there were no personal efforts on the part of anyone to win converts.”25 The author believed‚ Old Testament revivals were not revivals in the sense‚ in which today’s communities view them. Autrey proclaimed‚ the spiritual revivals in the history of Judah and Israel‚ during the times of the Old Testament’s prophets‚ kings‚ patriarchs‚ and scribes‚ were at an all-time decline constantly.26 On the other hand‚ according Autrey‚ the New Testament demonstrated a full approach to an evangelistic ministry
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In 175 BCE the Maccabean family revolted against the Greek-Syrians who had previously taken Jerusalem‚ and after successfully retaking Jerusalem back the leader of the Maccabean family‚ Judah Maccabee‚ told his followers to cleanse the Second Temple and light a menorah2 on the alter. The menorah had only enough oil for one night but miraculously stayed lit for eight nights inspiring the Hanukkah celebration. The Hanukkah celebration starts
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God uses imperfect people. God can and often does use imperfect people to accomplish his purposes. Look at the lineage of Jesus in Matthew 1:3[->0]. “Judah the father of Perez and Zerah‚ whose mother was Tamar.” Read Genesis 38[->1] about how Judah fathered Perez with his daughter-in-law Tamar. She dressed up as a prostitute to get pregnant when Judah had money to spend after selling the wool from his sheep. David committed adultery with Bathsheba. (II Samuel chapter 11[->2]) David had her husband
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Isaac Asimov‚ the pre-eminent popular-science writer of the day and for more than 40 years one of the best and best-known writers of science fiction‚ died yesterday at New York University Hospital. He was 72 years old and lived in Manhattan. He died of heart and kidney failure‚ said his brother‚ Stanley. Mr. Asimov was amazingly prolific‚ writing nearly 500 books on a wide range of subjects‚ from works for preschoolers to college textbooks. He was perhaps best known for his science fiction and
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Biblical archaeology From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For the movement associated with William F. Albright and also known as biblical archaeology‚ see Biblical archaeology school. For the interpretation of biblical archaeology in relation to biblical historicity‚ see Historicity of the Bible and List of artifacts significant to the Bible. Biblical archaeology involves the recovery and scientific investigation of the material remains of past cultures that can illuminate the periods and descriptions
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In Gerard Manley Hopkin’s poem “Carrion Comfort”‚ ‘parallelism’‚ ‘deviation’ and ‘variation’ are used to explore the patterns of Hopkins’ poem. Parallelism refers to the repetition of sentence structure or word order to achieve a rhythmical effect. The overall effect is that sentence parts seem to rhyme. More importantly‚ the thoughts that these parts express are either repeated or contrasted. Therefore‚ parallelism in poetry involves the arrangement of coordinate thoughts to the effect that the
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Selassie was able to transcend form Africa to Jamaica proving that he is the black Messiah. On November 2‚ 1930‚ Ras Tafari‚ at the age of thirty-seven‚ was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I‚ King of Kings‚ Lord of Lords‚ Conquering Lion of the tribe of Judah. Form this point on‚ he ruled as Emperor of Ethiopia for the next forty-four years. Haile Selassie accomplished many great things during his rein as Emperor of Ethiopia. Perhaps his most important contribution was his efforts to further the education
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A once great and numerous people that has since then died out. These people would be the Samaritans‚ a group of people that lived during the time of the Old Testament. They were both Jewish and not Jewish and had a very unique religion‚ which caused them to be hated by the Jews. The Samaritans were also used in one of Jesus’ parables along with the Jews to teach a lesson on who is your neighbor and how you should love and be kind to them. When thinking of the Samaritans it is hard to not also
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A baby was born from a virgin‚ raised as a carpenters son‚ then killed. This is the shortened story of the Christian Messiah‚ however Jews do not believe that Jesus truly fulfills this roll. Definitely‚ this is one of several abounding differences between Christianity and Judaism‚ however there are correlation. Traditional practices‚ writings‚ women‚ mistreatment‚ and art comprise this theme. Traditional implications concerning Christian and Jews were numerous. Christians whole heartedly believe
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brothers where to Joseph the father would love Joseph more. Jacob‚ the father‚ had many wives. Everybody in the family where shepherds. After that one of the brothers decided to throw Joseph in the well. Ruben tried to save Joseph but it was too late. Judah didn’t want to kill Joseph‚ so they sold Joseph for 20 pieces of silver. Potephara bought Joseph as his slave. Potephara brought Joseph to his house. Joseph had 3 meals a day. Joseph was a handsome
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