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    Final Judge    Samuel was Israel’s last and most significant judge. Toward the end of his life‚ the people clamored for a king. Samuel warned against this. Choosing a King    Saul was selected king but lost the kingship because he disobeyed divine commands. David was anointed by Samuel to replace Saul. Saul fell on his sword in despair. Israel’s Greatest King David became the sole king of Israel‚ uniting all tribes into a single nation. David brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem

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    of the chapters leading up to 2 Samuel 7:8-19 are important in understanding its meaning and significance. The first thing that is important is the death of Saul and Jonathan. Saul was the current king of Israel‚ and Jonathan‚ his son‚ was David’s best friend. After they were killed at Mt. Gilboa‚ David was probably torn in how to feel. Saul was jealous of how popular David had become and tried to kill him‚ but David hid from him. Because of what God told him in 1 Samuel 16‚ David knew Saul’s death

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    Saturday of the Julian calendar. Al Mamon founded a school of astronomy in Baghdad and translates Ptolemy’s works. Astronomical knowledge from around the world was collected and translated. ’Abdallah al-Ma ’mun. Born in Baghdad in 786‚ died near Tarsus in 833. The seventh and greatest ’Abbasid caliph (813-833). His mother and wife were Persians‚ which explains his Persian  and ’Alid proclivities. He was an ardent Mu ’tazil‚ tried to enforce his views by means of violence. He wrote four long letters

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    In 1630 a group of allied colonists and puritans were on a voyage to the New World‚ aboard the Abella. The reason for their journey was to achieve religious freedom from their homeland‚ England. On the ship‚ a Puritan preacher named John Winthrop made a sermon to the group about God and his “commissions”. He spoke on how they need to look up to God‚ basically as a mentor‚ and that these commissions can affect their lives. Winthrop explains that for what God has done for us‚ we should repay him

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    because it be the truth‚ the true picture. So your ears have to have eyes‚ so they can see how much o’ the real picture what be in the head be contained in the words!" (Ikey Solomon talking to Tommo and Hawke‚ the Potato Factory‚ 1995) John Ralston Saul (1997) in the Unconscious Civilisation proposes that there is an almost childlike way in which society avoids the reality of its situation‚ choosing instead to believe a fantasy perpetuated by a corporatist ideology. Legitimacy lies with conformist

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    The Three Main Missionary Journey’s of Saint Paul The First Journey of St. Paul: Paul went on three main missionary journeys. The first missionary journey took place from 45-49 A.D. He traveled with Barnabus and a young boy named John Mark. John Mark did not stay with them for very long. He returned to his home in Jerusalem and left Paul and Barnabus without a helper. Paul and Barnabus were worshiping at the church at Antioch‚ Syria and the holy Spirit came forth and sent them on their journey

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    made during the religious councils would have significant historical and theological consequences for this developing faith. Early Christianity was seen as a religious group that Jewish religious leaders persecuted and regarded as heretic. Paul of Tarsus‚ initially persecuted Christians‚ but he finally converted to Christianity. If we think about the origins of Christianity we can say that Jesus started the religious movement on a small scale‚ and Paul was the one that provided the theological explanations

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    disillusioned at His death but His resurrection allowed them to understand His true mission. Chapter Nine tells us that Saul was uttering threats to the Lord’s followers. On his way to Damascus a light from heaven struck him. He fell to the ground; he was blinded. Saul was God’s chosen instrument to take His (God’s) message to the Gentiles. Ananias was instructed by God to pray for Saul. Saul regained his sight. His name was changed to Paul. Chapter Ten discusses Christ’s crucifixion and burial; the

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    ‘Religious experience can be used as evidence for the existence of God’ A religious experience is an encounter with God when you experience transcendent reality and it you cannot will it to happen. A direct religious experience refers to events where God reveals him/herself directly to the person having the experience. The experience is not chose or willed by the person; the person experiences or observes God in some way. An indirect religious experience refers to experiences‚ thoughts or feelings

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    interests and places legitimacy in interest groups. However‚ “If everything is interest based then it is impossible to imagine that there could also be two positions‚ because everything moves from the idea of interest‚ from the truth of self-interest.” (Saul‚ 1996‚ p.8) Who is the American individual? Above all else‚ the American individual is self-reliant and ruled by reason and intuition. They insist on themselves and never imitate. Ralph Waldo Emerson explains

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