Contemporary worship

At the beginning of the program most of my theological questions were around getting clarity about early Christianity through historical and contemporary text. My interest in early Christianity is to gain more knowledge about how I can apply the early teachings and traditions into my own practice of Christianity. My faith gets stronger with the more knowledge I acquire and in return make relevant in my life. The theological questions that I have now are in regards to how Christianity is viewed…

mature, Black girls still play. It is remembering, conjuring, honoring, and healing. It’s a Black girl’s story through her gaze. This work is a gift to Black girls everywhere. BG:LP’s particular focus doesn’t discount the reality of historical and contemporary trauma experienced by Black women and girls, nor does it act to minimize the important work being done on an individual and organizational level to fight these injustices. Rather, the public performances of BG:LP are an opportunity for…

Soul Train, NAACP Image Awards. This best-selling duo was recognized as the first gospel act to be promoted as a mainstream act. This even sparked an issue on secularizing gospel music. Cece became an influential figure in starting the gospel worship movement. They are the children of Mom and Pop Winans and have other siblings who have also established their own gospel music careers. 2. The Clark Sisters…

December 27th, 2014 my dad passed away. He was diagnosed in 2009 with Lung cancer. Though I have grown up in the church my entire life, my family and I still encountered many emotional and physical ups and downs. Care giving was hard, but when we act on God’s strength we can continue to thrive. All is well with my soul because God is still God and great is His Faithfulness. God’s grace and mercy floods my mind, body, and soul. I have come to the conclusion that in my life (if I could), I would…

because after all economics is the social science that examines how entire societies manage scarce resources. Because resources in the society is limited therefore societies must ensure allocation of resources meets as many as needs possible. In the contemporary Indian history, we had seen Gandhi a great leader who believed in the division of work and he used to follow the same concept in his ashrama. He believed sincere cooperation and division of work will led to a healthy social life. He…

The Mongols of the Mongol Empire – the largest empire in history – have been characterized as hellish brutes with eyes only for pillaging and raping by contemporary depictions. The Mongol Empire dominated over 33 million square kilometers throughout Eurasia that stretched from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Black and Baltic Seas in the East, and the plains of Siberia in the North to the Himalayas in the South. The Mongol way of life and societal expansion hinged on the constant need to…

circle around a central point of revenge, futility of knowledge and frugalness of human nature. Through this play Karnad tries to focus self-centered prevailing in the contemporary society by associating it with the mythological stories of the past. The play inscribes the human condition linking with the present eternal and contemporary with archetypal, projecting in every generation. The Fire and the Rain Karnard’s play have a typically four movements…

religious cultures. Jesus Christ Superstar was released in 1970, during the “Jesus Movement” which took place in the United States from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The “Jesus Movement” was largely focused on evangelicalism and more contemporary form of worship. The creators of Jesus Christ Superstar reflected the Jesus Movement’s new ideals for christianity as well as commentate on the commercialization of religion by depicting Jesus as a superstar. Despite some controversy regarding the…

In the Old Testament God calls the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to be God 's witnesses as a people set apart by their culture and worship in a Pagan world. Similarly, the contemporary church finds that God still is calling His people to be a set apart community unique in the culture and worship in a secular world. In missional ministry the church is the faithful embodiment of an alternative sanctified community witnessing to God 's love and mission in the world…

cluster by quoting the authors directly from their articles. In “Introduction: Out of the Ruins, the University to Come”, it is stated that “Bill Readings’s account of the rise of the corporate university of “excellence” anticipated the fate of the contemporary university, both public and private,” (12). Bonewits and Soley also discussed corporate sponsorship when they said, “corporate-sponsored…