of God in his son Jesus Christ. The writers of the four gospels introduced a new literary category into literature. The gospels are not exactly biographies‚ because apart from certain events surrounding Jesus’ birth‚ (Matt. 1-2; Luke 1-2) and one from Jesus’ youth (Luke 2:41-52)‚ they record only the last two or three years of Jesus’ life. Moreover‚ the material included is not written as an objective historical survey of Jesus’ ministry. The gospels present Jesus in such a way that the reader realizes
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being so immense they’re unavoidable. It can be hard to fathom anyone being so dominating‚ so in control. In a way that is true because the only thing that fulfills these qualities above is the God Almighty. God in every way has the attribute of infinity‚ He is outside of time‚ He has always existed‚ and lastly he knows and controls all things. Something important
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after the Anglo-Zulu War‚ Sir Garnet Wolseley created 13 ’kinglets’ - with two strategically located as buffer zones between Port Natal and Zululand. One of these kinglets was John Dunn who used Mtunzini as his capital. Umlalazi Lagoon at dusk In 1948‚ 9 square kilometres of dune forests‚ lakes and lagoon at Mtunzini was proclaimed a nature reserve known as the Umlalazi Nature Reserve. This area falls under the protection of the Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (previously known as Natal Parks Board)
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Jesus Before Christianity (1976‚ 2001) by Albert Nolan is a book that explores Jesus from the perspective of his humanity‚ rather than his divinity. During the time that he spent on Earth‚ he was a teacher whose mission was to teach all people‚ the poor and oppressed as well as the wealthy and powerful upper social classes‚ how to live a fruitful life on earth. This involved changing the entire social and economic structure‚ specifically the possession of power‚ separation by social class‚ distribution
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revelation of God’s love in Jesus Christ is the center of our faith. Incarnating both the fullness of God and the fullness of humanity‚ Jesus Christ initiates a new creation‚ a world unified in relationship as God originally intended. We believe that Jesus Christ makes real God’s will for a life of loving community with God‚ with the whole human family and with all creation. Through Jesus Christ‚ Christians believe God offers reconciliation to all. "In Christ God was reconciling the world to [God]self"
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In what ways was the Cold War a long-term conflict‚ and in what ways can it be thought of as long-term peace? Which do you think best describes the period? Why? During the 1947-1991‚ The Cold War was known to be one of the longest standoff feud between the United States and Soviet Union. The United States and Soviet Union was sworn allies when fighting the Nazi Germany. However‚ the aftermath conferred to political powers and struggle of influence became a factor after the United States‚ Great
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Before reading these few pages by Sister Mary‚ and even before this class‚ I did not have a good idea of who Pope Benedict XVI was. All I knew was that he was a very intellectual and gentle man from Germany who people loved to listen to. There have been many controversies surrounding Pope Benedict‚ but people continue to listen to his insightful religious lectures. Now after reading this brief insight by Sister Mary‚ I have developed a newfound appreciation for this man because of the hardships he
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JOHN 19 So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him: Pilate effectively proclaimed Jesus "not blameworthy‚" so to scourge Him now was a gross bad form. In doing this‚ maybe Pilate figured he could help Jesus‚ and that the horde would be happy with the scourging and ridiculing. Scourged Him: The ruthless demonstration of scourging had three purposes. To begin with‚ it was utilized to beat the detainee as a type of discipline. Second‚ it was utilized to separate an admission from the detainee. At
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One miracle that Jesus of Nazareth performed was the healing of a deaf man with a speech impediment. The story of this miracle starts in a crowd where a deaf man comes up to Jesus and asks to be healed. Jesus takes him away from the crowd‚ heals the man‚ and tells him not to inform anyone about Jesus’ healing of him. The man disobeys him and proclaims the goodness of Jesus to everyone. The use of the word “proclaim” in this passage‚ “But the more he ordered them not to‚ the more they proclaimed”
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very important for most people‚ as they do not understand what is good. Boaz’s and Jesus’ Hospitality & Lessons I can learn from them Jesus and Boaz are awesome examples of how they demonstrated hospitality similarly and differently and I undeniably could learn a few lessons from them. But when we compare the hospitality of Jesus and Boaz‚ we can see that although both of them redeemed people and gave food to them‚ Jesus ultimately went the extra mile when he redeemed us all from our sins‚ fed thousands
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