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(Dearman, 1998) and we often hear that phrase being used to describe the relationship between Israel and God. He was the living Go...

painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...

way to be part of the community.3 Each person had a role - the host would extend a graceful welcome to the guest and the guest wou...

This research paper begins by relating the topic of food production to Exodus 16 and 17, i.e., the narratives associated with the ...

Law of Christ. The Israelites believed that the Spirit of God lived in the Tabernacle, which is why it was guarded so carefully. I...

as his twelve disciples, and the authors of the books of the New Testament, as well as the vast majority of the earliest Christian...

only in extremes. Right versus left; rich versus poor; conservative versus liberal: all these factions are at each others throats ...

the laws regarding the firstborn, substituting something for an animal or a person (New International Version, Exod. 113:13; 34:20...

political leaders say they pray for wisdom but they do not seem to be making wise decisions and Solomon did. This is one reason w...

Reformers argued that Gods grace changes or transforms lives. Calvin consistently wrote and preached about the Holy spirit through...

can help. Anderson points out that secular counseling is not holistic in that it does not generally include the persons spiritual...

author explains, based on this belief, "slavery of Africans became religiously justifiable."iii Proslavery advocates based their c...

and people were referred to as sheep: "When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless,...

seeming "errors" in scriptural passages. The position of Charles A. Briggs on inerrancy Briggs maintained that neither the Scrip...

"Each individual book only becomes biblical in the light of the canon as a whole" (Pontifical Biblical Commission, 1994, Canonical...

This paper offers an overview of Old Testament scripture that pertains to how the ancient Israelites regarded slavery and the fun...

This paper is made up of three short papers, the topics of which are the social role, position of the prophets, the role of Hokmah...

This essay offers an overview of the issues associated with divorce and remarriage from the perspective of scripture and the Chris...

This essay discusses Wayne A. Grudem's views and interpretations of the Greek word "metochos," referring to the way in which it is...

This essay discusses the differences between the bible translations of the first chapter of Revelations in three translations of ...

mentioned again so we might assume that first man was not willing to follow without having a secure bed. In that case, a permanent...

This research paper/essay offers an overview, summary and comparison of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, which both pertain to the Dec...

This essay pertains to aspects of E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien's text Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. The n...

This essay reports different perspectives regarding the nature of the church. The major divisions are the nature of the church as ...

The leading priest of a particular region was elected by his fellow priests to serve as bishop. These bishops became increasingly...

under the dominion of God. However, nothing in scripture -- or history for that matter -- suggests that human beings are similar...

by a monarch entailed certain secular dangers, such as possibility that a king might become oppressive in his rule or lead the peo...

by humanity, without turning to any other body of factual information or knowledge. In other words, it is possible for people to c...

the creation of the universe. Genesis says that at first the earth was covered by water. Scientists claimed, even at that time, th...

know that it is only through total submission that they will gain peace and joy. In Acts 13:52, we read that the "disciples were f...