YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Comparing the Gospels
Essays 91 - 120
Salvation and redemption are examined within the context of the Old and New Testaments and the possible contradictory aspects of t...
in a primarily passive manner (Weaver, 1995). To put it simply, in the other gospels, for the most part, Jesus is silent. In John,...
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...
In fifteen pages an exegesis of this passage from the gospels of Matthew and Luke is presented. Thirteen sources are cited in the...
analysis will explore the meaning of Jesus baptism in relation to faith and the position of the Christian in the often skeptical a...
as well as the "resurrection of Lazarus, Jesus frequent visits to Jerusalem and his extended dialogues...in the temple and in vari...
This paper offers an extensive overview of scholarship that discusses the role of the Holy Spirit as it is described in the Gospel...
Jesus was found in the Temple teaching Priests and Scribes about the law (Scott, 2000). At age 30, Jesus began His ministry. He g...
- the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end; there is no other Lord but Him, He is God over heaven and over earth and onl...
in these passages. Ostensibly, this is a saying of Jesus and part of his ministry. Therefore, if one substitutes the word light to...
seems to be known about the education of Mark. The author of this gospel is believed to have been John Mark, the cousin of Barnaba...
scholars. In Matthew 25, Jesus says that when the hungry are fed and the blind can see and the naked are clothed, that will signif...
still prevalent in Christian theology, that the all of scripture if divinely inspired and therefore completely correct. On the o...
that not only are the documents logically from a particular time period, but they are evaluated in the context of history. Thus, i...
Shylock loses. He loses, however, perhaps because he was unable to truly and adequately argue his case, and because he was a Jew, ...
therefore, offers interpretation of them through various reflections, narratives, and discourses (John, 2003). The first sign is t...
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...
Henry interpret the journey of the master as Jesus journey to the Kingdom of Heaven (Wesley, 2005; Henry, 2005). In Mark 13, we re...
is the fourth Book in the New Testament. The Book was written when John was in Ephesus (Smith, 1884). There is some question about...
In five pages the social impact of Luke's radical gospel and its effects on women are discussed. Five sources are cited in the bi...
shows the man his error, and he leaves convinced that his son is already well. A thorough examination of these two narratives, wh...
nothing but these songs, these oral traditions that communicated not only their religious beliefs but their hopes and dreams as we...
these sites are similar. For the purposes of this paper five such sites were visited with the intent of comparing and contrasting...
phrase could mean the individual had a special relationship with God, therefore, they must learn the meaning of this in terms of J...
"Peraean section."9 It is in Mark who depicts Jesus last journey to Jerusalem as being through Peraea, which is east of Jordan.10 ...
for this reference becomes clear, as Luke is writing "in a social context where marriages arranged for socio-political benefit bet...
means together with and optic means seeing.4 Other scholars have simply translated the word synoptic as meaning with the same eye....
Chapter 6, "Preaching as Theological Interpretation through Conversation," begins with the observation that a preacher needs to ha...
have been discussed in the past and are relatively well known are based on the worst instincts of human nature which seem to defy ...
Joseph the presentation of their early beginnings is told merely through the fact we see Mary pregnant and we watch the struggling...