missionary journey started off very well. But‚ before we go to the second stop‚it is worth mentioning here‚ the sudden decision of the young boy John Mark to leave the missionary journey and return to Jerusalem. Why he left? No reason is given. Acts 13:13‚ simply states: "John left them to return to Jerusalem." Paul must have taken it very seriously‚ because‚ when later‚ the two apostles decided to begin their second missionary journey‚ this is what happened. "After some time Paul said to Barnabas
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The purpose of this paper is as stated: “Doing Missions in a Pluralistic Society‚” to be specific‚ the concept of strategy in mission works where Christianity is one religion among many. It is the intention of this writer to examine such purpose in light of Scriptures that deals in this area‚ namely the book of Acts‚ with the focus of establishing factors that hope to contribute to the success of Christianity. To this we wish to simply state that doing missions within a pluralistic society is nothing
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one of the most violent military campaigns in the world. Added to that‚ the Crusades cause many positive things‚ but also caused some negative things as well. Before the Crusades‚ most Muslims did not allow Christians into the sacred places like Jerusalem‚ this sparked the Crusades. The Crusades had a massive effect on the conflict between Christians and Muslims. The Crusades started at the beginning of the 11th century Europe was becoming one of the largest civilization on the planet‚ but they had
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of El‚ who was the head God‚ and Yahweh was one of his concourses that was elevated to be the main God. When the Babylonians emerged and destroyed the temple in Jerusalem during 586 BCE‚ the emergence of monotheism is in response to the devastation of Jewish people towards the exile.1 The evil slander against Israelis pulled out of Jerusalem and into the exile did not lead Jewish individuals to believe that the Babylonian God diminishes their God‚ but they lead to believe that God was punishing them
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Isaiah is recording the plot that the King of Syria and the King of Israel has against Jerusalem. At this time in history‚ Jerusalem is in the Hands of Judah. Judah is ruled by Ahaz‚ who is the grandson of Uzziah. King Uzziah was one of the Kings in the genealogies of Christ in Matthew‚ who also was in reign during the great Earthquake of Judah. Israel is divided into two kingdoms at this point‚ and Jerusalem was under Ahaz’s control in Judah.
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Land (Jerusalem) from Muslim hold. They were carried out during the 11th through the 13th centuries. There were a series of at least 6 crusades‚ some of which were directed at other European countries rather than Muslim countries. Kingdom of Heaven is a movie that deals with the 12th century crusaders. The movie takes place between the 2nd and 3rd Crusades and outlines the life of a blacksmith‚ Balian of Ibelin‚ who chooses to grant his father’s wish to follow other Crusaders to free Jerusalem from
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the time that Nathan the Wise was written‚ it was a tremendous provocation for Lessing to make the hero of his play a Jew and the villain of his play an intolerant Christian patriarch. It was equally astounding for Lessing to make the Muslim sultan Saladin a wise and tolerant ruler. The familial relationship between the major figures in the play‚ revealed at the end‚ is a metaphor for Lessing’s vision of brotherly love and mutual understanding among the major monotheistic religions. In many ways Nathan
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Jerusalem was also the place where Pilate made his winter residence. His army came into Jerusalem under the cover of nightfall‚ and they brought with them the symbols and statues of the emperor. The crafting of these images went against the law and Pilate was the first to bring these images to Jerusalem and set them up in the city. The Jewish people awoke to these men and their symbols and were furious
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Following the completion of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem‚ a very high number of Jewish workers become unemployed and idle. These men then became interested in the in the current political events and began to rebel in small groups to support their religion and culture. With Palestine being a relatively
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Chapter 18 Nomadic Empires And Eurasian Integration People: 1. Abbasids: Cosmopolitan Arabic dynasty {750-1258 CE} that replaced the Umayyads; founded by Abu al-Abbas and reached its peak under Harun al-Rashid. 2. Chinggis Khan: Born in 1170s in decades following death of Kabul Khan; elected khagan of all Mongol tribes in 1206; responsible for conquest of northern kingdoms of China; territories as faw west as the Abbasid regions; died in 1227‚ prior to conquest of most of Islamic world 3
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