The First Missionary Journeys of Paul I. ... Abode long period with disciples in Antioch Second Missionary Journeys The goal of the secondary journey was to revisit places from first mission to evaluate how the churches and people were doing. ... Departs From Ephesus for Caesarea then mission ends (Acts 18:23) Third Missionary Journey During this trip Paul would write his doctoral letters. ... Paul writes Galatians and Romans either on this journey or before Apostolic Council of Jerusalem in AD 49 D. ... Leaves to journey to Jerusalem for Feast of Pentecost A. ...

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Eliot's "The Journey of the Magi", the speaker is grumbling about a trip that he once made. ... The tone in "Journey of the Magi" is a complaining yet determined one. The speaker of the poem is a man who took a journey to see the Christ child. ... He wrote this literal story about his journey to see the Christ child upon his birth. ... The speaker obviously wants to return to his home, yet he stays on the journey. ...

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They experience many hardships over their sixty-year journey in the wilderness. The Joads" journey in The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, is a very similar journey. ... The similarity between the Joads" journey and the Israelites journey aids in enhancing the work's meaning. ... After meeting and going with Tom to Tom's house to find it abandoned, he goes along with the Joads on their journey to California. ... The Joads and the Israelites are similar in their journeys to their own separate Promised Lands. ...

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Throughout ones journey in life, our individual perceptions of faith in God, in mankind, and in ourselves, guide us along our path. ... He must venture on a journey into the local forest refuse the temptations of the devil and return to the village before time. Ready to set out on his journey, he leaves his wife Faith behind. ... The journey he takes whether real imagined or something in between aptly illustrates how lost Young Goodman Brown really is. Young Goodman brown leaves his wife with the intention of completing his journey and returning to Faith and after this one night I"ll cling ...

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In the bible it recorded that while Samson was journeying to Timnah with his father and mother, a young lion attacked him. ... Judges 14:6 It is this same type of incredible strength, that we see Gilgamesh also display as he journeyed up the mountain forest with Enkidu his friend. They journeyed up the mountain forest to cut cedar trees, and when they were attacked by Humbaba, the monster who guards the Cedar Forest. ... In an effort to avoid death, he headed out on a journey to find immortality. This journey leads him towards Utanapishtim, who together with his wife survived the Great Flood a...

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The hejira, sometimes spelled hegira, which means departure refers to Mohammed's journey from Mecca to Medina. It also is remembered in the journey that every Muslim has to take at least once in his/her lifetime to Mecca, or the hold land. Basically I think that taking this journey, which is stated as a rule in the five pillars (five duties of every Muslim containing only worshiping the one true god Allah, praying five times a day in the direction of the holy land Mecca, giving alms to charity, fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, and making a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in you...

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Firstly Baptism, which is described as the beginning of a journey with Jesus, the child should not begin this journey if there is no hope of them finishing it. ... It is hypocritical to receive communion if you do not attend Mass, it is supposed to be "food for the journey." ... Sacraments are special, sacred and significant celebrations which mark our growth and journey in faith; who has the right to deny this? ...

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A third incident is that he accompanies the apostle on the journey towards and stays with Philip at Caesarea. ... Large crowds of people are following Jesus as he is continuing on his journey to Jerusalem. ... On this journey there were probably many hardships they had to overcome. Some of these hardships that they must have dealt with were weather, thieves, and tough terrain during their journey. This journey must have taken a long time to finish and was not an easy task for the followers of Jesus. ...

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How do they speak to your faith journey? ... The gospel stories of Mary Magdalene and the Woman Accused of Adultery speak to my faith journey by demonstrating the relevance of Jesus to my perspective through his egalitarian attitudes and actions, in particular towards a marginalised group of people such as women. ... Ultimately the experience has inspired a desire to further inform my faith journey by learning more about who Jesus was, what he stood for and how this can be made relevant and meaningful to me as a woman in a contemporary context. ...

