...to find. Many times all they did was to make the patients die more quickly, because the sooner they died, the sooner the nurses collected the fees they had agreed on.” (Document 11). Another reason was so heirs could get money faster if they killed the people higher up in the family. “About 40 people at Casale in Western Lombardy smeared the bolts of the town gates with an ointment to spread the plaque. Those who touched the gates were infected and many died. The heirs of the dead and diseased had actually paid people at Casale to smear the gates in order to obtain there inheritances more quickly.” (Document 4). The second big response to the black plaque was religion. The black plaque allowed people to move away or get closer to religion, people that got closer, prayed more and performed many ceremonies. One of them believed in a piece of bread touched by a Saint, and gave it to her sick husband. “My husband Ottavio had a malignant fever. We were sure he would die. Sister Angelica del Macchia, prioress at Crocetta, sent me a little piece of bread that had touched the body of St. Domenica. I fed it to my husband and suddenly the fever...
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...wonderful gifts to the campers as it brings the children of God closer to Him. Not only has Camp Capers touched my life, but the staff, counselors, and campers who experience these incredible weeks with me have also. Campers are constantly surrounded by Christians who adore God’s goodness and who also adore each other. Every summer I’m touched and inspired by each and every person, either because of the person’s stories or because I see the growth of spirituality that God is working in them today. But one counselor and teacher will always have that special place in my heart, and her name is Sarah Cozad. My first year as a camper, I was blessed to have Sarah Cozad as my counselor in cabin fourteen. Her energy and genuine kindness made me feel welcomed and comfortable from the moment I met her. Throughout my first week, I was nervous and self-conscious because I did not know anyone and it was my first time away from home without my parents. One night after chapel and all the activities were finished, we had a cabin gathering called Devotions. Sarah told us to write one thing we were insecure about on one side and on the other write how God can turn the negative into the positive. One thing I was extremely insecure about was my shyness and the inability to express my feelings. I was afraid to show my true character because of the uninviting reactions people sometimes show to others. Sarah explained to us that night that God loves and accepts us for the person we are growing to be...
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...Paradox for SATB Choir and Violoncello Written for Dr. William Eash and the Bethel College Concert Choir q = 70 Freely, as a chant Soprano Bass Piano (for rehearsal only) Violoncello Tenor Alto 5 y, Pno. Vc. O p 3 in - ex - press - i - ble mys - ter - 3 O p 3 in - ex - press - i - ble mys - ter - y, in - ex - press - i - ble, O mys - ter - y, 3 mys - ter - y, O un - heard - of par - a - dox, O p 3 p T. B. O un - heard -of par - a - dox, O q = 70 Freely, as a chant in - ex - press - i - ble mys - ter - y, A. 3 O p p S. text by Gregory of Nyssa and Miriam Overholt music by Miriam Overholt mys - ter - y, O 3 3 ...
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...soul when you begin to praise God for who He is and thank Him for what He has done. Worship is what empowers followers of Jesus to live faithfully in the world. In worship our minds take in wisdom, our hearts are moved, and our whole beings are called to live out the gospel. People have worshiped, and praised God since the beginning of time. One of the best stories of worship towards God is noted in Isaiah 6, “ In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory." At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke (v.1–4).” Worship brings an upward look, with one glance at God on His throne with all of His glory. It pulls our attentions off our idols and puts them back of to our God. It reminds us how good, powerful and loving He is. Worship brings us an inward look. "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty." Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this...
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...or something physical that took place? Explain your answer. Mattew 9: 27 – 31; Jesus Heals two blind men. And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, "Have mercy on us, Son of David." When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you." And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, "See that no one knows it." But they went away and spread his fame throughout that entire district. The central core of the story, the healing itself, is the significant part, because there we have the words of Jesus about their faith. I believe that faith opens the way for us to see the power of God’s kingdom and to experience his healing presence in our lives. Faith is a gift freely given by God to help us know God personally, to understand his truth, and to live in the power of his love. For faith to be effective it must be linked with trust and obedience; an active submission to God and a willingness to do whatever he commands. When the two blind men approached Jesus, he questioned their earnestness in order to test and strengthen them in faith and trust in his power. Their faith grew as they responded to his word with confident and hopes. He restored their sight both physically and spiritually to the reality of his kingdom. It does not matter whether we are...
