The Significance of the Restoration Movement This article discussed the Restoration Movement and the stipulations and events that were involved with the movement. It was brought about in large part by Barton W. Stone and Alexander Campbell in the early 19th century. The first main topic discuss...

The Holy Land The author Paul Johnson has had a long career in journalism including the editorship of the New Statesman from 1965 to 1970. He has written many books of history including A History of Christianity (1975), Civilizations of the Holy Land (1979), Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Rest...

A theater is a building, a structure, or a space in which dramatic performances take place. In its broadest sense, theater can be defined as including everything connected with dramatic arts - the play itself, the stage with its scenery and lighting, makeup, costumes, acting, and actors. Theaters ha...

Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament. It's a prophetic book written by Malachi. The possible date of the writing of this book is hard to say. Two of my sources have dif-ferent opinions on the date. One estimates a "date of 450-400 BC." The other resource says "397 BC." The name of...

How many Old Testament worthies do we tend to examine and realize by way of their family! The Old Testament is in fact a family literature. We have read about the family relationships of almost of all of its important dignitaries, and out of them the description of family life of Hosea is the most h...

Daniel Donato Box 517 Poythress, Vern S., The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses, (Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, Phillipsburg, N.J., 1991). BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION Dr. Vern Sheridan Poythress, the author of The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses, has accomplished man...

In English, the word vengeance has a negative denotation, defined as "the most furious and unsparing revenge." Synonymous with vengeance, revenge "emphasizes more the personal injury in return for which is inflicted." With these definitions in mind, it makes sense why revenge ...

Gilgamesh tells the story of Noah's Flood When the tablets were found of the story of Gilgamesh by Mr. Rawlson, he did not have any idea what he was looking at, but he knew that it was old and valuable for History. George Smith on the other hand was fascinated by the tablets and he began t...

Joseph Smith founded the Mormons other wise know as Latter-day Saints in 1830 at Fayette, N.Y. Joseph Smith was born in 1805 and died in 1844. As a child he went through many hardships and poverty on a rough frontier. He had documented later in his life that he had seen visions when he was a chi...

When deciding upon a prophet to use for this project, I wanted to choose one that I thought not many others would choose while at the same time find one who I thought I could relate with. I decided to choose Amos. Amos was set to save the poor and who wouldn't want to learn about a man named A...

In 586 B.C.E. the neo-Babylonian armies of Nebuchadnezzar raided and destroyed the city of Jerusalem, forcing its people to flee. The majority of the Judean leaders and aristocracy were relocated in Babylon, and lived in relative isolation from even their captors. The Exile robbed them of t...

The Book of Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Bible, or the last book of the Pentateuch. Deuteronomy literally means "Second Law." This title conveys its nature and purpose. In other words, this book is a repetition of the law that was given to Moses and his people on Mount Sinai. It is also...

There is a growing trend in America today that something drastically needs to be changed in our school system. The public is scared to send their children to a place where they could potentially be shot, stabbed, beaten, or be subjected to drugs on any given day. The morals of this country's youth ...

JUDAISM *There are approximately 13 Million people that follow Judaism today. *Judaism is the oldest major religion and the first religion to teach the belief in one god. *Unlike many other religions there is only one kind of people who follow it--Jews. *Christianity and Islam develope...

Amos Amos was a shepherd in the south town of Tekoa in Judah, although he didn't had any prophetic background Amos was called by God to prophecy Over Israel. As Amos began to proclaim his message, the people discovered that they liked what he said because he started to condemn their ene...