YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Jesus Before Christianity by Albert Nolan
Essays 391 - 420
they can trust to help them. Do they have the authority, that is, the expertise necessarily to help them leave darkness and embra...
the old" (Luke 5:36). Jesus continues the lesson by discussing wineskins. If you put new wine in old skins, "the new wine will b...
and one from their devoted black servant Dilsey Gibson and read like the gospels of the Bible in that observations of actual event...
work "Child of the Dark" and illustrates things such as how she lived in a world wherein macaroni was expensive, and then existing...
as a servant of Christ Jesus, who was "called to be an apostle" (Romans 1:1)(This reference and all subsequent references refer to...
healers could be executed (Healing Rays, 2007). In 1951, the Church made spiritual healing legal again but it is still tarnished w...
Passion at a distance (Atlantic Baptist University). This author suggests that Peter refers to himself as an eyewitness because "h...
the opinions of corporate officers, employees, nor share holders were important to him when it came to decision making (Hall, Khur...
all the rest of it. Nope, Jesus would be a man of the 21st century, an adult, and then they could see how he reacted to the world ...
were called-(5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism; (6) one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all (Ephes...
Did Christianity borrow ideas and practices from pagan mystery cults. This is an allegation that has been popping up since the 19t...
a thumbnail description of the rise of modern science beginning in the sixteenth century. This discussion offers insight into this...
pagan gods. He no longer has a "hall" and "a giver of treasure" (24a). To understand the mans dilemma consider what it means to th...
on which a religion is based. It is one of the forms of communication in the religion along with ritual activities, architecture a...
impossible to really illustrate the origins of the two as they involve many historical and religious ideals. For example, in relat...
(Lehigh, n.d.). There would be no churches and no charitable organizations (Lehigh, n.d.). And, there would be no promise of etern...
of the day. There were Kings and Christians and those who were attached to Enlightenment ideals. In essence, Machiavellis world wa...
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...
Pauline Christianity, which was developing at that time. Eusebius of Caesarea--Eusebius (263-339) studied under Pamphilius, a Ch...
from its past and divorced it from having any real sense of future. "The past becomes merely a theme park to visit occasionally fo...
the universal models there are ideas of the way that good will reveal the good news, before death or after death at either immedia...
Soares Prabhu discussed the religious pluralism in India at great length, noting that all religions can find a home in India, even...
first arose, "on the basis that fundamental principles upon which the larger religious group is supposedly founded have become cor...
p. 12). It was not until William had to seek new employment because his employer died that he began to take an interest in religi...
is only one truth and it is this truth that all Christian churches should be promoting. Citing another author, Wells reports that ...
made of its mortality" (Dante 539). For Dante, then, "the way to God is found in human life. This was Abelards message. It was the...
/ Arrayed of the Round Table rightful brothers ... / the feast was in force full fifteen days" (37-39, 44). They are celebrating t...
eternity. There is significant archaeological evidence supporting this "Book" (RBC Ministries). * Its explanation for life. All re...
built a temple in honor of Jehovah (Yahweh). Following the construction of the Temple on Mt. Moriah in about the 10th century B.C...
adjective, describing Gods power and mercy" (The Lion Of Judah). It is also something that has been used in imagery, with a lion p...