WK - The Italian Renaissance was a time of rebirth in the arts. An abundance of new styles were explored‚ building on classical traditions but also breaking away from them. This cultural explosion was made possible by the liberal distribution of florins that characterized the artistic support of leading banking and commerce families. These influential families were patrons sometimes as a Machiavellian exercise of their power‚ often to atone for religious sins‚ and sometimes because they loved
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The Old Testament Covenants The Old Testament Covenants “A covenant is an unchangeable‚ divinely imposed legal agreement between God and man that stipulates the conditions of their relationship” CITATION Gru00 \p 515 \l 1033 (Grudem‚ 2000‚ p. 515). The essence of the Old Testament Covenants between God and Abraham‚ and subsequently with the Israelites were designed to spiritually inspire the people to reciprocity: God’s promises of His eternal presence‚ love‚ and blessings in exchange for their
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I. “A worldview is your philosophy of life. It is the framework you bring to decision-making” (Weider & Gutierrez‚ 2011‚ p.69). How we view the world leads us to our destination. II. 1. The question of origin- Where do we come from? Christians believe that we were created by the one and only sovereign God (Genesis 1:27). The Christian worldview says that God created the world and everything in it within a six day period where on the sixth day God created one man and one woman from which the past
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Sophie Scholl once said “Stand up for what you believe in‚ even if you are standing alone.” Sophie Scholl was a student at the University of Munich when Hitler went into power in Germany. She shared her feelings about with her brother and a few other closest friends. They all agreed that something had to be done about the Nazi party‚ so they formed a group called the White Rose. The goal of the White Rose was to be a group of intellectuals that showed the people of Germany what was really going on
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In a patriarchal society‚ women lie at the bottom of the social hierarchy. A patriarchy judges women for their beauty and innocence rather than merit and intelligence. Throughout the twenty-four books of The Odyssey as well as Game of Thrones‚ a modern day rendition of medieval society written by George. R. R. Martin‚ women struggle for power in male dominated societies. Women need to submit to their societies in order to be accepted and or respected. The goal of men is to be powerful. In order
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Lewis spends most of his defense of the Christian faith on an argument from morality‚ a point which persuaded him from atheism to Christianity. He bases his case on a moral law‚ a "rule about right and wrong" commonly known to all human beings‚ citing the example of Nazism; both Christians and atheists believed that Hitler’s actions were morally wrong. On a more mundane level‚ it is generally accepted that stealing is violating the moral law. Lewis argues that the moral law is like the law of nature
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stomach where his arm is reaching across his torso towards John the Baptist. Meanwhile‚ most of the light received by Saint John the Baptist is found on his left arm‚ which he has held up‚ holding a cross which could be symbolizing Christ’s future atonement. On the Madonna figure‚ we see most of the light that she receives along her shoulder and collarbone area‚ along with her hands and face. It appears as if the light is coming from the right side of the figures due to the placement of the shadows
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religious language‚ this is due to the fact that both words and symbols can convey many meanings. Equivocal words exist like symbols have multiple meanings‚ such as the Christian symbol of the cross‚ which can convey the humility‚ sacrifice and atonement.
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God rather than man‚ the denile of the biblical meaning of eternal life‚ the denile of instantanious peace with God‚ the denile of the miracle of darkness at calvary‚ the denile of Christ’s subsituary‚ vicarios atonement‚ the denile of redemption by divinely provided blood‚ the denile of salvation and redemption olny in
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Night by Elie Wiesel Part I: Literary Terms 1. Foreshadowing: • “ Night. No one Prayed‚ so that the night would pass Quickly. The stars were only sparks of the fire which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day‚ there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars‚ dead eyes.” (18) -Elie Wiesel’s quote explains how in the end‚ fire would be the ending to many people in the concentration camp. • “crammed into cattle trains by Hungarian police‚ they wept bitterly. We stood on the platform
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