The Doctrine Of Forgiveness In The Light Of Biblical Hebrew And Greek Words

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A Biblical Foundation to Discover God\u27s Circle of Calling for Your Life

Calling is defined as a transcendent summons, finding meaning in a job, and making a difference in society. A majority of college students are concerned about calling and their careers. Some are concerned that they do not fully understand the origin of calling or what they are called to do. A student’s philosophy of calling influences their choice of careers. Sometimes choose a job for reasons such as prestige or pay which may narrow their view and limit their choices. An absence of a theology of vocation leaves many students with no idea of how their faith connects to their life work. Clarity is needed about matching their gifts to their vocation. Recognizing the voice of God and a willingness to listen reconnects the link between faith and career. A biblical world view or philosophy of calling is developed by exploring the origin of work at creation and using Bible characters’ experiences. Calling is actually a journey and not a destination that students can evaluate using steps in the Circle of Calling that is introduced. Increased awareness of calling through mentoring on an Adventist college campus can assist students in discovery of the biblical basis for God’s Circle of Calling. Practical examples of raising this awareness are given

Interatomic interactions in the effective-medium theory

An expression is derived for the total energy of a system of interacting atoms based on an ansatz for the total electron density of the system as a superposition of atom densities taken from calculations for the atoms embedded in a homogeneous electron gas. This leads to an expression for the interaction energy in terms of the embedding energy of the atoms in a homogeneous electron gas, and corrections accounting, for instance, for the d-d hybridization in the transition metals. The density of the homogeneous electron gas is chosen as the average of the density from the surrounding atoms. Due to the variational property of the total-energy functional, the errors in the interaction energy are second order in the deviation of the ansatz density from the true ground-state value. The applicability of the approach is illustrated by calculations of the cohesive properties of some simple metals and all the 3d transition metals. The interaction energy can be expressed in a form simple enough to allow calculations for low-symmetry systems and is very well suited for simulations of time-dependent and finite-temperature problems. Preliminary results for the phonon-dispersion relations and the surface energies and relaxations for Al are used to illustrate the versatility of the approach. The division of the total energy into a density-dependent part, an electrostatic ‘‘pair-potential’’ part, and a hybridization part provides a very simple way of understanding a number of these phenomena.Peer reviewe