Largest Kingdoms/Countries by Year

2500 BC: The Kingdom of Egypt

2000 BC: The Kingdom of Egypt

1500 BC: The Kingdom of Egypt

1000 BC: Zhou China

500 BC: The Persian Empire

1 AD: The Roman Empire

500 AD: The Sasanid (Persian) Empire 

1000 AD: Buyid Caliphate

1500 AD: The Ming Empire

2000 AD: Russia

Eight Reasons Why You May Be Looking at the Face of Jesus

For years the Shroud of Turin has been believed by tens of millions as the very burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth. The image you see below has graphically designed to match the face on the shroud.

It may in fact be Jesus's face, here's eight reasons why:

1.) The Shroud was made according to Jewish Law: According to Leviticus 19:19 clothes that mix two kinds of fabric should not be worn and although mixing fabrics was done in Europe (where some believe the shroud was created) the shroud stands out as Kosher.

2.) The blood (which has been proven to be human) is where you would expect if the man had worn a crown of thorns.



3.) There is a blood wound where the man was stabbed on the side; the wound matches the size of a Roman spear tip used in the first century.

4.) The man bears the wounds of lashes; the marks on his body are as one would expect if he had been wiped by Roman soldiers in the first century.

5.) The man's whose image was preserved on the shroud has Jewish facial features.

6.) The man is crucified at the ankle when the images of the medieval period showed Jesus with the nail through the front of the foot. If the image was somehow created by a scammer why would he not make the image show the crucified image as the general population and even the Roman Catholic Church believed it looked like?

(From a heel bone found in Jerusalem in the first century he know that alleged criminals were crucified though the heel; not like people came to believe after Rome fell and crucifixion fell out of use.)

6.) We have no evidence that this image was created by any manufacture as the technique was never been repeated by anyone in the medieval.

7.) To this day we still cannot recreate the shroud's image, which is most clearly seen not in normal photograph but as a negative image.

8.) The Shroud projects the man's image both upwards and downwards--something never seen before which even has a Physicist intrigued.

The Shroud in a negative photograph

Guide to Evangelical Christianity

This Guide was put together to help you better understand Evangelical Christianity as it exists today. It should be noted for the readings that all the recommended books are available online and come without audio.

Table of Contents

I) Countries/territories with a significant population
II) Key texts to read
III) Recommended sermons
IV) Recommended Cultural Material
V) Recommended debates


Reading time:               10 hours
Listening to sermons:   2 hours
Cultural Material:         1 hour
Viewing debates:          2.5 hours

Total time to study:      15.5 hours
or
About 4 hours a week for a month.

Countries/territories where at least 25% of the population identify Evangelical:

In North America

The United States of America

In the Caribbean

Saint Vincent
The Bahamas
Barbados
Turks and Caicos Islands
Jamaica
British Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico

South America

El Salvador
Nicaragua
Brazil

Europe

Faroe Islands

Africa

Kenya
Uganda
Central African Republic
Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Burundi
Rwanda
Zambia
Swaziland

Oceania

Vanuatu
Marshall Islands
Solomon Islands
Papua New Guinea
Fiji

II) Key Texts to read 

Although the entirety of the Bible is recommended the ten most important books to read for studying Evangelicalism are: 

Genesis (Reading time: two hours*)

Deuteronomy (1.5 hours)

The Gospel of Matthew or Mark or Luke (1.5 hour)

The Gospel of John (1.5 hour)

Acts (1.5 hours)

The Letter to the Romans (one hour)

Galatians (half an hour)

James (half an hour)

Hebrews (half an hour)

Revelation (One hour)

The total reading time is estimated to be about ten hours.

*: Some individuals will read more quickly than this. 

III) Recommended Sermons 

"The Shocking Youth Message" by Paul Washer in 2006. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cncEhCvrVgQ

"God is Most Glorified in us, when we are most Satisfied in Him" by John Piper in 2015. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE-09ut2pzw 

 IV) Recommended Cultural Material

"The Gospel in Four Minutes"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K48-Li7lIfA 

"Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus" by Jefferson Bethke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IAhDGYlpqY

"Tell the World" by Lacrea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc8x33lAnAk

"Make War" by Tedashii
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs1Sq7M7cIU

V) Recommended debates (Choose one)

Calvinism Vs. Arminianism 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5B_UknPtFM

Christianity Vs. Islam ("Is Jesus the Son of God?")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of-LkwSC8vE

