The community would gather to sing carols and welcome jolly old Santa into town. ... The streets of the town were full of loving families lingering, waiting for the traditional parade to begin. ... The taste of candy cane settled in our mouths, making every breath we took in refreshing and sweet. ... Delight overwhelmed our soft hearts. ... Every Christmas morning, my mom woke my family to come into our cozy living room where she read us the story about Jesus Christ's birth. ...

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Perkins a sharecropper's son grew up in a small rural town in Mississippi amidst dire poverty. Perkins moved to California when he was 17 after his older brothers" murder at the hands of the town marshal. ... With these philosophies in hand Perkins set out and developed solutions of breaking the barriers of racism in our society. Perkins stated that we are Christians by our love. ... These three views are the keys to eliminating racism in our society in the future. ...

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The Crucifixion of Christ is the culminating event of thousands of years of prophecy and over thirty years of the life and teachings of our Messiah Jesus Christ. ... However, as is painfully obvious out in town and even in this school, people get confused with the ways of God and the ways of the "world", which are two separate entities. ... To forget that He died for our shortcomings is the same as never having faith in Christ himself; the whole point is missed. ...

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In the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez exemplifies a sympathetic mood towards Santiago by portraying him as a Christ like figure, however, he writes about the town having a negative viewpoint associated with him, helping to question the murder and whether he was wrongfully killed. ... People in the town compare Santiago to his father, from Victoria Guzman (pg. 10) "He was just like his father, a shit". Also, the town was relatively poor, noticing when someone had money, they thought it defined the person. ... This helps cement Santiago's i...

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Lewis is the narrator of his story, which begins in Hell, a dreary town full of empty streets. ... Lewis boards a bus for Heaven with other ghosts from the town. ... Walking through this abominable town, he happens to find a bus stop, which takes inhabitants out of this gloomy place and into a much brighter happier world. ... By the end of the book we cannot help but wonder after an excruciating self-analysis where our bus is headed and where it will eventually end up. Will we ever find out we have employed the assistance of the divine tour guide to determine our fates or that we have insisted...

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An atheist might claim him to be a fairytale invented to keep people in line, a Muslim or Jewish person might acknowledge his historical existence yet deny him as the messiah, and a devout Christian might think him to be the messiah the man who saved our souls and the epitome of human perfection. ... He soon finds himself in a town where he comes upon Mary Magdalene a prostitute who Jesus has shared a past with. ... They make their way back to the town of Mary Magdalene where she is about to be stoned for being a prostitute Jesus stops the stoning and begins to preach his new word of love as h...

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No matter if you are over seas or across town it takes effort. ... Things will not always go our way, we must except it and move on. ... Sometimes we tend to focus so much on what others are doing and how their relationship is with Christ, that we forget about our own personal relationship. ...

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We are introduced to the female counterpoint to the story as "a certain woman in the town known to be a sinner." ... It is often remarked that she was a "whore" or the town prostitute but there is no evidence in the scripture to credit this label. ... The crowd is dumbfounded by Jesus" words and quickly responded with, "who is this who even forgives our sins?". ...

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Donne also attributes his poem religiously, implying upon our fate with death, "One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / and death shall be no more: Death thou shalt die," the thirteenth and fourteenth stanza. Donne expression is that we shall receive eternal life after death, a conception of the human race, with faith; our higher being shall grant us eternal life through our Jesus Christ, Our Lord. ... However, what the people of his town did not know is that status does not provide happiness, because he was unable to live on with his life; in the last stanza "And Richard Cory, one ca...

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# The Messiah It was a great day long ago when a savior was born in a small town called Bethlehem. ... He then rises to join God and awaits our return. ... Our Savior claimed he would soon be back for us but the hour cometh like a thief in the night. ...

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The situation with Mary's heart speaks of the situation of all our hearts. ... In a spiritual emotional sense, we all give ourselves away, and at times, we will even give our hearts to the first person or to something that will bless us, or encourage us and give us love. ... Oh, how wonderful it is when we first experience that freedom when God releases us from our burdens and our yokes. ... They walked around from town to town and ministered to the needs of these fisherman type men. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"In the middle of Old Town Square, in the heart of Prague, Czech Republic, stands a large discolored statue of John Huss" (Young). ... Back then, that was a big deal, but by this we are now entitled to our own Bibles. ... John Huss should be a man that we look up to as a role model of how our lives for Christ should be. Maybe not as extreme in the United States but eventually we may have to be radicals in our faith, so why not start now with the small things? ...

