... who wage war? According to C.S Lewis in Mere Christianity, he writes, "It is in my opinion, perfectly right for a Christian soldier to kill an enemy. It is no good quoting "Thou shalt not kill." There are two Greek words: the ordinary word to kill and to murder. When Christ quotes the commandment He uses the word to murder on all three accounts, Matthew, Mark, and ... . I believe this is the right thing to do. I believe the president was acting in a just way with the guidance of God when he decided to enter our country into a war with Iraq. The question remains, as being the aggressor in...

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... people around them. Greeks, in majority, believe to God and Jesus Christ; they are Christians. They have strong beliefs and they hold that Christianity is the best religion. However, there are people who belong to other religions such as Buddhist, Islam and Indus. Muslims, for example, are very dedicated to their ... do. That's because they mention for Him every day. But, there are, also, Christians who are very fanatical with our religion. The years after Jesus Christ's death, the first Christians had given their life for God. There were be patient a lot of tortures from non - believer...

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... , to be martyred because of his love for our Savior. He was originally chosen, along with six others, by the apostles to "wait tables", or oversee food distribution, for all of the Jewish followers that they had. The apostles could not do this job because it would interfere with the teaching of the Word. They decided to choose men who were full of faith and ... of God's grace and power", and he "did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people." For his dedication and his actions of truth he was brutally opposed by the priests of the synagogues. They persistently argued with Steph...

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... they do day by day. I think that it helps people understand we should not take life for granted and we should follow him through out his word, which is the bible. But on the other hand I think that it should take a movie just to make people believe in him or follow him now, because Jesus was a righteous man who never sinned. Also ... the movie reveals to people how strong Jesus was mentally to with stand all the cruel beatings and torture. When he could have just called ten thousand angels to come stop it all or to slay ... the men that were hurting him. But instead Jesus decided die f...

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... . John Proctor is accused of witchcraft. But instead, confesses to having an affair with his housekeeper, Abigail Williams. Elizabeth is the type of person lives her life in complete honesty. She is condemned her husband, John when she had lied about the affair after he had confessed to it. She just couldn't believe that he had just done that. Her insight was ... the fact that, John wouldn't admit to still having feelings for Abigail Williams. Rev. Hale is a kindly-hearted old man, who tries ... to get the prisoners to confess to the witchcraft to save them. He never believed in the wit...

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... teachings of our Messiah Jesus Christ. It marks also and most importantly the covenant between the church and God. However, as is painfully obvious out in town and even in this school, people get confused with the ways of God and the ways of the "world", which are two separate entities. The people of the "world" rationalize this way; they look at Christ as merely a prophet, and ... therefore their view of The Last Supper and the crucifixion is a bitter and doleful event that needlessly ended the life of a great man. This is so wrong, in ... fact it can't be farther from the truth. The ...

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... are not strong enough for free will and are not as happy is because they feel that they have to try and avoid temptation as Jesus did in the desert, and have to set standards for themselves, which is not easy to do at times. This is why he believes that teaming up with Satan ... , and not giving sin and temptation such significance, will add some stability to the lives of the people. In the desert, Satan presents Jesus with three temptations. The first is when he tells Jesus to turn the stones into bread to feed himself and the people. Jesus did not want to give into that temptation becau...

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... ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come on you. The Holy Spirit dwells in us teaching us, inspiring us, and giving us power. The Holy Spirit is equal with God and the Son. If you have the Holy Spirit in you it is the same as having Christ in you (Romans 8:9-12). The Holy Spirit is a comforter it says ... in John 14:16, 17. If you obey me; and I will ask the Father and he will give you another Comforter, and he will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit who leads into all truth. The world at large cannot receive him, for it isn't looking for him and doesn't...

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... for about a half of an hour struggling for his life as Jesus also struggled after being nailed to the cross and hanging there for several hours. The child had suffered there with his brothers starring at him as Jesus with his brothers most of the apostles and his followers watching him suffer and finally die. Both of them had made a huge impact on ... his brothers as Jesus did. This sight as a young adult must have been hard to witness. This hanging was an example of exactly how evil of the German army was and how Hitler singled out the Jewish people and created a revolution of hatred t...

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... those specific parts of the painting. Deep shadows are used in the background, creating the illusion that the militia are walking out of the shadows as a free people. In addition to tenebrism, the diagonal lines in The Night Watch are used to connect the viewer to the painting. A diagonal line begins from the background militia, passes through the Captain's hand, and continues out towards the viewer, connecting the viewer to the painting. It's as ... if he is asking the viewer to come ... ...

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... of art. These objects serve not as a focal point of a piece of art, but as a subtle accent to the emotions being conveyed. In the world of art appreciation, these objects are better know as "icons." Icons can best be defined as an object that has ... . Within these works there are quite a few icons that appear in multiple pieces of work. These icons help explain the often complicated stories that can arise from religious works. An icon can help a person who has little knowledge of religion understand ... the Dove, and I believe this represents that he was sending the Dove to represent pea...

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... a lot of people and have many lasting friendships. Due to several things I feel led to minister to these people, and hopefully help bring the denomination back into the Truth of Jesus Christ. So, now I would like to share with you some of my thoughts and experiences. First of all, I"d like to ... share with you some of the positive, biblical things going on in the Brethren Denomination: They are reaching out to the needy They strongly promote peace They encourage that we love everyone Unfortunately they also encourage that we accept everything, ... everyone else is doing. Which leads m...

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... quite normal to respond that I was pursuing a pastoral major at Moody Bible Institute. But after going through this routine a hundred times, I have come to the conclusion that no one has any idea what I am talking about when I use the word "pastor". The responses are extremely varied. "You mean you"re gonna be a priest?" or, "There's a school for that sort of thing?" or, "You"re already ... are bishop, elder, and pastors. As we have seen, the word pastor is synonymous with the word shepherd. One of the components of the shepherding role is oversight, and this is literally what the word ...

