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The Book of Leviticus (from Greek Λευιτικός, Leuitikos, meaning "relating to the Levites"; Hebrew: ויקרא, Wayiqra, "And He called") is the third book of the Hebrew Bible, and the third of five books of the Torah (or Pentateuch).
The English name is from the Latin Leviticus, taken in turn from Greek and a reference to the Levites, the tribe from whom the priests were drawn. It would be wrong, however, to describe Leviticus simply as a manual for priests as it concerns itself, at least equally, with the role and duties of the laity.
Leviticus rests in two crucial beliefs: the first, that the world was created "very good" and retains the capacity to achieve that state although it is vulnerable to sin and defilement; the second, that the faithful enactment of ritual makes God's presence available, while ignoring or breaching it compromises the harmony between God and the world.
The traditional view is that Leviticus was compiled by Moses, or, in less extreme form, that the material in it goes back to his time. However, the tradition is comparatively late (it dates from Josephus, a 1st century AD historian), and scholars are practically unanimous that the book had a long period of growth, that it includes some material of considerable antiquity, and that it reached its present form in the Persian period (538-332 BC).
Paul David Washer (born 1961) is the Founder/Director & Missions Coordinator of HeartCry Missionary Society which supports indigenous missionary work. He is also a Southern Baptist itinerant preacher. Washer's sermons tend to have an evangelistic focus on the gospel and the doctrine of the assurance of salvation, and he frequently speaks against practices such as the sinner's prayer, and a focus on numerical church growth.
Washer had a born again experience while studying to become an oil and gas lawyer at the University of Texas. Upon graduation, he attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and achieved a Master of Divinity degree. He then moved to Peru to become a missionary for 10 years, after which he returned to the United States. Washer resides in Radford, Virginia, where he lives with his wife and three children.
Washer's sermons often focus on the character of Christ and how a person is saved from hell. According to Washer, a person is saved through faith alone, but the evidence of a person's repentance is by walking with Jesus. Washer claims that most people who profess a belief in Christianity aren't truly saved. Washer blames preachers, as he claims many preachers often say a person is saved without looking for evidence of repentance in that person's life.
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Plot: A woman wakes up trapped inside a room with no memory of her past. As times ticks by, a bizarre mix of real and surreal characters visits her; some seeming to aid her while others torment her. Unable to escape, she must put together the pieces of a riddle to discover who she is and how she got here. But when she discovers the truth of her past, she might wish she had instead remained a prisoner to the horrors of the room. The Nightmare Box is a venture into sexual guilt through experimental horror where terror and art are combined.
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Plot: What happens when Southern Baptists collide with Gay Sex? Warren, a young man traveling in an airstream trailer with his rigid Baptist parents, meets Max in a gay bar while on a stop during a tent revival tour. A chance meeting spawns a fevered tryst in the family trailer.
Keywords: baptist, belief-in-god, christian, gay, gay-bar, gay-interest, gay-kiss, gay-lead-character, gay-sex, kissActors: Ming Lo (actor), Kacee DeMasi (writer), Chris Valenti (actor), Kacee DeMasi (costume designer), Kacee DeMasi (miscellaneous crew), Kacee DeMasi (editor), Kacee DeMasi (producer), Kacee DeMasi (director), Kacee DeMasi (actress), Leon Salem (composer), Raymond T. Williams (actor), Houston Mack (actor), Marlon Grace (actor), Jesse M. Trice III (producer), Gilda O. Davies (producer),
Plot: Jordan's RiveR is based on a true story about finding your destiny in a world filled with contradictions and true honesty. It is based on the lives of people in the Old Testament with a 21st Century twist. Four friends all dealing with the same temptations as the people of God dealt with during biblical times. Four friends with one thing in common - some Knowledge of God, what the friends do with that knowledge leads them each down their own path. They grow apart rather than closer, as the temptations turn to sin and the clear waters of activism turns murky faster than the wolf running in the forest. At what point in our lives do we decide to save the animals in place of the humans, Jordan's RiveR takes you on a journey like no other film has and leads you into the depths of God's Grace as it is outlined in the minds of two animal rights activists.
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