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    My Personal Testimony

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    I came to see Christ in a Church’s setting while realizing God’s powers and seeing the true reality of helping others. Personally, my relationship with all three has changed for the better as I know have a willingness to deepen prayer, appreciate a new aspect of the Church and, lastly, gain a more personal experience while working with others. My relationship with God, without a doubt, has developed much more. I communicate with God, most prominently to sustain a relationship with Him. A source…

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    As a Confirmation candidate, I have selected my saint. His name is St. Jude Thaddeus. He is the patron saint of the impossible and hope. There is not much known on St. Jude’s life. We know he is the Patron saint of hope and impossible causes. He was also one of Jesus’ 12 original apostles. He was known to preach with great passion of the gospel, even under harsh conditions. Through the power of the holy spirit was he able to make a difference in peoples lives with the Word of God. After Jesus’…

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    Imagine setting up a new house and finding artifacts from another religion. In the story “This Blessed House” by Jhumpa Lahiri that is exactly what happens. The attitudes that Sanjeev and Twinkle have towards the Christian trinkets show their incongruities and highlight the differences in Sanjeev and Twinkle’s perspectives and the differences in their attitudes In the beginning Lahiri does a good job of setting up the incongruities of the couple’s relationship. A Hindu couple, Sanjeev and…

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    Global Awakening Summary

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    Global Awakening is a compilation of Mark Shaw’s yearlong research of global revivals in Christianity. Shaw explores how global revivals helped propel the explosion of Christianity in the 20th century. The purpose of this review is to give a summary of the contents of the book and provide the reader with a look at its strengths and weaknesses. Shaw gives many of his book’s conclusions from the start in the first chapter. In a time when growing secularization in the world should have made…

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    themselves in openness to the genuine novelty of the future. While the Creator continues to work through the contingency of creation, its telos lies in the new creation, and the past and the present constitute “the pull from the future.” Thus, God has the power to achieve the consummation and redemption of nature and history from natural evil in the new creation despite the threat of the cosmic…

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    Chapter 8 – Local vs. National Authority In Chapter 8 of Thirteen American Arguments, Fineman discusses the tensions between local and national authority. (a) List five issues that Fineman deals with directly in the book and briefly describe how each of those issues create tension between local and national authority. Hurricane Katrina revealed a fault in American politics. Although they had predicted the dangers, neither the federal government nor the state government was in command. The…

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    Revisionist History: Generous Orthodoxy In order to revise, one must sacrifice something for the community as a whole and willing to compromise for change. In Malcolm Gladwell's series Revisionist History in the episode “Generous Orthodoxy”, Gladwell revises the true motives of the Mennonite church community and Princeton University’s community. Gladwell effectively presents how communities vaguely represent the diversity. Gladwell interviewed church minister Chester Wanger who lost his ministry…

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    Creative Response Gracious, by definition gracious means showing divine grace. Grace by the Christian definition means the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings. And lastly, Tempest by definition. A wild, windy, and vicious storm. This gives me chills because God has such a wild and vicious love for us. My favorite worship song ‘Gracious Tempest’ by Hillsong Worship reminds me so greatly of the beautiful relationship we…

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    On August 26, 2005, I gave my life to Christ, and it was the start of a whole new chapter of my journey. I still remember that night vividly in my head. The feelings of excitement, joy, and love were very tangible in my heart. My mom and dad were both sitting beside me on my bed while I was told the importance of this decision and how my life would never be the same. Even at 5 years old, I was aware of my decision to follow Jesus and accept him into my heart. I was aware of the love He had for…

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    Gross And Gilles Argument

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    America and the End of the World- Evaluation of Gross and Gilles’ Argument With today’s technological advancements, it has been made possible for the media to be a primary source for many Americans to receive information about current events happening in society, with a source that may be found trustworthy. The article, “How Apocalyptic Thinking Prevents Us from Taking Political Action,” by authors Matthew Barrett Gross and Mel Gilles, focuses on the predicament that the media is taking…

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