This Biblical Foundation paper will thoroughly examine the existing adaptive leadership and transformational change issues within the ministry context of New Creation African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) in Ft. Washington Maryland. The focus is to make the connection between the stated contextual issues and the questions that were formulated on the topic “Reconciling Spiritual Connectedness: an Adaptive Model to Increase Spiritual Cohesion at New Creation AME Church,” and “What the bible teaches us about the topic of "Reconciling the Brokenhearted to Connectedness?” The goal of this paper is to discover how God through the Apostle Paul desired to impact the people in Corinth, the Jewish community and the entire world; and how this scripture is still relevant to the context
(Vort 177) Yet, Irsigler reckons that an educated Levite composed the psalm to advocate faith to a community facing opposition and threats during the fourth century B.C.E, which corresponds to the second temple. (Vort, 178) Due to the lack of historical evidence, it is arduous to distinguish the specific origin of the text resulting in much speculation. (Vort, 178) Nevertheless, the author employs colloquy similar to Job to deliberate a personal faith experience.
Consider the placement of Psalm 1 within the broader context of the book of Psalms and the entire Bible. Understanding its literary genre (wisdom psalm) and its introductory nature helps in interpreting its purpose and themes. Things to consider during the historical background of the psalm are the period it was written (likely during the time of King David), the sociopolitical climate, and the religious practices of ancient Israel. This context provides insights into the psalmist's intentions and the relevance of the message to its original audience. Psalm 1, like many biblical poetry, uses parallelism and other literary devices to emphasize its
Psalm 29 is often referred to as "The Thunderstorm Psalm" considering the Psalmist repeatedly states that the voice of the Lord is above all. Upon an analytical explication of Psalm 29, the genre can be identified as a praise due to the author glorifying God and his actions, accompanied by using words that are parallel to the word praise, such as worship and glory. The topic of this Psalm is God and his unending power and majesty, which relates to the theme: God is above all. The main purpose of this Psalm is to create a piece of writing which accurately depicts God's abilities and incredibleness. The structure of this poem is separated into three sections, also supporting the idea that Psalm 29 is a praise.
The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression are two, pure examples of America’s weakest moments. American citizens struggle to find jobs and maintain hope from the 1920s and 1930s, causing them to sacrifice personal belongings in order to survive. In the novel, The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, exhibits the impact of greed, money, and power has on economic corruption, making it nearly impossible to recover. Greed is one of the major components of the Dust Bowl.
Benet uses allusions from Psalm 137 in By the Waters of Babylon to show the damage knowledge can cause. In his story, he shows that people are evil and are capable of doing bad things, using the content from Psalm 137. Benet also illustrates that when people gain more knowledge, they gain more power over society and people. Our society as a whole learns loyalty and devotion from Psalm 137. If knowledge can be bad, people disagree and use vengeance against one another.
The imagery of the Psalm is awesome! Highlighting the majestic power of God through nature. God uses His creation to demonstrate his power. All creation responds to the powerful thunderous voice of God. Verses three through nine of this psalm tells how the thunderous voice of God move though nature to speak to his people.
As an example, the beginning of the Psalm starts, "[y]ou have searched me, Lord, and you know me." (Psalms 139.1) while the end of the poem states, "[s]earch me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts" (Psalm s 139.23). This combines parallel with repetition and the words "search" and "know" and both found at the beginning of the chapter and at the end. Additionally, in between the parallels, contrast is used to amplify the omniscience of God. In verses two and three it says, "[y]ou know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
As correlated with the 23rd Psalm, David also showed his good and difficult experience when he wrote the 27th Psalm. Through this Psalm, David has presented a number of literary devices; such as use of questions, metaphor, imagery and symbolism. Verse one starts “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Here, David put forward two similar questions which relates to the statements presented before them.
This man that is directed by rod is seen to be a sinner and the other two figures are the just Christ is protecting. The stanzas in which the psalm should be sung are marked by capital letters illuminated in different colors ranging from red, purple, blue, and green. Following these letters, the text of each stanza is hand written in ink in Latin. This psalm contains large vertical and a large rightward margin drawing the readers eye to the center of the work. The word ECLINA is displayed next to Christ’s image illuminated in purple in all capital letters.
As a song of praise and thanksgiving, this pericope also contains a “strong wisdom influence” as found in verses (9-11). Throughout the passage, people are praising God, rejoicing, receiving and receiving instruction. Psalm 92 operates within a complete boundary in terms of beginning with instruction on praising and giving thanks to God and ending with why we praise God. The verses in-between the beginning and the end of this passage explain what God has done, what God will do to those who are not faithful, and finally how God is in control and will take care of the non-righteous. Psalm 92 begins with praises to God.
The Book of James is often called the "psalms of the New Testament” because of all the metaphors used, and it is filled with wisdom on how one ought to live their lives like the psalms in the Old Testament. It is believed to be written by James the brother of Jesus during the years of 48 to 49 AD making it the first New Testament book ever written. This epistle might be small in size, but it is filled to the brim of commands and exhortations on how Christians should live their lives. It is also different than all the other epistles because outlining it is difficult. Outlining is difficult because the author jumps from one topic to the next.
Psalm 23 is often a bible verse that you see on obituary cards at funeral homes. However, it holds a much deeper meaning. David is the one credited for writing Psalm 23 as it mentions it above the scripture. David is talking and thanking God for all of the things God has done for him throughout his life and the blessings he has received. From as a small boy beating the giant Goliath with a small pebble to becoming king of Israel.
The theme of blessings given by God is prevalent throughout the Hebrew Bible. In the quote given above, we can see the importance that blessings were to the people of the Bible. Blessings were given by God after an act of obedience, or being “chosen”. The idea of blessings can be seen throughout the Hebrew Bible books and chapters. The quote above is a prime example that God gave his blessing of power and rule on earth to the humans.
This Psalm was written by David after he was captured by the Philistines in Gath. At that time, David was running away from Saul who is trying to kill him. He decided to hide in Gath, thinking that it was the least expected place Saul would go to. When the Philistines got their hands on David, he was afraid that they would finally end his life. David ask for God’s mercy by writing verse 1.
