Paul tells the story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar. In this story, “Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the freeborn woman” (Gal. 4:22); the slave woman was Hagar and the freeborn was Sarah. God proposed that Abraham would have a child with Sarah, his wife. Instead, he committed an action that went against God’s wishes of having a child with Sarah. Abraham, had a child with Hagar; with this action, Abraham wanted to make God’s promise through his own works and by this it
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How would you feel, if you got treated like an animal? In the book, Night by Elie Wiesel was a young Jewish boy name Elie Wiesel and his family who get forced into camps during the holocaust. Ellie explains the horror that him, his family and other jews went through during this time. The theme of Night is when people get treated like an animal, they lose their identity. How would you feel if you could feel any pain? When the kapos were beating Elias, he could feel the pain. “The kapos were beating
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The results of the Crusade were more negative than positive. They left hatred behind them and destruction. The destruction was in both the cities and in their trust for each other. The hatred was so strong thousands of innocent people would be killed for just being in the Christian or Muslim religions. The Crusades left hatred between the religions.Document 10 states, the Franks would come and tell the Muslims to face the other way when praying. The muslims would become fed up with it and killed
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In the beginning of time, an immense comet landed on Earth and created a tremendous explosion. This explosion caused the already existing mass land to disperse into 7 different pieces. Some parts of the comet were left behind on each piece of land, which are now known as the 7 continents of the world. The God of Earth witnessed the change in Earth and gave life to the pieces of rocks left behind on each continent. This is how the first human beings came to be. The people that were created in Southwest
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The Darkest Night Some nights are created not by the absence of the sun, but the darkness conjured inside of man, himself. Ironically, some of the darkest of time periods that mankind will ever experience was created from inside from man. One of time periods was named the Holocaust. Considered one of the most horrific events in human history, one was to be found very lucky to have survived such torture and tragedy, if they survivored. One survivor of the Holocaust was a little 15 year old boy
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The history of the Jewish people began in the Middle East in the Bronze Age times, when God promised a nomad leader called Abram and that he would be the father of great people if he did as God told him. Abram was later named ‘Abraham’ and the Jews regarded him as the first Patriarch (head) of the Jewish people. Abraham was the first person to teach the idea that there was only one God; before then, people believed in many Gods. The history of the Jewish people is one fraught with discrimination
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The Christian church was created in the Roman Empire. It was thought to have originated from the East. There were plenty of other religions that were growing but it was really the Jewish religion that was attracting the most significance. The Jews were considered “God’s chosen people” throughout the Bible and this acted as a drawing force to the religion . Because the ancient Roman religion was still enforced, Christianity was not a popular belief. This faith was angering many Roman officials and
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The New Testament begins with a collection of four books known as the Gospels. These books together give a complete account of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Gospels consist of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. While these are four different books they are all telling the same story. The word "gospel” actually translates to mean "good news,” which is exactly what is contained in the these four books as they tell the story of Jesus's time on Earth. Each book gives a different vantage
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For about two centuries after Nero, persecutions came and went and were frequently quite unorganized. However, as Rome started to decline in aspects of military affairs and politics, more and more cases of persecutions took place. Emperor Domitian, who reigned from 81 CE until 96 CE, decided to hold persecutions of his own. During this persecution, Apostle John was exiled to Patmos. During Marcus Aurelius's rule, many Christians suffered as a result of Aurelius giving permission to the governor of
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The United States of America is most commonly known as a melting pot due to its wide variety of cultures and the combining of those cultures. Included with these differing cultures is a wide variety of religions and spiritual beliefs. In all religions and beliefs, there are certain items and places that are considered sacred and are respected by the respective religions. The term sacred refers to anything that is set apart from the secular , or unholy. This could range from a designated place of
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