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    What Is a Spiritual Gift

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    What is a spiritual gift? It is the desire and power to fulfill God’s purpose (The Life application bible 1988). It is a joy and or a desire and a power. The word gift means: christmaton‚ comes from the root word char meaning joy. Every Christian has a spiritual gift. The gift helps perfect the body. “Just as each of us have one body‚ each member belongs to the all the others. We have different gifts‚ according to the grace given us‚ “Romans 12 verse 5. (The Life application bible 1988)

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    How Did Buddhism Spread

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    Spread of Buddhism Across the World “This is why I am continuing my travels—not to seek other‚ better teachings‚ for I know there are none‚ but to depart from all teachings and all teachers and to reach my goal by myself or to die” - Hermann Hesse. The teachings of Buddhism have been continuingly traveling all across the world and spreading. Buddhism originated from India during the 5th century BCE‚ and the spread began. By the 1st century Buddhism began to split within the religion‚ the new evolving

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    understanding of the characters in the play. Hamlet’s thoughts about his father‚ mother‚ and himself are made clear through his references to allusions. Hamlet compares his father to Hyperion while comparing his uncle to a Satyr‚ Hamlet compares his mother to Niobe‚ and states the contrast between him and Hercules. When Hamlet compares his father to Hyperion and uncle to a satyr it shows how much he admired his father‚ and his disgust towards his uncle. Hyperion was one of the 12 the children of Gaia (Earth)

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    as born on June 19‚ 1861 at Calamba‚ Laguna. His second house was in Binan Laguna where he had his early education He also studied in Sto. Tomas and Ateneo Rizal could no longer bear the discrimination in University of Sto. Tomas thus he decided to go abroad. His purposes are : to finish hi medical studies‚ to study liberalism‚ culture‚ and what kind of government do other countries have. On May 3‚ 1882‚ Rizal left Philippines for the first time to Spain. He boarded the Salvadora using a passport

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    What Is JB HI-FI Growth?

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    FY2016‚ JB HI-FI has an impressive sales growth of from 4.8% to 8.28% since the high-demand of consumer electronics goods; the collapse of Dick Smith and the acquisition of home appliances chain The Good Guys. Therefore‚ it is reasonable to expect that company will continuously deliver growth rate over the next period‚ specifically is the estimation of 5.98% from FY17 through FY22. The in-depth consideration of general economic conditions and business condition will be further determining JB HI-FI growth

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    What Leads to Success

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    What leads to Success? Nowadays‚ the topic of “what leads to success” becomes more and more popular in society. What characteristics or specific skills help those great people to make achievements? How are they different from others? As opposed to the traditional theory‚ which mainly focuses on the importance of natural intelligence‚ the majority of people now put more attention on something else. Cherry Cherniss and Malcolm Gladwell believe that emotional intelligence plays a critical role of achieving

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    92. What are Clerval’s plans for his career? Clerval wants to help with the progress of the English empire in India. 93. Where does Victor’s journey end‚ and what does he plan to do there? Why is he afraid? Victor’s journey ends in Perth‚ Scotland‚ and the Orkney Islands. He is afraid the monster is angry that Victor is delaying on his promise. 94. Why does Victor change his mind about creating the female? Who watches him as he destroys the female? Victor changes his mind because he does

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    Buddhism is a far reaching religion in which the people who practice it are told to detach themselves from all earthly desires. It stretches from the plains of Tibet to the cities of Britain. Buddhism also affects the identity and outlook on life for those who practice it because the religion advises against earthly attachment and being extremely rich or poor. Those who follow the extremes of life are unable to follow the “Middle Way” to achieve enlightenment. Buddhism affects the internal identity

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    The Hobbit: What did Bilbo Baggins Learn At the beginning of the adventure‚ Bilbo is a conservative‚ careful hobbit‚ blind to the adventurous side of his world. The Tookish part in him has been buried deep as a result of his community‚ and their narrow-minded view on life. We can see this when Gandalf arrives at his house‚ and begins talking to him and he says‚ “We don’t want any adventures here‚ thank-you!” thus implying that it is not directly his opinion. Throughout the journey‚ he becomes

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    How Did Siddhartha Change

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    The book‚ Siddhartha‚ by Hermann Hesse‚ is about a young boy named Siddhartha who wanted to become enlightened. Siddhartha vastly changed throughout the book‚ and Hesse used several techniques to describe his changes- this includes how the characters fulfilled the mentor roles to him‚ the various symbols that Siddhartha encounters‚ and his character development. Siddhartha goes on a journey and meets several mentors‚ which includes Govinda‚ Kamala‚ the river‚ and the ferryman‚ Vasudeva. All of these

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