Ascension of Jesus

Divine Appointments The most humbling and awesome experiences a person can have is that of being a friend, making a friend, and introducing that friend into a living relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s not about any ability on our part but rather our availability to God and what He wants to do. Often these Divine Appointments will happen at the most unexpected times and places. God’s time is always now, and I have been privileged to share many times over the years in these precious…

The city of Los Angeles today, is deemed as one of the “mural capitals of the world” (MCLA). With 3,000 and counting murals citywide, they can be displayed as either being from a religious, cultural, or political standpoint with the purpose of leaving behind an underlying message from the art in itself. Made from vinyl acetate, Rico Lebrun’s Genesis, is influenced from the central story of Genesis, portraying Adam and Eve with their children. Alongside including the events from the Great Flood…

The Parson is a pilgrim that Chaucer idealizes. He is a Holy person, he is actually extremely poor, however, he is “rich in holy thought and work.” He is an educated man, he enjoys teaching Christ's gospel to his parishioners. He always visits his members and never neglects his parish members. He does his own work, the Parson carries around a staff everywhere with him. He sets a good example for all of his church members to follow. He does not have an interest in making more money. The…

In the story Night the main character Eliezer, a young jewish boy, has faith in God and believes that god will heal him and protect him from all those who to try to harm him in anyway, has lost his faith and innocence. Among him a man whom he had became friends with during his young years trying to find a mentor. This manś name was Moché the Beadle. They both had faith in God but lost in along with their innocence in very terrible and tragic ways. Innocence is such a valuable thing that is so…

In the Farewell Discourse, Jesus provides various examples as to what love can be displayed to be. John 15 provides an explicit example in which Jesus provides a reference of love in relation with both vines and branches. Jesus explains to his disciples, “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit” (John 15:2). By Jesus expressing this statement, he simply states that by having a relationship with God, one…

understanding of the Kingdom of God. I have come to understand that the Kingdom of God is between the already and the not yet. Jesus already brought with him the Kingdom of God, but the fullness of the Kingdom of God has not yet been accomplished. Jesus’ first coming brought about the beginning of the end for the Kingdom of God and the fullness will not be accomplished until Jesus’ second coming. While I do understand much of the Kingdom of God, the one major thing I do not understand is why God…

Dreadlocks: This is an important aspect of the Rastafari movement because they believe that their hair is a source of their strength and is written in the Old Testament such as Leviticus 21:5. Another belief, is that it’s a representation of the lion’s mane (Frank, kevin). Ganja: Rastafarians are known to smoke the herb for ritual purposes. Ganja is usually smoked during what they call reasoning sessions. It is smoked to bring them closer to Jah and bring them spiritual awareness (Pretorius,…

Have you ever wanted to learn about other religions other than your own, but wondered if it was appropriate and where to even begin? In Paul F. Knitter’s novel, Introducing Theologies of Religions, he discusses a variety of techniques that Christian theologians use to approach other religions. In Knitter’s novel, his goal was to bring light upon a heavy topic and common theological problem called religious plurality. Knitter also intended to inspire people around the world to change their…

“Don’t be an Indian giver!” it may sound like an innocent phrase. However, that phrase underlines a lot of differences between Native culture and Christianity. The main point of Christianity is to give yourself without expecting anything back just as Jesus gave himself for the world. However, Natives, as a barter economy, were used to giving and expecting something back. In the eyes of the Christians, this was not a good thing. But Natives considered giving and expecting back an honorific task.…

In John Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity,” he describes his founded city as a “prototype” society. More specifically, everyone is going to see if the society succeeds or fails. It is not exactly called a prototype it is known as “a city on a hill.” America in relativity is a city on a hill. In the agreement, Kennedy, Reagan, and Obama have all included this ideology into some of their speeches. The origin of the phrase “city on a hill” comes from Winthrop himself. He stated, “For we…