Pentecost Story Pentecost marked a turning point in the early Christian church. The English word “Pentecost” is a transliteration of the Greek word pentekostos‚ which means “fifty.” Pentecost‚ a Jewish feast‚ was celebrated 50 days after Passover‚ and pilgrims had come to Jerusalem from all over the world to celebrate the event. Pentecost is a holiday on which we commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit on the early followers of Jesus. Before the events of the first Pentecost‚ there were followers
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Arguments from Silence The popular idea for theologians and archeologists is to be “scientific”. One popular result of that is to base everything on “evidence”. At times there should be room for an argument from silence. In science great discoveries have come from silent instruments when results were expected. Everyone “knew” light traveled through the “ether” until it could not be found‚ which led to relativity. Following the data can‚ has‚ does‚ continues to‚ lead us to misunderstanding
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Nothing happens in a vacuum‚ not even vacuuming. Relationality is at the heart of conflict transformation; a relationality of actions‚ people‚ and items are components of the varied conflict transformation processes explored throughout this course. Without relationality and interaction‚ our tables would be empty and quiet‚ our meals sparse and unpalatable‚ our concepts of wonder and amazement dimmed by the reality around us. A general tenet which guides my faith is the reality that being a person
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United Church of Christ Ordination Paper By James Paul White To Committee on Ministry October 1‚ 2012 Committee on Ministry Kansas-Oklahoma Conference Part One Personal Theology “Theology of Community” In this paper‚ I am going to share my ideas of theology. I believe that one of the biggest mistakes I made in the past was that I was afraid of being rejected‚ so I wrote a theology paper and tried to
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The most noticeable comparison between Jesus Christ and Socrates was that the charges against them. They were both seen as an “evil” influence to the townspeople because of their different ways to see life and for their beliefs on religion. Jesus was considered a heretic because he preached monotheism in a polytheistic world. He called himself the messiah‚ a divine being and the son of God and the Jews saw that as a major offence. The Roman Government did not like that Jesus questioned the oppressiveness
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cracks the house door just enough to see who has rung her bell‚ she scornfully points her nose up at Laura as if to say she is disgusted. It is heartbreaking to watch Laura’s attempts at making a connection. All I could think of were the Pharisees and Sadducees as they judged the black preacher (Jesus) for attempting to heal the broken on the Sabbath and empower the marginalized. How does one denounce their own flesh and blood? How did Peter deny Jesus three
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Study One Outline Over the next three weeks we will look into a few aspects of Pilate’s life. This week we will be looking at the area under Pilates command‚ and what Role pilate played in the government in Judea. Then over the next couple of weeks we will look into the life of Pilate‚ and then the important role he played into the death of Jesus‚ and how it played into the Passover. Introduction to Pontius Pilate 5th Governor Roman – Appointed by Rome and was not Jewish Valerius-
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Paul‚ a Liar?! If Yeshua had in fact been referring to Paul as a false apostle and liar in the book of Revelation‚ how is it he was a liar? Obviously‚ the claim of apostleship itself might be considered a lie. But in my thinking‚ the label of "liar" implies a person who uses conscious intent to deceive. When Paul called himself an apostle‚ I believe he really thought he was one. Therefore I would have a hard time actually labeling him as a liar on those grounds alone. I would call him conceited and
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(1/9/13) Inter-Testamental Period (432 B.C.- 4 B.C.) Over 400 years Malachi- written 432 B.C. Christ born 4 B.C. Persian Period (450-330 B.C.) Hellenistic (Greek) Period (330-166 B.C.) Alexander the Great After his reign‚ the kingdom was divided into 4 parts for his 4 major generals. Ptolemy ruled Egypt Seleucid ruled Palestine and North Syria Hasmonean (Maccabean) Period (166-63 B.C.) Jews revolt against Hellenism Maccabeans-Jewish loyal family Roman Period (63 B.C. into the A.D
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Religious studies 1 EDT303Q 1 UNIT 1 – Welcome to the world of Religions 1 UNIT 2 - Overview of the religious history of humankind 1 UNIT 3 – Points of departure 1 UNIT 4 – African Religions 3 UNIT 5 – San‚ Batswana & Amazulu 3 UNIT 7-9 – Hinduism 4 UNIT 10-12 – Buddhism 7 UNIT 13-15 - Judaism 9 UNIT 16-18 – Christianity 10 UNIT 19-21 – Islam 12 Religious studies EDT303Q UNIT 1 – Welcome to the world of Religions Pluralistic world – many religions Religion – something referring to God Throughout
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