Antioch

Child abduction is one of the biggest fears parents have. Every forty seconds, in the United States, a child is abducted. “Only about one child out of each 10,000 missing children reported to the local police is found alive”(Bilich). Jaycee Lee Dugard was one of the many children who has been abducted. Jaycee’s story shows how someone can live in such terrible conditions for so long and still manage to survive. She was just eleven years old when she was abducted. She was forced to lived with…

Christianity, a religion known the world over however, It did not start this way and its rise to preeminence was fraught with alienation, destitution and persecution. Christianity follows the belief that a man named Jesus who was a great teacher of his time and regarded by his followers to not only be a prophet but in fact the flesh and blood incarnation of God. Came to this world in order to redeem mankind whom in the eyes of God had been willingly lead down the path of sin, though their…

Internal Evidence of Early Authorship All of the New Testament was written in the first century. Some scholars date them toward the middle and others toward the end. Usually, the late dating of the gospels is based on knowledge and predictions around the destruction of the temple. That is since some do not believe in the message of the New Testament––they do not believe Jesus could predict future events––and so the gospels must have been written after AD 70 if they predict these events. This is…

Spirit equipped the apostles to bring together the first multi-lingual, multi-cultural mega-church and blended this variety into a single faith community” (“Biblical Obedience”). The church that Sano is referring to in this quote is the church at Antioch. From what the Holy Spirit did with the church in the New Testament, we can clearly see what God’s heart is regarding the structure of our churches today. God doesn’t desire for us to segregate because of a lack of understanding about each…

Albert Hernandez Mr. Calver American Literature 2: Period 4 11 May 2016 Abducted “Hearts become attached as easily as they become broken and our minds are left sifting through the pieces, which I fear take a lifetime to put back together to achieve any form of acceptance” (Dugard 177). The memoir of Jaycee Lee Dugard, A Stolen LIfe, shares and describes her traumatic experiences as a kidnapped victim of Phillip Garrido and Nancy Garrido. Dugard was abducted at a very young age in June of…

Alexander the Great was seen as one of the most powerful figures ever in the history of people. However, where there is a lot of power there will most likely be room for corruption. Just because his name was Alexander the Great it does not mean that he was a “great” leader. Some historians believe Alexander the Great was an influential leader who spread the ideas of Hellenistic culture during his rule. There is proof that Alexander the Great should be seen as nothing but a bloodthirsty tyrant…

Oh fascinating,” Her soft voice chirped as she reread the poem by Ovid numerous times, trying to find perhaps, a hidden message that she had some how missed. Why hadn’t her educator taught her about these important poems? Weren’t ones skins suppose to shin brightly? She’d have to ask her servant, or perhaps Drusus about it later if he was going to stop by. She was grateful he did threaten to flog her or smack the backside like she had heard the horror stories of doing. Just the thought sent…

The Spanish “Golden Age” began around 1492 with the rise of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty and the unification of Spain under King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile. Together they forced all non-Christians to convert to Christianity or leave the country. Also during this time, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella gave their support to Christopher Columbus as he set sail in search of new trade routes. Instead of finding new trade routes, Columbus discovered America. This discovery…

Dry, hot days and nights. The sun beat on the backs of the Crusaders who were desperate for any moisture, draft or shade. The heat was so unbearable it had prevented them from sweating and was causing some of the Crusaders to overheat and perish (Britannica School Library-Battle of Hattin). To make matters worse the only available fresh water, had dried up (Crusades: The Illustrated History, Thomas Madden). A faint thundering sound began sound. The tired eyes Crusaders opened in worry, than…

Leadership Introduction: The History of Leaders There was no doubt who the leaders were in the early church of Jerusalem because the apostles, Christ’s representatives, were still alive. Their presence was felt in a considerable way because of their appointment by Christ himself to this office. To this group of men, however, was added other godly and gifted leaders. The first ones added to guide the fledgling church, were men picked because some within the body of believers were being…