The jealousy and resentment the older brother has towards his younger brother tells me he was also lost. ... I can also see myself in the character of the elder brother. ... Much as the elder brother felt about his brother's homecoming party, I sometimes feel about recognition for a job well done. ... God wants us to rejoice when someone comes back to him, not because he wants us to feel bad, but because someone who was lost is now found. ... Did his elder brother ever forgive him? ...

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When invited to come in and enjoy the merriment, the oldest son exlaims, "I have been with you many years, never transgressed thy commandments, yet thou never gave me a kid, that I might party with my friends: but after my brother lives with harlots, thou kills for him the fatted calf?" He sees no reason to welcome the corrupt and debauched brother bach into the fold with open arms. ... The father emphasizes, "Thy brother was lost, now he has been found. ... Though filled with envy, the elder brother begins to understand that he learned the lessons of duty, honor, and respect far bette...

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Examples of this are found reformed the tramp Joel Surgeoner, tried saving Willie Ramsay by bringing him back to life briefly, and appeared to be an illusion when Dunstan was hurt. ... Dunstable's brother Willie was unconscious and about to die; however, he decides to get Mary Dempster to help instead of Dr. ... She's not the best Christian, but she tries to make the best decisions she can, and this appears to be the second miracle to Dunstan his brother came back to life momentarily. ...

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He claimed that God's law forbids marriage to a brother's widow, so his marriage to Catherine, his late brother's widow, was invalid. ... Whatever the cause, though, they both founded major religions that still stand today....

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These are the relationships between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, older brother and younger brother, friend and friend. ... Islamic religion found in Arabia appeared in early 600's based on teachings of Prophet Muhammad. ...

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Unfortunately God forgot to create all men equal, it was up to our founding fathers to do that. Doctor Martin Luther King Junior leaped into the proverbial lion's den of the civil rights movement in the 1960's and found himself under attack not only by white supremacists, but also by the white moderate. ... This point is further enforced by Doctor King's statement to the readers "My Christian and Jewish brothers"(King 591). ...

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In 1556, Charles V abdicated the throne dividing his territories between his brother and Phillip II, his son. ... In both religious wars the weaker faction was heavily persecuted for the sake of power and discrimination founded in fear. ...

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While Luke 15:3-32 contains the parables about a lost coin, sheep, son, the father's love, and the older brother. ... " Once found he tells his neighbors to rejoice with him as it could have been eating. ... And I admit it gets to me sometimes, just as the older brother in this parable. ... The older brother being Jesus who never disobeys what he's told to do and the younger old as humanity, in which we sin and God will forgive us even if we leave or disobey him. ...

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What I found most striking in the film was that very phrase, insinuating children need to be initiated into Christianity before theyre mentally capable of weighing in and giving their two sense. In addition, many Christians and citizens found Fischers relation of children following Jesus Christ similar to that of children involved in extreme Islamic practices troubling as well. ... Many of the children were weeping, and screaming with the emotional pain they were feeling for their slaughtered brothers and sisters, undoubtedly an experience theyll never forget, and most likely be scarred from. ...

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It also represented the five virtues; beneficence, compassion, brotherly love, a pure mind, and pure manners. ... "Each brother of that band, a baldric should have A belt borne oblique, of a bright green " (2516-2517). ... This is obvious for many reasons found in both texts. ...

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During the friar's story, he expresses that the Yeoman, who represents the devil, works with the summoner and they become brothers. ... The beliefs that Christianity had been founded on had all but vanished by this time. ... As Catholicism spread across Europe, the need for priests and brothers became very high. ...

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On October 4, 1226, Saint Francis was found dead lying on the floor, naked. ... His last words to us, the followers of Christ, was a call to continue the renewal of the faith:"Let us begin, brothers, to serve the Lord God, for up to now we have made little or no progress."...

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As for me I have chosen to believe God as the creator; therefore I"m to believe in the Ten Commandments found in Exodus chapter 20 in the Bible. ... The book hit me really hard because my brother was born with Cystic Fibrosis. ...

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The church got to were it is today from multiple influential people helping to shape it. The church as a whole was not in a good position back in 300 bc. The church needed someone or a group to help repair it. The church had very few followers and needed a change. Saint Francis and Saint Peter had...

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The book, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt is a memoir about McCourt childhood life. The story starts out by describing how his parents meet in Brooklyn. Angela is McCourt's mother and Malachy is McCourt's father. Later on in the story, McCourt's mother get pregnant and soon McCourt's mother and fath...

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As I started attending chapel it was hard to get used to the worship style, and I found myself struggling to really engage in worship, but after time I really became appreciative of the reverence and honor that is placed upon the position of worship leader in the Church of Christ. ... The Southern Baptist Church has taken the stance that it is better not to drink at all than to cause ones brother to stumble. ...

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