Good People Behaving Badly

2021 ◽  
pp. 82-102
Author(s):  
Kristin Swenson
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Good People

This chapter explores how some major biblical “heroes” defy modern expectations of good behavior or otherwise fail to be ideal role models. It traces the various foibles of such figures as Abraham, David, and Peter. And it shows how the Bible depicts even Jesus and God behaving in ways that challenge modern theological assumptions or sensibilities. The chapter reveals that even the greatest heroes of the Bible have bad sides, too. And it concludes, in light of that, that, according to the Bible, God does not require perfection. This chapter also gives pause to readers tempted to reduce “the biblical God” to particular assumptions. Therefore, the chapter argues for a more nuanced approach to biblical heroes. Admitting that the Bible portrays its greatest characters (even God) as engaging in questionable behavior or exhibiting flaws and foibles should remind faithful readers that taking the Bible seriously does not mean reading, much less applying, it without thoughtful and informed critique.

Konsep Memilih Pasangan Hidup Menurut 2 Korintus 6:14-15 Dan Aplikasinya Terhadap Pencegahan Perkawinan Beda AgamaKonsep Memilih Pasangan Hidup Menurut 2 Korintus 6:14-15 Dan Aplikasinya Terhadap Pencegahan Perkawinan Beda Agama

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candra Gunawan Marisi
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Apostle Paul ◽  
2 Corinthians ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Family ◽  
Patterns Of Behavior ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
The Right

The concept of choosing a life partner for young people today needs more attention. Incorrect selection will lead them to circumstances and family situations that are certainly not based on the Word of God. The planting of children's faith must begin at an early age so that it can become a guide for them when they grow up and start thinking about family life. The basics and criteria in choosing a marriage partner according to Christian teachings must be planted in children so that wherever they are or whatever environment they are in, they are still able to hold and have a principle of choosing the right life partner according to the Bible. , The family is a fellowship consisting of people who are bound by each other by the most close ties of blood and social relations. How a child grows into adulthood is influenced by the family. Parents must be good models of Christian faith in order to be effective role models for the internalization of Christian belief systems, values and patterns of behavior. Parents must first live in truth in order to be a model of faith for children, in 2 Corinthians 6: 14-15. The Apostle Paul wrote a letter to the Corinthians about a spouse because there were believers there who had a spouse who did not believe in Jesus. The Apostle Paul also said that no similarities could be found through marriage that did not worship the same God.

The Giant and the Underdog

Philotheos ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-259
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Danilović ◽  
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Church Fathers ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Sports Events ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Hebrew Version ◽  
David And Goliath ◽  
The Church

The story of David and Goliath is one of the most famous biblical stories. It had an impact on many branches of contemporary art. It is also an inevitable part of religious education and general education in all schools. Knowing the fact that the Church Fathers have an essential part in the lives of many Christians today (in the Orthodox Church, they were role models from the very beginning), it is interesting to see how did they, these original theologians, read and interpret the story of David and Goliath. Was it for them, in the time when the Bible was the most sacred book for all, important as it is for us today? Did people during the sports events of that time talk on the markets about the underdog who struck the giant? Additionally, if one looks at the ancient Greek and Hebrew text, one will find out that the Hebrew version, which was used as the source for most modern translations, is 40% longer than the Greek one. Could the works of the Fathers help us to determine which version of the story is the Holy Scripture for Christians today?

scholarly journals Moses as a role model in the Serbia charters after 1371 changing patterns

Balcanica ◽  
2008 ◽  
pp. 69-78
Author(s):  
Zarko Vujosevic
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Religious Leader ◽  
Salvation History ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Major Stage ◽  
History Of ◽  
Changing Patterns

The aspects of the Old Testament figure of Moses highlighted in the charters of post-Nemanjic Serbia, or under the Lazarevic and Brankovic dynasties (1371-1459), testify to a changed attitude towards Old Testament role models. While members of the Nemanjic house such as the archbishop Sava I and the rulers Stefan of Decani and Dusan look up to Moses as a "religious leader", a prayerful intercessor before God and a victorious warrior, all of that for the sake of the "chosen" people, the role he is assigned in the arengae of the charters issued by prince Lazar and despots Stefan Lazarevic and Djuradj Brankovic is completely different. In the universal Christian context of the post-1371 arengae Moses figures as a "prophet" and the builder of the Tabernacle - a prefiguration of the Church, thereby epitomizing a major stage in the salvation history of humankind. The role of Moses, as well as that of David, the only other Old Testament figure still referred to in the charters of the period, has a universal ecclesiologically interpreted, significance. This new pattern of interpreting Moses implies that the ruler?s main virtue now becomes his concern for the "true faith" and the houses of God. The practice of the Nemanjics as regards selection and interpretation of Old Testament themes is reestablished by the titular despots of the Brankovic dynasty. In their charters, the first part of the Bible with Moses as a popular leader reassumes a "national" character and becomes part of the ideological apparatus intended to posit the Serbs as a "New Israel".

