...Fischer: 8:00 a.m. Sometimes in April Response “Thousands Died, Many Knew, Millions did Nothing” Raul Peck’s Sometimes in April, unlike the other films, focused on the guilt of the world as the genocide unraveled as well as the pain felt by the families that tried to survive. The movie depicts the struggle of a man’s family, personally, and their fight to get out of the country. We basically see how they are directly affected by the mass murder. The idea of the main character, Augustin, allows for the audience to feel the pain most families felt. As opposed to Hotel Rwanda and Paul’s happy/hopeful ending, Augustin’s pain remains even years after the war between Hutu and Tutsi. The director used Augustin as a tool to show the audience what resources lacked in the country to protect the thousands of people that were slaughtered. The film also portrays the real horror that must have been felt by the thousands hiding in ditches and swamps all across the country. It was eye-opening to have the movie take place in two different locations: Rwanda and America. We see the fear and the struggle in Rwanda, while witnessing the apathy and nonchalance of America to assist in preventing, if not ending the slaughter(s). While being much more explicit and striking than Hotel Rwanda, the audience is moved to be biased against America’s lack of concern toward the incident. According to University for Peace, Augustin’s agreement to witness his brother’s trial for ultimately instigating the...
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...Temptation is set by the devil to prevent a relationship with the Lord from strengthening, Jesus tells us that we should stand sound on our knowledge of the word of God and that trials cannot last forever and eventually will result in a growth of our faith. (Matthew 4: 8-10). To encourage fellow Christians through temptation Paul reminds the Christians that no temptation will ever overtake you (1 Corinthians 10:13) and that with the Lord’s help you can flee it. Paul’s advice was beneficial as he reinforced the truths of the Lord so that followers were not easily confused. Additionally, he reminds the church to walk in the spirit of God rather than gratifying the flesh. Through various hardships or trials we are asked to remain obedient to the Lord and to trust the process that he will prevail. The Lord...
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...COMMENTARIES 3. 25]. Available from: http://www.ccl-cca.ca/ccl/Reports/HealthLiteracy.html Petch E, Ronson B, Rootman I. Literacy and health in Canada: what we have learned and what can help in the future? A research report. Clear language edition [monograph on the Internet]. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Institutes of Health Research; 2004 [cited 2011 Nov 25]. Available from: www.cpha.ca/ uploads/portals/h-l/literacy_e.pdf Public Health Agency of Canada [homepage on the Internet]. Ottawa, ON: Public Health Agency of Canada; 2003 [updated 2011 Oct 21; cited 2011 Nov 26]. What determines health?; [about 3 screens]. Available from: http:// www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/determinants/index-eng.php. Scott Murray, Data Angel Policy Research, Incorporated, Rima Rudd, Harvard School of Public Health, Irwin Kirsch, Educational Testing, Service, Kentaro Yamamoto, Educational Testing Service and, Sylvie Grenier, Statistics Canada. Health literacy in Canada: initial results from the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey 2007 [monograph on Internet]. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Council on Learning; 2007 [cited 2011 Nov 26]. Available from: www.ccl-cca.ca/pdfs/HealthLiteracy/HealthLiteracyinCanada.pdf Rao JK, Anderson LA, Inui TS, Frankel RM. Communication interventions make a difference in conversation between physician and patients: a systemic review of the evidence. Med Care. 2007;45(4):340-9. Stewart MA. Effective physician–patient communication and health outcomes: a review. CMAJ. 1995;152(9):1423-33...
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...Paul’s character begins the war and the novel, Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, as a child, barely out of school, and is sent into the most traumatizing event anyone during his time went through; The Great War, which stripped his innocence and turned him into a broken man. So, although his life was not doomed since the beginning, his mindset, personality, and purity were all doomed to be erased since the moment he entered battle. Throughout the war, he is subjected to the loss of his friends, the mind shattering effects of shells bursting mere meters from him, and the horrifying experience of not only killing men, but brutally maiming one and listening to his final breaths, torturing himself over the hours that he is trying to keep...
