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The Decline in the Twenty-First Century Christian Church: Strengthening the Mission, Operation, and Commitment of the Local Church’s Spiritual Formation

INTRODUCTION

Within the context of modernity in the twenty-first century, change is unequivocally necessary due to increasing competition from Eastern religions and other non-traditional religious sects combined with the nascent forces of modernism and postmodernism that have slowly squeezed out Christianity. Understanding what state Christian ministry and evangelism are in will facilitate the reformulation of and a new design for an evangelistic ministry within local contexts using support from secondary literature, scriptural evidence, and survey analyses. The influence of Continue reading...

Sura Review

Literature Review
The world’s largest religions, Christianity and Islam share a common history in many fronts. As such, most fundamental beliefs in both Christianity and Islam are not only related but also founded on the same principles. The doctrines of Christianity are mostly found in the Christian holy book, the Bible. To Muslims, the Qur’an is the ultimate source of spiritual guidance. To the adherents of these two religions, the Bible and the Qur’an are revered. The Qur’an is mainly comprised of the hadith which, in essence, is an account of the life and traditions Continue reading...

Introduction

At the turn of the XX - XXI centuries the most important problems facing the international community is the need to address the political, national and religious conflicts, which are often result in armed clashes. In such circumstances it becomes particularly important to understand the nature of the conflicts that threaten modern society. The roots of many contradictions are to be found in the past of developing countries, as well as in the interaction between different peoples with European countries. This interaction was most intense in the period of colonialism, especially in the last third of the XIX century, Continue reading...

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Introduction
Although it seems that religion and fashion are two worlds apart, both fields merge at one point due to religion’s influence on fashion. In this research study, we are going to explore the link or relationship between religion and fashion – two different fields that seemingly differ in views, perspectives, and practices but also share some aspect that relate to fashion. Religion has long inspired fashion in many ways (Tarlo & Moors, 2013, p. 203). Men and women adopt different styles that show some aspect of religion such as accessories made after the image of the crucifix or clothing Continue reading...

Introduction: Culture refers to every thing about people, the way they live, view things and communicate. Culture is an integration of human thoughts, communication, actions, customs, belief and values. It shapes the individuals experience, perception, decisions and the way they relate to others. Canada was declared a multicultural society in 1971. Multicultural Act was passed in 1988, with the aim to preserve and enhance multiculturalism in the country. It describes multiculturalism as the fundamental characteristic of our Canada.
Islam is a monotheistic religion, which originated in Arabian countries and later spread to rest of the world. The followers of Continue reading...

In ‘Letter to a Christian Nation’, Sam Harris seeks to show people why he does not believe in God and the Bible as the word of the Lord. Arguably, he has been able to convince the readers on his point of view and his strategies. Arguably, one of the key ways through which Harris uses to put his point across is using some of the morally questionable laws of the Bible that govern the land. He also uses existing statistics of conservative communities compared to liberal communities in relation to their moral applicability. Sam Harris can convince the readers Continue reading...

Feudalism is the practice of military and legal customs. Alternatively, feudal values involve the identification of individuals with land in the society. Feudal values are universal, the reason being that every person in the society owns a piece of land or offers some serve to the landowners. The characteristics of feudal values in a society are the presence of an inferior, or a central government that do not exist with some ranges of decentralized pockets of power. In feudal Europe, for example, there was the Catholic Church (Holy Roman Empire) which served as a very weak form of centralized Continue reading...

Nathanial Hawthorne wanted us to know from the title that his short story “The Minister’s Black Veil” was a parable, which is a short simple story told to teach a moral or religious lesson. The story is about both religion and morality, and how the deeply religious can be hypocritical, quick to cast judgment but unwilling to be honest about their own sinfulness. Hawthorne has been described as both a “renegade puritan” and a liberal transcendentalist (Morseburger 454). Although the Bible is clear that all of humanity are sinners, the Puritans believed “anything less than absolute perfection was Continue reading...

INTEGRATIVE LITERATURE REVIEW: "NURSING CARE CONSIDERATION FOR ISLAMIC WOMEN IN CANADA."

Introduction
Religion has serious implications for health care. Religion is part of the culture which gives an individual an identity. Currently, there is a need for nurses to provide culturally-sensitive care. In order to provide culturally competent care, it is important for the nurses to understand certain religious/cultural beliefs and practices held by a particular group of patients. By doing so, the nurse will be able to provide optimal care to patients from different cultural groups.
One of the most sensitive groups of patients when giving care is Muslims and especially Muslim women. Islam is a religion with strict Continue reading...

