8、What was the first animated film to be nominated for an Oscar for best picture? A、Aladdin B、Beauty and the Beast C、The Lion King D、Toy Story Answer:B 9、Millions of copies of which game are allegedly buried in a landfill in New Mexico because of poor sales? A、Custer's Reveng...
Paul’s early life was marked by religious zeal, brutal violence, and the relentless persecution of the early church. Fortunately, the later years of Paul’s life show a marked difference as he lived his life for Christ and for the advancement of His kingdom. Paul was actually born as Sau...
But before he was known as a tireless champion of Christianity, Paul was actually known forpersecutingChristians. TheBook of Actstells us that Paul was even present at the death of the first Christian martyr—where he “approved the stoning of Stephen” (Acts 8:1). Over the last two millen...
This was the first of several "Thyrza" poems, among them, "Away, Away, Ye Notes of Woe" (written 1811), "One Struggle More, and I Am Free" (written 1812), and "And Thou Art Dead, As Young and Fair" (written 1812). He also commemorated Edleston in additions to Childe Harold (...
On the seventh day of the second banquet, Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti be brought to him, wearing her royal crown, “in order to display her beauty to the people and nobles, for she was lovely to look at” (Esther 1:11). The general consensus among biblical scholars is King Xerxes ...
The doctrine to which they had at first given in their adhesion was a doctrine of salvation by grace: they now imagined that they were only hearing a different version of the same truths. A different version? How was that possible? There could not be any second gospel, nor was there ...
First, Stephen shows believers they can have a powerful impact for the kingdom, if even for a short period of time. Although Scripture doesn’t specify how long Stephen’s ministry lasted, it appears he receives opposition very soon into the journey. Second, no matter where we come from, ...
The first kingdom established after the Flood was Kish, and the name “Kish” appears often on clay tablets. The early post-Flood Sumerian king lists (not found in the Bible) say that “kingship descended from heaven to Kish” after the Flood. (The Hebrew name “Cush,” much later, ...
In the Old Testament Babylon was a pagan nation who took God’s people into captivity and defiled the Temple of God. They worshipped idols and their king, and trod the Word of God underfoot. This great city was finally destroyed, just as the prophets had predicted.Isaiah 45:1-3. ...
The name Melchizedek, from which the apostle derives a portion of his argument here, is Hebrew, מלכי־צדק Malkiy-Tsedeq, and is correctly explained as meaning "king of righteousness" - being compounded of two words - "king and righteousness." Why this name was given ...