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Biblical Inspiration

question to explore is-How? The first factor in his equation is the widely popular notion that God acts in human history. If God...

Classical and Biblical References Found in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue'

were to me To be refresshed half so ofte as he- Which yifte of God hadde he, for alle hise wyvys? No man hath swich that in this w...

Priesthood and Celibacy

a mandate for priests (McGovern, 2003). We also know that married priests were common because St. Paul told Titus and Timothy that...

Craig L. Blomberg's Historical Reliability of the Gospels

that not only are the documents logically from a particular time period, but they are evaluated in the context of history. Thus, i...

Business and Christian Ethics

short cuts are not. In order to create a business enterprise based on Christian morals, one may want to follow the six basic busin...

Biblical Times and Methodology

might question authenticity, this author has taken the time to document sources and uses a variety of these. He in facts blends a ...

'Paradise Lost' by John Milton, Christianity, and Classics

very important fact when considering the relationship between the classics and Christianity in Miltons poem by stating the followi...

An Exposition of 2 Corinthians 2:17

American Standard Bible). Further exegetical examination of this verse immediately brings up several questions. First of all, to...

Christ's Disciple Mary Magdalene

After having a baby, women were considered unclean and forbidden from entering the synagogue for a month; if the baby were a girl,...

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...

Exegesis of John 17, Lines 6 through 10

the world (Lueking, 1997). As this indicates, Luekings interpretation of these verses is fairly straight forward, as he sees it as...

Exegesis of Ezra Chapter 9, Lines 10 through 14

The modern reader may have difficulty in understanding Ezras position. After all, the major sin that he accuses the people of comm...

Belshazzar's Feast by Rembrandt Van Rijn

on the boundaries between the Christian world and the largest Jewish community in Holland (Internet source). Kren and Marx (2002) ...

Ethics and the Old Testament

with relatively few regrets about the past. Many of the laws of society can be traced to the tenets of the Ten Commandments...

Theological Writing

falls into this category (Malcheski, 2002). The essay is not necessarily objective in that the writer is attempting to argue for a...

Using a Particular Biblical Genre to Preach the Gospels of Jesus Christ

it is not always easy to let go of what is of this earth; worldly possessions are so hard to come by, some people make them the fo...

Analysis of the Book of Nehemiah

those of the chronicler is in fact a possibility. Time and time again, Whitehead provides evidence of Nehemiahs action, ...

Medieval Literature, Biblical Allusions and Religious Symbolism

all of its aspects. This also ties in with the idea that they are traveling to the city of Canterbury to be redeemed. Here, the po...

Historical Accuracy of David in Samuel

A half century ago, Werner Keller published The Bible has History: Archaeology confirms the Book of Books, which asserted that the...

Elizabethan Drama, Scriptures, and the Christian Church

In fact, Lewis Wagers 1567 morality play based on biblical teachings, The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene, presented a chara...

Suffering in Job and in the Death Camps

who did lie, steal, betray friends, perhaps even murder to save themselves then were left with another truth: the survivors who ca...

Scripture and Owning Slaves

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

A Historical and Theological View of Urban Renewal in Lupton's "Renewing the City"

tells Nehemiahs story in dramatic terms. The story goes thus: After invasions by Nebuchednezzar, the city of Jerusalem lay in comp...

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...

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...

Story of the Religious Leader Joshua

learned from Moses instruction (Hammer, 1995). When Joshua would become a ruler in his own right, he would always follow Moses ex...

Christian Educational Philosophy

and symbols, that is, how abstract ideas are communicated through the mediums of language, writing and also through visual communi...

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...

The Book Of Jeremiah

Judah was helpless against the stronger forces of Babylon. When Jerusalem fell, the Jews were deported to Babylon and continued li...

Adult Spiritual Maturation Occurs as Children

In a paper that consists of five pages biblical passages are used to illustrate that adult spirituality is developed when the stud...