Mennonite

“You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father." Anabaptists throughout the centuries have exemplified these words of Christ in both speech and action. Throughout the years of spiritual darkness, Anabaptism has…

Personal Background: Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas. His parents were David Eisenhower and Ida Eisenhower. Dwight was the third of seven children, which were all boys. At the age 4 he lost his younger brother who died of diphtheria. In high school, Eisenhower played some sports for Abilene High School which was football and baseball. He graduated from high school in 1909. Soon after that he started working for his dad and uncle and also became a firefighter. All the…

The colonists were looking for a new life when they came to America. They were escaping religious persecution, looking for adventure, and eager to expand their opportunities. They didn’t realize the dangers of illness or fierceness of the Native Americans whose land they were stealing. They also did not realize the amount of pressure they would suffer under the crown, although they had already faced it back home. Many people were still persecuted for various reasons in America. War would…

Inborn errors of metabolism are a group of rare disorders characterized by metabolic pathway abnormalities. One such disorder is Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) otherwise known as Branched-chain Ketoaciduria, a dangerous condition in which over saturation of amino acids in the blood can lead to toxicity progressing to encephalopathy, neurodegeneration, coma or respiratory failure (Haldeman-Englert, 2015). MSUD results from a malfunction of the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex…

Christianity is referred to as a belief and reverence of God, Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit lined to a set of dogmas, sacraments and moral principles as captured in the stories of the Bible. Within Biblical gospels, one find descriptions of the many miracles Jesus Christ bestowed upon mankind, stories of which have become foundational to Christian belief, where the faithful profess their genuine nature and factual truths. For Christian’s miracles, expressions of divine intervention and the…

Christian religious tradition (or Christianity) has long been thought of as a set of dogmas, sacraments and moral attitudes linked with a belief and reverence in God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit as captured in the stores of the Bible. Within Biblical gospels one find descriptions of the many miracles Jesus Christ bestowed upon mankind, stories that became fundamental to Christian belief, where the faithful profess to the genuine nature of these stories as factual truths. Given the…

* Phony War * Period between 1939- 1940 * there was very little combat as both sides built up their armies and arsenals * Axis * Alliance between Germany, Italy and later Japan * The 'Blitz' * in September of 1940, bombings of London and other major cities occurred in what the British called `the Blitz` * Italian Campaign, 1943 * in July 1943, Canadian, British, and American forces launched an assault on the Italian island of Sicily * by…