scholarly journals THE PILGRIMAGE OF WEALTHY PIOUS CHRISTIAN WOMEN FROM ROME TO THE HOLY LAND IN THE FOURTH TO SIXTH CENTURIES AD

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-65
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Holy Land ◽  
Church Fathers ◽  
Christian Women ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Holy Places ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Church

This study examines the pilgrimage of Christian women ascetics in the early Christian period from the fourth to sixth centuries AD, focusing on wealthy Roman women who were influenced by the Church Fathers, such as Jerome and left their world, freedom, family and social class. They sold their properties in order to come to the Holy Land (the Land of the Bible) to visit the holy places and the desert hermits and to build monasteries, hospitals, hospices, orphanages and accomodations for old people through the Holy Land. The pilgrimage of women ascetics was a characteristic feature of the period. In spite of the difficult journey, these ascetic women came to fulfill their religious and spiritual needs. These women have been remembered throughout the ages for their faith, piety, tenderness, purity and devotion and have served as role models for women after them. This study examines the concept of pilgrimage in Christianity and the pilgrimage of the women ascetics and their religious and social accomplishments in the Holy Land.

scholarly journals Dampak Keterampilan Guru Pendidik Agama Kristen Terhadap Motivasi Belajar Siswa

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-167
Author(s):  
Anita Grays Pantow ◽  
Ribka Ester Legi
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Teaching Objectives ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Teacher Skills ◽  
Research Procedure ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Factual Data

Abstrak: Kajian ini menguraikan secara spesifik mengenai dampak ketrampilan guru Pendidik Agama Kristen dalam meningkatkan motivasi belajar siswa. Topik ini diangkat kara data faktual yang diterima peneliti, masih banyak ditemui para siswa dalam sebuah institusi motivasi belajar belum sepenuhnya antusias. Hal ini bisa disebabkan kurang terampilnya pendidik dalam mengajar. Tulisan ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Prosedur penelitian ini dilakukan dengan cara mengumpulkan data-data tentang dampak keterampilan guru PAK. Hasil uraian topik ini mengemukakan bahwa sebagai pengajar, guru dituntut untuk memiliki kecakapan dalam mengembangkan keterampilan mengajar. Adapun wujud dari ketrampilan pengajar itu mampu memahami isi Alkitab dengan baik dan benar, pengajar PAK mampu menjembatani persoalan dengan Alkitab. Kemudian pengajar PAK dapat membimbing dan mendampingi peserta didik, serta  pengajar PAK hendaknya memahami dan menetapkan tujuan pengajaran yang diajarkan kepada nara-didik . Dengan ketrampilannya sebagai pendidik, motivasi nara-didik akan tercipta karena guru menjadi role model mereka untuk meningkatkan intensitas belajar.Abstract: This study outlines the specifics of the impact of Christian Educator teacher skills in improving students' learning motivation.This topic is raised kara factual data received by researchers, there are still many students in a learning motivation institution not yet fully enthusiastic.This can be due to the lack of skilled educators in teaching.This paper uses qualitative methods with a descriptive approach.This research procedure is carried out by collecting data on the impact of PAK teachers' skills.The results of this topic description suggest that as teachers, teachers are required to have proficiency in developing teaching skills.As for the form of the teaching skills, it is able to understand the contents of the Bible properly and correctly, PAK teachers are able to bridge the problem with the Bible. Then PAK teachers can guide and accompany learners, and PAK teachers should understand and set the teaching objectives taught to learners. With his skills as an educator, the motivation of learners will be created because teachers become their role models to increase the intensity of learning.

scholarly journals Women in the Bible: What can they teach us about gender equality?

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christin E. Bøsterud
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Gender Balance ◽  
Women In The Bible ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Biblical Narratives ◽  
Biblical Leadership ◽  
Policies And Practices

What can we learn about gender equality from the women in Scripture today? Can women in Scripture serve as role models for the women striving for leadership positions and could there be a potential correlation with current-day policies and practices supporting gender balance, and Christian ethical standards? This article, based on the Reformed paradigm, addresses women portrayed in formal and informal roles spanning from leaders, teachers, prophets and other prominent characters – each playing their roles in Scripture. It is argued that despite women often being placed in marginal positions in Scripture, they nevertheless permeate the Bible in narratives on resourcefulness, auto-leadership, and in their place in securing and upholding the Covenant with God. It will be demonstrated how women are presented as necessary partakers in the most significant of biblical narratives, and that their leadership exertion typically has a necessary role in the overarching scriptural scenarios. It will appear that by taking a closer approach to Scripture, we can take inspiration from female biblical leadership figures in most, if not all realms of today’s life.Contribution: It will be clear that Scripture lends sufficient support to promote full and complete gender equality, whether this be expressed in corporate life, government, or family. The examples gleaned from Scripture will demonstrate how gender equality not only is something that Scripture allows, but also expects.