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...self-defense weapons. As a result, the bombings were used as leverage by members of Congress to derail negotiations on gun control. While the repercussions of the bombings wrecked havoc, it became evident that spectators “questioned if authorities operated pre-marathon security properly” (Bommarito, Sal). This questioning caused alarm among citizens because they were unsure of the intentions of the actions of authority. Subsequently, there were calls for further monitoring of foreign travelers; better communication among government police agencies; demands for more security, surveillance and generally more government power to prevent similar strikes in the future. The danger in the response the police displayed in Boston was that it would become a default response on other...
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...hurches are a lot like plants. If a plant does not grow, it will die. In other words, change is wired into the way plants were designed by God. Similarly, a church that does not change and grow also will die. But not all change is good. Change can lead us away from who we are. It can cause us to lose touch with God’s purpose for us. The Seventh-day Adventist Church must be especially on guard because this present-truth message is being proclaimed by no one but us! That’s a heavy responsibility—one we all, whether laity or ministry, must never forget. Through revelation and Spirit-guided consensus, God has led the church to even more light. The light of the past helps the church to navigate its way through the treacherous waters of change. Paul’s final word to the Thessalonians gives us inspired guidance in this crucial area. *Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, September 29. C 149 S unday September 23 (page 105 of Standard Edition) Faithful by God’s Choice (2 Thess. 2:13–17) The language of this section recalls the prayer at the beginning of 1 Thessalonians. It is almost as if Paul is returning to the place where he began, creating a natural conclusion to this pair of letters. Paul here expresses his concern that the believers in Thessalonica not deviate from the path on...
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...CHRISTIAN APPROACH TO HOMOSEXUALITY 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. BIBLE AND HOMOSEXUALITY 1. Biblical View of Sexuality 2. Old Testament on Homosexuality 2a. Stories of Sodom and Gibeah 2b. Levitical Texts 3. New Testament on Homosexuality 3a. Paul’s Statements in Romans 3b. Other Pauline Texts II. BIOLOGY AND HOMOSEXUALITY III. LAW AND HOMOSEXUALITY IV. CHURCH AND THE HOMOSEXUAL CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY 2 INTRODUCTION On 2nd July 2009, in a landmark judgement, the Delhi High Court struck down the provision of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalised consensual sexual acts of adults in private, holding that it violated the fundamental right of life and liberty and the right to equality as guaranteed in the Constitution. Pronouncing the order in Naz Foundation (India) Trust v. Government of NCT, Delhi and Others, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 7455 of 2001, a division bench of Chief Justice A.P Shah and Justice S. Murlidhar said “We declare that Section 377 IPC, insofar it criminalizes consensual sexual acts of adults in private, is violative of Articles 21, 14 and 15 of the Constitution.” While gay-rights movements...
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...understanding that 1 Cor. 14:34-35 is an interpolation. Based on this affirmation, chapter one investigates both the meaning of vv. 34-35 within the context of Paul’s first extant letter to the Corinthians, and the original message of chapter fourteen without vv. 34-35. Chapter one also offers the most compelling reasons why a scribe would choose chapter fourteen as the place to insert an interpolation against women’s speech in the church. Finally, I examine the parallels between 1 Cor. 14:34-35 and 1 Tim. 2:9-15. Chapter two summarizes the argument that 1 Cor. 14:34-35 is an interpolation. In this chapter, first I investigate the issue of interpolation in ancient literature. Then, I present the arguments based on internal evidences that are both for and against the interpolation of 1 Cor. 14:34-35. Next, I provide a section on external evidences supporting a case of interpolation of vv. 34-35. In this final section we will investigate scribal awareness of multiple readings in Codex Vaticanus, Fuldensis and Ms. 88, which can be observed in some sigla left by the copyists of these texts. Chapter three examines the identity of the author(s) and the date of composition for both the interpolation in Corinthians and the Pastoral Epistles. Chapter three provides a survey on the role of women in the churches under Paul’s personal supervision. It also examines the ancient view of the role of women in the Greco-Roman society and how it impacted the deutero-Pauline understanding...
