Jane Jacobs

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…

on both ends of a conflict in the stories of Jacob/Esau and Joseph. Both Jacob/Esau and Joseph end up having to endure the challenge of forgiveness as a result…

Genesis means "generation". If you were a Levitical Priest and you could not trace your ancestry to Levi, you would be removed from your position (Neh 7:64). The genealogical record for every Israelite confirmed their ownership to their land and home. It is quite often that when the book of Genesis is discussed, people will comment on how, in their perspective, Genesis was written for the purpose of having a ‘story book’ to explain why and how we got here, and where we came from. This is not…

words are identical in sound but have different meanings.” The latter “simply implies that one and the same word can have several meanings.” 155Polan, In the Ways of Justice, 191. 156Watson, Classical Hebrew Poetry, 237, 245. 192 communication, the prophet utilizes various strategies such as genres, metaphorical language, and abundant rhetorical devices. Having observed the communicative function of the text, we will now discuss the theological idea that the author intends to deliver to…

within the reconciliation narratives found in Genesis, the only positive one discovered is in Genesis 45: 1-28, the other Esau’s forgiveness of Jacob ends on a bittersweet note. Despite having forgiven Jacob’s deception, Esau and Jacob’s brotherly relationship is never fully repaired. Both subsequently establish their own civilizations, the Israelites (Jacob) and the Edomites (Esau). Whereas, in the account of Joseph’s forgiveness of his brothers, the audience sees that all of the parties…

God, is about the shepherds of Israel. They call out to God, because he “led Jacob like a flock.” He led Jacob because; God made a covenant with him, and led him through the lands. Jacob soon after became a leader, as well as his descendants. He helped with many things; he was imperfect but was still loved by God. Because of this, the people asked that God shine before the tribes that they have, and lead them, as he did Jacob. The tribes were odious and separated, their tribes names were;…

I was engaged once in my life. My girlfriend desire to get married was so extent that she bought the engagement ring. I was very immature handling relationships, and that usually left me with a heap of misfortunes. I did not care for her, and I took the relationship as a sport. I was unfaithful to her many times over. When I finally had enough courage to leave her for another girl, I did. At first she did not know the full extend to why I had left her. She continually made attempts to win me…

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…

This essay is based on an information accordingly to the USA Today network article by David Unze “Search Unsealed in 1989 Killing Jacob Wetterling” which describe the story of an 11th year old who was abducted “ Kidnapping”in 1989 by pedophilia while he was riding a bicycle with his brother and one of his friends in St. Cloud, Minnesota. At the beginning all the evidence where pointing at a man named Dan Raisser who was residing who his parents near to the abduction site, even the child 's…

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…