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...years they have lived, and many years they have suffered, but this is where my story begins, it the midst of it all, the year is 110 B.C., and 10 years before my birth. First let me explain to you a little about my speech. I have lived a long time, as you can tell, I am immortal. I have the human language well and can speak over 30 different languages, not including the Native American languages. I am not into using large and hard to understand words; their meanings are pointless if you don’t know what the word is. My father had a wife that couldn’t bear children, and for the chief of a tribe, it is important to have children to carry on the tribe’s traditions, bloodline, and heritage. Every night and day he would pray to our gods, asking for a child while the harvest went bad, finally he decided to change he prayer and ask for a good harvest. The harvest was plentiful, so he continued to ask for a good harvest every time. He continued for nine years, the harvest was healthy, everyone had food and provisions, and everyone was happy. Well not everyone, the wife of the chief was...
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...I’m here to say thank you from me and all the other hundreds of people who were touched by Colton’s story. Heaven is for Real had remained captivating to me because of the way you retold your conversation with Colton’s encounter with Jesus. It was one of those books that exceeded my expectations through the use of honesty, emotion, and idea of hope. Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down until I finished it. I admired how the book was set apart from other religious books by its innocence and simplicity through the lens of a child. This book touched my heart and opened my eyes to see...
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...to him as it was for Odysseus to Ithaca. Allegorical pilgrimage is similar to that of Odysseus. He seemed to lose track of his destiny particularly during his relationship with Dido in Carthage. Similarly Odysseus reflected that same lose of connection while he stayed at Calypso Island. We learned from the story that the value Aeneas places on his family is particularly evident in the scene which he escorts his father and son out of Troy, bearing his elderly father on his back. He behave no less honorable towards the gods, always seeking to find out their wishes and conform to them as fully as possible. His ability to accept his destined path despite his unhappiness in doing so, makes him a grateful hero and worthy of the honor of the gods deposited upon him. His pilgrimage never loses connection with spirituality. Aeneas was continually enriching his spirituality and reminded by the gods his duty. His words to Dido in books four and six expressed his commitment to obey fate rather than indulge his feeling of genuine romantic love. Aeneas’s self personal investment in the future of Rome increased as the story progressed. The events of book five , in which the Trojans sail away from Carthage toward Italy, and book six, in which Aeneas visited his father in the realm of the death, depict Aeneas’s growth as a leader. In book five, he showed his sympathy for the affliction of others by allowing the impaired ...
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...Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students: 1. Will be able to understand the seven basic desires of every human being. 2. Will be able to identify the false substitutes often misused to fulfill desires. 3. Will be able to recognize how to find fulfillment through a relationship with God, healthy relationships with other Christians, and a one-flesh relationship with a spouse. Introduction People are in a spiritual warfare in culture around sexuality. Satan has been attacking the church in the area of sexuality since its conception. This lesson will help students learn how to guard themselves against the devil’s attacks by learning how to fulfill their God-given desires through godly, healthy relationships. I. Biblical Men Vulnerable to the Attack of Sexual Warfare A. Samson: Tempted During Loneliness B. David: Tempted After Being Scorned by His Wife C. Solomon: Multiple Wives Enticed Him Away from God Men and women are most vulnerable to sexual sin when they are lonely. We need to understand the desires of our hearts in order to guard ourselves against sexual temptation and fulfill those desires in the ways God intended. II. The Seven Desires of Human Hearts A. The Origin of These Desires Going Unmet • Invasiveness: Sexual or...
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...crazy notion that maybe, just maybe, if she could get to him he could heal her too. She starts to walk toward the way they say Jesus is and is quickly engulfed by the crowd. Too late to turn back, she decides that she has nothing to lose! As she’s walking, a rather enlightening revelation is birthed in her heart and she finds that she’s been given a new found determination to reach this Jesus. Randomly, she thinks that if she could just touch the hem of his robe, she’ll be made whole. Restoration has begun to take place…Mark 5:25-34 As you continue to read through the story of the woman with the issue of blood you see that she was not only healed but the Bible says she was made whole or restored! Nothing was missing or broken in her life. God restored her mind, her health and her finances! First, let’s focus on her mind. From what we gather she was mentally defeated. She...
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...life on a righteous path and there are some that I see our falling into sins and wrong choices in life. In the book of Matthew I think Jesus was teaching the people how to carefully listen to one another and follow the rules and they will forever parish in God’s Kingdom. The teaching goes along with cultural because families and churches can keep the traditions going and they too can teach their children and new converts what lessons Jesus has taught to follow the rules of life. In the film Jesus preach about forgiveness, and taught the people about the rules that God have provided them with. I read Matthew 5-7 and there is a rule that said “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves” (Matthew 7:15, ESV). In today society there are a few people who believe in false prophet hood for an example there are devil worshiper and they believe in Satan as their true God. The book of Matthew has a lot of words of wisdom and I see why my friends have such good morals, because they follow the rules. My friend’s churches have Food Drive and help out with the homeless a lot, the same situation with my Mosque. The same cultural and same beliefs are what are part of my society and cultural. I believe society needs that moral fiber to help the world keep moving. The rich needs to help out the poor and not be selfish about why are their money they work so hard for is going to the government. I watched the movie Elysium and it was about how...