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Everyman ponder over which man to make his moan to accompany him on the heavy journey. ... Good-Deeds agrees to go with Everyman immediately on his journey to heaven, yet she cannot stand before God with Everyman. ...

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Slightly bewildered, Lewis boards the bus and begins a journey out of a city named Hell and into another city called Heaven. ... While Lewis is walking he meets George MacDonald who aids him in his journey through heaven. MacDonald tells Lewis that this journey is a dream, which will make clear to him that souls have a choice between Heaven and Hell and what that choice is. ...

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Someone who is prodigal is given to wasteful luxury or extravagance. This profuse behavior is seen in "The Prodigal Son", by James Weldon Johnson and "De Progicul Son", by John Henry Faulk, which is the view from an African American perception. The two literary works make known the importance...

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His missionary journeys and establishment of churches enabled the spreading of the message throughout the Roman Empire. ... It was believed if one were honest, true and worshiped faithfully, one would enter the Kingdom of God at the end of life's journey. ...

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I agree with what the quote is saying about the sacraments because the sacraments are truly unique gifts from God. The quote says that receiving the sacraments brings the Holiness of ourselves closer to heaven. This is an accurate statement because the Sacraments were instituted by Christ and were...

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Sacraments are a very important part of our Christian Journey through life. As you know ways of doing things change over the years but we know the meaning of Sacraments haven't. At Baptism they were born in a special way into Gods family and Catholic Community. At Confirmation they renewed the pr...

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I grew up in what kids around here call "the bubble:- they typical American suburb, with the protective PTA moms and the fashionable "trendsetters of America."" For all I knew, the worst thing that could ever happen to me was that my hair dryer wouldn't turn on in the morning. This nave outlook on...

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My journey has been heartbreaking and tumultuous, but in the end I was able-through God's help-to find a place of healing. ... My journey moves me forward, away from the mundane and into the realm of the extraordinary. ... I know that my journey will last a lifetime, and that this overwhelming love will continue till I finally meet Jesus face-to-face. ...

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The Marlin represents the diciples that followed Jesus through his journey as they learned his ways and became willing to do any thing for him, much like the marlin depended on the old man to decide what was to become of their fate while they were at sea. ...

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On Jonathan's journey to get to Dracula's castle he was given a crucifix from an innkeeper's wife warning him on Saint George's day "all the evil things in the world will have full sway...

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He again uses DiMaggio as an anchor, to hold him down to Earth, in an attempt to keep him sane on his long, wretched, grueling journey. Santiago constantly refers to the Great DiMaggio throughout the novella, using him to bind him to the Earth and to try to provide him with strength to go on with his journey no matter the obstacles. ...

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Baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, penance, anointing of the sick, holy orders, matrimony " these are the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church. According to Why Believe? by Eileen Flynn, the sacraments are rituals. They are Christian rituals that express sacred meanings. When Christ walked this...

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Muhammad was woken one night by the angel Gabriel, together they journeyed to Jerusalem, then, from a prominent rock, to heaven. There he said to have met with the great prophets Abraham, Jesus, Moses and others. ( Safdie, 1990, p.98) For Muslims, this miraculous journey is further evidence of Muhammad's profound spiritual nature, and the religious significance of Jerusalem. ...

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Rather He led them through the desert toward the Red Sea as they journeyed to the Promised Land. ... Following these incredible sights would remind them that God was always with them, guiding them each step of the way on their journey to the Promised Land. ... Saul was on his journey in Damascus and all of sudden Jesus appeared in front of him. ...

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Also ever present in the soul's journey through life is the search for a prize; an ultimate Truth, especially in the early Middle Ages when religions where beginning to mature and take power in society. ...

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The novel Wise Blood by Flannery O"Conner is the grotesque story of Hazel Motes, a man on a spiritual quest to find truth. The novel is filled with a number of societal misfits such as con-artists and fake preachers as well as a plot induced with scenes of prostitution, self-mortification, and murde...

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