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    Saint Paul and Saint Augustine were both early Christian writers who wrote extensively on the issue of sexual morality. Saint Paul taught the gospel of the to the first century world. In the mid-30s to the mid-50s AD, he founded several churches. Paul took advantage of his status as both a Jew and a Roman citizen to minister to both Jewish and Roman audiences. Saint Augustine narrates his journey from sin to faith on his path to Christianity. By the time, Augustine writes the confessions the Christian

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    Whenever he found himself in a bad situation whether it was big or small he used his skills he had acquired to help him. Some of these situations had been fixed by the luck he managed to have. These dilemmas were brought by people, whether it was Jews, Gentiles or Germans it also came from events

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    OUTLINE I. Eight Symbolic Visions (chaps. 1-6) A. The introduction to the visions (1:1-6) 1. Preface to call to repentance (1:1) 2. Zechariah’s call for Israel’s repentance (1:2-6) B. The Visions (1:7-6:8) 1. The vision of the angelic horsemen (1:7-17) 2. The vision of the four horns and the four craftsmen (1:18-21) 3. The vision of the surveyor with a measuring line (chap. 2) 4. The vision of the high priest, Joshua (chap. 3) 5. The vision of the gold lampstand and the two olive trees (chap. 4)

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    it was often the Greek and not the Hebrew version of the bible which was used by Paul and other early missionaries quoted from. For the first one hundred years of the church's writings, Greek was the medium used for expansion into the Gentile world. Wand highlights the importance of a universal language, "One coinage and one language would carry the traveler all the way... Greek was a kind of universal language which one could make shift anywhere- there would always be

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    people. Paul wants them to know the riches of Gods inheritance Chapter 2 Pauls tells them that they were all dead because of sin. He tells them that we have gained our freedom of grace through faith. Because of Jesus the gentiles are now made one, no separation between Jews and Gentiles. Chapter 3 The mystery of the gospel is revealed through Christ. The wisdom of God is made known through the church. Paul prays that the people may know the depth of His love. Chapter 4 There is unity in the body of

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    Paul greets the people of Galatia. The people of Galatia have been visited by missionaries who still insist that the laws must still be adhered to especially the laws of circumcision causing confusion in the people. Peter had drawn away from the gentiles over purity issues and this was still greatly on Paul’s mind in writing to the Galatians (Furnish 1971). So, Paul wants to clarify that justification only comes through faith in Christ not through the works of the law. After this pericope, Paul constructs

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    My dear reader, and gentile reader are just two examples of how Charlotte Bronte used the narrator to address the reader. In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte has the narrator address the reader as a friend to show compassion for her situation, to be understanding, and to make an argument. Charlotte Bronte refers to the reader threw out the novel in order to show the progression of the book. While this story is about someones life there is an essence of Jane telling us this story of her life

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    Because the Torah requires its followers to be circumcised, many Jewish believers questioned whether Gentiles could become Christians. Using Abraham as evidence, Romans 4:10-11 says, “Under what circumstances was it [righteousness] credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! And he received circumcision as a sign,

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    Sec. 64k The parable of the houseowner (Mt 13:51-53) Summary of the Meanings of the nine major parables of the kingdom: *The content of the “mystery:” the kingdom which is to come in future apocalyptic power (Dan 7:13-14) has been inaugurated in Jesus in a veiled form working secretly but powerfully in the hearts of people. A. Crowds by the sea Sower and seeds (Sec. 64b): The proclamation of the kingdom will meet with partial success, but for the one who faithfully proclaims the gospel of the

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    There is no clear relationship between violent video games and real-life violence and most people do not act out after playing games. Some people such as Douglas Gentile who is a Developmental psychologist believe that video games cause real-life violence and children acting out in violent ways. For example, in 2006, an 18-year-old named Devin Moore was arrested in Alabama on suspicion of car theft and then attacked

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