Acts of the Apostles

There are many reasons for violent acts. Some commit violence because they want to harm others and some because they want to harm themselves, but some because they believe they are helping the world in some way or another. People commit these kinds of acts because they don’t think clearly; causing them to justify their violent actions as caring ones. In Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the characters, Rodion Ramonovitch Raskolnikov, Arkady Ivanovitch Svidrigailov, and Katerina Ivanova…

However, despite their many hardships, many of the Jews were kind and compassionate with their fellow inmates, and managed to keep hope alive through their selfless deeds. Through these several acts of affection, Elie and his father were able to persevere through the living hell. The first unprecedented act of compassion occurred when the random unnamed stranger instructed Elie and his father to lie about their ages, and claim to be eighteen and forty years old This…

others and learn to understand how we interact with the world. In my opinion I feel that the people that we place our trust in take advantage of us. However, there are mystical and religious beings that we believe in. In Charles Bazerman’s text “Speech Acts, Genres, and Activity Systems: How Texts Organize Activity and People.” he defines discourse community as a close or loose knit group of people who have the same interests or beliefs (Bazerman). In the church that I partake in follows a god…

“Innocent Until Proven Guilty” In The Crucible, Judge Danforth may have accidentally convicted an innocent person for a crime with which they were not involved. Even though Danforth may have done this, he should be considered innocent because of the false accusations the people made him believe. Considering there was a lot of false accusations and misconceptions, he should not be thought of as a false accuser; he may have gotten confused with all of the information that was being presented…

‘Conflict can reveal unexpected qualities in an individual.’ Discuss. I will be writing an expository essay on the prompt ‘Conflict can reveal unexpected qualities in an individual’. For this essay I will use formal language to convey the message of conflict can reveal unexpected qualities in an individual, to show the readers for this piece. The audience for this writing piece is those in year 12 who are studying conflict, and the context for this piece will be from the film ‘A Separation’ In…

In past times, the killing of a human was a very common practice, especially during the French Revolution. There was connection between the savagery of the boys and the beheading of people during the late 1700's. The act of beheading was used against any individual who went against higher authorities. As the boys beheaded the pig, Jack declared, "This head is for the beast. It's a gift." (Golding, 137) giving the carcass power. Simon had a connection with the sow's…

underwent various tribulations to be deemed a hero by the people around them. With this in mind, the idea of a perfect hero cannot really be viable in today’s society, and even if it was possible, people today would see a hero very differently. Heroic acts dive into how a hero can be flawed and show signs of weakness in times of trouble as shown in how opposition can drive heroic deeds as part of morality, and why inner turmoil can be really important to becoming the hero of a story.…

in Heaven, where the protagonist, Eddie, encounters Joseph Corvelzchik, often referred to as “The Blue Man”, who informs him of the interconnected nature of life, and how the notion of random acts is entirely inaccurate within the forty-eight page of the novel, where he states, “That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.” The central message of this quote extends to the entirety of…

INTRODUCTION God is not the author of confusion, the Bible is clear in revealing not only the reality of miraculous events in the Book of Acts but also their purpose. One of the main purposes of the miracles in the Book of Acts was to create a platform for preaching and evangelism for the Apostles. The miracles in the book of Acts were not for the direct benefit of those performing the miracles or for material purposes. They were for the purpose of authenticating the message about Jesus.…

when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost” (Acts 8:14-17). Those of who received the gift of miracles after the apostles laid their hands on them. In Act…