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...Christian Love—One Step Beyond (Podcast) John H. Hampsch, C.M.F. Just before the Korean War some Communist rebels in a Korean town murdered a young Christian who was a YMCA secretary—an instance of Proverbs 29:10: "Bloodthirsty men seek to kill the upright." At the trial, the father of the slain boy, a minister, asked the judge to spare the life of the young cutthroat leader, and to be permitted to adopt him as his son, to replace the son that was murdered. As a result of this extra measure of forgiving love, the young Communist and all of his living relatives were converted to Christianity. What is the source of such heroic love? The answer is found in the very command to love with the extra measure, in the words "I say to you..." (Matt. 5:44). The secret of love and its glacier-melting warmth can be found only in the person of Jesus. He didn't say, "Without my ideals, you can do nothing," or "Without my precepts, you can do nothing." He said, “Without me you can do nothing." You can't live the Sermon on the Mount unless the Savior of the mount lives in you. "And this is how we know that he lives in us," says John. "We know it by the Spirit he gave us" (1 John 3: 24). Virtue, like a well-cut diamond, is multifaceted. Heroic virtue is any of those facets supercharged with love. "Over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity" (Col. 3:14). That's why it is in the treatment of the virtue of charity or love that Jesus spotlights...
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...Throughout the book, he uses a Christian perspective on counseling reciting scenarios from his life to demonstrate the different concepts of counseling. Dr. Wright uses these situations. To teach the proper responses, to different crisis situations. When reading these situations, he wants us to “consider two important questions: How would you feel? What would you do or say?” (Wright, 2011, p.10). Wright describes how Jesus was an exemplary model of being compassionate, acceptant of others, giving people worth, meeting their needs, using the right word, emphasizing the right behavior, teaching others how to accept responsibility by providing hope, encouraging people, and emphasizing peace of mind (Wright, 2011, p. 17-21). Using scripture Wright guides us towards the biblical response to crisis situations. He teaches us that listening is an important part of counseling paying attention to not only what is being said, but also to how it is being said. Listening to the tone of voice as well as watching body language to interrupt the message you are receiving. He emphasizes speaking at the right time and knowing when to keep quiet. It is important to consider your responses, instead of making a hasty statement is not knowing how it will affect the other person. Thinking through your responses prevents you from giving “an off-the-cuff, superficial answer that doesn’t meet the counselee’s need and doesn’t deal with the problem” (Wright, 2011, p. 35). He states that it’s important to give advice...
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...QUESTION: THE VERBUM INCARNATUM ON THE JERUSALEM STREET IS THE SAME WITH THE LOGOS OF FAITH. DISCUSS? BY JOSEPH ONYENWMADU O. CHIBUOGWU COURSE TITLE: THE QUEST FOR HISTORICAL JESUS. DATE: MAY, 2016 It is worthy of note that the first four centuries of the life of the Church was nearly marred by the Christological heresies. Argument about the person and work of Jesus Christ. Arguments abound concerning the Historicity of the Christian religion, while many has maintained that Jesus had not intended a development of faith from his teachings, the quest to identify the historical Jesus and differentiate between the Jesus of history and the Jesus of faith is going on. One of those devastating heresies called Docetism appeared in the time of John the beloved, propounded by the Marcions and the Gnostics, a teaching that denied the human nature of Jesus Christ claiming that the body is matter and matter is evil, so that the body was just a “Phantom” a body merely given a human appearance in nature but not necessarily human, because they believe that God cannot associate with evil. So John wrote in his first epistle that “every Spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God” 1John 4:3. The Jesus of History is the Jesus of the Historical Quests which is by now is on the 3rd stage. The Christ of Faith is the Christ of the Christian belief. To have any sort of separation between the two is like having a separation between the WORD and the CHRIST...
