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John the Baptist was the son of Zechariah, the priest, and his wife, Elizabeth. To begin with, Zechariah and Elizabeth were both rather old to even consider the possibility of conceiving a child. With this in mind, Zechariah could not believe what the angel Gabriel told him while he was doing priestly services in the Holy Place at Jerusalem. The angel said, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.”…

John can be summarized in this way. The book of John is about Jesus’ ministry. The book of John starts off by stating that God was in the beginning and nothing was made without Him. It is also stated that John was sent to testify of the Light which is the coming Son, Jesus. Jesus’ ministry covered in the book of John starts in Cana at a wedding where He turns water into wine. He then goes to the temple to find sales people in the temple. He says His Father’s house is not a marketplace and He…

The Broader Context: The Gospel of Luke In order to best understand how to properly interpret Luke 16:1-13, it is best to first read the passage in light of its surrounding context—the entire book of Luke. In his introduction, Luke clearly states his purpose in writing this gospel: “so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught,” (Luke 1:4). This is Luke 's purpose statement, but what is the truth the Luke is trying to demonstrate? The main theme Luke wants to convey…

James Baldwin’s Go Tell It on the Mountain is a work concerned with the notion of change. Centered on a Harlem-based Pentecostal church, Baldwin unpacks multiple character studies to explore whether or not true growth and change are attainable. Through flashbacks, Baldwin reveals the main characters’ actions are merely products of their respective pasts. That is, these characters are shown to suggest an overarching sense of determinism plagues humanity—a determinism in which all actions can be…

Yo Mama’s Last Supper by Cox portrays a naked black woman in the middle, surrounded by twelve men sitting around the table, six men on each side. She is not wearing any sort of garments except for a simple white cloth around her arms that are spread out. This art piece consists of five photographs each with three-men group; thus, the seeming division based upon similar actions is created. The man immediate right to the woman is the only man with paler skin color. On the table, there are a feast…

Oh no I think I see them again. Oops, my bad, let's start at the beginning when it all started. It was July 7, 2013 and I was waking up to go to Sagemont Summer Camp. I put on my bathing suit and drove to Sagemont to load the buses. I got there and found my friend Dillon, a kid a met at camp and he became my best friend, and we picked the last seat in the back. I sat in the aisle, my favorite seat on a bus, right next to the group of kids we hated. John, the leader of the group, sat in the aisle…

John the Baptist seeing Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he told them, “Do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham” (Matt. 3:9). John the Baptist rebuking the Pharisees and Sadducees for boasting about their heritage. No one goes to heaven because of their association with a nation, their heritage or their traditions. Jesus came to save individuals not a community. Individual…

INTRODUCTION Blake Martin is the senior pastor at Wallace Avenue Baptist Church (WABC) in Shawnee, Oklahoma and has been there since August 2016. Blake is married to Bryse Martin who is a student at Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) and they have been married since August 2015. Blake was hired at WABC after serving at two other churches in Shawnee. At only 23 years of age and little experience under his belt, most people assume that WABC is a church of mostly college age students, however the…

about a march of freedom. The child asks her mother if she could go march with massive crowds, but her mother disagrees because she is worried about her safety. Her mother insists on her to go down to the church where it is safe to play with the other children. Shortly after the child went to the church, an outbreak happened. The mother went to go look for her, but finds out her daughter had died in the explosion along with other children. The reason behind this terrorist attack is rooted in an…

The book of Mark gives a similar however different view of Jesus as a person than the book of Matthew. This book does not talk about the childhood of Jesus. It talks about his life as a leader up to his crucifixion and resurrection. The book talks about different ways Jesus was perceived. He was perceived as a great leader as well as a teacher and leader by his disciples. Later in the book it talks about how they felt about him being the leader. They did not really question his leadership…