biblical roots In fact‚ confirmation—a special anointing with the Holy Spirit—has its roots in Old Testament prophecy. Isaiah prophesied that the promised Messiah would be specially anointed with the Holy Spirit. The Hebrew word Messiah literally means "anointed one": "There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse‚ and a branch shall grow out of his roots. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him‚ the spirit of wisdom and understanding‚ the spirit of counsel and might‚ the spirit of knowledge and the fear of
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United States is a Christian nation. After reading the Church book‚ however‚ I believe it is obvious that our country was not in fact founded on Christianity. Even though many religious right groups insist our laws should enforce the doctrines of Protestant Christianity. The documents written by our founding fathers say otherwise. The U.S. Constitution has no mention of Christianity or Jesus Christ‚ and is evidence within itself that our country was not founded as a Christian nation. The men
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own perceptive. However‚ a biblical worldview is not based upon any beliefs and values. A biblical worldview is defined as a framework of ideas that are in the scripture. Growing up‚ I never thought about my worldviews having to do with being a Christian. To be honest‚ I chose my views on the world based on what is happening around me. My parents‚ family‚ friends‚ and experiences I have encountered throughout my life. Keith Druly defined a worldview as “a particular bias in our presuppositions that
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201004181 Figure 1 Christian Dior fixing the dress he designed on a model. Figure 1 Christian Dior fixing the dress he designed on a model. On February 2‚ 1947‚ Christian Dior launched his first fashion collection for Spring/Summer 1947‚ “Carolle”‚ thus putting an end to the wartime styles that had dominated the fashion world ever since 1939. The new collection went down in the fashion history and got to be known by the name of the “New Look”. During World War II‚ designers had been
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1. Explain the difference between Muslims and Arabs. Muslims and Arab Americans are different groups in the United States and although some Muslim Americans overlap with Arab ancestry‚ they are different from one another. Most Muslims are not of the Arab background. The Arabs are an ethnic group and the Muslims are a religious group. The name Arab Americans refers to the immigrants and their descendents from the countries that now comprise the Arab world. The Arabic language is the single most-unifying
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Christmas holiday Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl‚ which referred to the feast of the winter solstice. The corresponding terms in other languages—Navidad in Spanish‚ Natale in Italian‚ Noël in French—all probably denote nativity. The German word Weihnachten denotes “hallowed night.” Since the early 20th century
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Why is Muhammad (pbuh) important to Muslims? Muhammad (pbuh) is extremely important to Muslims all around the world‚ and a sacred symbol for the Islamic religion. Pbuh stands for ‘peace be upon him’. This abbreviation is added along with his name all around the world as a sign of respect for him. Not only that‚ but Muslims do this to give peace upon him. Muhammad was not able to read or write so his was known as an ‘illiterate’ when he was born‚ and until he died. Because of this‚ when ‘Allah’
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Concept of Marriage in Muslim Law Islam‚ unlike other religions is a strong advocate of marriage. There is no place of celibacy in Islam like the Roman Catholic priests & nuns. The Prophet has said “There is no Celibacy in Islam”. Marriage acts as an outlet for sexual needs & regulates it so one doesn’t become slave to his/her desires. It is a social need because through marriage‚ families are established and the families are the fundamental entity of our society. Furthermore marriage
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Why is Muhammad important to Muslims? Muslims believe that Muhammad is the Last Prophet and Allah’s Messenger as he brought the Qur’an (Muslim’s holy book) to the people. They also believe the Qur’an is made entirely of Allah’s word to them and that when he gave Muhammad the Qur’an’s word‚ Allah told him all the words which he committed to memory and had to scribes to write it down for him later as he could not read or write. This is why Muslims say that Muhammad could not have copied the Qur’an’s
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The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Europe set up by the medieval papacy as an attempt to unite Christendom under one power. It is considered to begin the year of 962 with the papal crowning of Otto I as the first emperor and lasted until the final dissolution by Napoleon in 1806. The initial fall of the Holy Roman Empire took place gradually over an enduring period of time as it grew less and less of a force an European politics. A few known reasons for this decline of the emperor were
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