Kingdom of Jerusalem

D. 58-62. In following with the traditional belief that the book of Acts was written as a sequel to Luke, it would place the writing sometime between A.D. 62-64. Others scholars may argue for a later date. B. Setting: The passage takes place in Jerusalem sometime after Jesus has ascended and the Holy Spirit has descended upon the apostles. The church has been handed over to the apostles (namely Peter). Everyone is trying to figure out this New Covenant. Traditions run deep throughout the culture…

12:25 Barnabas, Saul, and John Mark returned to Jerusalem. The Church Commissioned Paul and Barnabas 12:25-13:3 God’s Providence The Gospel’s inclusivity Panel Title: Seriously, Reaching the Ends of the Earth The Apostles had preached the Gospel to Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaritans. Now, the church, partially through the ministry of Paul, whom Acts provides plenty of evidence, is going to emphatically proclaim the inclusive Gospel to the Gentiles. Beginning with the church’s commission over…

Diversity can have a lot of different meanings that are contingent upon context of surroundings. Diversity is put simply as a “range of different things”; it can also be defined more specifically in terms of “the inclusion of individuals representing more than one national origin, color, religion, socioeconomic stratum, sexual orientation, etc.” For this class I had to step outside of my comfort zone to edify myself as an educator. Through the experience of a summer music camp and Hindu temple I…

needed them. So they were “swallowed up” much like Eichmann was. In fact he even said that “it was like being swallowed up by the Party against all expectation and without previous decision. It happened too quickly and suddenly.”(31, Eichmann in Jerusalem). Eichmann was talking about how he came to join the Nazi party. He may have never expected to join it, much like Paul and his friends did not expect to be involved in World War 1, but both men were devoured by it without thinking the decision…

the new state of restoration by dealing with several theological themes such as New Jerusalem, Inheritance, and servants. These theological themes can be discerned…

George Frederick Handel was born on February 23rd, 1685. His parents were George and Dorothy Handel of Halle Saxony Germany. His father was 73 when he was born and he was an eminent barber-surgeon who served in the court of Saxony Weissenfels and Margraviate of Brandenburg. Handel was inspired by music. Unfortunately, his father was very surprised and urged him to study law instead. His father restricted his use of any musical instruments. Luckily his mother, on the other hand, was very…

What, then, would be the occasion for composition? It can be agreed by most all scholars that this psalm existed during or for use in a festival. Whether it was for a singular, specific festival or for a regularly occurring festival is hard to establish. It could have been composed as a dedication of the second temple. More likely, however, is the idea that this psalm originated from a regularly occurring festival. This festival could be an enthronement festival, and autumnal festival, the…

Niena was abandoned on the doorstep of the Svastra temple before her first birthday. She barely remembered her parents; they were dark, shadowy ghosts, flickers of partial recognition in the back of her consciousness. After all, in Apitus, the capital had a luxurious temple, full of women who all prayed to the old gods, the gods of air, land, and sea, the slumbering, powerful beings that could destroy just as they could create. At the time, Niena sensed a comforting essence about the place, a…

In ANE literature, tablets are both a medium for writing, and a symbol of writing itself, but writing gains authority through message or author. Adoption and sale tablets, Suzerainty treaties, and written prayers laid beside idols exemplify authority by a message. In them, the authority emanated from the confines of the writing dictating relationships between parties. Orpheus tablets typify the second condition by the issue of pseudepigraphical authorship (as discussed under the subheading,…

My auto-ethnography encompassed a three-day span from last Thursday afternoon to Saturday afternoon. During this time, I visited Boston to participate in the celebration of a rabbi’s installation as the first woman to lead New England’s largest Reform Jewish Synagogue (Temple Israel of Boston). As points-of-reference: this particular rabbi was also the person who oversaw my conversation to Judaism and was particular influential during some of my tumultuous life events. Additionally, I have…