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The Book of Genesis and the Depiction of the Personality of Yahweh

Yahweh's personality and heterogeneous presentation as depicted in Hebrew scriptures are described in eight pages. Ten sources ar...

Predestination and the Bible

In eight pages predestination is considered in terms of what it is and whether or not it is taught in the Scriptures of the Bible....

Psychology from a Christian Perspective

The focus of this paper consisting of 20 pages is Meier et al's Introduction to Psychology and Counseling: Christian Perspectives ...

Catholic Morals and Christian Ethics

dance intended to chase away evil spirits, rather than adhere to the words of Bible: "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist th...

Tripitaka in Wu Cheng'en's 'Monkey'

In an analytic essay consisting of five pages the Tripitaka character in Monkey is examined in terms of his representation of man ...

A World View and Personal Faith

14). Consequently, Barth began to formulate a personal theology based solely on scripture, virtually ignoring the theological prin...

Servant Leadership and Shepherding Ministry

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

Scripture and Owning Slaves

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

Jesus Taught About Love, Compassion, Justice, Hospitality, Hope

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...

World Religions : Buddhism

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 ...

God's Relationship With Israel

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

Roman Catholic Beliefs About Lord's Supper

it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness...

Role of Biblical Criticism/Luke's Gospel

for this reference becomes clear, as Luke is writing "in a social context where marriages arranged for socio-political benefit bet...

Theological Reflection on the US Money Crisis

people who are now facing the consequences of rashly made decisions. In this fiasco, Wall Street and the large portions of the A...

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...

Cultural Context And Interpretation Of Scripture

Christian but it was a Western culture. East Asians are from a complex culture, one that is based in Confucianism and then, Christ...

Misreading Scripture by Richards, O'Brien

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

Prayer and Spirituality

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

Liberal Christianity

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

One of the Themes Throughout the Bible

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

Biblical Stance Toward Food Production

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

Psychological Explanation of Faith Based Behavior

first published in 1934). Although there are some subtle differences in their theories, each of these scholars saw humans as bein...

John Wesley's Sermon 43: The Scripture Way of Salvation

poses some significant questions, including the question of what is salvation, the role that faith plays in salvation and how fait...

The Bible And The Koran - Christianity And Islam

on which a religion is based. It is one of the forms of communication in the religion along with ritual activities, architecture a...

Scripture Windows by Peter Pitzele

(Pitzele 24). This process can be encouraged by reading by Bible commentary or even by viewing how filmmakers have interpreted scr...

Paul's Perspective on the Christ Event

that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). In this letter, Paul...

Jesus of Nazareth As God

born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...

Demons and Angels

angels lost their original holiness and became corrupt in nature and conduct.5 In 2 Peter 2:4, it tells of how some were cast into...

Kingship in Israel

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

Scriptures and Islam

relates to specific patterns or traditions within the church. The author notes, "There is no clergy in Islam and thus no hierarchy...