The chapter starts off with a quote by one of the greatest poets, Robert Frost, and he says, “But God's own descent into flesh was meant as a demonstration” (Yancey 127). When I read the whole quote, I was really confused. I did not understand it. The first three lines, however, I could understand. God became human, which could be a demonstration. He took on the form of flesh because he wanted to show the world that the Savior was here to save us. The only way he can save us is if he became one of us. Therefore, God becoming a human could be a demonstration. I agree with Yancey when he wonders how different the world would be if Jesus did not resurrect from the dead (128). Would Christianity still exist today? Would the apostles still be afraid of spreading the Good News? There are so many questions about what would happen if Jesus did not resurrect himself from the dead, but those questions will never be answered because Jesus did resurrect from the dead and saved us.
One thing I found interesting in this chapter was when an angel asked the apostles, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking into the sky?" (Yancey 129). I would be dumbfounded like the apostles if I witnessed Jesus ascending into the sky. It would have looked so cool, but I understand why the apostles were actually
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This quote could not be truer. The apostles will become targets once Jesus ascends. They will be ridiculed, mocked, and persecuted because of the things they preached and believed. Despite all of this, the apostles persevered and spread the Good News until the very end. When I saw the quote, one thing came to my mind the most. All of the apostles except one died violent deaths because the apostles they would not stop preaching. That made me realize Jesus’ words were so true, and Jesus knew what was going to happen to his
1.An extensive network of specialized cells that carry information to and from all parts of the body is called the nervous system.
Over the past 29 plus years of working in this school district as a teacher, vice principal, STEM coach, instructional coach, and Title 1 coordinator, I would have to say my involvement in Title 1 has had the steepest learning curve. In all of my other jobs, I was able to learn how to be a teacher, coach or administrator through university coursework and classes offered for credential renewal. However, being a Title 1 coordinator this year has put me in the “shoes of a new learner,” much like my former students where I feel as though my head may explode with all of my new knowledge. I would like to pass along my new learnings about Title 1 and why it is so important to the White Pine County School District.
Everyone can feel, just like you and I, but there's one important question that lingers through the air. Should we really be accepting of other people?
When Oprah gave away Pontiac G6 sedans to her TV audience, was the value of the cars taxable? On Labor Day weekend in 2006, World Furniture Mall in Plano, Illinois, gave away $275,000 of furniture because the Chicago Bears shut out the Green Bay Packers in the team’s football season opener at Lambeau Field in Green Bay (26-0). Was the free furniture in the form of a discount or rebate taxable, or should the furniture company have handed the customers a Form 1099-MISC?
Jesus is alive, for he continued to work in the lives of his disciples. The change of the lives of his followers demonstrate the work of Christ in them. Our historical knowledge relies on testimonies. The testimonies of the disciples are valid because eleven of them dies for their belief in the claims that Jesus made (McDowell 89-90). The power of Jesus is shown through them. Initially, they were cowards in their faith. Peter denied Jesus three time, and Thomas doubted Jesus’ resurrection. The disciples’ weak faith in Jesus and doubt in his resurrection suddenly transformed into an undeniable belief that led them to give up their lives for this Jesus. What could have changed the disciples’ minds so suddenly besides the witnessing of the resurrection of Jesus. They all personally had an encounter with the resurrected body of Jesus. Peter, one of the disciples of Jesus, proclaimed that
16. What family of instruments were the most important? The string family was the most important instrumental family in a Baroque orchestra.
Gordon Grice is fascinated, maybe obsessed with the black widow. He begins provocatively “ I hunt black widows. I capture it. I have found them in discarded wheels and tires and under railroads tires. I have found them in house foundations and cellars…I have found them I hospitals and in the den of the rattlesnake…. (176) In this quote Grice start with first person in place and with the repetition of “I” so that the reader can get the attention into it. Grice’s purpose in the “ Black widow” essay is to inform the audience about the widow’s life style. He shows inspiration, fascination, respect and love for widows. He furthers his purpose by using rhetorical strategies throughout his text.
C corporations are able to have unlimited shareholders, which is probably an important characteristic to large companies. (S corporations, for example, may not have more than 100 shareholders.) C corporations can also be owned by non-citizens or other business entities, where S corporations can only be owned by individuals who are US citizens.
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The author presents characters such as Abraham, Melchizedek, angels, and those listed in chapter 11, all of whom were held to high esteem in the Christian community. However, using a literary form called synkrisis throughout the book (Thompson 18), the author maintains that Christ is better than all of them. For Christ allows the readers to enter boldly into the presence of God because he, remaining faithful, went before them in suffering and persevered the cross. In light of Christ’s faithfulness, the author exhorts the readers,
In addition, I noticed Wacaster would take a time out and take notice of some very important facts about what was just written, which was also very helpful in making this book better to understand. This was done in outline form to make more sense of what was just read and lets me know as a reader of his material that he sincerely wants readers to understand what they are reading. Perhaps, it could be to that he was honing a very elite skilled that he picked up from the Brown Trail School of Preaching known as sermon outlines. However, something else that stuck out with me from Chapter Two is “The Riddle of Having Been Crucified With Christ.” This riddle uncharacteristically has four points similarly to a sermon outline, which I can truly say was very well thought out and put together. I intend on including the four-point riddle in my future
It is also important to see their obedience Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem (acts 1:12) Jesus told them to return to Jerusalem and wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit, and that is exactly what they did. They heard what he had sad and responded to what Jesus told them to do, even though He was no longer physically present with them. This was major key in ushering in the power of the holy Spirit.
I want to draw your attention to the word therefore. The literary context is that this passage - falls at the beginning of chapter 2. With the word therefore links with chapter 1, with what the angels and God himself have said about Jesus. This helps us to look back to the prophets and the psalms, which is where the quotes of chapter 1 come from. This is what we need to pay careful attention to.
b) What is the firm’s forecasted average daily sales for the first three months of operations? For the entire half-year?