Evangelists

Everyone has morals and beliefs that set a baseline for what they value. Values vary between individuals, but for many, religion is the root from where these values stem from. While it is good to morally question, today personal religious affiliation is increasing in collective matters and actions, expressed in politics, protests, and biased beliefs. It’s important to note that religion and politics are two different domains that should not intermingle, as religion is a personal ideology while…

The creation of the internet and social media has permanently changed how people interact with one another. Millions of people log on to the internet daily for the purpose of interaction. Additionally, according to Nils Smith, social media is the most popular activity on the internet. This twenty-first century phenomenon is a great opportunity for churches to capitalize on this innovative technology using it as a ministry tool for evangelism. Thousands of people use social media daily, but…

Introduction This reaction paper explains “Revitalization movements” by referencing to ideas presented in the book–– Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction and an article published in American Anthropologist. Revitalization movements can be described as “deliberate, organized attempts made by some members of a society to construct a more satisfying culture by rapid acceptance of a pattern of multiple innovations” (Wallace 1970: 188). I found this topic intriguing because it…

his humanity: I am still a man” (361). Though Louie never did relay his plan to kill the Bird to anyone, his behavior continued to reflect his anger. Louie’s wife, Cynthia Applewhite, eventually resorted to begging Louie to attend a service by evangelist Billy Graham. Because of Cynthia’s insistence and Billy Graham’s sermon, Louie was reminded of a promise made on the raft in the middle of the Pacific: “It was a promise thrown at heaven, a promise he had not kept, a promise he had allowed…

Many may ask themselves, who is Flannery O’Connor? I asked myself the exact same question until I read one of her books for the first time. Flannery O’Connor was born on March 25,1925 in Savannah,Georgia. She faced many hardships throughout her life. In the year 1941 her father died of systemic lupus erythematosus.She was diagnosed with the same kind of lupus that killed her father in 1950. At the time, there was no cure for this disease but she managed to fight it for more than ten years. The…

The Proclamation of John the Baptist 1 The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; 3 the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’” 4 John the baptizer appeared[e] in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the…

In the times of today so many crimes have been committed one of them being murder. So many mass murders have happened in the past couple of years. There have been terrorist attacks, bombings, shoot outs caused by gunmen, and many other events that have taken hundreds of people’s lives. One of the greatest killing sprees we have going on today is abortion. Abortion is the holocaust of today having killed more people than the Jewish holocaust caused by Hitler. Abortion is murder. First, Abortion…

Charles Thomson was one of our founding fathers that became an outstanding man in Pennsylvania. He had become a tutor and teacher, at different school. He held a position with the government for a period of time. He ran several businesses in his career. Charles had a passion for knowledge. He overcame quite few obstacles in his life from childhood on up. During the destruction of the woolen trade and the enforcement of the Test Act Charles was born. This was the time when the…

Nonfiction versus fiction is very different for me. Fiction stories are usually intriguing, filled with suspense and drama. They always have an unexpected twist that keeps you wanting more. With nonfiction, the stories are about personal experiences and not always as exciting as a fictional story. If the nonfiction story is not correctly written, the story becomes very boring. For this assignment, I chose Joan Didion’s On Going Home and Langston Hughes’ Salvation. The two stories had an area…

Prophet of Allah. Islam has gone through a great deal of scrutiny due to its violent history originating in the early days of the prophet Muhammed, who preached violence to his disciples in the Muslim religious text the Qur’an. A well known Christian evangelist and author Pat Robertson stated, “Although many Muslims are peaceful, Islam is not a religion of peace.” There is a consistent theme throughout the Qur’an that promotes violence among women, in addition to direct quotes from Muhammed in…