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Sermon on evangelism = Giving the first of our lips - John Piper has this amazing introduction to a sermon he did on Phil 1:27, and it so ably gets to the heart of what I want to explain today, so here it is a south africanization of that o “Have you ever wondered what tales will be told in the age to come? When the Lord Jesus has come, and the judgment is past, and the kingdom is established, and all sin and misery are gone forever, and the world is new, what will we talk about when we gather…

The Defense of Injustice Capital punishment is defined as the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime. However, the death penalty is nothing new to human civilization. One of its earliest appearances in society is in Babylonian circa 1750 BC in the Code of Hammurabi (Flinn). Over time, human morals have changed giving countries such as Venezuela, San Marino, and Costa Rica insight to be the first countries to illegalize the death penalty (Sheldon). Currently, one…

Slavery is the act of forcing people to endure exhaustingly hard labor along with providing restricted freedom or none at all. The means of enslaving men and women goes back all the way to 1760 B.C., when the Babylonians were at their peak. In 1619, Dutch settlers introduced numerous captured Africans to the American people in Jamestown,Virginia. This sparked the evolution of the slavery system throughout the newly established country. However, many Americans themselves (frequently…

In the late 1700’s a set of rules took into effect upon the United States creating a wholly new, more centralized form of government. A system in which replaced the failed Articles of Confederation that would promise the purpose to protect the natural rights for citizens known as The United States Constitution. Written from the thirteen states at the time, the founding fathers of the country, who were leaders and significant contributors in the U.S during the 18th century came together to…

Ahab pushes away any sort of friendship or dependency towards anyone. He says that being dependant removes freedom and brings softness of will. He tells the carpenter “Here am I, proud as a Greek god, and yet standing debtor to this blockhead” (367). Since Ahab believes that he is a god he hates being dependant on anyone, such as the carpenter that makes his new leg. However, Ishmael and Queequeg embrace their friendship, as Ishmael says about the “Monkey-Rope” he explains…

1. Reduction in Number of Payments - In most cases, people with serious debt issues are paying multiple bills to credit card and finance companies. A debt consolidation loan allows the debtor to roll most, if not all, of their payments into one loan payment to one lender. 2. Lower Interest Costs In most cases, debt consolidation loans come at lower interest rates than the rates being charged on credit cards. There is usually a direct…

the debt they have accumulated. Also, the stock market is controlled by an amazing amount of businesses staying in power. Finally, these businesses accumulate cash from the stock market. Furthermore, the flow of the economy is in the hands of a debtor society for several reasons, such as ninety-percent of people in debt, debt collectors controlling the stock market, and keeping the flow of cash in the economy by any means necessary. Over ninety-percent of people are in debt in society.…

Bankruptcy is when you have no money or value at all. “In the United States, early federal bankruptcy laws were temporary responses to bad economic conditions. The first official bankruptcy law was in 1800 in response to land speculation, but it was repealed in 1803. Also in 1841, a second bankruptcy law was passed, but this law was quickly repealed in 1843.” Bankruptcy is important because when a debt is removed as part of a bankruptcy process, we would then say that the debt is dismissed. By…

should abide by. The act limits where and when a person can receive collection calls as well as prohibiting illegal and harassing behaviors such as: Using threatening, profane, or abusive language / Making continuous collection calls to annoy the debtor / Providing misleading or false information / Calling any time before 8:00am or after 9:00pm. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was passed in 1977 and the consumer Financial Protection Bureau was the first to make rules on how you can…

In Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few, Robert B. Reich describes what he believes ails modern society. Major themes the book touches on include the so-called “free market,” describing the prevailing view, his building blocks of capitalism, the workings of property, monopoly, and contracts, and bankruptcy and associated enforcement mechanisms. He then moves on to work and worth: the myth that a person is paid equivalent to their value to society, how CEO and Wall Street pay do not…