… is due for a revamping. I decided to use it here and then revise it partially on the basis of the responses to it. It's not that I think there's anything wrong with the position here, it's just that I've read a great deal since 1988, been to more service…

… and beliefs about religion. Whether it is within the scope of conversations, in the articles of magizines, in the writings of books and stories, on billboards,perhaps just by simply living out their convictions on a daily basis, or even through using…

… of Esther, because she was beautiful, intelligent, and delivers the Jews of Persia from destruction. She was in fact, one of my biblical heroes as I was growing up and I just admired her so much. However, it was few years ago when I had came across…

… over whether or not drinking alcoholic beverages is wrong. The subject of alcoholism is argued about over and over again between many Christian and non-Christian groups, not only in America, but throughout the world. Many Christians claim…

… about what is going on in the world around them. This is referred to as current events, or news. News can be reported through many different mass mediums. For example we have: television, newspapers, radio, and internet. Through these types of media,…

… in Plymouth, Massachusetts, claiming it as their own. The Puritans were a religious group that separated from the Church of England because they believed it to be corrupt in its morals and views. This particular Separatist group wanted to go back…

… Emperor Leo III began an attack on the use of religious images, until 843 AD when the Empress Theodora allowed their restoration. Since this contestable time period, many art historians have questioned the negative and positive issues behind iconoclasm-…

… ‘rich’ nations are damaging the planet, and slowly destroying the rest of their world, with their pursuit of material things. The Bible tells us that its doesn’t matter how much money one makes, but if you do happen to make a lot, give it to the…

… One thing that has really spoken to me in this course was studying the contrast of two ways to read scripture (to reinforce current beliefs vs. receiving fullness of Christ). I didn’t so much read scripture to reinforce current beliefs but I was…

… in the Old Testament of the Bible. He is placed between the prophets Hosea and Amos; this information can be used later in determining the time in which his book was written. The book of Joel is divided into four chapters. In the book there…