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    decorated with sacred relics like my local Catholic church. It has plain walls and a large wooden cross hanging on the main wall of the room. They also have a huge projector displaying the lyrics to the songs as we worshipped and sang. Finally the pastor made his appearance after the worship. He is not cloaked up like a Catholic priest; he is simply dressed in jeans, a button up, and a streamlined navy blazer. The pastor's sermon was about how God can transform people's lives. He based it on…

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    that? And I wonder what the world leaders of today feel if they are told, “The world is a mess because God is not pleased!” This was the tone of the message that Rev. Jonathan Edwards conveyed in his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” in July 8, 1741 at Enfield, Connecticut, USA . In this sermon, Rev. Edwards spoke dooming words of damnation, and utter destruction, against the destitute state and abysmal judgment of men who are impenitent of their sins. “Their foot shall slide in due…

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    easy is it for God when he pleases to cast his Enemies down to Hell,” (Edwards 5). In this context, Jonathan Edwards, a minister who wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, is putting a fiery image into the minds of the Puritans who attended his sermon on the day of July 8th, 1741. At the time of the Great Awakening, there was a loss of faith directly related to the widespread use of science and theories. Edwards uses a fear-inducing tone to refuel a fire in the believers and turn them back…

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    Live in Boston The Success of the Hutchinson in the New England Colony was just astounding, or at the least very lucky. Even thou William Hutchison was very successful and brought a large estate to the New England. In the summer of 1634, the Hutchinson purchased a half-acre lot of land on the Shawmut Peninsula; which is now downtown Boston. They Built a house on a lot of lands and was one of the largest on the peninsula with a timber frame and two stories. (The house would stand up until 1711…

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    chore, for you? You would use the art of persuasion. Patrick Henry did the same thing to the colonists residing in 18th century America. This was a time when rebellion was a stranger to society. People did what they were told and blindly listened to sermons and the Bible. But times change. People started reasoning out their problems. And one big problem for the colonists, and especially Patrick Henry, was why listen to a king across the Atlantic. Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia…

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    also made it clear that the King James Version was the only bible that should be used. The book was used in nearly all of the service. The service would start with music, then transition into the actual sermon. The book was a guide for the preacher to expand and demonstrate the purpose of the sermon. The church also made it a point to display the Holy Bible…

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    It was after I began my comparison of the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew and the Sermon on the Plain from Luke that the salvation of the lowly motif finally jumped off the pages for me. I can understand why the early councils chose to include this gospel, even though Luke’s author admits to using second-hand knowledge.…

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    The “Oregon Fever” soon became an epidemic. Know as the "Oregon Trail," the route ran along the Missouri and Platte Rivers, across the Great Plains, and through the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains. The starting point for the 2,000 mile Overland Trail was Independence, Missouri where nearly 300,000 Americans met and traveled west; typically in a covered wagon carrying all of their belongings…

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    Treasure Island is dull-witted and contributes nothing that students today can learn from. An intelligent quote from The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer that can provide learning to students today is when Tom is listening to religious sermons, "The glaring insincerity or these sermons was not sufficient to…

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    Hajj Pilgrimage Description: The religion of Islam is Global, discursive and rich and monolithic in its origin. The religion of Islam is diverse and the cultural practices varieties from place to place. The Islam culture is mainly based on “Quran” and “Sunnah” and is also derived from human experiences and learning. The most remarkable notion of the Islamic culture is that they staunchly believe in the existence of truth and the dematerialization of falsehood. They perform scads of festivals,…

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