helping a Jewish traveler was a radically different idea of neighborly love. Possibly the greatest sermon ever written on loving your enemy was by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. The sermon was delivered at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery‚ Alabama. Dr. King wrote the sermon while he was in jail for committing nonviolent disobedience during the Montgomery bus boycott. He concluded his sermon with these
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The Baptist worship observation was a totally new experience for me. It was the first time I was stepping out of my comfort zone and attending a service that was not my normal Sunday Mass celebration at my parish. At first‚ I was a bit worried because it didn’t know what to expect or how to act. However‚ the experience was gratifying. It was not a worship service that appeals to me; however‚ I consider that it can be a positive experience for someone searching for a more modern worship service.
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possible to give it more depth and quality‚ as she felt that pop music was inferior to classical. Her intuitive grasp on the audience-performer relationship was gained from a unique background of playing piano accompaniment for church revivals and sermons regularly from the early age of six years old. Eunice Kathleen Waymon was born on February 21‚ 1933 in Tyron North Carolina. She was born the sixth child of eight children and in a poor family. While growing up in that lifestyle‚ Eunice was aspired
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be considered a child of God. 8. Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice sake‚ for theirs in the Kingdom of Heaven. -If you follow Jesus‚ you will be persecuted but will receive eternal life in heaven. Jesus taught them in the Sermon on the Mount. There are eight of them and each verse starts with “blessed”. They tell us‚ as Catholics how we should live and what values we should have. Glossary Terms Bible: The Christian Scriptures. New Testament: The second part of the Christian
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harmoniously with one another‚ thus eliminating vices such as murder‚ stealing‚ disrespect‚ adultery‚ coveting and bearing false witnesses (Exodus 20‚ King James Version). 2. Read the Beatitudes‚ the blessings of Jesus in the opening verses of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapter 5:1-12. Which one is repeated and emphasized? In the beatitudes‚ the last one is repeated and emphasized. Jesus first says that blessed will the people be when they are persecuted for the sake of righteousness because they
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Should Canada reinstate the death penalty for murder? Reinstituting the death penalty is not optional. If Canada wishes to prosper and flourish under God’s blessing‚ we must reintroduce the death penalty. The foremost reason for the death penalty is God’s mandate. Other reasons include the practical deterrent that the death penalty constitutes and‚ as a comparatively minor reason‚ the economic sensibility. I would also argue that the death penalty still applies to crimes other than murder and that
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The Sistine Chapel Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving. (Johann Wolfgang Goethe in 1787 in Rome) The Sistine Chapel‚ originally constructed in the late 1400’s underwent multiple periods of construction and reconstruction‚ with both the building and the artwork. It was designed to be the primary site of all papal ceremonies. (Lewine) Though the exterior is merely a rectangle‚ it is the artwork within that is the main
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By: Jonathan Edwards In one of the most famous sermons ever preached‚ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”‚ preacher‚ Jonathan Edwards‚ tries to persuade the ‘sinful’ people to realize that God is real and that they have to live ‘purely’‚ as in to live as a true Christian who is devoted to God. Because of God’s Wrath‚ his judgement‚ on all people‚ will be more painful and fearful than expected by many people around the world. Throughout his sermon‚ Edwards wants describe to them about how God treats
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Though famous as a theologian‚ St. Thomas also hat1 a trcmendous grasp of the content of Scripture. His extensive knowledge probably gave birth to the story that he had memorized the whole Latin Bible. In theory St. Thomas‚ as Augustine before him‚ believed that theological reasoning must be based only on the literal sense of Scripture. Yet in his SUVZVZU ‘Theologica St. Thomas declares: God is the Author of Holy Scripture. He has given a meaning not only to the words but to the things they signify
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Reading Guide Questions Chapters I and II Identifying Facts 1. What two necessities‚ according to Hawthorne. must the founders of a new colony provide immediately? 2. Under whose footsteps was the rose-bush outside the prison supposed to have sprung up? 3. What is the significance of the scarlet letter A which is embroidered on Hester’s gown? Interpreting Meanings 5. What conclusion can you draw from the fact that every new colony must provide a prison and a cemetery at once
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