Psalms 102 Study Guide

When she opened the duffle bag the first thing she noticed was her cell phone out of the purse which was inside the purse. She checked inside the purse and the currency was gone.

The fact that she is not only able to pour her heart out to the beggar but also make note of something like the jewelry he is wearing makes this conversation a bit more interesting. She recognizes the jewelry as resembling something belonging to Odysseus and finds it a little strange that this beggar could own such a

The modern phrase “finders keepers, losers weepers” means that whoever finds property or chattel is entitled to keep it. Nevertheless, some states may have different laws. “The laws usually require that a person who finds money … turn it over to the local police” (Baldwin). According to the traditional ethical standards regarding lost and abandoned property or finding money, Patricia should not have kept the money. On the contrary, she should have tried to find the owner and only kept the money if she could not locate the owner.

so she waited another day to find the treasure. The third day she got more and more impatience so she stopped telling them to dig and so she stopped. Everybody was confused on what she wanted. The Warden thought who ever found the treasure gets it. She didn’t know It had the name STANLEY YELNATS on the suitcase.

* Leah is confused about her mother’s actions/motives in solving the mystery of the coin.

Luke 15:11-32 is one of the most famous parables in the Bible. It is the parable of the prodigal son. This parable is about a son who runs away with his inheritance, wastes all of it, and then comes back home to his father’s open arms. Tim Keller goes more in depth into this parable with his book The Prodigal God. In this book, Keller compares the two sons’ sins, “two brothers, each of whom represents a different way to be alienated from God, and a different way to seek acceptance into the Kingdom of heaven” (9). Throughout the book, comparisons can be made between the younger brother’s sin and the older brother’s sin. The younger brother was selfish and

According to Schaeffer, F., Rome did not fall because of barbarians, but they felled because they had no sufficient base and gradually became disintegrated (1976). I agree with Schaeffer, one reason being the Romans believed in man-made gods. Their gods were identical to themselves, they depended on the same society that the Romans depended on. “Actually, the gods in Greek and Roman thinking were like men and women larger than life, but not basically different from human men and women” (Schaeffer, 1976, pg. 21). Not only did Rome worship false gods, but they were unstable and selfish. They constantly change to adhere to the new norm; their thinking was not their own thinking. However, I do believe that the Romans got an idea and were creative

I told her to let me see. To my amazement she had just found a one hundred dollar bill. There were no other cars around or people. Miranda declared God had given it to her. She was extremely excited and I was confident God was looking out for her. It might sound silly, but I saw it as hope. Hope was hard to come by so I took all I could

In her hand was a small charm to hang from her phone. It was a little silver skull with a star hanging from it.

For over one thousand years ancient Jerusalem was the capital of Judah. The history was divided into the First Temple and the Second Temple. Despite the subjection of the Jews to foreign rule the city experienced dramatic growth as it achieved unprecedented political and religious prominence . The Second Temple period in recent years refers to a specific historiacal period and to Judaism. The Second Temple began in a traumatic time of exile and end in a traumatic time of war with Rome (Grabbe, 2002, 5). The history of Alexander the Great, the Second Temple and the reign of Herod’s son will be explored in this paper. The important events such as the end of Old Testament history (Babylonian and the Persian periods), between the testaments

This addition by Luke explains why the Nazarenes became so upset at what Jesus was telling them. Jesus used these examples as a way of previewing that his mission was to reach everyone, not just Jews. The addition of these examples shows how Luke wanted to highlight his theme of universalism and including everyone who is willing to follow. Luke’s major themes of righting social wrongs and giving up comforting possessions are also supported through the addition of this

The Parable of Ten Minas, like other parables isn’t about the straight forward message the parable reads. Parables are meant to challenge ideas and break down barriers and this parable does just that. Jesus or the “The man of Noble Birth” in the parable calls upon ten of his servants and gave them ten minas each to invest upon his return. Upon the kings return, he addresses the servants. Two of the three servants invested the money and with the minas they earned they were blessed with that many cities to have power over, they were not afraid to follow Jesus’s orders. The last servant who did not invest the minas was afraid of the new king and assumed he was a “hard man.” Jesus shows the third servant that he can be hard when his work

The question of how to spend money could also be connected in Matthew 16 when Jesus spoke about discipleship. Jesus asked of his disciples, “What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life” (Matthew 16:26). I connect this with verses listed earlier, how Jesus preached against materialism and monetary obsession. I think that Jesus is saying a life wasting money is a life wasted. That life is more meaningful when the focus is not on money.

Many people saw the poor man who was, "stripped of his clothes ", beaten, and left, "half dead ", but they all just, "passed by on the other side.”(Luke 10:30-31) The author uses imagery to show the state of which the poor man was in after being attacked. Many people walked past this tattered man including a Levite and ironically, even a priest, but nobody stopped even momentarily to lend a helping hand. Walking along the same trail, the Samaritans saw the man,

The possessions that I own could easily be sold for over five-hundred dollars. Not to say that I want to sell all of my belongings, though. The tricky issue is not about having five-hundred dollars, but it's about freeing the money. If I were to sell all of my goods, I would be compelled to purchase new items, or live without the amenities and luxuries I abide with. Therefore, if I want to continue to live the way I already do, selling my property is not useful to make five-hundred dollars magically appear. Now, I could sell scores of my hereinafter not spoken-of valuables, but that is rather unnecessary. For me, my assets exist to please me, the purpose of money is to supply assets, not the other way around.