Jacob

In the Old Testament, God uses prophets as His mediators. They serve as a middle man between God and man. As God’s story unfolds in the Old Testament, we see great prophets emerge during times of great injustice. Among these great prophets is Elijah, an Israelite and worshiper of God under during the reign of Ahab and his murderous, idolatrous wife Jezebel. Ahab himself let his uncertainty and fear drive his passivity, which, even more so, gave way to Jezebel’s evil desires. As Ahab & Jezebel…

Series: Is our worship Sincere? Sermon One: Are we just going through the motions? Sermon Aim: The congregation will come to evaluate themselves in spending time with God. Mal 1: v1-14 Introduction Life has it up and down, and sometime we don’t feel like doing what is expected of us. I have to confess. A few years ago, I was in such a position. As a local officer in the corps, I feel like I was going through the motion. Helping people, doing church work and attending worship…

Born in Springfield, Illinois in 1943, David Hammons is a world-renowned African-American installation artist, performance artist, and sculptor (“David Hammons” 2016). In 1963, Hammons moved to Los Angeles to study advertising at Los Angeles Trade Technical College (“David Hammons” 2016). While in advertising school, Hammons began taking night classes at the Otis Art Institute where he studied under the notable artist Charles White (“David Hammons” 2016). After unearthing his prodigious…

During the period of Moses and Joshua the Israelites had struggled with other tribes by moving about throughout the region. With this move about the Israelites, became accustomed to others, similar pattern of life, they learned to be independent and to feel free to come and go through nations to nations, and feeling strong without obeying laws. The attraction were that these tribes were urban with many agricultural goods (White, 1993). The other tribes that the Israelites took liken to was…

When reading the Old Testament, particular attention must be paid to the context. Amos was a sheepherder and did not belong to a family of prophets, according to the book of his name. Yet, God called him to speak to Israel. He was one of the twelve Minor Prophets, active during the reign of Jeroboam II in Israel in the 8th century BCE. Therefore, an exegesis is important in order to distinguish what a particular passage meant to the people at the time it was first heard. Amos is the thirtieth…

1. When one hears the phase “Day of the Lord” there are usually a few things that run through their head. For the believers, the righteous, it is a day of hope, but for the unbeliever, the unrighteous it is a day of destruction. “The Day of the Lord”, according to J. Ed Komoszewski in his article, “A Basic Introduction to The Day of the Lord in the Old Testament Writings Prophets” is two sided in nature. It will produce both destruction and blessing to everyone on the Earth. The wicked, the ones…

Saint Isidore of Seville is the patron saint of the internet. With his feast day being April 4th. Saint Isidore was born into a family of saints in the sixth century of Spain. 3 siblings of his, being Leander, Fulgentius, and Florentina, are seen as saints in Spain. Saint Isidore’s family was also not only a family full of saints but also a family of leaders, with both Fulgentius and Leander both being bishops and Florentina an abbess. Because of this, this didn’t make life a lot easier to…

Faith as a Defence Mechanism In the memoir, Incidents in the life of a slave girl, Harriet Jacobs embraces her impeccable knowledge and creativity to her own benefit to escape the unfortunate life of slavery. Throughout the book, Harriet Jacobs uses religion and the illusion of her own faith to control the reader and their perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes towards her. Her faith is a defence mechanism for her to feel secure to the people around her and herself, for her to feel accepted in the…

In Jacob Needleman’s, “The American Soul: Redicovering the Wisdom of the Founders.” He examines the difference between historical Indian morals, traditions, beliefs and common misconceptions relating to them. Needleman, an advocate for the learning and discussion of an important part of American culture, wants to recall Indian lifestyles and share them in the 21st century. Many Americans consider Indian culture to be stuck in the past, but many aspects of Iroquois legends are linked to events…

Hello, my name is Jacob Buren. The adjectives that describe me are determined, stubborn, and investigative. The reason I used the word determined is because if I set my mind on something I get it, no matter what's in my way. I won’t stop until I reach my goals and succeed. Another word I used is stubborn because I won't give up when everyone is telling me to just give up and stop trying. Sometimes being stubborn is not a good thing for me. A lot of times I don't know when to cut my losses, but…