God Bless America

The most recognized is Semana Santa which in means holy week. In the United States is Spring break, Semana Santa is the “King” of all holidays celebrated all over Latin America. It symbolizes the crucification and resurrection of Jesus. People cover the streets with colorful rugs known as “alfombras” made of plants, straw, and flowers. Common treats for this holiday are buñuelos a fried donut covered with cinnamon, sugar…

the place to see the man. Also, there is a girl who has the body of a spider, because she disobeyed her parents, and she was accepted among the people. “She was a frightful tarantula the size of a ram and with the head of a sad maiden.” In the book, Bless Me Ultima, Ultima uses special herbs that have magical powers, along with her soul/spirit owl, who she is able to control, and is connected to her lifeline. Throughout the story there are curses put on people, but Ultima is easily able to cure…

Have You Ever Stood On Holy Ground? This past Sunday our pastor preached a sermon and mentioned this thought toward the beginning. Since then I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Both Joshua and Moses encountered God in awesome ways. When they did they were told to remove their sandals because the ground they were standing on was “holy ground”. But what made that ground holy? Was it holy before this encounter? Or did it become holy only because of this encounter? Is the ground still…

off little by little each year and if they continued the world would be submerged under water due to global warming. Is it true that the ice is melting? Undoubtedly, but will they melt off enough to flood the earth by no means, in the book of Genesis God makes a promise with the rainbow (which we still see today) as a sign that He will never again destroy the whole earth by a…

away from God and force us down a path in which we are merely cattle waiting to be butchered, it also simultaneously addresses the reality that the Lord wishes to do the exact opposite. While God’s motive is to have all people stand united with Him, the devils’ wish is to have the people stand for them. Or…

For example, when God says Noah to build an ark for his family and two of every animal because he is going to wipe everything out that He created with a flood. Another example is when Elijah proclaims a three year drought to discipline King Aheb and Queen Jezebel for worshipping…

works through his life, from schooling to conversion. It presents some of the questions he asked along the way, and by telling the story in this way Cooper attempts to illustrate the motives and thoughts of a man who was incredibly passionate about God. Early in the book, Cooper touches Augustine’s thoughts of the soul. He ponders the notions of when our souls are “created” or formed. How far back can we trace it? Though he does not recall his infancy, Augustine speculates on it, as it was…

and her dad. She had become very angry at him for falling in love with another woman, in what she thought was much too soon to have a new relationship. As I mediated the conversation between father and daughter, and prayed for them all the spirit of God used his word to break down walls of division that were beginning to grow between…

lives. Word Count: 89 God reveals the Christian worldview in the Bible, which is an outline for Christians to follow. As Christians, we believe that God is the creator of all things. Genesis 1:1 tells us “God created the Heavens and the Earth.” This belief is an example of a theistic belief, believing that something was created from nothing (Gutierrez, 65), which is what the Bible teaches us. There are many instances in the Bible, where God is referred to as creator and Lord.…

People who have not yet found God have a surprisingly odd form of emptiness that can’t be filled, until they stumble upon God’s presence. Upon receiving Christ for the first time, a new Christian generally has a deep desire to praise God and seek forgiveness and until they have, they don’t have a feeling of fulfilment or contentment. When God formed the earth he placed a man and a woman to have dominion over the earth and to praise him. Man was made to praise God with their words and their…