Lord? b. Qualities of a Deacon c. Ordered by God 3. Conclusion a. Is it worth it? 1. A deacon, a man, a chosen life and servant of God, yet still human and prone to failure; God has His intended appointment for His people. As a church deacon, you must stand for, and on, the gospel; and live as though your life depended on it, because it does. Your life, though you go about day-by-day doing as you will, belongs to God first, the church that you serve, your community, than
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Gatsby which takes place in the early 1920’s. There is also a great divide in class and society. You have the wealthy and arrogant east egg and west egg citizens who have either had money in their family past down from generations of inheritance also receiving a fine education at an ivy league school or you have the new money and live in west egg earning a living as a bootlegger or involved in other mob activities like Jay Gatsby who was raised on hardships growing up. But like most people in today’s
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Colossians to pray, to be thankful and watchful. Paul ends his letter with some final greetings. 1 Thessalonians The Book of 1 Thessalonians is of epistle genre. Paul opens his letter to the people of Thessalonica by letting them know he thanks God for their faith Jesus. He lets them know they are in his prayers. Paul writes about his visit to Thessalonica. Even though he had to leave
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is the last time that you read an article, or saw a news story of a CEO giving their time or money to help out the community in which they operate their business? Sometimes it seems like this is a phenomena in the business community today. I believe that these types of stories could be commonplace if would try to embrace Christian values. It says in Matthew 22: 37-39, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind”. I think that this should
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consequence in how we view life, death, money, religion, values, morals, and many other important life issues. In the question of origin, the all important question is asked, “How did life begin?” In the christian worldview, it is believed that God created mankind and everything else that exists in the universe. This fact is supported in the bible scripture , (Genesis 1:1). It is further proven in the scripture (Psalm 139: 13-16) in which the Psalmist David declares God as his creator. In the question
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the main character, Chris Gardner. The movie is based on a true story. It tells about Chris Gardner who is struggling to sell his bones machine. He is abandoned by his wife as the life of the family become harder because Chris can not produce any money. He lives mobile with his son after being driven out of his apartment. Realizing that his expensive bones machine can not change his life, he struggles to find a job. He join a program in Dean Witter stock broker company to be the only who is accepted in the strict competition to be stock broker
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age his family shipped him to the University of Bonn for schooling. His father, a self-made attorney, implored Karl to study hard and attain knowledge for reaching steady employment. Instead of listening to his father, Karl squandered his father’s money and became engulfed in debt. Along with debt, Karl also indulged in drunkenness and even engaged in a duel. Karl chose to use his years at college learning Greek and Roman mythology. To add to his selfishness, after schooling Karl married much to his
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“We constantly thank God that when you received from us the word of God’s message, you accept it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God.” (1 Thessalonians 2:13). Therefore, my only belief is that of faith and my faith is in God and him alone. The bible is a history book of the universe. It tells us how the earth came to be and how God has a person and plan for everything in the world he created. However, the bible is much more than a history book. It is a written
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PL 109 Study Guide Plato’s Apology, pp. 1-5 1. When Socrates is on trial he initiates his defense by comparing his manner of speaking to that of his prosecutors. He discusses his force of eloquence because his accusers use this topic to say that you should not be mislead by this. Socrates goes on to agree with them by saying he does speak with the force of eloquence but only if that is a force of truth. He compares the eloquence mainly by agreeing with the prosecutors, but getting more specific with
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“30 pieces and not a coin less!” (page 118) is an expression Beneatha uses when Carl Lindner is around discussing with Walter about buying the house. The quote, found in Matthew 26:15, explains how Judas sold Jesus as a slave and betrayed him for money. This would relate to how Walter has the choice to sell their house, which would be betraying his family, or not accepting the offer, which would be his moment of moral reconciliation. Also, found in Genesis 2:7-21, Beneatha references Adam
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