Lord's Prayer

The actual events on which The Crucible was based upon started when Abigail Williams and Elizabeth “Betty” Parris experienced violent and strange fits in 1692 in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. According to more recent scientific studies, the cause of these unholy symptoms were most likely caused by the fungus ergot. Due to the widespread worship of Puritanism at the time, this behavior was thought to be caused by devilish witchcraft. Tituba, Reverend Samuel Parris’s slave, was accused of…

Christ’s Death and Resurrection in Prophecies Paul in writing many letters to various churches is able to write in great depth on many topics of concern to the early churches. In his first letter to the church of Corinth, Paul conveys that his teachings on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are “in accordance with the scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15.3-4). While Paul is directly referencing the prophecies of Jesus, he is also alluding to greater themes within Israel’s Scriptures.…

The Perspective: An Outsider Peering into Narcotics Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous is an organization helping individuals to seek sobriety and abstinence and carry the message to others still suffering from addiction (Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 2016). The extensive history of the organization and the presence of the organization today tell a story of addicts who have had success with the program and are continuing to receive blessings from sobriety. The success of the…

We are wet, cold, and scared. The choppy water making us all feel sick. I clench my stomach trying to hold down the seasickness. I can see the others are trying to as well but Diehl and Ricker are unsuccessful. I can smell the powder in the air mixed with the saltwater. My stomach drops with each whooshing sound of a bomb going off. Water keeps coming over the sides, drenching us even more. I couldn’t sleep last night, my mind constantly going back to Thanksgiving. For the first time in years my…

Module G THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST AND THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad” (II Corinthians 5:10). “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine…

For this assignment I attended a Catholic mass in Spanish at Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in North Hollywood. Growing up my parents hardly had any interest on attending masses or teaching us their beliefs passes from their parents, considering my grandparents are very religious. The only time I would attend a mass is when there was a service memorial, so I have little experience with Catholicism. I decided to go to a Sunday mass on October 4 with my friend Stephanie and her family, since they…

This essay will look at the Didache, it will start by looking at what the Didache is. Then looking at each part separately and discussing the contents, it will summarise each section of the Didache before analysing the possible use. It will then discuss how and why this is important for contemporary church historians. The Didache is quite a short work which is written in a very straightforward, practical way. It was thought to be lost until it was rediscovered in 1873 by Archbishop Bryennios, in…

What seems good to man that leads to failure many not have been in God’s timing or was the Lord’s way of training up a worker for future ministry. It can be easy to judge failure as not being in the Lord’s will when so often failure is the great teacher the Lord is using to shape us into the workers he can use most effectively. Acts chapter 13 states “the Holy Ghost said, separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them” and later in the chapter it states, “John…

If you’ve ever been to Disneyland, then you are probably familiar with the coveted FASTPASS. The FASTPASS is a ticket that allows you to enter an attraction at a later time with a shorter wait. If I had it my way my FASTPASS would always read “zero minutes.” When I don’t have a FASTPASS for a ride, then the long lines seem to last a century. This is a humorous example of my impatient tendencies, but I will be honest, I really do struggle to be patient, especially when I am waiting on God’s…

Thomas Stearns Eliot (T.S. Eliot) wrote the The Hollow Men which revolves around the idea of how war affects and devastates society. The overall tone of this poem is grim and foreboding. The theme of The Hollow Men expressed through imagery, similes, allusions, and metaphors is that war ruins men and society. Historically The Hollow Men was written in response to World War I and its effects on society. Thomas Stearns Eliot was a Harvard graduate and an extremely prolific writer for his time. The…