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...“I’ve already served, let someone else do it.” “I’m too busy or too tired or too old or too young.” It has been said, “Excuses are tools of the incompetent, and those who specialize in them seldom go far.” Ben Franklin wrote, “He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” Gabriel Meurier stated, “He who excuses himself, accuses himself.” Jeremiah had every excuse ready when God called him to be a prophet. His excuses are often our excuses for not heeding God’s voice when he calls. Countering each excuse was a promise from God. I. The excuse: The task is demanding Jeremiah was called to be “a prophet unto the nations” (Jer. 1:5), not a priest like his father and his grandfather. A prophet was a chosen and authorized spokesman for God who declared God’s Word to the people. We often think of prophets as people who can tell the future. But a prophet spoke messages to the present that had future ramifications. They were forthtellers more than they were foretellers, exposing the people’s sins and calling them back to their covenant responsibilities before God. Being a prophet was more demanding than serving as a priest. The priests’ duties were predictable. Everything was written down in the law. The prophet never knew from one day to the next what the Lord would call him...
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...Central truth we can learn from today’s story: In moments of desperation: God is there listening and responding even if it’s not on our timetable Let’s look at these two people: Jairus and the nameless woman 1) Jairus’ desperate situation Leader of the synagogue- had declared Jesus to be public enemy #1 So Jairus coming to Jesus shows his desperation- this probably will cost him many of his friends and maybe even his job, but he doesn’t care because his daughter is dying We know from Luke’s account that this girl is his only daughter- she’s 12 years old- so they’ve had 12 years of joy together and her life is about to begin- in this society, 12 was when you might get engaged and should’ve been an exciting time, but she’s sick- she’s dying. She needs Jesus. And so does her father. 2) Woman’s desperate situation Woman is complete opposite of Jairus- she was a social and religious outcast because of a disease- most likely a uterian cyst- that has caused her to bleed for 12 years- so she’s had 12 years of pain and disgrace- in this society, she didn’t have a life because of her illness OT law said she was unclean so that means she couldn’t partake in any religious ceremonies at Jairus’ synagogue. But it also meant that if she was married- she couldn’t have sex with her husband and if she wasn’t married, she probably wasn’t going to get married because she wasn’t supposed to be touched Not just sexually- any touch. That means no one hugging her as an act of consolement-...
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...because it talks about how he (Gilgamesh) was granted powers and with these powers such as knowledge, Anu granted him the totality of knowledge of all (line 4) describes how Anu the father of the gods gave Gilgamesh the power of knowledge. He built the city and raised its walls in all it magnificent splendors. He carved on a stone stela all of his toils, and built the walls of Uruk-Haven (Line 9-10). Also look at the wall which gleams like copper (?), inspect its inner wall, the like of which no one can equal (lines 11-12). These text describe the walls and how the city Uruk was built by a mighty being like Gilgamesh. This at the end describing the city and certain thing built by Gilgamesh such as the Temples, Gardens, and the league (probably referring to the ocean or body of water). Another passage from I is the 3rd passge from which the people of Uruk prayer to he gods. This passage shows how the people of Uruk don’t enjoy Gelgamesh as a king due to how he treats his people for ex. Gilgamesh does not leave a girl to her mother (?) The Daughters of the warrior, the bride of the young man (line 5-6). Gilgamesh is all powerful so no one can challenge him and he deemed as a bad King as how he treats his people like wild ox. The people get fed up with the treatment and they pray for the gods to make him his match (a zikru). All this so explaned in line 7 of the next passage. (Let them be a match for each other so that Uruk may find peace (line 7 of the 3rd passage). Tablet II This...
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...People want things that are bad for them. In the Greek Myths several of the characters show us what they desire for, but it's not good for them. At the beginning of the story Midas, King Midas was described as a very rich and greedy man who loved gold more than anything. One day Midas had gotten the chance to wish for anything that he wanted. “Give me, he said to Dionysus suddenly, the power to turn all I touch to gold” (187). Midas was pleased with his new gift until he made a big mistake. Everything that he touched turned to gold, the stone became a lump of gold, the cups and dishes, he even had touched the table too by mishap, and even when he ate the bread that broke his teeth. As more and more things turn to gold he had gotten frightened, realizing that he wanted to take away the gift....
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