Kenneth Burke). They have spoken of the omnipotence of money (Georg Simmel) and pondered whether we should not organize religious faith like money (Niklas Luhmann). They propagated a “pantheism of money” (Falk Wagner) and called it the “all-dete...