Reflection Paper Philippians I chose to write my reflection paper on the book of Philippians. Before writing this paper I was not entirely familiar with the life of Paul or his teachings. It was an interesting book once I understood the background and reasoning for Paul’s writings. Paul wrote Philippians while in prison. His priority was always on the advancement of Christ. He was completely unconcerned about his lack of comfort or the situation he was in while in prison. His thoughts
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we focus on the letter of Paul to Titus‚ we see a lot of characteristics of how a healthy church should be with healthy leadership that expatiates on the gospel‚ nurtures an understanding and have a deep belief in the gospel and lives out the gospel in daily life. All what Paul wrote in this letter many years ago is also out to encourage us‚ to strengthen us‚ to correct us‚ to rebuke us for the purpose of growing maturely in the gospel of grace. We can remember how Paul persecuted the church before
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of the greatest threats to the flourishing faith in Christ Jesus‚ was converted into a person recognized as St. Paul. From becoming a threat and a persecutor‚ he became a pillar and an avid advocate of Christianity. As the Scripture says‚ “God has made everything appropriate in its time.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11) God has planned everything according to His perfect and holy will to send Paul so that he may bring forth vivacity at the time when the Christian world was fearful and suffering. Why then did
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The apostle Paul‚ also known as “Saul of Tarsus‚”‚ is the apostle to the Gentiles. (Romans 11:131 and Galatians 2:8).2 (You can use parenthetical citation for Scripture‚ as you did here‚ without having to also cite them in the endnotes.) In order for us to understand how God ordained his apostleship to the Gentiles‚ we must first understand his background. The name “Paul” is a Greek spelling of the Latin word Paulus. To Aramaic – speaking Jews‚ his Hebrew name was “Saul” (from Saoul)3. Paul’s
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Unit 6 Lesson 1 “The Early Church & Paul” Objectives: Describe the life and practice of the early church Demonstrate knowledge of the early life‚ conversion and ministry of Paul Identify and discuss the major themes of Paul’s teachings Relate Paul’s message to the present Philippine context Day of the Pentecost – the early church began in Jerusalem in accordance to God’s commands is sometimes described by some Christians today as the "Birthday of the Church." a Jewish feast‚ was celebrated
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Each spring as the weather warms thoughts turns towards airing out the house and beginning the process of spring cleaning after a long winter. Ron Rash’s poem “Water Quilt” illustrates the chore of spring cleaning with a twist. During leaner times the people of Appalachia would use the river as a source for all household water use including cooking and cleaning. The tradition of taking all the bedding to the river to wash would have been a yearly ritual. Rash explains the reason this ritual continues
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by the other two astronauts. Michael Collins was an important member of the Apollo mission but he does not get any credit. The same case goes for Samuel Prescott. He was the only one of the Three Riders who made it to Concord and he gets no Credit. Paul Revere over shadowed Prescott. Prescott is the most important member of the Midnight ride. Prescott did a lot for our country in that one night. Samuel Prescott should be remembered as a hero for his actions‚ and had a major effect on the defense against
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whatever one of His children is facing. Acts 16 tells of how Paul and Silas were busy doing the work of the LORD‚ during which time‚ they encountered a girl possessed with an evil spirit. Furthermore‚ the girl followed Paul and Silas around for the purpose of harassing them. Needless to say‚ Paul cast the evil spirit out of her‚ which didn’t go over well with her masters‚ inasmuch as‚ her fortune telling brought them much money. Consequently‚ Paul and Silas were thrown into prison. Acts 16:19 says: "But
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Paul Klee Paul Klee was born on the 18th of December 1879‚ and died on the 29th of June 1940. He was considered as a talented Swiss and German painter.The artwork created by Klee had dramatically changed over his years of developing his paintings. The timeline below demonstrates the changes over his working years of creating abstract art. In the Style of Kairouan: ‘In the Style of Kairouan’ shows Klee’s first pure abstract painting‚ created in 1914. Klee used a simple combination of coloured shapes
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Writhing in an electric tune‚ the band begins to play. Walking back and forth across the stage I heard the singer cry. Down at the bar last night‚ By the pale of evening moon light. The band‚ oh‚ they did play! The band‚ oh‚ they did play! To the tune of Rock n’ Roll‚ With fingers blazing across the strings They made the gui-tars scream. A clash of cymbals‚ The pounding of drums Coming from that Rock n’ Roll. And far into the moonlight they played To the roar of the crowd he sang
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