Aside from Marty's references to Joseph Smith's revelations, he tells Smith's story as he challenges the facts. ... Joseph Smith may have told and preached his true experiences, yet we will never know, and the fact that his story is so controversial, yet his practice still lives on today, is a highlighting reason to my choice of this person. 2. ... The ministries questioned his viewpoints and stand on being reborn, and he was soon not welcomed into towns that did not give into his preaching's. ... The central and uniting principle of the Quakers was the theme of priesthood ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The impact and the effect that this story has had on the lives of people who have heard it are tremendous. ... It gives us the idea that God is our father and we are his loved children, also that he desires a relationship with us. ... "The younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me. ... He basically says, "Give me now the part of the estate I will get anyway when you are dead, and let me get out of this."" ... In this story that our Lord told there was never any question as to whether the boy was a son or not. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Born and raised as a Roman Catholic, my parents tried their best to mold me not just into a kind and obedient kid but to be a girl with a strong faith in God. ... But even as a kid; homeless people, kids with no parents, wars on the news and even death made me ask "If there really is a God, why is suffering and pain present?... Incomprehensible situations a typical teenager experiences lead to questioning God harshly "why did God choose me to experience this and that?! ... The book has a wide-ranging scope; psychology, political thought, Christian-apologetic theory of history, bi...

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• Grade Level: High School

God's Covenants: A Biblical Perspective Introduction The Bible is the story of mankind and his relationship with God. ... God's covenant with Noah also regenerated the covenant made with Adam by giving man dominion over the animals and by charging him and his sons with the responsibility of repopulating the earth. ... In giving His people His law, God was illustrating the importance of choice and responsibility. If they chose to obey His law, they would be blessed overwhelmingly, "Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own po...

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THE BIBLE"S WORD: "GOSPEL" INTRODUCTION There are few words that harness such spiritual magnitude as the word "gospel." In fact, the gospel of Christ "is the power of God unto salvation" (Rom. 1:16).# In essence, it is God's dynamite# which is used to clear away the rubble of sin so that we ...

• Word Count: 5937
• Approx Pages: 24
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School