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    Lord of the church commands. They follow not in consonant and obedience with God’s agenda but set and follow personal agenda to suit their purpose. Typical passages that talks on this includes: Not everyone who say to me ‘Lord, Lord; will enter the kingdom of heaven but only he who does the will of my father who is in heaven (Matthew 7:21), if anyone dose not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers: such branches are picked up’ throw into the fire and burned (John 15:6)…

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    1958, according to Durrell's description is a naturalistic novel in which the narrator of Justine and Balthazar becomes an object that is, a character. Mount olive is the name of the principal character in the novel and is symbolic of peace as in the Bible, the Mount of Olives is the place from where the dove got the olive leaf to Noah in the ark when the flood waters receded. The Mount of Olives also was a place that Jesus used to frequent for His prayers. The olive leaf is generally considered…

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    Residential schools began in the 1840s. The Canadian government thought they were profoundly educating the aboriginal children and putting them in the path of christianity. It began with 69 schools but was eventually was expanded in the 1930s, reaching a total of 139 schools, the final school closing in 1996. They started enrolling children in the school at age 4, if the parent or child refused, they were forced to do it under their will. In the movie We Were Children Lyna and Glen experienced…

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    C. God Consent with Family Too “The Family Covenant” Genesis 17:10, “This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.” God made the covenant with Abraham as the unequal parties, that God himself that established the covenant, Abraham part was to agree to it and be blessed when he obey of it. The covenant sign of circumcision of forskin, it should apply to Abraham and his sons, from generation to generations.…

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    The Bible is the historically accurate, Holy Spirit inspired, and inerrant word of God. Because the Bible is the inerrant word of God, its’ contents are to be believed and followed. God’s word shows that man and woman were made to complement each other and that homosexual relations are sinful. Content The bible has been proven to be a historically accurate document. Archeology has been used to prove the existence of certain people groups mentioned in the bible. On their website, the Institute…

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    The presence of God is where there is liberty and if liberty is only when the Lord 's Supper partakes, then that person does not have a relationship with God the individual only have a zeal for God but not according to knowledge. The Bible says in II Corinthians 3:17, "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." Romans 10:2 says, "For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge." The Holy Spirit…

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    thing has a beginning followed with an ending. Just like human creation itself, a baby is born, it grows up, grows old, and later is followed by death and then hopefully eternal life. The Bible is a perfect example of a piece of literature that comes with a start from somewhere as well as followed by an end. The Bible as we know it comes with two parts: a New Testament and Old Testament, but we are going to focus in on the New Testament. How was it created or how was it formed? Who is…

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    with three different examples from the Old Testament and multiple from the New Testament, Sider shows how the implementation of processes to promote economic justice evolved in the Bible, while at the same time showing how the spirit of God’s will, or the law, never changed. Sider also views the texts he pulls from the Bible through their practical application in modern times, and through the lens of retribution theology in its relation to economics. The three examples of God’s economic…

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    mentioned, “To abolitionist, slavery was a denial of civilization, while antislavery represented the highest aims of Christian life. To fulfill their mission to “civilize” a barbaric country, they employed the arresting but familiar language of the Bible, the terminology of sin, guilt, depravity, and divine retribution.” If this is extensively argued by his source, why didn’t he considered it or mentioned it when writing his chapter? By excluding this narrative, the chapter provides a limited…

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    Temporal Authority To What Extent It Should be Obeyed (1523) With this theological context, we approach Luther’s primary text on the relationship between church and state, Temporal Authority: To What Extent it Should be Obeyed. Published three years after To the Christian Nobility, Luther takes the key ideas from the earlier piece and elaborates upon them, providing the foundational writing on the relationship between the temporal and the spiritual realms, church and state. As stated…

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