Barnabas

believed to more closely to be approx A.D 67-68. At this time the audience may have been experiencing persecutions. The author of the book is not stated, but the consistent traditional view of the church history is that John Mark, the relative of Barnabas , is the author of the book. Papias (born between AD 50-60) appears to be the first witness of Mark indeed being the author of the book, along with others, Justin Martyr, Clement of Rome, and Ignatius came to the same conclusion . So for this…

They were like any other family. The Miller Family had just bought a new 1.5 million dollar home in New Jersey; it was their dream home. David Miller was a surgeon at the Saint Barnabas Medical Center, his wife Mindy was a stay at home mom and they had one twelve-year-old boy named Thomas. Every day the Millers had the same routine: David woke up early and prepared breakfast for the family, eggs and ham for Thomas and oatmeal for his beloved wife. They discussed family matters over breakfast…

The Gospel according to Mark starts out with a man known as John the Baptist. John along with other townspeople went into the wilderness to repent their sins, and John baptizes everyone. During the baptisms, John told the townspeople that someone with greater power then him will be coming soon. Jesus then comes to the river to be baptized by John, and was recognized by the Holy Spirit of God as His son. After being baptized and being recognized, Jesus was sent into the wilderness for 40…

Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. He helped develop the principles of modern physics and also a new type of math called calculus. His book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica has been called the single most influential book on physics (“Sir Isaac Newton”, 2014). Despite all this, he remained a humble man who once said, “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants (“Isaac Newton”, n.d.)”.…

Throughout the Bible the idea of covenants was promise between God and his people. The many covenants that God made with the people none were so impactful then the one that was made with the resurrection of his son Jesus. Jesus the man with the power of God that walk with the people of Jerusalem. Jesus show us all how we should treat each other “My command is this, that you love one another as I loved you” (John 15:12 NIV). The new covenant is the most important agreement in the history of…

before Isaac Newton was born Christianson 9). Newton was a premature baby and was tiny and weak and not expected to survive Christianson 11). When Newton was three years old his mother Hannah Ayscough Newton left and remarried to a minister named Barnabas Smith Christianson 17). His mother went to live with the minister and left newton to live with his grandmother (Christianson 17). At age 12 Newton and his mother were brought back together (Isaac Newton). This happened after her second husband…

Paul was the last apostle (1Cor. 15:3-9). A confirmation to be an apostle is to see the risen Lord, and Paul was the last apostle – as he was the last to witness to the resurrection. So Grudem identifies the twelve apostles plus Paul, James and Barnabas, and might be Androncus and Junias of Rom. 16:17. Finally, he argued that the tense ‘gave’ used in…

Sir Isaac Newton contributed in so many ways towards science and how we understand the world. Other scientists before him had ideas put on the table about motion and so forth, but it was Newton who made the connections. Newton’s young life was a struggle for him and he wasn’t always treated in the best way. But he made the best of his life and made himself into an important figure who changed how we view the world and science. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress” -Frederick Douglas…

able to see their loved ones. Broadway house services patients diagnosed with HIV & AIDS for over twenty-one years. The residents that are in Broadway house are referred by local hospitals such as: University Hospital, Saint Michaels, Saint Barnabas, and Beth Israel. Throughout my visit, I learned that the patients that reside in this facility were healthy enough to leave the hospital but not healthy enough to go home, which is one of the reason they are referred. However, before the…

Laziness. The state of unwillingness to work or to use any energy. If a patient with an emotional disorder was told that they could be well again if they were only to work for it and it could cure them. One would think that the patient would jump on the offer. However, working through therapy seems like the harder option, when all they would have to do is pop pills to feel better even for just a short amount of time. The cure is not found through killing or testing medications on animals. But…