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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Paul of tarsus did much to advance Christianity among the gentiles‚ considered one of the primary sources of the Christian doctrine‚ Jew and roman citizen of tarsus Some argue it was he who truly made Christianity a new religion promoted Christianity throughout the world‚ some say founder of Christianity Early life didn’t support Christianity he persecuted Christians because they said Jesus was the son of god went against Jewish religion‚ believed Christians were blasphemers Believed they were
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Paul Haggis’ Crash: The Evaporation of White Accountability March 10‚ 2009 in Articles | Tags: crash‚ crash movie‚ institutional racism‚ paul haggis‚ racism‚ structural racism‚ white accountability‚ white supremacy @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } “I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness‚ not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group‚” writes Peggy McIntosh in her essay “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” (McIntosh). This invisibility
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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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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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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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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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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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I know we are all devastated. It doesn’t feel real‚ but it is. And still‚ in the midst of this tragedy‚ when I think back on Paul‚ I can’t help smiling. Paul always made me smile. I met him in a casting session for Pleasantville. It was probably his first big part in a movie (he was 23 at the time)‚ and if he was nervous‚ he didn’t show it. He came in the door with that huge winning smile
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