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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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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national hero‚ who had served as an Ottoman military officer. He abandoned Ottoman service‚ allied with Albanian army‚ and successfully fought off the Turkish army in some major attacks like Siege of Kruje and Siege of Shkodra. The final one that destroyed the Turkish army was another successful battle in the Siege of Kruje. The achievements that we gained during these one hundred years‚ are the reasons why Albanians celebrated this event. Albania Is one of the most important states in Balkan because
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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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Muhammad‚ whose full name was Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn ’Abd Allah ibn ’Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim‚ was born in Mecca around 570 AD after the death of his father‚ ’Abd Allah. Muhammad was at first under the care of his paternal grandfather‚ ’Abd al-Muttalib. Because the climate of Mecca was considered to be unhealthful‚ he was given as an infant to a wet nurse from a nomadic tribe and spent some time in the desert. At six‚ he lost his mother‚ Aminah of the clan of Zuhra‚ and at eight his
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commanding of the restoration and building of Jerusalem. The word Shebua or week in the Hebrew language meant weeks‚ but all scholars come to an agreement that it meant four hundred and eighty three years‚ which is sixty-nine multiplied by seven. The Commencing of counting according to the text is in the year 458 BC‚ which is the seventh year of the King Artaxerxes of Persia. The king‚ during this year‚ issued an order that Ezra begin his journey to Jerusalem on the first day of the first month. According
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numerous battles and sieges. During the battle of Issus‚ Alexander’s army defeated Persia’s main army under the command of Darrius III. This defeat gave Alexander control of land as far as the Euphrates river in what is now modern day Iraq. Alexander continued along the Medeteranean coast and conquered Syria. He was forced to lay siege on the island city of Tyre‚ which refused to capitulate to him. After a five month long siege‚ Tyre finally fell. As a result of the siege an enraged Alexander
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included the countries of Europe and the Western Anatolia. These countries fought in faith‚ and fought to spread their ideology to other countries. However‚ not only did they fight for what they believed in‚ they also fought for a part of land in Jerusalem that played in important role in their beliefs. With the wars coming and happening‚ also came new ideas in culture‚ arts and even literature. The idea of the Crusades can guide us to better understand the literature between the Dark through Middle
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