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became less sure of their eternal salvation (Council, 2004). Thus, the tenuous relationship between government and Christianity m...

perhaps even more interesting, is that he managed to connect to everyone. His stories and parables could be understood on the mos...

into the boat but He also sat down in the boat, thus, carrying on the tradition (Kulikovsky, 1999). The audience stood at the shor...

(Stedman, 1992). Jesus was the only perfect human being ever born. As such, it was only through His perfection that man could be ...

went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his masters money. 19"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settl...

primary purposes. First, he is declaring and reaffirming that he is, indeed, Christs Apostle and has spoken the truth. Second, he ...

home and found that this was true. This sign not only showed that Jesus possessed power over life and death, but also the role of ...

of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...

states that the anthropomorphites commit a grave error because Jesus Himself said that God is a spirit and mans body cannot possib...

contemporary mindset, the word "law" refers to civil law, which is enforced by the police and government officials. As Jesus indic...

women or does it primarily reflect a later change in attitude, which originates with the early Christian communitys perspective." ...

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...

that Luke did write this text himself and he did associate the birth of Jesus with a secular historical event. These debates have...

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men" (Jeffrey, 1990). Each taught a new truth as commanded by God, each performed miracles, both spent their childhoods in Egypt, ...

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...

Gospel of Matthew it is noted that "When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against...

(Lehigh, n.d.). There would be no churches and no charitable organizations (Lehigh, n.d.). And, there would be no promise of etern...

However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...

a Prophet. Gregory makes a case for Christ as well as for the fact that the bible should not be taken literally. Of the latter poi...

as actively participating in his fate, rather than demonstrating passive acceptance. In the synoptic gospels, action is, for the m...

Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...

This paper focuses on St. Paul, the Pharisee to whom Christ appeared and to whom Christ gave a special mission. It was hard for pe...

John was familiar with Jewish ideas regarding the Messiah. He incorporated those ideas into his Gospel. He gently brings about the...

This essay focuses on two main topic areas but comments on other issues such as the connexion structure of the Methodist church, w...

always been a problematic issue. To begin with, context is absolutely critical when one attempts to interpret a passage from the B...

historical Jesus is based on two recognitions. The first is that the Jewish Jesus from Galilee is different than the Jesus who has...

a mentoring leader, He gave them more and more responsibility so they would be able to carry on after He left.4 For instance, in L...

Descent into Hell," painted in the style of Hieronymus Bosch in the Netherlands between 1550-1560 is oil on wood, 21 x 46 inches, ...

at the rights and role of women in Palestine during the time of Jesus, and interpret his reported words within that context. The...