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Conventional Theology and The Passion of the Christ Film by Mel Gibson

slapped him and said, "Prophesy to us, Christ, Who hit you?" All Gospel accounts agree that Jesus was brutalized at this point, bu...

John's Gospel

therefore, offers interpretation of them through various reflections, narratives, and discourses (John, 2003). The first sign is t...

Christmas's Actual Meaning

of Jesus Christ, who is accepted by nearly everyone maybe not as the Son of God but as the founder of Christianity. According to ...

Jesus of Nazareth's Life and Ministry

thematic content. The whole emphasis of the narrative in Matthew is on scriptures being fulfilled via the life of Jesus (Wright, 1...

Scholarly Issues and Controversy Regarding Marian Literature

the Mediterranean. Haarmann asserts that Marian devotion continues "the ancient goddess cults, and, thus, is a reflection of thei...

Mary, Mother of Jesus and Marian Literature

This paper examines the pertinent literature and ongoing controversy surrounding Mary, mother of Jesus, as well as her role in the...

The Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen

a recognized authority on the social setting of the new Testament (Powell, 2002). Although this is a work of fiction, Theissen ass...

Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ According to the Gospels of John and Mark

is believed that Johns Gospel was written much later than the other three and this could be one reason for the differences. Other ...

Happiness and Wisdom in Philosophy

of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...

St. Athanasius's 'On the Incarnation'

This is a 5 page paper that discusses why the author believes God was transformed into man through Jesus Christ. There are no add...

Holy Scriptures and Covenants of God

sovereignty. Moreover, another significant point relevant to Gods covenants is that they cannot be revoked or nullified. Nor can ...

Does the Resurrection Guarantee the Afterlife?

Jesus Christ, 2001 and See Also Badham, 1976). Innumerable disparate bodies of evidence and divergent theories exist, and a...

Jesus and Adversarial People

the answers. Moreover, having sent His Son to lead by example, one has only to follow Jesus teachings when it comes to dealing wi...

The Resurrection

This paper consists of five pages and discusses claims made by both theologians, John Dominic Crossan and Caroline Walker Bynum, ...

The Changing Face of Jesus by Geza Vermes

"great contribution" to the quest for the historical Jesus, according to Fredriksen, 2002, has been to formulate an "interpretativ...

Teacher Role of Jesus

comprehend Jesus lessons, i.e. his parables, better when they consider them in the context of "drohrede," a literary genre centra...

Mark Tully's Four Faces A Journey in Search of Jesus the Divine Reviewed

that he did - when the masses desperately needed a "human" religion to cling to - was something that helped boost Jesus to "divine...

Holy Spirit, Church, and Faith

Jesus Christ, trusting enough so that one obeys their commands.3 We demonstrate our faith in Jesus through Baptism. This is repe...

Money and the Views of Jesus

the tables of the moneychangers in the temple. Besides the symbolism of this act, which was to purify the temple from a "den of th...

Reconsideration of Incarnation

"Christians" would gather before dawn and recite a "hymn" to Christ, as if "to a god" (Shelley 22). These hymns, which can be date...

How Mrs. Turpin Chooses Between Two Choices from Jesus

of it that easily. This is remedied by the fact that she is given a very difficult choice to make. Does she want to be black, or...

Upside Down Kingdom by Donald Kraybill

This book review pertains to Donald Kraybill's Upside Down Kingdom, in which the author focuses on the radical nature of the mini...

The Plot Against Jesus

This essay discusses verses in Matthew 26. This section begins right after Jesus has been teaching to the people but now He begins...

Revelation in Jesus Christ

This essay cites a specific book, Fundamental Theology by Heinrich Fries. The writer summarizes Chapters 33 and 34. Major themes, ...

Sermon on the Mount

God. Even people who do miracles or cast out demons or who prophecy will automatically enter the Kingdom of God. Jesus never said ...

US Foreign Policy Changes Represented by the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan

deeply influencing how the United States was perceived from that point forward. Helping to exchanging its status from isolationis...

Mark Twain's Life Transition Represented by Huckleberry Finn

story we can see this as Huck states that "I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the wi...

Representing American Achievements in Art

unknown territory to most of the country. The reason that I selected Cole to be included in this discussion was first the drama...

Feminist Utopian Literature Represented by Women on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

destroyed, and that in its place, a society based on equality and not by the limitations imposed by gender. Piercys radical views...

AI Zombie Creation and the Physical Possibilities This Represents

In five pages this paper the pros and cons of zombie creation through artificial intelligence with Real Robots and the Missing Tho...