Mosaic

recently involved in leading a freshmen retreat at my school. Along with another senior, we were given eight freshmen to accompany throughout the day. Our group was given the assignment to do service at a non-profit organization called Mosaic Ministries. Mosaic Ministries was located in a very poor location of Toledo. When we arrived, there was a sign on the door that stated, “No guns allowed on school premises.” I became scared and worried for the girls in my group. I did not normally…

of this, many secular people deem Christians hypocritical for not keeping laws from their own Bible. Are the Old Testament Laws still binding to today’s Christians? Before we delve into this topic, we have to understand what the Mosaic (Old Testament) laws were. I. Mosaic Law A. What is it? 1. The ancient law of the Hebrews contained in the Pentateuch and traditionally believed to have been revealed by God to Moses. 2. It was made up of three parts: the Ten Commandments, the ordinances, and…

JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE MOSAIC LAW “Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth.” , With these words, John the beloved exhorts the Church community to look beyond themselves and to care for the needs of the people around them. The needs are plentiful in a world that has departed from its initial idyllic state and love is a tool that works to bring about its healing and restoration. Love requires action. This concept is not unique to the Apostle, but…

Most of the decorative themes concerning the mosaics were vegetal and featuring vases, cornucopias, and what are known as “jewels” (Grabar 47). These mosaics had a purely decorative theme, but the jewels almost located “exclusively on the inner face of the octagonal columnade” are easily distinguishable from the others and are used to assess the significance…

Over the past century, the ‘mosaic’ and the ‘melting pot’ have emerged in North America as concepts to explain Canada and the United States’ relationship with immigration and cultural pluralism. Canada is often referred to as a mosaic due to its rich multiculturalism, while the US is considered a "Melting Pot". Like a mosaic, Canada celebrates and honors various cultural groups while the US wants citizens to "melt" and assimilate into one culture -- the American culture. In Canada,…

The Mosaic Covenant was referred to as the Sinai Covenant, but because Moses was the divine leader of Israel at the time, it is commonly referred to as the Mosaic Covenant. The Covenant is similar to other ancient covenants, such as the one God made with Abraham, in that the agreement is between a superiority figure (God) and a subject(s) or people (the people of Israel at Mount Sinai). However, the Mosaic Covenant was different from other ancient covenants, because it was conditional, in which…

Pro-Environmentalism Commission for Environmental Cooperation. "The North American Mosaic: An Overview of Key Environmental Issues." The North American Mosaic: An Overview of Key Environmental Issues, June 2008, pp. 7-10., www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/2349-north-american-mosaic-overview-key-environmental-issues-en.pdf. This article discusses climate change and its impact. The climate is being disrupted by natural internal processed, external forcings, and human activity and the impacts have…

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the similarities and differences between criminal and civil law versus Mosaic Law. According to Plait, P. (2010), “People seem to accept that our laws are based on the morals of the Old Testament laid out in the Commandments.” To begin we must get a clear understanding about what each of them actually mean prior to going into specific details. In the United States, there are two types of cases: criminal and civil. Criminal cases refer to illegal actions…

“In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness” (Hebrews 9:22). In the Mosaic Covenant, the blood of animals served as a covering, or atonement, for the sins of the people. The animal’s life was given in place of the sinner’s life. In the Abrahamic Covenant, God, in essence, was declaring He would give His life if His promises…

The idea of natural constraints, or instinctive urges as part of human nature are principles in both Catholicism and Marxism. Catholics recognise the Marxist idea of natural constraints, such as hunger. Catholics believe that these needs are not necessarily sinful, but the satisfaction of these urges at the expense of others, such as greed and selfishness, are sinful. While Catholics believe that the only way to overcome sin is through God, Marxism states that natural constraints are overcome by…