The Book of Jonah is a special and interesting book in the Hebrew Bible. Unlike other eleven prophets’ books which focus on the prophecies from the Lord‚ the Book of Jonah is a book which focuses on the prophet himself. Jonah alone is the main human character in this book. The fours chapters are like four acts; together they tell a story about Jonah’s special travelling experience and portray the image of this running-away prophet. However‚ the Book of Jonah does not tell the readers about Jonah’s
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The title of Dryden’s poem Mac Flecknoe initiates the theme of familiar succession thus presenting many father/son or successor pairs. The poem begins with a mock sentential in the ponderous‚ aphoristic manner of a heroic poetry‚ gradually unveils the pathetic monarch of “Nonsense Absolute”. The first four lines which open the poem are in the high style with a delicate Horatian irony controlling the mock heroic inversions of terms. In the opening twenty lines of the poem Dryden introduces the readers
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Apologetics 1. Give proofs that Jesus Christ is the Son of God 2. Why does God allow suffering? 3. Does Science conflict with scriptures? 4. Miracles‚ are they possible? The BIBLE is a HISTORICAL DOCUMENT The Bible is a historical account of God revealing Himself and His purpose to His people and the world. The Biblical manuscripts are accurate‚ reliable‚ and authentic in their presentations of the facts. The miracles recorded in the Bible are historical events which occurred in the lives
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One of the biblical themes that have developed in the Old Testament and in the New Testament is the theme resurrection. The theme has continued developing as well as the meaning of the theme. Many writers have reinterpreted the meaning of resurrection and have changed it. Resurrection is the raising of the dead. It can be thought as an individual experience or a common ultimate destiny of mankind and the world. There are three different‚ but related beliefs of resurrection. The first one is that
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Studies in the Life of Elijah by J. Hampton Keathley III hamptonk3@bible.org Biblical Studies Press www.bible.org 1995 J. Hampton Keathley III‚ Th.M. is a 1966 graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and a former pastor of 28 years. Hampton currently writes for the Biblical Studies Foundation and on occasion teaches New Testament Greek at Moody Northwest (an extension of Moody Bible Institute) in Spokane‚ Washington. Unless otherwise noted‚ Scripture is taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD
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Acts 17:11 11) These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica‚ in that they received the Word with all readiness and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. II Peter 1: 19 – 21 19) And so we have the prophetic word confirmed‚ which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place‚ until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your heart; 20) Knowing this first‚ that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation‚ 21) for prophecy
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Chapter 1 Ishmael 1) Biblical--son of Abraham; an exile. 2) Ishmael ben Elisha--2nd century A.D. Jewish teacher of Galilee; outstanding Talmudic teacher; compiled the 13 hermeneutical rules for interpreting the Torah; founded a school which produced the legal commentary‚ Mekhilta. Cato A Shakespearean character in Julius Caesar; committed suicide by falling on his sword. Seneca and the Stoics Seneca--among Rome’s leading intellectual figures in the mid-1st century AD. He and Epictetus
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Sashanka S. Das‚ 4028‚ B.A. (H)‚ English‚ IInd year Q. Write on John Dryden’s ‘Mac Flecknoe’ as a satire. A. John Dryden’s Mac Flecknoe‚ as part of his corpus of satirical verse‚ is a short piece‚ and not as overtly political as‚ say‚ Absalom and Achitophel. It does aim to censure through indirect ridicule rather than direct condemnation‚ but‚ being a censorious poem directed specifically at an individual subject‚ Dryden’s literary rival Thomas Shadwell‚ it seems more a lampoon‚ as defined
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DISCIPLESHIP IN CHRISTIANITY (A LOOK INTO THE PRIMITIVE AND MODERN APPROACH) BY OTITOJU TEMITOPE ROSELINE Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN THEOLOGY at the REDEEMED CHRISTIAN BIBLE COLLEGE SUPERVISOR: PASTOR G.G. OBAFEMI ABSTRACT One would agree that‚ apart from His (Jesus) sacrificial work on the cross‚ the most significant thing our Lord did upon the earth was to make disciples
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PROPHETHOOD IN JUDAISM Judaism is one of the religion that was originally revealed by Allah and has its own holy scriptures and this duty of bringing holy texts to the people has been given to prophets and it is commonly described as the communication between God and people. the One of the basic essentials of faith in Judaism is the prophethood‚ as well states Musa Ibn Maymun (A.D. 1135-1204)in articles 6-7 in the 13 articles of faith systematized : “I believe with full faith that the words of
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