“he is bothyn modyr, broþyr, & syster vn-to me”

2014 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-315
Author(s):  
Beth Allison Barr
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Biblical Texts ◽  
The Church

Examining recent claims that the early modern Bible served as an empowering force for women, this article draws evidence from English sermons designed for quotidinal lay instruction—such as the late medieval sermons of Festial, the sixteenth-century Tudor Homilies, and the seventeenth-century sermons of William Gouge and Benjamin Keach. As didactic religious texts written and delivered by men but also heard and read by women, sermons reveal how preachers rhetorically shaped the contours of women’s agency. Late medieval sermons include women specifically in scripture and authorize women through biblical role models as actively participating within the church. Conversely, early modern sermons were less likely to add women into scripture and more likely to use scripture to limit women by their domestic identities. Thus, through their approaches to biblical texts, medieval preachers present women as more visible and active agents whereas early modern preachers present women as less visible and more limited in their roles—thereby presenting a more complex story of how the Bible affected women across the Reformation.

scholarly journals In Search of Biblical Role Models for Mongo Women: A Bosadi Reading of Vashti and Esther

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Maleke M. Kondemo
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
African Women ◽  
High Class ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Class Level ◽  
The Will

The Old Testament world clearly subjected the woman to the will and protection of her husband, but she was also celebrated for performing important roles as wife and mother. Although some of its texts may be considered oppressive in certain ways, the Bible also contains positive examples of liberation stories for women to emulate. The Bible contains stories which may be read to promote the rights of women to be what God wants them to be, a right which needs to be reclaimed. Informed by David Adamo's African biblical hermeneutical reading that encourages the appropriation of the Bible by African women and men by reconsidering ancient biblical traditions and African life experiences with the purpose of finding biblical role models, this essay reads the Bible from the point of view of the marginalised and oppressed in order to draw out a liberation message. In this article, I examine the characters of Esther and Vashti in the book of Esther as they navigate a patriarchal context in light of Mongo women's experiences. Though Esther and Vashti operated on a high-class level, both women can serve as role models to Mongo women. The strategies used by the two queens can also be combined to affirm Mongo women and help them to conceive new identities and roles.

Student perception of faculty role models

1985 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-161
Author(s):  
B Lange ◽  
R Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Student Perception ◽  
Faculty Role

A Family With Autosomal-Dominant Progressive Sensorineural Hearing Loss

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Halpin ◽  
Barbara Herrmann ◽  
Margaret Whearty
Keyword(s):  
Speech Production ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
The Family ◽  
Patient Will ◽  
Language Pathology

The family described in this article provides an unusual opportunity to relate findings from genetic, histological, electrophysiological, psychophysical, and rehabilitative investigation. Although the total number evaluated is large (49), the known, living affected population is smaller (14), and these are spread from age 20 to age 59. As a result, the findings described above are those of a large-scale case study. Clearly, more data will be available through longitudinal study of the individuals documented in the course of this investigation but, given the slow nature of the progression in this disease, such studies will be undertaken after an interval of several years. The general picture presented to the audiologist who must rehabilitate these cases is that of a progressive cochlear degeneration that affects only thresholds at first, and then rapidly diminishes speech intelligibility. The expected result is that, after normal language development, the patient may accept hearing aids well, encouraged by the support of the family. Performance and satisfaction with the hearing aids is good, until the onset of the speech intelligibility loss, at which time the patient will encounter serious difficulties and may reject hearing aids as unhelpful. As the histological and electrophysiological results indicate, however, the eighth nerve remains viable, especially in the younger affected members, and success with cochlear implantation may be expected. Audiologic counseling efforts are aided by the presence of role models and support from the other affected members of the family. Speech-language pathology services were not considered important by the members of this family since their speech production developed normally and has remained very good. Self-correction of speech was supported by hearing aids and cochlear implants (Case 5’s speech production was documented in Perkell, Lane, Svirsky, & Webster, 1992). These patients received genetic counseling and, due to the high penetrance of the disease, exhibited serious concerns regarding future generations and the hope of a cure.

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