The woman is "in all things inferior to the man," said first century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus.[1] Rabbi Judah, a contemporary of Josephus, said "a man must pronounce three blessings each day: 'Blessed be the Lord who did not make me a heathen; blessed be he who did not make me a woman; blessed be he who did not make me an uneducated person.'"[2] Jewish Rabbis in the first century were encouraged not to teach or even to speak with women. Jewish wisdom literature tells us that "he that
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transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:6-7). "When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures" (James 4:3). Genesis 18:27 Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. Psalm 103:1-22 Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget
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building up the body of Christ. Sound teaching and unified body enables members of the church to take care of each other through prayer (Acts 2: 42). Externally, the purpose of the church is to fulfill the Great Commission as Jesus commanded in (Matthew 28:18-20). There is no nobler purpose for the church than to introduce others
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Homosexuality is becoming an increasingly relevant issue in America and the world today. According to the 2010 United States Census, there are 131,729 married same-sex couples in America alone. Undoubtedly, the 2015 statics show a dramatic increase in the number of married gay couples living in the present-day U.S., considering the fact that 37 states have legalized gay marriage as of 2015. There are two competing worldviews regarding this prevalent topic: those that support homosexuality and those
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is a fool…” (Hindson 2012, 263). Another comparison The Essence of the Old Testament: A Survey makes between wisdom and folly is righteousness and wickedness. From the book of Genesis to the book of Revelation, we see that characters possess, at one time or another, all of these traits. For example, in Genesis, the first man and woman turned their righteousness into wickedness by eating the forbidden fruit. Since then, no one but Jesus has been a stranger to sin. Diligence is when a person
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heart, and do not lean unto his own understanding. In addition, in all his ways man should acknowledge God and He will direct a man’s path. After all, God created man and woman therefore both genders can trust in the God of their creation. Proverbs 18:10 says the name of the Lord is a strong tower and the righteous run in to it and are safe. In
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sparked the ecological discussion “go green” has moved from the small group discussion to the forefront discussion in churches and news centers. God created the earth for man to inhabit it and to take care of all living things according to Isaiah 45:18. Unfortunately, due to wrongful actions of humans wanting technology y to be better and faster, there is a crisis. According to the article Keepers of the
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The Nature of Sacrifice In The History And Ideology Of The Gush Emunim There can be no argument that by living in small settlements in the hostile and explosive West Bank and Gaza Strip, Gush Emunim settlers are making some sort of sacrifice. Surrounded no doubt by hostile Palestinians who feel that the Israelis are occupying their home, religious settlers face the potential for violence and death on a daily basis. In what is becoming a more perilous state of affairs in Israel with each suicide
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.[1] Considered as the greatest living artist in his lifetime, he has since been held as one of the greatest artists of all time.[1] Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often
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