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... as he compares the hovering bird to Christ. He writes a masterful description of the experience of watching the bird's physical feats and his heart's response to the experience. The poem's subtitle "To Christ our Lord" gives the reader the message that this poem is about more than just the moving experience of watching the windhover. This whole experience of observing the bird is a reflection of the glory of Christ's ... available to mortals for the bestowal of grace. Christ's transfiguration is implied as the poet speaks of the bird's "striding on high" (4). As the poet feels his heart...

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... to make to Narnia, but her siblings don't believe her. The others also find their way to Narnia with Lucy. When the children end up in Narnia they find out that the White Queen unjustly rules the land. The White Queen makes Narnia permanently winter but never Christmas. Edmond, one of the children, had sided with the White Queen in an earlier visit, because she feed him some ... in Narnia, then find there way back to England only to see that no time has passed in England. C.S. Lewis claims to have written The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe his whole life up to when it was published. T...

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... written. We can be confident that the bible is reliable and accurate for a number of reasons. A good indicator of whether a document has been altered or edited is the amount of time between when the original was written and when the oldest existing copy was written. The amount of time elapsed between the original book and the oldest existing copy for the new testament only 250 years compared to ... Caesars commentaries on the Gallic wars which was written in the 1st century BC and the oldest excising copy we have was ... are in a different league altogether of reliability. This evidenc...

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... of "his" omnipotence. Writing "what shoulder, and what art" suggesting strength and skill required to create the "Tyger." The second and fourth stanzas ask where and how "the Tyger" (evil) was created. In the second stanza, Blake's use of "distant deeps or skies" could refer to another world, possibly hell or heaven as ... . Additionally, in stanza four, Blake begins to question how the "Tyger" was formed. The use of the metaphor of a blacksmith helps the reader visualize creation. Blake's use of the words: "hammer, furnace, chain, and anvil" are all tools used by the blacksmith. The read...

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... the list. Luke, or the unknown author of this Gospel, knew that God's message of spreading love was centered around this idea of individuals treating those around them exactly how they themselves would want to be treated. Jesus spent his time on Earth preaching of God through stories, parables and even his personal acts of healing through miracles. Luke's Gospel writes ... that Jesus made it clear to his Kearney 2 followers that God wished to have this idea spread to everyone bringing total peace, unity and love among the people of the world. Machiavelli strived, like Jesus, for somethin...

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... Christ was born. Throughout time his way of teaching became know as Confucianism. From his writing Analects, Confucius writes, "He has not lived in vain who dies the day he is told about the Way." Confucius is constantly talking about the "Way". One might ask what is the "Way"? Where does it go? Confucius, unlike other "religious" teachers, is not talking about a way to an afterlife ... heart be also. (Matthew 6:21) Jesus clearly states that the important things are not found here on earth but rather in the afterlife. He does not just say this and then leave to assumption the "Way" to t...

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... of many who have devoted their lives to living in its teachings. As the first author in the collection of essays "From Jesus to Christ," Helmut Koester writes: " for a human being to be related to something that is beyond the powers of this world was certainly one great attraction," Christianity seems to offer closure to a certain longing. How convenient it is to believe that this ... what he knew. In this mind-set, people felt comfortable, more at ease with their surroundings and the behavior of others. Christianity gave a taste of the great mystery that countless felt in their hearts ...

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... 2:38-47 When we receive True Salvation not only were we called but you've been chosen set apart and sanctified. We've been washed, cleansed and the Holy Spirit with power abides in us, not our power but God's power. Acts 3:12. When are in constant fellowship with Jesus our times of communing ... and for eternity. Simply because God is guarding his purpose that has been intertwined on the inside of us. What I am saying is that we have been brought with a price and now that I no longer belong to Satan or the things of this world, I belong to Jesus Christ and his Kingdom. I am now God's ....

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... his letters was chapter 15 in which Paul discusses the resurrection of Jesus. This is the one of the most significant issues concerning nearly all religions, and it concerns the fate of man following their death. Paul believed that the inevitable resurrection of the body must be trusted through faith and he did what he could to reassure the people of Corinth in this passage. Paul's objective in ... resurrecting, it would have meant that everything Jesus preached and everything the apostles believed would have meant nothing. Paul writes in chapter 15, "Now if Christ be preached that he r...

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... in this day and age. Sometimes certain colors are associated with the Season of Lent and the color for Ash Wednesday is gray, representing the ashes rather than purple of the rest of the season. The five Sundays during the Season of the Lent represent the death and resurrection of Christ. The first representing temptation and the need to be saved. The second is supposed to represent new birth and forgetting yourself ... . The third is the need to be defended from evil and the fourth is our need for sinful things ... his enemies have the upper hand because of his arrest, crucifixion and ...

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... example in line twenty five "And an old white horse galloped away in the meadow." The horse represents the magi and this symbolizes his isolation from the rest of the world. The mood of the poem is of uncertainty and mystery of the unknown future. The magi knew that the birth of the new kingdom will bring change of the world order. It is clear to them that people will stop believing ... in their world of magic and astronomy. They have accepted this as it is clearly shown through their determination to pay homage to Jesus Christ all through their complicated journey. The speaker says in ...

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... ordeal but I would find it very possible that Lucifer be there watching Jesus suffer. The definition of anti-Semitism is hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group. Does this film lead me to these feelings? In most ways, no. But being a Christian watching the Jewish high priests and crowds of Jewish people sentencing Jesus to his horrible death ... , I did experience hatred towards those people. Do I feel like the Jewish community of today is in anyway responsible for what happened? No. And so, I would argue that you had to have entered the fi...

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