Essays 31 - 60
for this reference becomes clear, as Luke is writing "in a social context where marriages arranged for socio-political benefit bet...
regions, such as Palestine, Bethany and Cana. Some of what John records only an eyewitness could have reported, such as the fragra...
then, left the area for Judea and Perea. Beginning with Chapter 11, Mark recounts Christs Passion and His triumph through Resurrec...
means together with and optic means seeing.4 Other scholars have simply translated the word synoptic as meaning with the same eye....
his habitual good-natured grin when he is arrested. For this damage to municipal property, Luke is sentenced to two-years labor on...
words that illustrate Marks personal experiences. In the words of another author, as it pertains to the Gospel of John it ...
King of the Jews. Mark places more emphasis on what Jesus did than what He said. He saw Jesus as a powerful servant of God. Luke s...
This paper offers an extensive overview of scholarship that discusses the role of the Holy Spirit as it is described in the Gospel...
days and Paul finally became upset and said that he would like to help the girl but her health insurance policy that her owners pa...
Jesus is an historical figure. He lived on earth, He called His disciples, He died, and He rose from the dead. The events reported...
This essay begins by offering a summation of the content of the Gospel according to Luke, then turns to the topic of critical issu...
John was familiar with Jewish ideas regarding the Messiah. He incorporated those ideas into his Gospel. He gently brings about the...
This essay presents a detailed overview of the career of Thomas A. Dorsey, the Father of Gospel Music. Also, the writer describes ...
This 3 page paper gives an example of answers to reading questions about story written by Richard Allen. This paper includes his ...
of the Sower in Matthew 13:3-23. This parable talks of a farmer sowing the seed is not to be taken literally. The farmer is an ana...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the Gospels of John, Luke, Mark, and Matthew, with Thomas' Gospel. There are no o...
cycle of Easter. Forty days of Lent are honored prior to Easter; this is a reminder of the cost of the victory of the cross. Pente...
analysis will explore the meaning of Jesus baptism in relation to faith and the position of the Christian in the often skeptical a...
was neither a hearer nor a companion of the Lord; but afterwards, as I said, he accompanied Peter, who adapted his teachings as ne...
Aquinas goes on to explain Christs sacrifice through suffering in that it came out of Christs love and obedience for mankind. This...
have been discussed in the past and are relatively well known are based on the worst instincts of human nature which seem to defy ...
that Jesus did not want anything wasted: "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted. So they gathered them and f...
is believed that Johns Gospel was written much later than the other three and this could be one reason for the differences. Other ...
in order to give an accurate chronology of Jesus ministry, but rather to reveal who Jesus character --who he was (and "is" in the ...
very beginning of the Gospel of John we see how John believes that Jesus place was irrefutable. He introduces us to this condition...
it is not always easy to let go of what is of this earth; worldly possessions are so hard to come by, some people make them the fo...
a point (Born, 1988). For instance, in verse 24, the Jews ask Jesus "how long" He will keep them "in suspense" - "If you are the C...
in these passages. Ostensibly, this is a saying of Jesus and part of his ministry. Therefore, if one substitutes the word light to...
nothing but these songs, these oral traditions that communicated not only their religious beliefs but their hopes and dreams as we...
In four pages this essay consists of the writer's reactions to a two hour gospel concert and also includes subgenre examples of th...