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was, widely, regarded by early Christians mostly in its association with polytheism and idolatry, makes scholars less prone to assumptions which place their own modern sexuality onto a historical people who could have, and often did, recognize sexual acts and orientations very differently than someone from modern times…

Martha Grace Weatherill Martha Grace Weatherill Methods of Reading the Bible A Critical Reading of the Story of Ananias and Sapphira Using Historical and Theological Approaches Acts 5:1-11 The story of Ananias and Sapphira and indeed, the book of Acts are of great importance because it informs the reader on the history of the primitive church at Jerusalem. Fee and Stuart point out that the author, Luke, is a Gentile whose narrative could be seen as a source of Hellenistic historiography,…

Green Grass Running Water protagonist; Latisha experiences a personal journey to find her true identity. While undergoing her journey in attempt to discover the unique characteristics and beliefs she as an individual possesses, this character displays acts of heroism by facing challenging obstacles that are brought upon them throughout the novel. This is done through their actions as these characters present and exhibit qualities of independence, selflessness and generosity. Throughout the novel…

The 1920’s were a time when American culture exploded and ultimately transformed America from a young country to a world power. The American values of individualism and democracy were neither completely enhanced or diminished by modernity because while many strides were made to improve these qualities, the pre-World War I sentiment of reform was destroyed. All of the destruction caused by World War I scared the American people enough to halt the era of reformation and actually did diminish…

Humans have utilized cannabis since 2700 B.C. Over the last few decades, marijuana has been used for textiles, medicine, and recreational use. Society tends to correlate marijuana with lazy, unproductive, and food munching individuals suffering from a drug addiction, but the public opinion has changed in recent years. This shift in opinion is due to the fact that scientific research has disproven many of the myths created by reefer madness in the 1960s. The legal use of marijuana recreationally…

Mysterious Marijuana When it comes to marijuana, majority often have a negative perspective on the substance, but is this really the case? If so, why have other countries begun to legalize marijuana? The decision on whether to legalize this drug has become a heated debate over the years. Moreover, with today 's media-rich culture, it is not a surprise to find endless aspects on cannabis as our uncertainty and ambivalent attitude slowly radiates towards the substance. However, the contention…

reporting violence acts that young kid have committed from killing someone to robbing someone and then we hear from Doctors to Politicians who want to link these acts of violence to these extremely violence video games or movies. Just like the 2012 movie theater, killing of 12 people and injuring 70 others viewing the Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises” where James Holmes committed this crime and then appeared in Court looking like the “Joker” with red-orange hair. Many more acts of violence…

American customs ' duties so he decided to enforce taxes to earn additional earnings. The first tax taking into place was the Revenue Act better known as the Sugar Act in 1764. The duties Colonists had to pay on molasses was lowered but began to tax sugar and other goods imported to the colonies. There were also stricter penalties for smuggling. (Keene, pg. 104) This Sugar Act put into place affected the American 's beliefs in…

of Luke and Acts The Gospel According to Luke as well as the Acts of the Apostles collectively make up 27 percent of the information of the whole New Testament. These two works were authored by Luke, a Gentile believer (Colossians 4:10-14). Seeing that he just authored these two books, which his writings constitute over one fourth of the New Testament writings (making Luke the greatest possible author), the study of the content and message is quite important to us. (Dulle, n.d.) Acts and that…

The United States has been in a state of economic decline and continues to face a growing national debt. Marijuana legalization could solve this issue. Legalizing cannabis seems inevitable as Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana and many other states have legalized medical marijuana and decriminalized possession of marijuana, despite cannabis being considered a Schedule I drug at the federal level. Some argue against its use…