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two people meeting together in the name of Jesus can be considered a church. “For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them (NIV, Matthew 18:20).” The second is given in I Corinthians 11:24 when Paul is telling the church at Corinth to celebrate communion in remembrance of the death of Jesus on the cross. The church must also be led by qualified elders. These qualifications are listed in Titus 1:6-9. Verse six says, “An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one…

In Euripides’ Media, Medea is a character who becomes exiled from her homeland, husband and children, and current residence in Corinth. Throughout Euripides employs foreshadowing to express Medea’s exiles both alienate and enrich her spirit and life. When Medea first meets Jason she falls in love with him. With “her heart on fire with passionate love for Jason;” (Euripides 1), she helps him take her father’s most valuable possession, the Golden Fleece (Hunter). While she is fleeing from her…

“Oh, Ohhh - the agony! I am agony - where am I going where on earth?where does all this agony hurl me? where’s my voice? - winging, swept away on a dark tide - My destiny, my dark power, what a leap you made!”(line 1444-1449) these are the words spoken by a king now broken in his darkest hour. In the play Oedipus The King, written by Sophocles, Oedipus represents the tragic theme that making rash decisions without reason and overstepping one’s limits to defy those of superior status can cause…

1 Corinthians 9:12b says, “Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ” (ESV). Paul knew that if he asked for payment for his stay in Corinth it would hinder the Hedonists’ relationship with Christ. The Hedonists were used to paying temple prostitutes as an act of worship and for the Hedonists to pay Paul, they would see paying temple prostitutes as morally okay and would continue that…

In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus saved Thebes and became king, but he was still ruined. One should learn from Oedipus and not presume you've won until die happy. The theme from this quote is “if you try to defy the gods and trick your fate by being too confident, karma and the gods will come to tear you down.” The theme is evident in both Antigone, and Oedipus Rex. Oedipus enters Oedipus Rex once again to try to save Thebes. He says, “And therefore I have come myself to hear you- I, Oedipus who bear the…

Christ’s Death and Resurrection in Prophecies Paul in writing many letters to various churches is able to write in great depth on many topics of concern to the early churches. In his first letter to the church of Corinth, Paul conveys that his teachings on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are “in accordance with the scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15.3-4). While Paul is directly referencing the prophecies of Jesus, he is also alluding to greater themes within Israel’s Scriptures.…

How Athens Is To Blame For The End Of The Golden Age Before the Peloponnesian War, Athens was already powerful within itself. However, their gain of more power and more territory alarmed the Spartans. This is what is the basis of this war. Athens undeniable thirst for more power. This thirst for power is what ultimately led to their downfall. All Sparta wanted was to ease restrictions on city-states that were allied with Sparta. But Athens refused, sitting not well with the hot headed Spartans…

Although there were a lot of who against this works, there were also some influential artist that supported Trench in positive manner such as Lovis Corinth. Besides that, Mac Liebermann also gave a positive response towards the works by wrote an open letter asking Trench to be displayed in the exhibition in Prussian Academy of Arts in 1924, Berlin (Gutbrod and Dix 2010). This work succeed to be exhibited…

Growing up as a young child, I had a half-brother who was nine years older than I was. My mother had him at the age of nineteen. Children are growing up without the care and affection of a father, and this is bad because it negatively affects the child, it raises the chances of girls becoming single mothers and boys are more likely to go to prison. The church needs to act on their responsibility as Christians and help the fatherless. In this paper, I am going to talk about how fatherlessness…

Introduction Ancient Greek societies had their fair share of political powers, its rulers and the systems that came with it. In a nation that is considered the forefathers of western culture, it is fascinating to see the various forms of government that people in this society faced on a daily basis. Of course there was often cause for strife in these forms, and each of them served as a building block for its various government system. Specifically, monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny. oligarchy and…