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    people are away from the body and with the Lord is just an intermediate step in Mouw’s eyes. The bodiless presence of the Lord is not the final step. It is an idea of waiting for the Resurrection. Mouw believes that the ultimate goal is to raise up in a new life in which people will realize their true destinies as followers of Jesus Christ. Therefore, the renewed creation includes an embodied existence and cultural life. The Christian life should be focused on the Holy City in which the purposes…

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    Santa Fe Trail Essay

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    The Santa Fe trail exhibits a rich and interesting history joined together by the people who traveled and the stories and cultures they carried with them. The exploration of the Santa Fe Trail unlocks the secrets of many questions. Who was the original founder of the trail? Who traveled it and why? When did the Santa Fe Trail experience the most frequent and constant usage? All questions can be uncovered just as the trail was discovered for many individuals. William Becknell is accredited…

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    Governor William Bradford was an influential man who wrote about his journey from England to the New World as well as his preparations of a colony for success. Bradford immigrated with the Pilgrims to New England in search of religious refuge from the Anglican church (“Pilgrims” Pilgrims). The Pilgrims believed that the church had not made enough reforms. Because the king became head of the church and the church and the state became a one, a corrupt order was created and did not follow Biblical…

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    This created New York and Delaware. This in turn brought together more religions in one area and made the region even more religiously dispersed. In 1681 Pennsylvania was founded by Will Penn and he wanted it to be a place for Quakers. The colony made a humanitarian…

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    The next day, its intensity rose to a category 5 hurricane according to Saffir-Simpson scale reported Mazzeno (2015). It headed to the Gulf of Mexico the same day, and made a landfall on New Orleans many days after but precisely on August 29, 2005. Although it was downgraded category 3 hurricane before hitting New Orleans, it inflicted many hundred of casualties and inestimable damages to properties and goods in the city. The magnitude of the damages brought the appellation of one of the…

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    Velutha Symbolism

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    Velutha exists as one of the most innocent characters of the God of Small Things -- he does not make bad things happen, rather, they happen to him. A dutiful worker, a kind friend, a passionate lover; Velutha does not take advantage and act selfishly as the others do. Rather, from as early as his introduction, the reader can immediately identify Velutha as the sort of kind and caring man he is in a way that is familiar to an experienced reader. Using the same characteristics that Thomas C.…

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    promised that His would experience. Can you image a state of joy or rejoicing in the middle of your troubles? In this passage, we also have to clarify the word peace. To our modern ears, we always hear the word peace in contrast to war. If you turn the news on…

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    Grudem summarizes this confidence well when he says, “God will never take vengeance on us for our past sins or make us pay the penalty that is due for them or punish us out of wrath for the purpose of doing harm.” (Grudem 732). Justification in the New Testament is contrasted with condemnation. With justification and Christ’s atoning death comes our salvation and every spiritual blessing. This means there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1). This promise is both…

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    The Holy Spirit as a being is very well known throughout the scriptures of the Bible. The Holy Spirit is revealed first in Genesis 1:2 and is talked about frequently throughout the rest of the Old Testament. The Holy Spirit is also mentioned in the New Testament just as much as the Old Testament, but the best description of his works and being are described in the Gospel of John. In this paper I will examine the being of the Holy Spirit and his works as it is explained within the Gospel of John.…

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    During the age of voyage, many captains and sailors sailed to the new continents with the support from a rich merchant or a royalty benefactor. The captains of the ships would then report important features about the new continent to his sponsor through his letters. The Letters written by Christopher Columbus and the “Second Letter to The Spanish Crown” written by Hernan Cortés are the two examples of explorers who wrote letters to convey their historical discoveries. The two authors share a…

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