Canada and India Comparison Chart

Full Name	The Republic of India	Canada
Year founded	1947	1867
Title of elected leader	Prime Minister	Prime Minister
First President/Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru	John MacDonald
Accepts or rejects the monarchy?	India rejects her Majesty as part of the government but remains in the commonwealth.	Accepts
Year of the Abolishment of slavery	1843	1833
Major language	Hindi	English and French (both official.)
Population	Over 1200 million	35 million
Largest ethnic minority (in 2011)		South Asian (4.4% in 2011)
Percent “white” (in 2011)		79.1% in 2011
Global Fire Power Ranking	4th	14th
Country size (by rank)	7th	2nd
Largest cities	Mumbai Delhi Bengaluru	Toronto Montreal Calgary
Regions	East, south, north and north-east.	Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Western and Northern Territories.
Number of states / Provinces	29	10
Number of territories	7	3
Major religion (in 2011):	Hinduism (80%)	Catholicism (39%)
Separation of church and state?	Yes	No
Percent of gun owners	Around 2-3%	About 11%
Abortion	Abortion is illegal after the pre-born child is twenty weeks old except in specified circumstances.	Abortion regardless of the age of the pre-born child is not banned anywhere in Canada.
Homicide rate (per 100,000)	4 (in 2012)	2
Rape rate (in 2010)	1.8	1.7
Robbery rate	Not available	88 (2001)
Abortion rate (% of Pregnancies)	2.6 (2004)	20.7 (2006)
Percent in poverty	29.8% (2010 estimate)	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9% (in 2013)	7%

Canada and Australia Comparison Chart

Full Name	The Commonwealth of Australia	Canada
Year founded	1901	1867
Title of elected leader	Prime Minister	Prime Minister
First President/Prime Minister	Edmund Barton	John MacDonald
Accepts or rejects the monarchy?	Accepts	Accepts
Year of the Abolishment of slavery	1833	1833
Major language	English (official)	English and French (both official.)
Population	23 million	35 million
Largest ethnic minority (in 2011)	Australian Aboriginal (5%)	South Asian (4.4% in 2011)
Percent “white” (in 2011)	74.3%	79.1% in 2011
Global Fire Power Ranking	13th	14th
Country size (by rank)	6th	2nd
Largest cities	Sydney Melbourne Brisbane	Toronto Montreal Calgary
Regions	.Western, Northern, south, Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania.	Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Western and Northern Territories.
Number of states / Provinces	7	10
Number of territories	5	3 (mainland)
Major religion (in 2011):	Catholicism (25.1%)	Catholicism (39%)
Separation of church and state?	No	No
Percent of gun owners	15%	About 11%
Abortion	It is illegal everywhere when the pre-born child is less than 24 weeks old. However, it is allowed in Victoria when two doctors give their approval.	Abortion regardless of the age of the pre-born child is not banned anywhere in Canada.
Homicide rate (per 100,000)	1	2
Rape rate (in 2010)	28.6	1.7
Robbery rate	81.8 (2002)	88 (2001)
Abortion rate (% of Pregnancies)	20.2 (2007)	20.7 (2006)
Percent in poverty	13.9% (in 2014)	14.9%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7%

America and Canada Comparison Chart

	America	Canada
Full Name	The United States of America	Canada
Year founded	1776	1867
Title of elected leader	President	Prime Minister
First President/Prime Minister	George Washington	John MacDonald
Accepts or rejects the monarchy?	Rejects	Accepts
Year of the Abolishment of slavery	1865	1833
Major languages	English (official) and Spanish.	English and French (both official.)
Population	318 million	35 million
Largest ethnic minority	Hispanic (17% in 2013)	South Asian (4.4% in 2011)
Percent “white”	63%	79.1% in 2011
Global Fire Power Ranking	1st	14th
Country size (by rank)	3rd	2nd
Largest cities	New York Los Angeles Chicago	Toronto Montreal Calgary
Regions	New England, Southern, mid-west, western, Alaskan, Hawaiian and Caribbean.	Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Western and Northern Territories.
Number of states / Provinces	50	10
Number of territories	5 (Islands)	3 (mainland)
Major religion:	Protestantism (51.3% adhere)	Catholicism (39% in 2011)
Separation of church and state?	Yes	No
Political leading (compared to the other)	More Conservative	More Liberal
General culture	Melting pot (“Come and become an American”)	Mixing bowl (“Keep your culture and come join Canada.”
Percent of gun owners	About 30%	About 11%
Abortion	Most states ban abortions in the late term.	Abortion regardless of the age of the pre-born child is not banned anywhere in Canada.
Homicide rate (per 100,000)	5	2
Rape rate (in 2010)	27.3	1.7
Robbery rate (in 2006)	146.4	94.2
Abortion rate (% of Pregnancies)	22.6 (2005)	20.7 (2006)
Percent in poverty	15%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7%