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...Will Church Go Through the Great Tribulation? Critical Evaluation of Dispensational & Historic Premillennialism views on Tribulation Tekalign Shiferaw Box, M-4 Evangelical Theological College Addis Ababa Submitted to: Dr. Seblewengel Daniel Course: Ecclesiology and Eschatology November 1st, 2012 1|Page 1. Introduction Whether the church will go through the Great Tribulation or not is one of the massive debatable topics among Evangelical scholars. For example, prominent Evangelical Scholars such as: C.I. Scofield, Tim Lahaye, Robert L. Thomas, John Walvoord, Paige Patterson, et al. argue for the position that church will not go through the Great tribulation, and on the other side, D.A. Carson, Wayne Grudem, George Ladd, Robert Mounce, Gundry Robert Horton, et al. argue for the position that church will go through the Great Tribulation.1 “The view that Christ will take the church to himself prior to the tribulation is called pretribulationism; the view that he will take the church after the tribulation is called posttribulation”.2 Which view is nearly biblical, Pretribulationism or posttribulationism? This paper will explore historical development of the teaching of the secret rapture [which is the teaching of pretribulationism], scriptural evidences and arguments which both view advocates bring to validate their views, and the writer’s position and arguments. 1. The Great Tribulation Before we engage in investigating historical development of pretribulational...
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...2. Identify the victors at the Battle of Trafalgar. Where is this battle most highly commemorated and why? Map of the battle and deployment of ships during the battle of Trafalgar from National Geographic. [1] “Six thousand Frenchmen and Spaniards were killed or wounded at Trafalgar as well as 1,700 Britons; nineteen enemy ships were taken and one sunk; but the immensity of the victory at Trafalgar transcended such mundane calculations. It guaranteed British control of the oceans, and the creation of a unique global power that would endure for more than a century. The iconic value of the two names Nelson and Trafalgar for the British state was immense: they would be combined in many forms, most obviously in the centre of imperial London.”[2] This quote taken form Andrew Lambert’s article on the lasting effects of the battle of Trafalgar illustrates the significance of that battle of the world’s stage. The battle reinforced British supremacy of the seas and set forth the uncontested dominance of the British Empire throughout the globe. The fact that the British Empire then dominated the seas led directly to their ability to develop as a nation state and to influence the political landscape of Europe. Nations of Europe that had any interest in maritime trade with others now had to contend with the British Empire. The maritime supremacy of Great Britain, secured at the Battle of Trafalgar, is arguably one of the most important aspects of...
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...During this course on the history of Catholic Moral Theology, we have had to deal with the topic of what can and cannot change within the Catholic Church. This happened to be the title of the primary book that we used for this course. This book, by John T. Noonan, is entitled A Church That Can and Cannot Change: The Development of Catholic Moral Teaching. A theme which Noonan immediately focuses on throughout the book is one which touches many of us deeply, slavery. As a person who has studied both law and religion and who is now embarking on a study of moral theology & ethics, I was highly interested in reading what John T. Noonan a distinguished scholar -author and member of the U.S. Court of Appeals- had to say in such an arena. Having heard him lecture, I was interested to see how his viewpoint translated into this type of arena. I was not disappointed. Throughout our course we not only discussed how this work dealt with such a topic, but we also discussed our own viewpoints on this very topic. Within the following paper I will discuss the issue of slavery, in the form of a synthetic paper, and how not only how it has evolved, but also the various positions the church has had concerning such an issue. As a backdrop, I will also use what Noonan outlined in his book as well. Therefore, this paper will be in the form of a review of Noonan thoughts (which will utilize various points from my prior presentation on this topic)/synthetic paper on the issue of slavery...
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...We are now living in the 21st century. Everything around us is changing. Our society is broader and our global network is smaller than ever. Technology has permitted us the opportunity to become global citizens. Our world has evolved from the days of Abraham and Sarah, of being a patriarchial, agrarian society. We are now a society of consumers and capitalism drives our economy. Everything about our society has changed. Even for some, the definition of marriage, a covenant before God between one man and one woman, is also being challenged by gay rights activists. As man has evolved in his practice of Christianity, no longer being bound by the Mosaic law, has God changed his purpose for marriage? We know him to be, according to Psalm 102:27, a spiritual being who will never change or end. As God never changes neither does his definition of marriage. I will prove that the sanctity of marriage should be upheld as the standard of Christianity between one man and one woman. Marriage is a covenant before God. It is consummated by sexual intercourse between the man and the woman. Andreas Köstenberger, author of God, Marriage, and Family, advises on five marital concepts to which all Godly relationships must commit. First, marriage is permanent. Divorce is not an option except in certain circumstances advised by Jesus in Matthew 19:9 Those seeking to marry should seek out wise counsel. Second, marriage is sacred before God and he honors it because he created...
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