Philippi

Packer (1993) writes, “People say they believe in God, but they have no idea who it is that they believe in, or what difference believing in him may make” (p. 159). Understanding a the Creator, who makes all things possible, which presents Himself as boundlessness and love must give more comfort than we can fathom. Jeremiah 23:18 (NIV) admonishes, “But which of them has stood in the council of the Lord to see or to hear His word? Who has listened and heard His word?” Considering we are presently…

Antony to Rule the Republic In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, leadership and the implications surrounding it are recurring themes. Shakespeare’s insights into the human condition create the political setting and mood of the play, which centers on a group of men in various leadership positions. This focus on realistic human condition depicts flawed characters. Their flaws then are unavoidable due to the flawed nature of the world. With all these faults in character, the…

There are several different types of relics in the Catholic world. The first type is a body part of a saint, like a bone, and instruments of the Passion of Christ. The second type are object s owned or touched by a saint; and the third type are objects that have come in contact with relics, and through the close proximity, have gained holiness. Since relics of God himself are unavailable, the churches utilize the cult of the saints as a way to legitimize their power in the Catholic world.…

Good and bad, wicked and the true, hero or villain? What is Brutus? Read this essay and those questions will be answered. Julius Caesar is a roman emperor. His right hand man is Marcus Brutus. Who is actually the leader of the conspirators against Caesar. Other conspirators are Casca, Decius, Cinna, Metellus, Trebonius, and Caius. Brutus planes to kill Caesar because he believes the other conspirators that Caesar is a serpent 's egg waiting to hatch. “And therefore think him as a serpent 's egg”…

Brutus and the rest of the conspirators feel that the idea of Caesar becoming king and gaining too much power is metaphorically killing them. Furthermore, even when warned by a soothsayer (fortune teller), Caesar still doesn’t believe his fate. Whether or not the fates of Julius Caesar and Joseph Stalin’s army were fate or just an unlucky play of events, both parties suffered immensely. To start, Julius Caesar is the leader of Rome and has just returned to Rome prior to defeating Pompey’s…

In Williams Shakespeare's Julius Caesar there is a lot of foreshadowing of the future. The many omens that happen in the play hint to us what was going to happen. Most of the characters don’t understand the significance of these omens which would have told them what will happen in the future and prevent many events from occurring. The play began with Caesar's victory in war. Marullus and Flavius told the people to leave from the celebrations. At the start of the celebrations right at the climax…

For example, when Caesar’s ghost entered Brutus’s room, Brutus said that he made his blood turn cold and hair stand up. The ghost then tells Brutus that he will see him at Philippi. The ghost is a bad omen which foreshadows that Brutus is going to take a fall, and that Caesar’s death will be avenged. Also, at the end of the book when Brutus asks Volumnius to kill him, he says that the ghost of Caesar appeared to him twice.…

Evangelism and church growth are inseparable entity. The birth of a church is the result of effective evangelism and the growth of a church determines the effectiveness of its evangelism. This is proven in Paul’s evangelism and church planting at Philippi, Corinth, Ephesus, Thessalonica and many other places during his missionary journeys. His preaching of the gospel not only witnessed many conversions, but those churches that he planted also witness fruitful ministry and growth. Hence, the…

the commotion settled, Paul left his disciples and went towards Macedonia and finally ended up in Greece. He left for Macedonia again after learning that some Jews were plotting against him. He was accompanied by many people, and they sailed from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and 5 days later, went to Troas. On the first day of the week of bread baking, Paul told the people that he had to leave. He talked that entire night, and a man called Eutychus fell asleep and fell from…

different times and lived under different circumstances, they were similar yet very different because they both felt the leaders had too much power and conspired to kill the powerful leaders. Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger was born June 85 B.C. in Philippi, Macedonia (now Greece) to Marcus Junius Brutus the Elder and Servilla Caepionis. However, it was rumored that Julius Caesar was his father. When Brutus was only eight years-old, his father surrender to…