Essays 121 - 150
born to Mary, a virgin, lived among men, preached for three years, was crucified and rose from the dead. He did this to save human...
and lay persons; those he calls the "next generation of thinking Christians" (Wright). In order to reach these people, however, he...
one had to make a leap of faith because history was unimportant in the quest for Jesus (Geisler, 1999). Cain (1999) reports the ...
Later in Luke, we read "The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men . . . ." (Luke 24:7). In the Acts of the Apo...
all the rest of it. Nope, Jesus would be a man of the 21st century, an adult, and then they could see how he reacted to the world ...
salvation" (Hanh). Buddhism holds that individuality is an illusion and teaches a belief in the "non-self" or "anatta" (Hanh). Chr...
offer mankind salvation through faith. He was put to death and rose from the dead. Aside from this the various Christian faiths po...
to be the so-called "Corinthian Gate," and that this was the place where "the crippled man had been placed so that he could beg f...
a core belief of Christianity that one can find on any Christian Church Web site, regardless of whether that organization is a mai...
the "restored kingdom of David" (Hahn 28). Matthews Gospel perfectly typifies what Augustine meant when he commented that the "N...
For example, when Jesus metaphorically gives Peter the "keys to the kingdom," Jesus refers to a verse in Isaiah that speaks of the...
move allowed him to lead a life of leisure rather than one of hard work and he spent a great deal of time "in religious contemplat...
phrase could mean the individual had a special relationship with God, therefore, they must learn the meaning of this in terms of J...
men" (Jeffrey, 1990). Each taught a new truth as commanded by God, each performed miracles, both spent their childhoods in Egypt, ...
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you" (Ma...
Gospel of Matthew it is noted that "When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against...
Testament, these words generally refer to "service associated with the work done in the temple."6 In the New Testament, these word...
are knowledgeable about one fact of Christianity that the Christian worshipper is not, there is limited historical facts to establ...
Luke 2.1 there is also the reference to the birth taking place in the time of the census of Quirinius, this was in 6 CE2, however ...
women differently than the culture dictated? Did He treat them differently than He treated other people? Did Jesus behaviors place...
public inconveniencey, it is the will of God... that the established government be obeyed--and no longer" (1755). Christ was also...
churches, though many were convened in his name. Most of the accounts of Jesus in the Bible talk about large crowds of people that...
thematic content. The whole emphasis of the narrative in Matthew is on scriptures being fulfilled via the life of Jesus (Wright, 1...
simple reason that it brings Jesus to todays society without extreme dogma and doctrine. However, what may be considered strength ...
As in most of his essays, Freud (1952), in Civilization and its Discontents, wrestles with human nature and why there is such a ch...
born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...
is our home" (Hanh, 1999). He goes on, "A wave looking deeply into herself will see that she is made up of all the other waves an...
where there is only anguish, grief and regret. The clear message of this passage is that the true believer, the true Christian, is...
called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He" (John 4:25-26). III. J...
from a degree of torment, the sources of our greatest joys lying awkwardly close to those of our greatest pain" (De Botton 215). ...