Life Calling and Purpose Essay: Analysis of Key Articles

This essay provides an in-depth analysis of articles concerning life calling and purpose, primarily from a Christian worldview perspective. It examines key themes such as the value of human life, the impact of sin, and the role of faith in overcoming life's challenges. The essay explores the significance of work, rest, and ethics within a Christian framework, discussing concepts like the dignity of labor, the importance of balancing work and rest, and the foundations of Christian ethics. It analyzes the impact of worldview on understanding the nature of things, and how ethical problems are solved within a society. The essay also touches upon the impact of societal pressures, such as advertising and consumerism, on individual values and behaviors. The essay emphasizes the importance of aligning one's actions with Christian principles to find meaning and fulfillment in life.

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Life Calling and Purpose
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The author Graham A. Cole has said in the article, “Do Christians have a worldview”
that the taking of the human life can be said to be a serious moral matter. The value of the
human life is immense and it should not be taken away by anyone so quickly. The author has
also tried to point forth the fact that the human beings are created so that they can work- that
can be paid or it can be unpaid. The opening chapter of the Bible shows God as great worker
who had to work for six days and on the remaining day of the week he did not have to work. I
agree with the point of view of the author that the dignity of the human life is increased in the
event of an individual working that provides him with a distinct aura. The author has stated
that sin is responsible for bringing about the moral decay of the man and the woman. An
individual in the event of committing any kind of acts of sin falls from the grace of the God. I
agree with the point of view of the author that the relationship of an individual with God is
raptured in the event of an individual carrying out the acts of sin. Matter can be said to have a
future in the plan of God. The creation can be set free from the bondage for the process of
decay that helps in revealing the plan of God. The love of God paved the path for the coming
of the Son along with that of his cross. I agree with the view of the author that God send
Jesus so that he can take away the sins of the human race.
The article, “A World of Difference” talks about the fact that the people who do not
have faith in the Lord feel the alienation along with the despair. The article has said that the
people who have faith in the Almighty have hope and they brim with energy. The article has
discussed that faith can help a person in rising above the difficult situations of life. I agree
with the argument of the author that faith can act as an effective weapon for the human
beings and it can help a person in rising above the crisis in life. The article, “A Universe
Charged with the Grandeur of God” has talked about the fact that an individual can know
about God with the help of reason along with the faith. The battles in the lives of the
individuals should be drawn from circle of the theism. The author has discussed that prime

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reality can be said to be the God or that of material cosmos. In my opinion, I agree with the
point of view of the writer that God helps in creating the reality in front of us and hence the
Almighty can be stated to be the “prime reality”. The author has talked about the fact that it is
possible to know about facts as the human beings are made in the image of the Almighty. In
my view, the human beings are the rational creatures and they are equipped with the ability of
reasoning that helps them in understanding nature of the external reality. The author has
stated that in the event of an individual dying, the personal extinction takes place. I however
disagree with this opinion and feel that the human beings in the event of dying are
transformed to that of a higher state.
The article, “One” discusses that the human beings are the biological things and they
are the creatures of the instinct. The human beings have the DNA and they are the
culmination of the element of revolution. The author has said that the human beings have
certain qualities that can be said to be unique. The human beings are born free and they have
equality in relation to the dignity along with the rights. The human beings have the reason
along with the conscience that helps the human beings in acting towards each other with
spirit of the brotherhood. The author has discussed regarding the fact that the human beings
live within the narcissistic age and they love each other as the creatures. The author has
pointed out to the important fact that the narcissism proves to be a negative factor for the
celebrities as they become more concerned about their own bodies. I agree with the
perspective of the author that the modern age is the age of discovery of self. The human
beings love to analyse so that they could find out the essential factors about themselves. The
human beings crave stimulation in relation to the new things in life. The human beings feel
anxious and confused in the event of facing the troubled times. The article has very
pertinently talked about the fact that in the event of the member of a family committing the
sins the other persons of the family have to purify the sin by the offering of the sacrifices. I

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am however opposed to this idea of the author and I think that the individuals in their life
have to pay for their sins themselves and not the other members of the families. The people
have to lead a clean life so that they can create a good image in the eyes of God.
The article, “The Design of Work” talks about the fact that work is the essential
function that the human beings are supposed to perform in life. It provides the human beings
with a purpose along with a direction to the human beings that can provide satisfaction to the
individuals within the framework of the society. God works so that he can create things and
for caring for things that he have created. God has created the human beings and the human
beings are supposed to work for the Provider. The article discusses that God has
commissioned the workers so that they can carry on with their work. The good plan of God is
that the human beings should work and they should live in the constant cycle of work and
that of rest. God has designed the human beings in such a manner that they should involve
themselves in work that can help them in earning a living. Work is like the other kinds of the
basic needs like the need of food, rest, prayer along with the sexuality. Work acts as the
medicine for the soul for the human beings. The article discusses that the people who do not
involve themselves in any kind of work realize at a later point of time that they need the work
so that they can thrive emotionally, spiritually along with physically. The individuals can take
up various kinds of responsibilities and it would not incur any kind of harm for the human
beings. The article has stated that work should be balanced by equal amount of the rest that is
essential for the functioning of the human beings. An individual would not have a meaningful
like if they do not work in life. I agree with the point of view of the author that productive
work is crucial for the element of the human dignity and it can help a person in understanding
life in the better manner.
The Chapter “Working at Rest” talks about the fact that productivity along with the
output are essential for the life of a person. The admission to the colleges lay emphasis on the

