Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Many presents are received. Santa is waiting to take a picture with you on Christmas Eve or at many malls around the world. But most of all Christmas is about our Savior's birth on Christmas Day.…
Hello, Bonnie, you are right that the Psalms absolutely belong. Psalms shows us how to be worshippers like the book of Proverbs teaches us how to be wise. In Psalms 137:2 I would suggest that not only were they not willing to sing for their captors because it was the Lord’s song but also that they were so sorrowful that didn’t have the heart use them. They didn’t get rid of their incitements, they had hope that one day again they would have occasion to use them, so they laid them aside (hung on a willow) for at the present time they had no use for them; God turned their, feasting into mourning and their songs into weeping (Amos. 8:10). Negative psalm have its place because if the Psalms were only filled with positive messages that only show…
The non-fiction book titled No Angel follows the story of Jay Dobyns in his attempts to infiltrate the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang. The first section of the book follows Jay under his new undercover alias “Bird”. He travels to Bullhead City, Arizona, to meet a illegal arms dealer, leaving behind his wife Gwen, daughter Dale, and son Jack. When Jay first leaves for Bullhead City, I feel a strong feeling of sympathy for his family. The people that Jay deals with in the first part of his undercover story are criminals, because of this his family must prepare for the worst.…
While reading "Fallen Angels," a quote that really stood out to me was where Perry was describing the things he was hearing and seeing throughout the night. “In the middle of the night I woke. I thought I was hearing thunder. Then I realized that it was artillery. I went outside and looked around.…
Could you imagine the most hellish place where the dead, the dying and the horribly wounded lay everywhere? Some of those wonderful young men are so terribly scared all they want is for someone, anyone, to sit with them and hold their hand while they cry themselves to death and with no fuss. This was the harsh reality of World War II. Good morning, Ms Smith and year 9 students. Experiences like this are what shapes Derek Anderson the protagonist in the novel ‘Angels of Kokoda’, Written by David Mulligan and based on the Australians battles along the Kokoda trail in Papua New Guinea during World War II.…
Six years after a concussion in a high school football game, Cody Lehe still lives with his parents, and can barely function like a normal person can. After a helmet to helmet hit in a football game, followed by a second hit in practice, Cody now has what doctors call second impact syndrome. After 55 days in the intensive care unit, Cody was transferred to the rehabilitation section of the hospital, and finally left the hospital after 98 days. He has suffered cardiac arrest, hypotension, pneumonia, renal failure and sepsis, along with not being able to walk or talk. (Lupkin 14)…
It is a verse to reflect on about God’s great abilities and powers. Then in 18:50 God mentions angels as well, he depicts them in a good obedient way. Then reveals the name of the jin who challenged God because of pride and envy and wouldn’t kneel to Adam. Eblees and his offsprings (shayateen) are…
Hebrews, James, and 1 Peter are the first three of eight general epistles found near the end of the New Testament. All three letters were written by different authors: Hebrews probably by the apostle Paul, James by James the eldest brother of Jesus, and 1 Peter by the apostle Peter. These three letters also had different recipients. It is assumed that Hebrews was written to primarily Jewish Christians who had been scattered across the known world and likewise with the book of James, but 1 Peter appears to be written to both Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians scattered in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. Despite having different authors and different readers, all three letters have a similar purpose and theme: they were writing to encourage Christians who were…
Reflection Previously God appeared to Abraham and promised to make him exceedingly fruitful. (Gen. 17-6). Then in Genesis 17 v. 16 God promised to bless Sarah with a son, and told Abraham to name him Isaac v.19. Now, in Genesis 18 God appears to Abraham accompanied by two men.…
One of the bigger contrasts of angels in these to religions is that of free will, by Islamic belief angels have no free will and are forever servants of God. Although, in Christianity angels have free will as evident by Lucifer rebellion and fall from heaven. An even starker contrast is that of a holy angel in Christianity. These holy angels have once sinned, then proved themselves to God to become “elect” (1 Timothy 5:21)…
Words of encouragement for 12-30-2015: Leaders Definition - The person who leads or commands a group, a guiding or directing head. Leadership can be found in a variety of people. Consequently, the Bible tells of two strong women in the book of Judges, who were used by the LORD, to gain the victory over one of Israel's greatest enemies, Sisera. Furthermore, It's quite fascinating to see how these two sisters didn't allow the fact that they were women, to hinder them from doing great exploits for the LORD.…
Do they show faults and ennui in the first creation (so that we may not be able to repeat creation after its destruction?) Rather, (knowing that might be) have gotten into a tangle (of thought and argument) about a new creation (after the destruction of the old). 16. Surely We who have created man, and know what suggestions his soul makes to him. We are closer to him than his jugular vein.…
Three important themes to consider when reading the Hebrew Bible are God’s relationship with humanity, humanity’s attempt to be like God, and humanity’s disobedience of God. These themes are important in any religious text because they are crucial to understanding the human condition and the purpose of human existence. Genesis reveals how God’s relationship changes because of disobedience, as well as how a desire to be equal to God motivates disobedience. This is important in how it explains the ultimate reason humans sin and how it affects God’s relationship with humanity.…
Angels are “created, spiritual beings with moral judgement and high intelligence, but without physical bodies.” Angels were, like us, created directly by God for His own reasons. The fact that angels exercise moral judgement is shown to us by Lucifer who persuaded a third of the angels in heaven to rise up against God. Also there high intelligence is shown in there interactions with men and their worship to God. (Grudem, 397)…
Archangels: Archangels are known to supervise and administer guardian angels and other angels present on the earth. Archangels are said to be very powerful. Archangels do not have any gender, however, based on their name and special energies they possess, we perceive them as males and females. Some of the Archangels are discussed in the holy books of ancient Jewish, bible and…