Four Marks of the Church

An Exegesis of John 15:5-11 Historical Context The Gospel of John has been widely recognized as one of the most influential books in the New Testament. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are quite different from this fourth Gospel of John. The first three books are known as the synoptic Gospels due to the fact that they all convey the same picture. Although there are many similarities, John significantly differs from the other Gospels. John is unlike the other Gospels is that John does not…

Monica Martinez and Brenton Ergas. Khadeil was a fun loving child; he was always found himself in situations that caused him to explore his talent and live life to the fullest. At an early age he started singing in the choir at his church, Orange Seventh Day Adventist Church in Montego Bay, but that wasn’t his passion, his passion has always been running. Wherever you saw him he would always be running. From the top of the hills in Jamaica to even in the school classroom. Every day after school…

this book this is my prayer for myself, I am always in need of Christ. The healing for the Southern African Sphere and the rest of the world will come when we as a body of Christ become a living and effective body. Smith Wigglesworth Said - "There are four principles we need to maintain: First, read the Word of God. Second, consume the Word of God until it consumes you. Third, believe the Word of God. Fourth, act on the…

Some train with this so called sport for military purposes. The games were often played to mark important dates of the calendar. The focus of work went from rural to urban. As the years progressed, more and more people moved from the countryside to live in the expanding towns and cities across the country. Even though people left their roots…

supported other movements, and took in criticism, in order to join others in the fight against the shackles that chained this free country. This is a story of John Brown’s devotion to freedom that persisted until his death, and made an everlasting mark in the future of America. Many historians agree that Brown’s abolitionist mind set stems greatly from the background of his family. John, fourth son of Ruth Mills and Owen Brown, was born on May 9, 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut but was…

The sermon, sinners in the hands of an angry god by Jonathan Edwards and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s two stories, The Scarlet Letter and The Minister's black veil all explore and revolve around how human nature ties in with sin. They took place in the seventeenth to nineteenth century, back when the puritan migration to New England took place. These three pieces of literature are largely based around the Puritan way of life and theological principle: that humanity is inherently evil, meaning human…

lack of education on why they sought drugs and violence” (Edge 15). In the early years of institutionalized incarceration, U.S. leaders after the American Revolution looked carefully at colonial laws and thought about ways to improve them. Missing church on Sundays was a crime until, U.S. leaders looked carefully at colonial laws. The United States Congress established an investigative committee to consider "milder punishments for certain crimes for which infamous and capital punishments are…

could as her husband, his reputation mattered more. He explained this on page seventy-one in Chapter four, “‘It may be,’ he replied, ‘because I will not encounter the dishonor that besmirches the husband of a faithless woman.’” Both of these texts show the importance of reputation in the Puritan Era in many different…

20th century Canada has been heavily influenced by French-English relations and its negative impact on Canadian identity. The Conscription Crisis of WWI, the October Crisis, and the Meech Lake Accord, have been the most influential events in 20th century Canada. Canadian identity, when defined by its progression of French-English Relations, changed negatively during the 1920s to the 1930s under the Conscription Crisis of WWI. For instance, when Prime Minister Borden introduced conscription in…

effect teachers by making them lose their flexibility to teach of teaching subjects to their students (“About Banned & Challenged Books”). Even some of today’s classic novels have been challenged before such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet because there were…