According to Breuilly, Brien, and Palmer, "Christians believe that he is God, or "the Son of God," who chose to take on human form in order to reconcile humanity to God, and to restore the relationship that had been broken by human disobedience." (43) Christians study the Bible which they believe to be the direct word from God. ... The word testament means "witness," and Christians believe that the Old Testament contains the witness of God originally to the Jews, and the New Testament the witness of people who knew Jesus or were closely associated with events in the early church." (46) Th...

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History of the Death Penalty Use of the death penalty has declined throughout the industrial Western World since the 19th century. ... Finally, there are more than 30 years of respected academic studies that reveal a general, or systemic, deterrent effect, meaning that there is statistical proof that executions produce fewer murders. However, such studies are inconclusive because there are also studies that find no such effect. ... Because such studies are inconclusive, we must choose the option that may save innocent lives. ... There was a method called the Guillotine consisting of a heavy b...

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(Genesis 12:1-2 Life Application Study Bible) Ultimately, fulfillment of God's promise would require substantial faith, patience, and devotion. ... (Hill/Walton 2009) A descendant of the Tribe of Judah, who could be traced back to one man, Abraham-who answered God's call, creating a history guided by a promise....

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Margaret Murray, who studies witchcraft's history and origins. ... I choose to concentrate on the Solitary Wiccan for many reasons, it is the most basic form of the Craft because it has no history, there is no strict rules like most other forms and the books and articles about it are straight forward. In his book Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, Scott Cunningham writes "some use Wicca' and Witch' almost interchangeably" (iv). ...

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Throughout the course of history, three "ape-men" theories have been conceived: the Pithecanthropus Erectus, the Piltdown Man, and the Peking Man. ... Another common concept was the idea that all things descended from one central, guiding principle" (Think Quest). ... At the age of 16, his father sent him to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. ... In 1827, his father sent him back to school at the University of Cambridge to study divinity. ...

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No Christian can study God=s Word for very long without coming face-to-face with the dilemma concerning predestination and free will. ... The above questions became important to me as I began my graduate studies in clinical psychology almost 15 years ago at Wheaton (and remain to this day) and continue as I have pursued formal theological education (MDiv) from Liberty. ... But the extent of our freedom has been much debated - both in history and presently. ... But this is not an exhaustive study due to space limitations (e.g., the doctrine of sanctification is not covered in this paper). N...

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It is also a large part of history. ... Even modern day author Audrey Smedley points out that, "it is not without significance that many contemporary scholars have concluded that race is a relatively recent concept in human history" (Smedley 1999, 16). ... Looking back into history, it is determined that many languages used the word race to "categorize human beings". ...

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