This Land Is Your Land

win back the Holy Land from the Muslims” (Backman 313). This happened during a time of religious persecution and a rise of the Christian faith and “proceeded the centuries old struggle for control of the eastern Mediterranean shore” (Backman 313). The Crusades have been seen as a holy war, deemed justifiable through means of religious property; yet others see the Crusades as merely a way to expand the Christian empire, through a facade of “religious attempt to regain the holy land” as a…

shortages. The populations mostly affected by this climate induced disaster are; people of low social economic back ground, the elderly, children and the disabled. This assay looks at some of the adaptation taken in Kenya in response to drought. In 2014 the Government of Kenya estimated 1.6 million people were affected by drought due to lack of rain between March and May 2014 (ReliefWeb, 2015). The adaptations covered in this essay are; Sustainable Land Management, Agro-Pastoralist Adaptation,…

JOSHUA Joshua was born in Egypt and he is considered the author of this book. Although there is debate on the time this book was written, if one accepts the late date of Moses, Joshua would be placed at about 1300 – 1190 B.C. His name means “The Lord Is Salvation” or “Salvation of the Lord.” Furthermore, he is spoken of as the minister of Moses – Exodus 24:13, serving Moses during the 40 years in the wilderness. He became the successor of Moses in leading the conquest of Canaan after Moses death…

explores the use of the different types of conflicts to progress the plot and develop a theme. The first major conflict seen in the novel can be classified as a man against man conflict. Joseph has set off to California to pursue his fondness of the land and crosses paths with a man named Juanito who has agreed to help Joseph as a vaquero in return for his friendship. Juanito is seemingly a good hardworking man that would not…

realization of Ultimate Reality, to complete freedom, happiness and peace through moral, spiritual and intellectual perfection.” The Path takes one from unhappiness and despair to enlightenment and happiness. Other aspects of Buddhism are involved in this film. Dorothy uses the mantra “follow the Yellow Brick Road” often throughout the movie. In Buddhism, Mantras are syllables, single words, or phrases used in order to keep one focused on the task at hand and to express devotion. In the…

Introduction According to David Howard, “Joshua was written to provide an interpretive history of one slice of Israel’s life as a people.” This “slice of life” Old Testament narrative begins in Joshua 1:1-9 with an authoritative call to be strong, courageous and obedient. This passage serves to outline and prepare the reader for the body of work to follow. At the core, Joshua is a story of radical obedience to God and His law. Within the opening verses there is also a great promise for those…

where she was badly burned, the makeup artists had to clean off the poisinous makeup off her. Normally the witch makeup was removed with an acetone cleaner, but because of the curcumstaces rubbing alcohol had to be used to clean the wound. For Hamilton this was nearly unbearable, but since it was unladylike to scream she sat quiety as her makeup was removed. Before official filming had even begun, Christian “Buddy” Ebsen was hired to play the Tin Woodman. In order to design the the finalized…

Throughout his book, Thomas C. Foster makes many statements in his various chapters that leave readers with mixed emotions. Because of this, it is challenging to give a solid single response. On one hand, several chapters present ideas that, when tested against previously read literary works, are thought-provoking and provide a successful framework for accurately analyzing literature. On the other hand, Foster makes some claims that are broad generalizations that don’t always hold up to scrutiny…

Introduction I am looking at the theme of hope in the main events of the Old Testament I am presenting this to the youth of our church with the hope that they understand what it was to have hope back in the Old Testament times Body God created the world so that they Being Adam and Eve could enjoy the world. They would be the possible future of the world. God wanted them to live in peace and to shear the world with them . In the fall they were tempted by the serpent. They sinned and God…

and circumstances. This is presented in the book effectively through the use of flashbacks…