The Holy Ground

of good things or things that were intended for good, and perverts them. Within the context of this verse Paul is saying that sin takes the law which is good, righteous, and holy, and uses’ it for its own gain. The words repeated in these verses’ are sin (6), law (6), commandment (5), death/killed (4), alive (3), known (2), holy (2), covet (3). A few of these words are repeated to emphasize the analogies that Paul makes and other general points. Other words that are repeated are the simplest form of

wresting the Holy Land from the Moslems than they were in taking advantage of this opportunity to unjustly enrich themselves at the expense of anyone who happened to get in their way. Unfortunately, Choniates also emphasizes in his account that these actions were not those of just a few overzealous Crusaders, but were rather characteristic of the actions of all of them. For instance, Choniates reports that, "Nor, indeed, were these crimes committed and others left undone, on the ground that these were

with God and the Israelite people acting in tandem to realize the holiness of this occasion. God shows the way and Israel follows. Synagogue is a holy place dedicated to the glory of God. If prayers are to ascend to heaven, the synagogue must reflect sanctity and humility. God has chosen Israel, both land and people, to be witnesses and a testing ground for God to reveal His holiness in the world and through them the ultimate purpose of creation should be unveiled and clarified. Land of Israel allows

biblical story of the Three Wise Men and others coming to worship Christ at the Nativity. There is the holy family of Christ, Mary, and Joseph at the top. Also, one can see a star-like light that shines down on Christ. In the foreground, there are the three Magi; one in black kneeling to the left of Christ, one in red below Mary, and one to the right of her

I have so many families of Hebrew terms, the "qodesh". The main Hebrew words used for holiness in the Old Testament are I find are: 1) 'qadash' (verb, pronounced 'kah-dash') = to sanctify, to make holy; 2) 'qadosh' (adjective, pronounced 'kah-doesh') = holy and 3) 'qodesh' (noun, pronounced 'koh-daysh') = sanctification, holiness. Therefore, we can see various forms of these words are used over many times in the Old Testament. So which one is the correct one on the basis of our teaching or explain

knights, and everyone in between fought for the chance to regain the Holy Land, thus starting what is known as the First Crusade. After Byzantium requested help from the Pope as it began to be destroyed by the constant threat of Turks, soldiers and townspeople alike began crusading. Each person had their own motives for joining in the Crusade. For some, it was money and land while, for others, it was the chance at regaining the Holy Land, more commonly known as the city of Jerusalem. Christians, led

Like many publicized outbreaks of the Holy Spirit, The Toronto Blessing has faced a great deal of controversy concerning its authenticity. It has been categorized as a series of charismatic experiences and religious phenomenon resulting in uncontrollable laughter, speaking in tongues, shaking, and falling to the ground. The Blessing initially began in the Toronto airport, a very unlikely place, on January 20, 1994. However, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit from that original day is thought to have

Scriptures for Good and Evil Not everyone holding Holy Scriptures in their hands is a benefactor of good. The Holy Scriptures is the factual representation of human story and nations throughout the times. But, is also at the same time the compilation of “All” the wrongs and sins that lead men and women to self-destruction. Irrespectively holy scriptures have the insight of what is good and evil in the same book. To study the scriptures is also to study the ways sins works and is capable to self-destruction

speech, he introduces variety of repetitions to assist his goal. Lincoln indicates, "we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not consecrate. " The evidence suggests that the ground where the dead died cannot be made any more sacred. The people who fought and died for a matter in that ground made it holy by having a devotion to a cause. Repetition connects the author's

Important to realize, that there are common grounds that allows an interfaith understanding to take place between Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism. To emphasize, one doctrine that both the Eastern and Roman Christians agree is on the seven Sacraments in order to obtain union with God; the seven Sacraments are Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist or Communion, Holy Orders, Marriage, penance, and Holy Unction. Given that, Dr. James P. Eckman explained that "Baptism, however, is the primary sacrament