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possess it and live in it, and you say, ‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations who are around me, He shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.” The Bible…

Stephen in his speech in Acts told the abridged version of the Hebrew Bible. While doing so he decided to include and exclude different stories, as well as characters from the old testament as he so choose. I will try and explain here the reasons why he selected what he did, and also address the question of the order of the stories. Overall, I believe that which was included, was so for the reason of creating a different image of God as well as the stories of the Old Testament. Starting…

from the Hebrew bible. The first slate had Genesis 17:7, the second Exodus 20.2, Deuteronomy 30:16, and Deuteronomy 26:9. Genesis 17:7 were the covenant between God and Abraham where Abraham said he and his descendants would follow God and his descendants were the Jewish people. On the second slate was Exodus 20.2, which discusses the exile of the Jews to Babylonia. The Babylonian exile was after the destruction of the first temple. The temple symbolizes three major aspects of the Jewish people.…

whenever the Church tried to intrude upon science it almost always got it wrong. He also added that science can offer a better and more ethical world. To these claims, Dr John responded saying that human beings can produce an ethic, not science and that people have the power to decide whether to use science positively or negatively according their worldview. Furthermore, Dickson says that probably Christianity, is in part responsible for the flourishment of science. He finishes his first round…

The New Testament of the Holy Bible is a collection of twenty-seven writings that have been deemed as canon by the early church. The term canon comes from the Greek word kanṓn representing a carpenter’s rule. The current list of books first appeared in a festal letter from Athanasius, the bishop of Alexandria, in 367. Athanasius wrote this letter in an attempt to clarify the true writings that defined the true message to the Christians of his period. Other Christian schools and sects followed…

Moses is one of the most well known individuals in the Bible. Moses was the person whom God used to lead His people out of slavery, and also to deliver His Law to Israel. Moses had a relationship with God that was unlike any during his lifetime. As a result of being chosen by God to lead the great nation of Israel, Moses provides many good principles of leadership to learn from. Spheres of Influence One thing that is essential in being a leader in ministry is a clear call from God. In the…

daily in the Jewish life. Covenants are the cornerstone of Judaism and all the expressions of the covenant are found in the Torah through some historical stories found in Genesis and Exodus. The covenants are agreements established between God and people, and those agreements are to be fulfilled in order for the adherents to obtain a strong relationship with the creator. The torah is further utilised as it contains the 613…

The Book of Ruth is a refreshing story after the Book of Judges, as it ends with the 25th verse of 21st chapter: ”In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes”. But, the book of Ruth shows God’s perfect plan of redemption. The story has been set in a dark time of Israel’s history. The main characters are ‘Elimelech’ meaning ‘My God is King’, ‘Naomi’ which means ‘Pleasant’, ‘Mahlon’ which means ‘Sick’, ‘Unhealthy’. ‘Chilion’ means ‘puny’, ‘pining’,…

convinced that people have access to heaven 's morality. Confucius believed that every person is a potential sage who acts with extreme benevolence. This statement means that anyone can cultivate virtue and to harmonize with the decree of heaven. He, however, knew that the human potential to become sages did not mean that this was a common occurrence. Most people exist in a dreadful state. It was clear that Confucius believed that in certain areas, human beings exercise some degree of will.…

In the book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, when Adam and Eve were first in the Garden of Eden, they knew not of good or evil. Their God told them to not eat from a tree that would give them insight on what is lawful and what is not. As time passed they were eventually deceived by a serpent, and went against God and became enlightened with the matter of good and evil. This knowledge was not only something that changed everything in their lives for the worse, but it set them apart from their…