Seventy Disciples

The Battle for Souls In the midst of an ever changing political spectrum, that is affecting the African-American community in non-optimistic ways, a theoretical, theological conflict within the Black Church will have great impact on the directions of politics and how to combat and address future challenges to bring forth progress for the Black Community (Harris p. 75). Historically, one of the most important institutions within the Black community, the Black Church has been instrumental in…

Caldarella, P., Page, N. W., & Gunter, L. (2012). EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS ' PERCEPTIONS OF CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE. Education, 132(3), 589-599. This article discussed the results from seventeen early childhood special educators that rated the significance, appropriateness, and effects of Conscious Discipline in a preschool setting. As curriculum has made continuous changes, classroom management approaches have been consistently based on behavioral theories and systems of rewards and punishments.…

practiced core aspects of their religion Monotheism while different groups within the Jewish community debated on the issues of purity and Messiah laws. Later writing of the New Testament showed hostility between Jews and Christians. Jesus and his disciples’ did not agree with some groups of Jews and also major disagreements and arguments on many other topics. To understand the New Testament, I will look into the variety of Jewish groups that existed in the first century. Pharisees, This group…

twelve percent, and rarely or never was sixty-seven percent. The research went on to show that the frequency of meeting with others to study the bible once a week or more was fifteen percent, less frequently was six percent and rarely or never was at seventy nine percent. Through this research one can see where the problem lies. There is no discipleship happening with Millennials that make up the majority of our Post-Christian society. The disconnect is real and the church must find the…

Introduction Matthew 17:15-16 states, “Lord, have mercy on my son. He has seizures and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. So I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him” (NLT). Epilepsy is a lifelong disorder that causes seizures. It affects approximately sixty-five million people across the world. Of that sixty-five million, three million people reside in the United States. Epilepsy is the fourth most prevalent neurologic disorder in the world…

Awareness is the Alpha and Omega of Yoga(corrected) Introduction In the last Chapter, i.e. the Introduction, the concept of ‘awareness’ was elaborated upon. A clear and precise distinction was drawn between awareness and consciousness – two terms which are generally used synonymously. In addition to the confusion between these two terms a further complication arises when a third term i.e. the ‘mind’ is synonymously used with ‘consciousness’. In Western philosophy, no clear-cut distinction is…

Sharing the Gospel with Joe will be different than the manner I normally share. I rarely encounter people who deny any belief of God. Joe who has told be Catholicism was in his childhood, but is something he does not practice as an adult has also shared he does not attend church and has not accepted any of my invitations to visit my church. HE has indicated a desire to socialize with me, hence my invitations to church. I have come to realize he is seeking to establish a relationship with me…

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…

Paulo Passolini’s heart touching film, The Gospel According to St. Matthew, illustrates the life of Jesus Christ. The Gospel of Matthew is considered as one of the important gospels in the bible because it “…contains an extensive account of Jesus’ teachings…”, which helps individuals understand the Christian religion even more precise (“New Testament of the Bible”). Passolini not only was able to capture a visual chronicle of the gospel but also engages his audiences to feel connected to our…

The film “Kumaré” is a documentary of an experiment that was the brainchild of Vikram Gandhi. Gandhi is an American of Indian descent, and from a deeply religious family, a Hindu family to be specific. Kumaré is a persona that Gandhi develops and fully immerses himself in, living as Kumaré for a period of time to teach what he believes are the important parts of religion. He also wants to prove a point about religion to the world, a truth that he struggled with himself. As I referred to,…