Sermon

Before I stepped into St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, I thought that attending Catholic Mass would not be all that different from the Protestant services I grew up attending. However, I felt out of place as soon as I walked through the front doors. Everything felt foreign to me; from the way the building was set up, to the way people behaved during the service, to the way everyone exited the church. As an outsider, I felt lost and almost lonely as the masses around me moved in…

“My sermon this week will be about where the soul goes when you die. When your life here on earth ends your soul goes to one of two places. The eternal peace of Heaven or the agonizing pit of fire called hell. Those who go to Heaven have accepted Jesus Christ…

Jonathon Edwards were some of the people that were trying to turn people back to God. George Whitefield, was a Puritan minister that forced to give emotional sermons to reach out to the colonists. He also preached that “good works” and “godly lives” would bring you salvation. Jonathon Edwards, was a Puritan Minster that terrified listeners with his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry…

Baptist pioneer before the Civil War. The way that Richard Furman was a compelling Baptist clergyman and a slave proprietor appears to be garbled, however this was not in the slightest degree exceptional in the nineteenth century. As uncovered in his sermons and letters, he wholeheartedly rehearsed the idea of paternalism on his ranch. Paternalism advanced the possibility of "our family, highly contrasting." Slaves were dealt with as youngsters who should have been prepared and "reviled when…

similar movement of new ideas, but it was a religious rebirth. It started in New England, then spread through the other colonies, with a goal of making religion more emotional and passionate by giving fiery sermons. Jonathan Edwards is an example of a priest who could give great fiery sermons, such as “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” These two movements had the same ideas, that changed the morale of the colonists, and it taught them to question authority, especially the authority of the…

Chapter Two FIRST CENTURY RELIGIOUS GROUPS At the time of Paul’s missionary Journeys there were a number of religious groups; perhaps as many as a dozen. Three of them are mentioned in the Bible: Pharisees, Sadducees and Zealots. THE PHARISEES The largest of these groups was the Pharisees which was organized about 140 B.C. and they taught strict adherence to the law. They were probably coming nearer to keeping the Law of Moses than any of the other groups. The Pharisees believed in a future…

well as more severe. The idea that saints were saved while most of the general population was not, made the Puritan rules and regulations of these early settlements regarded close to law. If a person, especially a woman, did not obey their minister’s sermon, it was clear that they were surely…

History and Literature connect in every time period and continue to do so. What is experienced during one’s lifetime affects what and how the literary works are written. These great literary works continue to apply to later generations, and continue to be considered important by readers for the significance of its content and the artistry of its form. The content often teaches valuable life lessons. Great literature is important to read because it humanizes us, draws us together into community,…

to rebuke, explain, correct false teaching, or to expand on Jesus’ teaching. According to Mel Lawrenz, “Epistles are “occasioned” texts, and so we need to get at the circumstances that led to them being written.” Whether Hebrews is a letter or a sermon, it was clearly written to a Messianic Jewish audience that was struggling, under persecution, and the “temptation to apostasy or reversion was severe enough that the letter to the Hebrews had to be written to encourage these beleaguered…

“adventurers and planters” bound for Virginia held these doubts and therefore, Reverend William Symonds held a sermon before their departure to the New World. In his sermon, he preached that the colonists were spreading Christianity and that “The summe is, what blessing any Nation had by Christ, must be Communicated to all Nations: the office of his prophicie to teach the ignorant”. Eventually, these sermons were enough to persuade the colonists and so, they insisted on converting the “savages”…