Biblical Worldview Thesis

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Biblical Worldview (BIBL 104)
Jill Swope

Introduction/Thesis
In Romans, chapters 1-8 specifically, the apostle Paul explains in his letter to the Romans how faith in Jesus Christ leads people to salvation if they believe that Jesus died on the cross for the sins of all. It includes topics on the Natural World, Human Identities, Human Relationships and also Culture. Paul writes about the gospel being for both Jews and Gentiles, detailing the sins of all and stating that all people are sinners against God. My beliefs follow a Biblical Worldview based on the facts presented in the Bible that God created everything and salvation is for everyone who believes. I believe marriage is between one man and one woman and that Jesus is the son of God who died on the cross for the sins of humanity. This country was founded on a Christian Worldview as evidenced in documents such as the Declaration of Independence and even on our money.
Natural World
My Biblical
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He did have this relationship for a short time with Adam and Eve. This relationship was ruined and sin was born in Genesis 3:16 when Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This act complicated all relationships going forward. Paul discusses in Romans 3:9-20 and Romans 5:12-19 that all people have a sinful nature. Paul even discusses homosexuality in Romans 1:26-27 stating that "Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way, the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error." In Romans 1:28-32, Pail lists many things that ruin relationships including greed, deceit, envy, gossip, God-haters, and those who disobey their parents. We all need to repent and become better people in each of our relationships, including our relationship with