The Book of Judith conveys a heroic tale about a beautiful and courageous Jewish widow who saves the day for the Israelites during the ambitious campaign of King Nabuchodonosor in expanding his empire.

The Characters

Judith is described as not only exceedingly beautiful and rich, but effectively strategic. Her cleverness coupled with an effortless charm and prowess for flattery enabled Judith to devise a tactic that would ensure the victory of her people over the Assyrians. The character demonstrates a number of paradoxes which makes Judith all the more enigmatic and engaging.
Holofernes is depicted as the villain of the story, Continue reading...

Mark Twin famously advised aspiring novelists to “write what you know,” and F. Scott Fitzgerald based much of This Side of Paradise on his own personal life. He grew up in the Midwest, studied at Princeton, served in the Army, and partied in New York City. Fitzgerald used these experiences to write his first novel, featuring Amory Blaine, a quintessential privileged and self-entitled snob. The narrative traces his experiences and philosophical development from a spoiled teenager to a hapless adult; lost and incapable of any real action. However, the novel is a traditional American coming of age story, and Continue reading...

Vaccines

Vaccines

Introduction

A vaccination is an artificial immunity provider which enhances the immunity system of children and adults to a particular disease. A vaccine is prepared by killing a microbe, its surface proteins or toxins and consists of an agent that is similar to the microorganism present in the disease for which a vaccine is developed. Through vaccination, the agent is able to stimulate the immune system of the body to recognize this agent as a major threat, harm and destroy it and keep a record of it so that if it attacks the next time, an individual immune system Continue reading...

Values in Anglo-Saxon Societies in Beowulf

Introduction
Anglo-Saxons are believed to have descended from Germanic tribes that invaded Britain and overran the Roman Empire between 5th and 6th century. Since settling in Britain, these Germanic tribes pushed the Celts, Britain’s native inhabitants, into the north and became the dominant occupant of the region. The Anglo-Saxons are war mongering people. As observed, “Fighting was a way of life, and not to avenge the death of a family member was a social disgrace, so endlessly intricate blood-feuds generated perpetual excuses for going to war”. During the 6th century A.D., these pagan Germanic tribes were gradually converted Continue reading...

Introduction

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was funded in 1933 by Abdulaziz Al Saud. In a few short decades, the Kingdom has turned itself from a desert nation to one of the most important countries around the world. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plays an important role in the world economy these days. Different countries around the world have different set of beliefs, norms, cultures, practices. The behavior of people tends to be shaped by these factors. Many people from all the world view Saudi Arabia as this mysterious land of desert and camels, oil and Usama Bin Laden. However, both Continue reading...

The literary criticism for “A Good Man is Hard to Find” brings with it some interesting notions regarding spirituality, brevity of life, and concepts that concern typical presumptions of heroes and villains in fictional works. Fiction writing is always grounded in reality-based scenarios. Flannery O’Connor from the excerpt “On Her Own Work” points out that a good story leaves the reader with thought-provoking enjoyment that allows them to reflect on the themes read and discovered in the story. Literature is meant to get people thinking about issues in society that deserve attention and, thus, require a solution.
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Exegesis of Matthew 6.9-13

So you should pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be held holy, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven those who are in debt to us. And do not put us to the test, but save us from the evil one. (The Jerusalem Bible, NT 23-24)
I. Literary Criticism
Context: The passage constitutes a portion of the long evangelical discourse of Jesus that began in Chapter 5 wherein he Continue reading...

Stereotype is nothing but a common public belief about the characteristic attributes or behavior of an individual or a society as a whole. It may not be true since stereotyping an individual or a community is purely based on assumptions and views (“Stereotype Examples”). The most commonly noticed stereotypes in the world today are racial, cultural, sexual and group-based. Stereotyping a country for negative reasons affects the members of the society badly. For example, the younger generation of a negative stereotyped country may find it difficult to find better opportunities and fair treatment in another country. This, in turn, Continue reading...

Orientalism and exhibition order is a text written by Timothy Mitchell. According to the author, he views that the new colonialism is still present today as the western countries still oppress and treat people from the Middle East and Egypt as orients. The author also adds that the construction of the colonial order is to the modern form of representation and knowledge. The author criticizes the orientation and exhibition order that was created as a tool to unite the western and Middle East culture. He views that these orientation and exhibition are only made to mock and mimic the Continue reading...