Four Marks of the Church

was being taught an inaccurate exposition of the Nativity story. Moreover, we analyzed books that are part of the New Testament. We began by studying the Gospels in depth. I learned that Mark is the oldest and the shortest Gospel written in the 80s while Mathew and Luke’s Gospels were written around the 100s. Mark has a short and long ending. Before these were written; copies and…

In the New Testament, Junia, Pricilla, Phoebe, and Mary Magdalene were four females with leadership roles in the Jesus movement. These females were deaconesses, evangelists, educators, or preachers. The New Testament provides insight into the debate of female leadership and ordination during the early church movement; a debate that continues now. Certain Christian denominations today permit female ordination, while other denominations stand firm against female pastors; both use the New Testament…

royal palaces and giant obelisks used to mark tombstones and significant buildings were constructed. The kingdom’s most recognized piece of architecture is the Obelisk of Askum. During the 4th century, under the rule of King Enaza, Askum converted from polytheism and Judaism to Christianity. To this day, Christianity is the dominant religion in Ethiopia and many churches have been established, such as the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Church of Mary of Zion. It is also believed…

heard about it. did you know that it has been around since the Middle Ages? In the Middle Ages drama was developed by the ruling and wealthy class to keep the poor peasants in line. Many plays were developed performed and produced by the church. at the time, the church was a major political and moral center. Medieval theatre refers to the period of theatrical performance between the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and the in the beginning of the Renaissance in…

Testament holds four salient areas: The Pentateuch, Former Prophets, The Writings and the Latter Prophets. The Pentateuch is the first five books of the Old Testament. It shows the readers God's plans and purpose and explained how sin entered this world. We also read God's reaction towards sin, relationship the people of the Earth and the acknowledgment of God. The book of Genesis talks about the creation of…

While Elizabethan England was on the rise to greatness, the number of poor and peasant citizens was also rising. All of these poor people were burdening communities in one way or another. Since poor citizens were becoming such an issue, the city of Norwich decided they needed to take a census and research their city’s people. The census revealed multiple things including that, 2395 of Norwich’s 10,625 people were considered poor, 300 people were in hospitals or poorhouses, 926 were under the age…

Bible Answers for All Your Questions. Vernon Whaley works at Liberty University as the Chairman of the Department of Music and Worship Studies. He also wrote a few books related to Christian worship such as Understanding Music and Worship in the Local Church. In Worship Through the Ages: How the Great Awakenings Shape Evangelical Worship, the authors make an analysis of the main past events that shaped Evangelical worship, such as the Great Awakenings, the Jesus Movement, and the Praise and…

The 1970 Church document, The Renewal of the Education of Faith, was clear in its statement that “the preferred starting point for religious instruction will be the study of Scripture” (cited in Carswell, 2007). Then in 1994, the Church released the document, Catechism of the Catholic Church which stated, “In Sacred Scripture, God speaks to the person in a human way” (n. 109). For Christians, we believe that through the writings of the Bible, the foundations for our beliefs are revealed…

Many writers throughout history have attempted to influence society throughout their era. However, few writers possessed the ability to look into the human psyche and controversies like Samuel Clemens. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, most commonly known as Mark Twain, began his career as a humorist author, but towards the final years of his life, wrote satirical works of the hypocrisies and foolishness of mankind following the deaths of his wife and daughters. However, apart from the issues with…

Rhetorical Skills in “Votes for Women”: Not Diverse, Still Well Used I was given an assignment to analyze the background history and the rhetorical skills used in a speech that I selected. The one I picked was a speech called “Votes for Women” by Mark Twain and the reason why I picked this is because both The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that he wrote are the two of my most favorite novels, and the speech itself also looked interesting in terms of both…