Acts of the Apostles

Administrator of First Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dumfries, VA. Over time, the concept of church administration has evolved greatly. Biblically, church administration begins with concepts depicted in passages such as Exodus 18 (Moses and Jethro) and Acts 6 (Apostles and Deacons), where church leaders chose godly believers who were able to give their attention to other responsibilities that distracted the leader from his or her primary calling. While this basic idea has remained, the evolving…

the divine law. They argued that slavery was a foundation of ordinance and couldn’t be taken away. They also argued that the North was taking full aggression to due away with slavery by encouraging runaway slaves and advocating Black equality. In Apostles of Disunion by Charles B. Dew, Dew says, With Lincoln’s election the country had fallen under the control of “a great sectional party”… proclaiming the debasing doctrine of the equality of all men, irrespective of race and color… in…

framework is interpreted and propagated through various godly sources like the holy books and religious apostles and leaders. Whereas, religion and morality are almost always equated synonymously, atheists maintain that morality does not necessarily depend upon religion and a person can lead an exemplary life…

Provocative and controversial— two words that properly describe Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Sophocles’s Antigone. Many of the characters, especially the females, in these two plays seem to make decisions that are rather provocative and controversial. The women in both of these plays defy moral and societal expectations placed upon them by overbearing, arrogant men while the men in these plays continually belittle and degrade women. The Bible, arguably one of the most controversial and…

that nothing is on the other side of the barrier. At the same time, no action is required of the person holding such a belief (as in acting “as if ” ). Instead, the emphasis is placed upon the object’s probability of existence, whether or not one ever acts at all. The only possibility of a worse position would be if one conceived of the “as if ” theory having a question mark on both sides of the barrier! 3. The “leap of faith” hypothesis: “Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reason…

A Death in Texas: The Rehabilitation of Jonathan Wayne Nobles On September 19, 1986 Jonathan Wayne Nobles was arrested for the murders of Mitzi Johnson-Nalley and Kelly Farquhar. Jonathan Nobles would spend the next 12 years in Ellis Unit One. During his time in incarceration Jonathan Nobles would undergo an extensive rehabilitation, beginning with his involvement with the catholic church within the prison. The results of Jonathan Nobles rehabilitation earned him the respect of many of the…

sent him. Likewise, we read that Paul was an ambassador “for Christ,” he was sent in the place of Jesus Christ—in the stead of Jesus Christ—but with the knowledge and authority to speak the truth of Jesus Christ to mankind. Jesus sent His apostles out as ambassadors of His kingdom into the nations and kingdoms of the world—pleading and imploring men to be reconciled to God. Paul is imploring—begging, in fact—to the Corinthians on Christ’s behalf to be reconciled to God. The ministry of…

Would you consider any aspects of your personal life as being ungodly? I think we would all agree that one of the main reasons we do stupid, sinful acts is because we are acting out some form our reaction to our prideful self-motivations. The author of our lesson makes a point we probably would have a hard time comprehending without spending some time contemplating that statement. The author stated that wickedness and ungodliness or not the same thing. Wicked is defined in the dictionary as a…

In Joseph Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness, he expresses the horrors of European colonialism. Secondly, Conrad uses Marlow as the main protagonist to show the brutally from his own point of view. Thirdly, Conrad shows how Heart of Darkness shows the brutally and cruelty of European colonialism towards Congo and the natives. Throughout the novella, it explores the historical period of European colonialism in Congo to demonstrate Marlow’s struggles. Marlow, like other Europeans of his time is…

being a ‘’ Living Memorial’’ aimed at continuing Dr. King’s work on important social ills around the world. Martin Luther King was jailed 29 times According to the King Center, the civil rights leader went to jail nearly 30 times. He was arrested for acts of civil disobedience and on trumped-up charges, such as when he was jailed in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1956 for driving 30 miles per hour in a 25-mile-per-hour zone. Martin Luther was a great man but he still ended up being very likeable martin…