Four Marks of the Church

distinction between spiritual reality and organized religion in her poem “Cathedral Kitsch”. She was raised Fairfield, California. She was born into a religious family and was the youngest out of five children. Her mother was very involved in the church and the community, while her father was an electronics engineer. After the death of her mother she began to question everything. In an interview with Poets and Writers she said “She struggles to understand her mother’s devotion, especially…

we will have over the next four years with a new president. As a result of the election results people are concerned, troubled, and living in fear because of all the threats the president elect made on the campaign trail. They are worried his threats may one day become a reality. Over the next four years we are living in days of uncertainty. In these uncertain days how can the church rise up and bring healing or guidance to a nation that appears to be worried? The church, as a body of Christ,…

1st, 2016 Protestant Reformation was the period during 1517 -- 1648 that ends the Middle Ages and begins a new era in the history of Western Civilization. It was mainly about the conflicts between the protestant and Catholic Church. Witchcraft is the use of magic powers, especially evil ones, to make things happen. In Europe during the Protestant Reformation, most of the witchcraft was blamed on the female, only few were the male. Belief in witchcraft was ancient and was…

Since the beginning of the Enlightenment period and perhaps even prior, the skepticism of the changing world into modernity has been presented by great minds throughout the world. The argument really comes down to a very broad argument of whether rapid change is benefiting the human race or causing its destruction. The argument encompasses many aspects and categories. Poetry and other works of literature have attempted to tackle these questions and also leave their views on which side they fall.…

England and Their Connection to The Handmaid’s Tale The Puritan movement arose in England in the 1600s. Members either sought reform or complete separation from the Church of England (Campbell). Puritans believed the Church of England was “a product of political struggles and man-made doctrines”. Puritanism was the attempt to “purify” the Church of England by eliminating the “traditional trappings and formalities” (Kizer). In The Handmaid’s Tale, Gilead was created as an attempt to simplify…

It is filled with green lily pads, purple lotus, white blooming flowers, and koi fishes of different colors, some orange, others mixed with white. The fountain marks the center of the courtyard. Around it is the north, east, south, and west wing rooms, which create a four-sided enclosure. The north wing rooms did not have anything in display. The east wing is the Serra Chapel. The south wing had the Father’s dining room, bedroom, and the mission pantry. The west…

The Cathedral looms over viewers as they walk past and tourists line up expectantly waiting for their turn to enter one of the hottest tourists sites of Paris—Notre Dame de Paris. This Cathedral that was once a place of worship has lost most of the prayerful atmosphere it once would of held and now hosts a gift shop as well as a museum including a relic of the crown of thorns (that of course, people can see for a fee). At first glance the throngs of tourists may deter people from appreciating…

the rock upon which Jesus would build the Church (Matthew 16:18). Mark, one of the four Evangelists, was a disciple of Peter. Mark’s gospel was written based on the stories that Peter told him (309). The two of them were very close, Peter even calling him “my son Mark” in his first letter (1 Pt 5:13). Peter went on to be the first pope, and was proclaimed a saint by early Christians because…

considered one of the four gospels; in which, the others are called the Synoptic Gospels and include Matthew, Mark and Luke. All four of these gospels are a part of the New Testament. Furthermore, John’s gospel was written sometime between AD 55 and AD 95 (Carson 82) in Ephesus (ESV Study Bible) by John who was a fisherman called by Jesus to follow (Matthew 4:21). Also, John was a Jew from Palestine (Carson 71) and was one of the inner three disciples closest to Jesus (Matthew 17, Mark 5, Mark…

INTRODUCTION On Sunday, October 13, 1996 the Word of Life A.M.E. Community Church was founded held its initial service at the Harmony Hall Regional Center in Fort Washington, Maryland. The Word of Life A.M.E. Community Church was admitted to the Washington Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church the following year on April 18, 1997 In 1997 the Word of life Academy was created via partnership with another entity in Accokeek Maryland. Classes started in September of…