Elijah was known for being a prophet. “His example of trusting in God’s word is the best one we can find in the Old Testament prophets.” Elijah confronted Ahab two times, once when devaluing God granting inheritance of the land and the second is the murder of Naboth. Elijah confronted Baal and his rule, because people believed that Baal could control the rains. “ Yet the rains were a gift of Yahweh, not Baal; Yahweh decided when it would rain.…
Henry Louis Gates Jr, an African American literature scholar, asserts, “No poet in the tradition was more crucial in the shaping of a distinct African- American poetic diction or voice than he, [Paul Laurence Dunbar]” (68). Dunbar’s ability to communicate the struggles of America through the black experience, with the assistance of Negro dialect, elevated him to become one of the most influential African American poets of his time. His success with written language allows today’s readers to experience and obtain knowledge about the life of an African American before and after the Civil War. The life and literature of Dunbar continue to galvanize students, educators, and critics today. Dunbar’s ancestral connection with slavery and interactions…
The quote from the Fire Sermon teaches us more about the suffering caused by our attachments, desire, and greed. This quote begins by stating that “all is burning,” in which “all” refers to our six senses. In this course reader, the quote only mentions about why and how seeing and perceiving things causes us to suffer. This quote begins by saying that our eyes are burning. It means that through our eyes we perceive out world, and thus regards them as peaceful, pleasant or neither.…
Next memorable scene is when Vincent takes Mia out for dinner, who is Marcellus’s wife. Although Vincent did convince it is “not a date” to Jules and himself, he breaks the limit between his mob boss’s wife and him. The song “Son of a Preacher Man” of Dusty Springfield is playing at the beginning with a soulful voice of Springfield. In the early night, Mia has a purpose to play this song when Vincent comes. The song indicates she sets a sensual atmosphere for a romantic night.…
Introduction Methodology The research methodology used for this biography on Peter is a scholarly evaluation. While there were many popular sources (pastors or specialist) available on this topic, they often adapted their findings to appeal to a general audience. Additionally, these popular sources mainly offer a quick and sometimes bias overview of the life of Peter rather than an objective and comprehensive academic account.…
When thinking about the mysterious Book of Revelation, the last installment in the New Testament, the first images that might come to mind are those of horsemen, the Antichrist, and a final judgment day. Some do not understand the Book of Revelation, and others have attempted to use Revelation to predict the end of the world. Elaine Pagels, professor of Religion at Princeton University and author of Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, & Politics in the Book of Revelation, attempts to demystify the Book of Revelation, interpreting the book in the historical context of the time of its assumed author, John of Patmos. She emphasizes that Revelation is wartime literature, written as anti-Roman propaganda, and she asserts that apocalyptic literature…
I think we can all agree on helping someone in need is all of our responsibility. You have to be pretty twisted to turn your back on someone that in a dire need of assistance and not provide them aid. I would be the first to jump at the opportunity to help where I could. Anything that I could do to Assist Pastor Abraham, I would do with an open heart. I have a soft spot for people in need.…
In Matthew 5-7 Sermon on the Mount Jesus explains, how to live a life that is dedicated to and pleasing to God, free from hypocrisy, full of love and grace, full of wisdom and discernment. His main argument is that we should turn the other cheek to those that have done wrong and evil thins to us. The reason being is that if we respond with negativity we can only cause more negativity, which causes you not only to have an impure soul but can have an effect on those around you. I agree with this argument because there will be people in your life that will show negativity toward you and seeping to their level can make you just as bad as that person. This is a lesson even a non-Christian can learn from because if you show others positivity that is what you will get back, and if you decide to seek vengeance or resent the person that has done you wrong it will only start an interpersonal war that can lead to even more problems.…
These laws that his followers have, are used in their everyday lives. The Ten Commandments were used over a thousand years ago, however they are still practiced in many countries and…
The Sermon on the Mount centrally speaks about Jesus’s exposition of the law and its application that leads to transformation of the inward person reflected in the outer works of man. In these chapters Jesus seeks to remind the people of the intent of the Law of God and also to empower them to keep it. The main point of the law is found in chapter 5: 48, “Be ye therefore perfect as your Father which is in heaven is perfect”. This perfection is the fulfillment of the verses in Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18, as restated in Luke 10:27: love God and love your neighbor. But the fulfillment of this commandment of perfection is not mere moralism.…
The Apostle’s Creed “I believe in the God the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth,” (The Apostles Creed). The Apostle’s Creed is the most basic set of Christian’s beliefs and it sums up who and what we believe in, in 12 easy to remember lines. The Apostle’s Creed has been used since the early church for Baptism and religious reason. A creed (by webster dictionary definition) is a system of Christian or other religious beliefs or a faith.…
Pneuma and Logos: The Role of the Holy Spirit in Biblical Hermeneutics, was the PhD dissertation of Dr. John W Wyckoff in the year 1990. In this dissertation, he displays a scholarly approach in portraying the integral part and as well as analyze other doctrinal perspectives that discount the need of the Holy Spirit in the interpretation of the Holy Bible. The book has been distributed over five distinct chapters where each chapter takes a related and structured projection of the theological soundness. In its content are the historical account of the approach that many key Bible scholars had adopted in their approach and understanding of the Holy Spirit’s role in interpretation of the Bible.…
“Should we worship on Saturday or Sunday” Today as a practice the New Testament Church meet on Sunday, Did the biblical New Testament Church see Sunday as a replacement for the Jewish Sabbath? The Bible offers the Laws of Moses that command the keeping of the Sabbath, but there no scripture in the New Testament that condemn or punish Sabbath breakers. The New Testament offers the new found Christian Church statements against idolatry, stealing, liars, murderers, covetousness, sexually immorality, but no statements against Sunday worship.…
INTRODUCTION - Sermon series: How the church works o Last week we looked at the sacrifice of submission o This week we are looking at the sacrifice of praise Three points: Foundation of praise; nature of praise and the right to praise 1. The foundation of Praise (v8-12) • The foundation of praise is the human heart • If the heart has had an encounter with God it results in praise • If the heart is sure and stable and secure it results in praise 1.1 The enemy of our heart: diverse and various teachings • The specifics are unknown, would have been known to the original audience…
The sermon was about two hours long and focused on their belief that unless one believed in the messaged of the founder Felix Manalo, reconciliation with God was impossible. I gathered that the INC is not a believer in sola fide, but strictly observes sola scriptura. They are resolute that only their church has the correct translation of the scriptures of the Bible, and I got the impression that only the church hierarchy had the knowledge and authority to make this interpretation. After the sermon, I was invited to partake of a pot luck gathering they had after the service and I took that opportunity to mingle with the members.…