The subject of the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, is the history of the Children of Israel, especially in terms of their relationship with God.

For strictly observant Jews, being " chosen " fundamentally means that it was God's wish that a group of people would exist in a covenant, and would be bound to obey a certain set of laws as a duty of their covenant, and that the Children of Israel chose to enter into this covenant with God.

The Family International ( TFI ), formed as the Children of God ( COG ) and later named Family of Love and the Family, is a cult, started in 1968 in Huntington Beach, California, United States.

Members of the Children of God founded communes, first called " colonies " but now referred to as " homes ," in various cities.

The Children of God ended as an organizational entity in February 1978.

Among the Children of God, the judge argued, Flirty Fishing was not understood as prostitution but " as a personal contribution to the humanitarian aims that the sect always claimed to pursue ".

:: C. Living Obediently as Children of God ( 2: 12-18 )

* When Children ask about God: A Guide for Parents Who Don't Always Have All the Answers published in 1995

The first of the Ten Commandments can be interpreted to forbid the Children of Israel from worshiping any other god but the one true God who had revealed himself at Mount Sinai and given them the Torah, however it can also be read as henotheistic, since it states that they should have " no other gods before me.

A monotheistic religion originating in the Hebrew Bible ( also known as the Tanakh ) and explored in later texts such as the Talmud, Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship God established with the Children of Israel.

The Children of Gebelawi ( 1959, also known as " Children of our Alley ") one of Mahfouz's best known works, has been banned in Egypt for alleged blasphemy over its allegorical portrayal of God and the monotheistic Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, until the ban was released in 2006.

While the emphasis was decidedly on the commercial, there were occasional less commercial but more artistic and intellectual efforts like I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, Atlantic City, Reds, Witness, Children of a Lesser God and The Accused.

In the narrative of the Exodus, the Bible tells that God helped the Children of Israel escape slavery in Egypt by inflicting ten plagues upon the Egyptians before the Pharaoh would release his Israelite slaves ; the tenth and worst of the plagues was the death of the Egyptian first-born.

In addition to those mentioned above he wrote Triall of our Church-Forsakers ( 1639 ), Milk for Babes, or a Mother's Catechism for her Children ( 1646 ), and A Christian Family builded by God, or Directions for Governors of Families ( 1653 ).

One Muslim legend narrates that Shem was one of the people that God made Jesus resurrect as a sign to the Children of Israel.

The Quran refers heavily to Moses to outline the truth of his existence and the religious guidelines that God had revealed to the Children of Israel.

# The Children of Israel were God's original chosen people by virtue of an ancient covenant, but by rejecting Jesus they forfeited their chosenness-and now, by virtue of a New Covenant ( or " testament "), Christians have replaced the Jews as God's chosen people, the Church having become the " People of God.

Such works include those of Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow and Children of God.

Offenses against God may be understood as violation of a contract ( the covenant between God and the Children of Israel ).

Among them was the alleged cult Children of God, also known as The Family, who called this practice " Flirty Fishing ".

In general, essential doctrines of Messianic Judaism include views on God ( that he is omnipotent, omnipresent, eternal, outside creation, infinitely significant and benevolent — viewpoints on the Trinity vary ), Jesus ( who is believed to be the Jewish Messiah, though views on his divinity vary ), written Torah ( with a few exceptions, Messianic Jews believe that Jesus taught and reaffirmed the Torah and that it remains fully in force ), Israel ( the Children of Israel are central to God's plan ; replacement theology is opposed ), the Bible ( Tanakh and the New Testament are usually considered the divinely inspired Scripture, though Messianic Judaism is more open to criticism of the New Testament canon than is Christianity ), eschatology ( sometimes similar to many evangelical Christian views ), and oral law ( See also Christian Oral Tradition-observance varies, but most deem these traditions subservient to the written Torah ).

Messianic Jews believe God's people have a responsibility to spread his name and fame to all nations ( Psalms 96: 3, Ezekiel 3: 18 – 19 ) It is believed that the Children of Israel were, remain, and will continue to be the chosen people of the God, and are central to his plans for existence.

Children scoring high in compulsivity were those who gave evidence of tension or emotionality in situations where there was lack of organization or conformity to standards and expectations, or who made exaggerated efforts to achieve these goals.

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children was administered to each sample third-grade child by a clinical worker.

It has also been argued that A Modest Proposal was, at least in part, a response to the 1728 essay The Generous Projector or, A Friendly Proposal to Prevent Murder and Other Enormous Abuses, By Erecting an Hospital for Foundlings and Bastard Children by Swift's rival Daniel Defoe.

His experience there was turned into two books: Records of a School and Conversations with Children on the Gospels.

While working on a second book, Alcott and Peabody had a falling out and Conversations with Children on the Gospels was prepared with help from Peabody's sister Sophia, published at the end of December 1836.

Vinge's Children of the Sky, " a near-term sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep ", set ten years later, was released in October 2011.

Children in the areas where Agent Orange was used have been affected and have multiple health problems, including cleft palate, mental disabilities, hernias, and extra fingers and toes.

The winner was again Midnight's Children.

As told above, Blissymbolics was used in 1971 to help children at the Ontario Crippled Children ’ s Centre ( OCCC, now the Bloorview Kids Rehab ) in Toronto, Canada.

Charles Chaplin Sr. was by then a severe alcoholic, and life with the man was bad enough to provoke a visit from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

In 1916, " Food For Young Children " along with its sequel for adults, " How to Select Foods " was the first USDA guide to give specific dietary guidelines.

:" Mr Cotton Mather was the most active and forward of any Minister in the Country in those matters Goodwin children and Goody Glover, taking home one of the Children, and managing such intrigues with that Child, and after printing such an account of the whole, in his Memorable Provinces in 1689, as conduced much to the kindling of those Flames, that in Sir Williams time Salem Witch Trials threatened the devouring of this Country.

Also in that year, she was made one of the visiting physicians of the East London Hospital for Children, becoming the first woman in Britain to be appointed to a medical post, but she found the duties of these two positions to be incompatible with her principal work in her private practice and the dispensary, as well as her role as a new mother, so she resigned from these posts by 1873.

Lyly installed Henry Evans, a Welsh scrivener and theatrical affectionado, as the manager of the new company of Oxford's Boys, composed of the Children of the Chapel and the Children of Paul's, and turned his talents to play writing until the end of June, 1584, when the original playhouse lease was voided by its owner.

Marcel Carné's Les Enfants du Paradis ( Children of Paradise ) was filmed during World War II and released in 1945.

This strategy was criticised by Fianna Fáil Minister for Children, Barry Andrews.

The term was adopted at the third conference of the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and in 1991 the WHO recommended its use to the United Nations.

For example, the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children ( WISC ), originally developed in 1949, was updated in 1974, in 1991, and again in 2003.

Others such as Max Müller agreed that Khatti was probably Kheta, but proposed connecting it with Biblical Kittim, rather than with the " Children of Heth ".

Children younger than nine were not allowed to work and the work day of youth under the age of 18 was limited to twelve hours.