Ephraim Mentality Power This can be described as the control and influence over other people and their actions. It is also physical force or strength. “The men of Ephraim called out their forces‚ crossed over to Zaphon and said to Jephthah‚ "Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We’re going to burn down your house over your head." Jephthah answered‚ "I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites‚ and although I called‚ you didn’t save
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Why believe in Christianity over all other religions? by Matt Slick Critics often ask why Christianity is any better than any other religion in the world. Of all the religions that exist‚ how can it be that only Christianity is true? If God exists‚ why can’t God use different religions? Don’t all paths lead to God? Skeptics ask these kinds of questions all the time‚ and unfortunately‚ few Christians have the answers. Therefore‚ in an attempt to demonstrate why Christianity is true and all
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There are many different viewpoints around the world when it comes to salvation and what it is supposed to represent. For example‚ the viewpoint of Thomas F. Torrance who was a Scottish Protestant theologian. "Thomas F. Torrance both believed in the possibility of universal salvation‚ they also rejected the idea that we could make a final determination about this possibility prior to the second coming of Jesus Christ. Torrance expressly believed in the ’universality of Christ’s saving work’ but
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to avoid a wasted life. The Bible is crystal-clear: God created us for his glory. Thus says the Lord “Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth‚ everyone who is called by name‚ whom I created for my glory” (Isaiah 43:6-7). Life is wasted when we do not live for the glory of God. The Bible says that‚ you can give away all that you have and deliver your body to be burned and have not love (1 Corinthians: 13:3). If you don’t point people to God for everlasting
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religion and society as well as the artistic influences of the Byzantine empire on Western European secular and non-secular productions. The Tree of Jesse in the Lambeth Bible shows a unique and creative retelling of the biblical passage in the Book of Isaiah which metaphorically describes the descent of the Messiah through its use of the visual and physical composition of the page in relation to the subject matter — including the figures and context. Scale and color is also used to signify a hierarchy
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Evil and suffering has become the basis to critique the misrepresentation of God as a perfect being. This analysis stems from the idea that if God is good‚ and omniscient‚ why would he allow humans to struggle through the harsh conditions of evil and suffering. To gain further insight into this issue‚ the Abrahamic religion of Judaism offers that‚ humans experience evil and suffering because society has done something displeasing. Key biblical events such as the Fall‚ Noah’s Ark‚ and the Babylonian
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and open to a variety of opinions. What does freedom encompass? What does it mean to be free? Isiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty and Hannah Ardent’s Freedom and Politics both attempt to give a definition to freedom and what it means to be free. Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty gives an answer to these question‚ by dividing freedom into “negative” and “positive” freedom. (Berlin‚ 1958) This segregation of freedom is meant to be representative of the different ways
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52) Although the Davidic line remained important‚ the end of the exile led to the acceptance of a foreign ruler: King Cyrus of Persia. Isaiah shows that King Cyrus was accepted because words that were previously used only for Israelite King are used to describe him. These terms include the Lord’s Shepherd‚ the anointed one of Yahweh‚ and chosen by Yahweh. (Isaiah 44:28-45:1) On top of this‚ Ezra 1 shows that King Cyrus believed in the God of the Israelites as the edict he gives is God ordained.
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Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end.” although he is not named directly‚ the child is considered to be Jesus Christ. Passages like Isaiah 9:6 and Luke 2:14‚ by the angel who said “Glory to God in the Highest and on earth peace‚ good will toward men.”‚ it is commonly believed that Jesus was placed to bring peace and love to mankind. Few today would dispute that when learning of Jesus
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CASE PROBLEM: HAMILTON COUNTY JUDGES Hamilton County Judges try thousands of cases per year. In an overwhelming majority of the cases disposed‚ the verdict stands as rendered. However‚ some cases are appealed‚ and of those appealed‚ some of the cases are reversed. Kristen DelGuzzi of the Cincinnati Enquirer conducted a study of cases handled by Hamilton County Judges over a three-year period ( Cincinnati Enquirer‚ January 11‚ 1998 ). Shown in Table 2.5 are the results for 182‚908 cases handled (disposed)
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