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busy extracurricular life that can prove to be healthy for the growth of an individual. The
faculty in a college should be driven so that they can produce the “good scholarship”. The
writer has elaborated on the fact that the Israelites were looking for rest within the promised
land and in the similar fashion the people on the face of the earth look for rest. The arrival
within the Promised Land acted as the proleptic forecaste of rest that was promised to the
people. The individuals in the event of working gets the gift of God that is rest. The rest is not
the abstention from the action but it signifies the entrance into the rest of God. I agree with
the perspective of the author that rest can help a person in being united with that of God. The
human beings feel restless in the event of not getting the adequate amount of the rest in life. I
think that the writer has been right in stating forward the fact that working in a smart manner
can help the individuals in getting the right amount of rest in life. The writer has said that the
authentic joy is not the product of the autonomous efforts but it is the gift from the God. The
writer has talked about the fact that in the event of an individual failing to order the desires he
undergoes suffering in life. I think that the author has been right in asserting the fact that the
human beings cannot enter the state of the rest owing to the fact that they are troubled by
various kinds of conflicting feelings in life.
The Chapter, “A Christian Worldview Foundation for Ethics” talks about the fact that
worldview helps a person in understanding the nature of the things in the world. The article
discusses that worldview helps in embodying the sense of the God or the transcendence that
helps in understanding the element of the human nature. It helps in understanding the beliefs
that are wrong in an individual and how an individual can fix the wrong. The author has
stated that the human beings can be said to be precious owing to the fact that God intended
the human beings to be precious. The author in the article has employed the utilitarian
calculus so that he could justify the moral position. The brand of the utilitarianism of the
author emerges from the narrative regarding reality. The human beings are not different from

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the animals and it can be said that it is of no greater moral significance. Ethics can be said to
be a natural phenomenon that emerges in the event of evolution of the mammals who have
the capacity of recognizing each other. The worldview is not derived from that of the human
experience but the understanding of the ultimate reality. The understanding of the human
beings regarding morally right actions emerges from the actions of God. The goodness of
God acts as the foundation in relation to the human goodness. It can be said that goodness
comes from the fountain head of that of reality. I agree with the point of view of the author
that the Christian ethics is not rooted within the principles like the love but they are embodied
within narratives of communities. It has been found that Asceticism has a great effect on the
aspect of the sexual ethics.
The Chapter, “Bumper Stickers And Ethical Systems” talks about the fact that the
messages comes to the individuals from every kind of direction that competes for the time of
an individual. The companies pay a large amount of money to that of the advertising agencies
so that the image of the product would be imprinted in the mind of the public. The candidates
hire the advisers so that the messages can be shaped within the framework of the society. The
ideas within the society are on the basis of certain assumptions and in the event of an
assumption being untrue an individual faces problem in life. The article has discussed the fact
that the ethical problems can be solved in the society in the event of individuals in the society
recognizing the obligations to that of the other people. The individuals in the event of being
confronted with various kinds of options there are a large number of people in the society
who retreat into the arena of the scepticism. In the event of untangling the moral dilemmas,
the people in the society have the tendency of asking the “ought” questions. The author has
rightly talked about the fact that right can be said to be different from the element of the
correct. Correct can be said to be the label that is attached to the information whereas right
originates in the society from the element of the moral truth. Ethics can be said to be divorced

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from the various kinds of areas of the study. I think that it is of crucial importance that
various kinds of problems like the euthanasia along with the abortion should be studied in the
society. The learning regarding the ethical systems can help the people in understanding the
course of action in the life that should be undertaken by a person.
The article “Your Lying” talks about the fact that bias gets manifested in the various
kinds of decisions that are made by an individual in life. The biases are not played out at the
individual level but also at the state level. The article has discussed the fact that the
endowment effect makes the individuals place a high amount of value on the aspect of the
possessions. The author has rightly pointed out to the fact that the decision of the President
Trump of sending the troops to Afghanistan can be said to be a sunk-cost fallacy. It has been
found that the confirmation bias pervades the life of an individual. The confirmation bias
becomes evident in the case of the current political divide where each side does not want to
attest to the fact that the other party has been right in relation to their decisions. I think that
the author has been right in stating forward the fact that the slow-thinking organizations
institutes the policies that can help in the monitoring of the individual decisions in an
organization. The long-term training along with the exposure to the element of the
behavioural economics one can follow the rules in an organization. An important ingredient
can be said to be “the outside view” whereas on the other hand the inside view can be said to
be the product in relation to the fundamental attribution error. The author has rightly said that
the monitoring of the thoughts along with the actions can help an individual in making the
right kind of the decisions.