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"Almost daily she carried a large jar of water from the town well for washing and cooking the well still supplies modern Nazareth today and is called Mary's Well"(Charles 27). ... So Joseph and Mary set out from the town of Nazareth in Galilee and traveled up to Judea, to the town of David called Bethlehem. ... She saw him arrive as her baby son, and watched him die as our savior. ...

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Why do we overanalyze situations in our heads? ... We make decisions based on our worries. ... We make decisions that are influenced by our worries. ... My parents were out of town at the time, so I did not have a ride to the party. ... When we have worry, our mind is not where it should be. ...

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He spoke about how we abuse our word not only by lying but also just by giving our word. ... I think the reverend was showing that we have an awesome and forgiving God who is understanding of our needs. So understanding that even though God doesn't need to make promises, God does so to make us feel better in our lives. ... We may all have our own churches, masses, congregations and prayers but we are all there for the same reason and purpose. ... While my church does have a youth group, because we are such a small congregation in a small town the group doesn't do much. ...

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God gave us a purpose in this life; therefore, Christ should be the center of our lives and of our businesses. ... Nonbelievers will come into our business every day. ... When I moved three hours away from my home town, my mom said, "You're on your own." ... Our job, as a Christian, is to conquer these temptations. ... I believe this Word of God can solve all our problems. ...

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Half of our adults and children are overweight and can barely move to do everyday activities. ... Our streets are littered with trash from Big Macs and beer bottles. ... Our Heavenly Father made the Earth and everything in it. ... The main story on the news this night is a fight about our children's education. ... It is a good cause, saving our planet, saving our loved ones. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Pope Benedict XVI, formerly Joseph Ratzinger, was born in the small town of Marktl am Inn, Germany on the sixteenth day of April in 1927. ... Benedict XVI covers topics such as faith, morality, social justice, sin, marriage, death, and most importantly our Heavenly Father. ...

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Although I wont disagree that the majority of people in that region of our country are conservative, Ive found that more often times than not, North Dakotans vote red for fiscal and economic reasons, not because of social issues. ... Jesus Camp put out the idea that Christians must be crazy, and the craziest of all are in small town North Dakota, which I can say from first hand experience is blatantly untrue. ...

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There, in an impoverished ghost town, God taught me perseverance and patience through a little girl and gratefulness and humility through a mural. ... On the last day of our time in Catadupa, I recruited my sister and a few other girls to help me finish the painting. ...

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Jesus cured many sick and demonic people in His journeys through different towns and cities. ... In each different town Jesus would perform miracles. ... This taught us that no matter who it is, if someone is hurt, he is still our brother, and we should still take care of our brother. ...

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The way we live our life determines where we will be after the resurrection of Jesus. ... Both religions believe that Jesus Christ was born of Mary, and that the birth took place in the town of Bethlehem. ... We can become holy, and relieve salvation by help from God by faith in the works of Christ, not by our own works. ... Mormonism is one of our countries few home grown religions, so why doesn't every American believe in it? Because it is lacking history and proof, but maybe in a couple hundreds it will the predominant religion in our country. ...

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Despite having a Church in the middle of town, religion wasn't something the town emphasized. ... That's why it was a major change for me going from a small town in New York to Charleston, South Carolina. ...

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Back during the medieval times soldiers used what is called a battering ram; it is a device made of a tree trunk used to literally batter, pound, punch and shake down gates, doors and walls of Medieval castles, fortresses and towns (Lords and Ladies). ... The prophet Jeremiah said, "Our backsliding is great; we have sinned against you" (Jeremiah 14:7). ... In this very complex relationship, the speaker is asking God to shape him, "seek to mend," which can be compared to the clay in the potter's hand in Isaiah 64:8 where is says, "But now, O LORD, thou art our fat...

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The truth is that in this day of super high technology and thousands of resources at our fingertips that thoroughly explain the meanings behind just about everything Jesus said, this view would hinge on borderline ignorance. First of all, Jesus never intended for us to take particular quote from his teachings, tirelessly dissect it in search of a literal meaning, and then make a final decision regarding our salvation. ... He knew, even then, the probabilities of human nature to make money and material things our God. Ultimately taking all our attention and focus off of the Lord. ... We...

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• Grade Level: High School