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Lord Will You Make Me Clean? Matthew 8:1-4 NIV 1When Jesus had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him; 2 and there was a leper who came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.” 3 He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I do choose. Be made clean!” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 Then Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as…

Last time we study together, you acknowledged that you were saved before baptism, but then, after we examined carefully the teaching of Acts 2:22-47, you and your wife came to the conclusion that the way you were saved is not in accordance with what Acts 2 teaches. You even acknowledged the fact that your sins had not been forgiven, because you did not obey the Gospel of Christ the way the Jews obeyed it in this passage. I went ahead and asked you whether you wanted to obey the Gospel the right…

Thesis Every person born into this world is raised in a way that determines the future beliefs or presuppositions they have about the world around them. Parents, environment, and culture all contribute to this phenomena of how humans are consistently learning, growing, and evolving their own “worldviews”. Everyone at some time during their lives try to answer the “inescapable” questions. Throughout history, numerous philosophers and religions have tried to explain the purpose of humanity, how…

Teachers will development a number of different relationships throughout their career. All of these relationships will be very important to the dynamics of their profession. The teacher-student relationship, teacher-parent relationship, teacher-administrator relationship, and the teacher-teacher relationship are some of the relationships that teachers will continuously encounter throughout their time as an educator. The values that a teacher has will definitely be reflected in the way they teach…

coming through throughout the passages in his teachings on the book of Luke from the New Testament. N. T. Wright writes about Luke speaking on love, healing, prayer, faith, traveling, and following without question. Travelling in obedience to God’s call is one of Luke’s central pictures for what it means to be Christian (Wright, p.117). The major theme that is all over this book of the bible is that the “good news” is for all, and ties all of the other themes together. It is the universal…

Americans by the British just to allow a new urbanized way of life. But since this chronicle is in on perspective it is bias because some natives living on the Americas welcomed the Europeans with the idea of a noble savage, thinking that their civilization would be free from corruption by the Europeans. Instead of blaming the Europeans the native people should have thought about the consequences that may come from welcoming them. Besides the genocide of one race the new Americas brought the…

Paul wrote Romans to the believers in Rome as a guide on how to serve God and live for Him daily. The truths in this book still apply to us today. Romans 1-8 gives a basic idea of the worldview a Christian should have. God commands Christians to live differently than the rest of the world. We are to honor Christ in everything that we say and do. It is important for Christians so fully understand what it means to have a biblical worldview. Romans lays out what a Christian should think regarding…

we still have faith in something that we don’t know for sure exist? Would we still believe in God and Jesus if we didn’t have proof enough to make us dependent on him for savior? There are two parts two the Bible, the Old Testament and the New Testament. It starts with the 7 days of creation in which on the 6th day he creates animals and man, or humankind. In the Bible, it talks from Adam and Eve to The Prophets and it explains certain things that we can’t quite fit together. It was…

para 2). As Africanized Christianity became a part of slave culture, the spiritual developed into an essential means of expression for the slave community (“African American Spirituals,” n.d., para 3). While spirituals allowed slaves to express their new faith, the songs also reflected the community’s profound longing for freedom. Captivated by Bible stories that paralleled to their own experiences, slaves often created spirituals based on biblical text (“African American Spirituals- Folk and…

been a major issue in New Orleans. While there have been short periods of decline in the crime rates, overall, crime rates are worse now than they ever have been. In 2015, the murder rate has consistently grown, and by September, it had jumped from 113 all the way to 131 in just 9 months (Bullington 1). Something must be done. This responsibility falls on law enforcement and the government of New Orleans. More steps must be taken to reduce the crime rate and save lives in New Orleans.…