Before this class my initial stance on the human predicament was the abuse of power by exploiting others to gain more power, but based on our course readings, and my own reflection, I have learned that this is not entirely the case. Now I believe that the basic human predicament is that we are insecure with our being as individuals because of social standards that have taught us it is right to exploit others for our own benefit. To resolve this issue, we need to take time to reflect, ask questions
Tennent and his family migrated from the region in Ulster to America. Tennent’s father, William founded the first American Presbyterian theological seminary on the Pennsylvania frontier known as “The Log College” because of its construction. Formerly educated by his father, Tennent later attended the Log College and eventually became an ordained minister in New Brunswick in 1726. Although imitative of fellow evangelist Whitfield, and his spiritual mentor Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen; a Dutch Reformed
and worship, as far away from demonic centers that are cities as possible. Jeff Sharlet, in his profile of New Life Church, demonstrates this scenario of “strategic retreat,” in which “believers are to ‘plant’ their churches as strategic outposts encircling the enemy” (50). While working on assignment in Colorado Springs, the so-called evangelical “New Jerusalem,” (44) Sharlet asked New Life church members if they could recommend any establishments in the