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Death anxiety has been found to affect people of differing demographic groups as well, such as men versus women, young versus old, etc. [4] The sociological and psychological consensus is that death anxiety is universally present across all societies, but that different cultures manifest aspects of death anxiety in differing ways and degrees.
Bible thumper United States: Christian people Someone perceived as aggressively imposing their Christian beliefs upon others. The term derives from preachers thumping their hands down on the Bible, or thumping the Bible itself, to emphasize a point during a sermon. The term's target domain is broad and can often extend to anyone engaged in a ...
John Chrysostom, a prominent Church Father of Christianity revered in the Orthodox, Nestorian, Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican traditions, taught that people should wash their hands before picking up a copy of the Bible (he enjoined women to wear a headcovering if they were not already veiled at home prior to touching the Bible).
As stated in the Canons of Dordrecht, First Head (Chapter 1) Article 15 and Article 16: [1]; Moreover, Holy Scripture most especially highlights this eternal and undeserved grace of our election and brings it out more clearly for us, in that it further bears witness that not all people have been chosen but that some have not been chosen or have been passed by in God's eternal election-- those ...
Warfare represents a special category of biblical violence and is a topic the Bible addresses, directly and indirectly, in four ways: there are verses that support pacifism, and verses that support non-resistance; 4th century theologian Augustine found the basis of just war in the Bible, and preventive war which is sometimes called crusade has also been supported using Bible texts.
“I think in, particularly, the times of the world that we’re in, where things seem kind of scary and weird, having a scary and weird angel sort of speaks to people,” Austin-Young said.
Miller cites Paul's observation in 1st Timothy that, "people who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction." [ 9 ] Paul continues on with the observation that "the love of money is the root of all evil."
(The Center Square) – Below is the text of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's State of the State and Budget Address. *Remarks as Prepared for Delivery* Speaker Welch, President Harmon, Minority Leader ...