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2 Questions on Great Literature and Its Practical Applications

guiding light for Gilgamesh. It is also important to note that Gilgamesh himself seeks immortality as this is important to the sto...

Different Interpretations of Biblical Events Lord Byron's View of the Story of Cain and Abel

that neither knowledge nor life are two evils to be chosen between, but that they are both good. Why would God care to call either...

Themes of Good and Evil in Stowe's Novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin

There can be no doubt that Stowe intended her novel to be more of a religious than sociopolitical text. It includes close to 100 ...

Bible and Stories of Sibling Rivalry

the birthright of two brothers. In fact, one can go so far to say that the problems in the Middle East have arisen in part due to ...

Literary Depiction of Africa

limited at best. The average American will probably not ever venture off her shores. Often, the more technologically advanced cult...

Old and New Testaments and the Theme of Salvation

Will Salvation Take You? 2004). The Bible specifically states that it is salvation that is the key to opening the kingdom of hea...

The Bible and Mel Gibson's Film The Passion of the Christ

depiction was not anti-Semitic: "Most of good people in this movie are Jewish, including not only Jesus and Mary, but Mary Magdale...

The Concept of Evil

God is simply incongruous with the fact that evil is a very real component of our world. Those that point out this incongruity co...

The Mystery of Melchizedek

King of Salem (ancient Jerusalem) befriended Abraham and his men after their victory over those kings that had taken Sodom and Gom...

The Letters of Paul: Philippians and 2 Timothy

in tone and presentation, as well as likely intent. 2 Timothy was written to one individual and Philippians was meant for many peo...

God and Sin

God says, "Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil" and then "sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to til...

The Importance of Trust

during important stages such as childhood and adolescence. The first stage in the model is trust versus mistrust and this is usua...

Examining Religion

the Samaritans had settled in their land; although their religion was similar to the Jews, it was not identical, and there was hos...

The Death and Resurrection of Jesus

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

Biblical Viewpoints on Forgiveness

be pardoned" (Luke 6:37). God is clearly telling us that it is in our own best interests to forgive others for whatever umbrage w...

Mosaic Tradition and Divine Command and the Mosaic Tradition: Maimonides, Al-Ghazali and Augustine

the divine commands and the application of Mosaic tradition require a comparative view of these authors, their underlying purpose,...

What They Don't Tell You by Brown

p.103). In other words, the bible is real, but there are problems in its delivery. It is therefore seemingly wrong to argue everyt...

Sufficiency Of Scripture And Biblical Counseling

gain our training to know how to live a righteous life (Grudem, 1994). We can find everything God wants us to know in the Bible (G...

Jesus And Moses In The Bible And The Koran

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...

Biblical Fasting

and worship. The function of food for enjoyment is seen at Ecclesiastes 2:24 where it states " Nothing is better for a man than th...

Modern Parable

in a box or in the homeless shelter, and begged for loose change. Starving, with no hope, he reasoned that the lowest paid worker ...

Gilgamesh and Job

this he becomes something of a hero, though never truly a hero who completely sacrifices himself for others or for some grand caus...

African History: The Bible and Africa

Shiloh, was captured by the Philistines for seven months, and then, returned to the Israelites, was kept in the village of Kiriath...

Church's Perspective on War

In face of the overwhelming number of verses in the Holy Bible that tell Christians they are not supposed to use force, how do we ...

Commentary on Psalm 23

to generations of Jews and Christians throughout the millennia. The text of Psalm 23, as indicated in the New International Versio...

Liberal Christianity

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

From every People and Nation, A biblical theology of race/J. Daniel Hays

who subsequently play a central role in Hays study, as the Bible clearly indicates that these people were black Africans. He offer...

Women in Genesis and the Qu'ran

This four-page paper compares and contrasts women in the Book of Genesis in the Bible and the Qu'ran. Common topics regarding wome...

Successful Cross-Cultural Ministry

of the Christian message should be open to cultural differences, as Paul made it clear that accepting Christ generates life-changi...

Job Lessons in Grief

If they live long enough to experience loss, grief is something that all human beings...