Canaan

Analyzing Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The May-Pole of Merry Mount Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The May-Pole of Merry Mount is a story about the American dream as shown by the lively group living in Merry Mount and the no-nonsense Puritans. Both groups represent a part of America and the future of a nation. Of course, this short story is loosely based on a true historical event, and Hawthorne is clearly commenting on the attitudes and feelings of opposing ideals in this “new world”. Just look at the debate…

Deuteronomy 9: 19-11: 32 Moses again emphasized the crucial importance of obedience. He reminded them of their infidelity to God in the desert when they made the golden calf and how they were about to perish. They were saved by the prayer of Moses, who in an intelligent and spiritual way appealed to the honor and glory of God. From here he gave them a new opportunity, and again taught them his law and constituted the family of Levi to be priests to intercede for them. Finally he began to…

The author of Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible is Stephen G. Dempster, PhD, a professor of Religious Studies at Crandall University in New Brunswick, Canada. According to the Crandall University online biography, Dempster received his education from the University of Western Ontario, Westminster Theological Seminary, the University of Toronto, and Jerusalem University College. Along with his teaching at Crandall University and authorship of Dominion and Dynasty, he has…

There is a tendency in popular discourse to speak about God, from the New Testament, as a merciful and kind figure. With The Old Testament, however, God is represented very differently. Throughout many moments in the Bible, God is merciful and kind, while in others, he is hot-tempered, impulsive, and cruel. These drastically different representations of God in the Old Testament are especially evident in the relationships between God and his prophets. In Adam’s story in Genesis, God’s…

I loved growing up with many animals and I thought of myself as a little Noah boy. He is the tenth and last of the Patriarchs before the “flood” and the stories as followed by the curse of Canaan. Although the bible does not say where Noah if from, we can trace him back to 3000 BC and his first claim to fame was his part in the great flood as mentioned in the book of Genesis. His first known location was noted after the flood and ending up…

The covenant between God and his people is one of the most sacred agreements that have ever been made. Similar to John Locke’s ideas about the position of government in relationship to the people it oversees, there is a bipartisan relationship between God and his people. According to the covenant, God will protect his people in exchange for their promise to follow his commandments and worship him. In a perfect world a government is equal parts benevolent and punishing; the people know that if…

Ur, the city from which Abraham was called, has a unique and interesting history. Surprisingly, Ur was a city of significant prosperity and wealth, yet steeped in the worship of idols. Before God could use Abraham, He had to remove Abraham from his homeland. The ancient city of Ur was located in Mesopotamia, in a region called Sumer, which is in modern day southern Iraq. Today the site of Ur is known as Tall al Muqayyar (Arabic for “mound of pitch”) and is approximately 160 miles from the…

world and has been around for centuries. (Book Banning | Definition, Examples, & Facts | Britannica, 2024) The United States also has a long history of banning books. The first book ban in the United States took place in 1637 and was the “New English Canaan” by Thomas Morton. The book contained…

Intelligence is a function that has been employed by nations and governments since the start of their existence. “From the spies sent by Moses to ‘spy out the land of Canaan’ to the advice of Sun Tzu to be subtle and ‘use spies for every kind of business.’” According to Richard Hughbank and Don Githens, “Intelligence is information that is analyzed and converted into a product to support a particular customer. Intelligence is both a process and a product that has played an important role in…

Peter then immediately changes the focus of his speech from the disciples and starts to proclaim Jesus. He attempts to make his listeners understand what in the past they may have not; he reminds them of how through his signs and wonders Jesus was attested to by God. Then he went on to confront them on the fact that they had been blind to this and put him to death by crucifying him, but that death could not keep him down because God raised him from the dead (v22-24). The apostle then again…