Four Marks of the Church

The end of the fourth gospel sets the scene with Peter turning and looking at the one whom Jesus loved. Peter ask Jesus why he has not asked this person to follow him, as he has Peter. Jesus replies with “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is it to you?” The ‘he’ that Jesus is referring to is the beloved disciple. The second to last set of verses in John, does not provide an answer the question of who this Beloved Disciple is, but only raises more. In this essay, I will explore…

In the month of March, the children had accused four more people of Witchcraft (Latner 137-149). After the first seven alleged witches were arrested, it created a snowball effect in Salem and the neighboring towns. Almost half of the total accused had been arrested in the first three months of the witch hunt alone, putting sixty-nine witches in jail, awaiting trial. In the month of June, the accusations rapidly decreased, adding only four more accused witches to the jail system. Many attribute…

The Salem Witch Trials The Salem witch trials took place between February of 1692 and May of 1693, by the end of the trials hundreds were accused of witchcraft, nineteen were executed and several more died while imprisoned awaiting either trial or execution. Some of the ‘symptoms’ associated with witchcraft could have included fever, contortions due to excessive pain, stress, asthma, guilt, boredom, child abuse, epilepsy, and delusional psychosis. One scientist did research and found that the…

then be able to serve in true love (13:16-17). The Greek word, “agapáō” is rendered as love within this commandment (13:4). Similarly, the same Greek word is used within the expansion of this commandment in John 15:12-13. The word, agapé is one of four words in Biblical Greek rendered as love in the NT, and is best translated as: a, “self-concerned” yet “non-egocentric” longing for a loving relationship with another. However, Outka stresses, that agapé love, at its core, is self-giving,…

wonder if a women with these oddities (not to mention the numerous moles and warts she was said to have) would be so captivating to the king. She may have had some small moles, as most people do, but they would be more like the attractive ‘beauty marks’. Anne returned to England around 1521 for details for her marriage were being worked out. Her first recorded appearance at Court was March 1, 1522 at a masque. King Henry’s passion for Anne can be attested to in the love letter he wrote to…

Introduction to The Gospel of John and John 11:34-37 And He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!” And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?” (John 11:34-37) “Jesus wept”, in itself, is the shortest verse in the entirety of the Bible. It is two words, which in a sense, have never been said prior to this moment. Two words that may…

grabbing my dresser as a brace. My leg slips into the leg of my pants. Slowly I finish getting dressed. I head to the kitchen for my wonderful breakfast of dried granola and water. As I munch on my breakfast I listen to the news. “Welcome to channel four news!” A man appears on screen behind a desk. “Earlier today William Wrights, director of the academy award winning, When I Die, Will you find me? Passed away after a night of drinking, he will be missed.” I grab the remote to change the…

Chapter II The Exaltation of Christ There are four stages of the state of exaltation. 1. Resurrection a. The nature of the resurrection The resurrection of Christ's body and his soul is really real. His body was raised from the dead. Jesus did not rise as a spirit only but as a whole person, body, and soul (Bloesch, 2004). Unlike the other human, His body and soul rose completely. This shows that Christ defeated death. The resurrection of Jesus in his human nature indicates a perfection that is…

Columbia/Legacy in digitally remastered expanded editions, as 70th birthday year celebration album reissue campaign continues." (www.johnnycash.com) In two thousand and two the song "Hurt" was written and recorded by Johnny. The music video was directed by Mark Romanek and the video was nominated at MTV and the VMAs for video of the…

Relationship between each of the four main covenants The following paper will show the relationship between the Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic and New Covenant by defining each as presented in context, and then explaining and validating how each covenant relates to each other. Abrahamic Covenant The Abrahamic Covenant is a covenant made between God and Abraham. In looking at the context, the promises of the covenant were outlined first in Gen 12:1-3, and later the covenant was confirmed in Gen 15.…