Katelyn Cornett

               Salt is utilized as a preservative, and it also adds flavor to some of the world's favorite foods like French fries. It improves the taste of the food. Similarly, grace adds to the quality of our lives, but it has to be applied under the right conditions.   By distinguishing between living by cheap or costly grace in   The Cost of Discipleship , Bonhoeffer suggests that it is pertinent for Christians to evaluate their devotedness to the call of discipleship. In the end, costly grace preserves the church, while cheap grace harms the church by undervaluing God's gift of grace.             Bonhoeffer suggests that people live according to two interpretations of grace – costly or cheap – however, only one of them leads to forgiveness of sin. Bonhoeffer states that disciples who obey God's calling understand that, "Costly grace is the only pure grace, which r...

     On the Incarnation by Saint Athanasius is a short treaty about the theology of Christianity written simply to explain Christ’s manifestation to humanity. Throughout On the Incarnation, Athanasius addresses many aspects of Christianity, including how the Jews lacked belief and how the Greeks mocked Christianity (84). People of this time were supplementing their need for Jesus with worldly objects, which only added to the void created by God’s absence. More importantly, On the Incarnation lays out the history of humankind and how God created them perfectly. Unfortunately, due to the fall of humanity in the garden of Eden, God’s perfect plan for man to live incorrupt in Heaven after physical death was ruined. Thus, as Athanasius illustrates, for God’s divine plan to be accomplished, it was requisite that he send Christ incarnate to teach God’s will and redeem the world from the evil they were supplementing to fill the void in their hearts that only God can suffice....

       People look into mirrors every day, but what do they see, and what do others see that they do not see in themselves? Dante utilizes the analogy of the mirrors to illustrate that as one develops knowledge and a relationship with God, they will begin to reflect more of his light into the world around them. Dante proposes people need to understand what they are reflecting through their life. He demonstrates this sentiment through his travels through the heavenly spheres. As he ascends and becomes closer to God, his understanding begins to change, and he becomes more aligned with God.       In Canto Two, Beatrice introduces Dante to the mirror analogy to demonstrate that God’s light is equally intense in each person, but how we perceive that light changes based on how close they are to God (2.97-105). The closer a person is in relation to God, the brighter they will seem to shine, but it does not change the radiance of God’s light or power. Bea...

(The board meeting room opens up and is filled with philosophy majors who have gathered to discuss their ideas and questions with a few of the members of the Board of Philosophical Writers.) BRADBURY: “The University of Inquisition would like to welcome our board for today’s discussion about philosophical questions dealing with human interactions. Today we have Mr. Dostoevsky, Mr. Lewis, Dr. Freud, and Mr. Tolkien. I want to thank each of you for joining us today, and we will begin by opening the floor. Does anyone have a question they would like to ask the board?” STUDENT 1: “Dr. Freud, will you explain why people today covet money and other possessions?” DR. FREUD: “The goal of human beings as I have come to discover is to eliminate pain and to bask in pleasures. All humans possess what I call an Id, Ego, and Superego. The Id is the pleasure-seeking part of our unconscious that directs our desires. The Ego is in the middle mediating between the Id and the Superego, whi...

How often do we hear of people becoming drunks after a bad relationship, losing a job, or after some other type of conflict with another party? We quite often hear about people diverting to alcohol as a form of escape. But, why do people revert to alcohol to divert their pain instead of facing it head-on? In Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud proposes that suffering is a sensation that occurs in the highest degree among relationships between men and they utilize drunkenness as the greatest way to rid themselves of a sense of unhappiness.  So, what is the end goal of man’s life? Freud states that people “seek happiness, they want to become happy and remain so. There are two sides to this striving… [to eliminate] pain and discomfort” (Freud 15). Freud discusses many ways to eliminate pain and he says the utilization of the pleasure-principle is how people obtain pleasures from around them. However, we are dealing with the issue of eliminating pain. Freud says, “There are pe...

Getting the chance to speak to prospective students at the GB Accepted Students Day session was a neat experience. I did not visit Faulkner on the Accepted Students Day for 2018, so it was neat to experience the day from the other side and to meet a few possible new GB students. I really enjoyed getting to hear what the current students had to say about the program and how it has personally affected them in their college career and personal growth. I think it is important that current students and prospective students attend the sessions each year because that is where we first begin to bond with the new members of the family. The setting is very open just like it is in classes.