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average dropout rate for Ohio high schools during the 2000-01 school year was 3.9 percent (Balistreri). On average, however, highe...
burst. The world went into a serious recession. To compound this event, the company suffered a 205-day strike by UAW workers (Bart...
"the Son of Your handmaid" (Longhenry, 2004). Additionally, John and Peter address Mary as "mother" numerous times during the film...
casting out evil from the possessed man and healing Peters mother-in-law and they brought many to the door asking to be healed ((M...
little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone ...
he was through the eyes of others. This seems to be the purpose of combining the gospels in this manner, and thus the purpose of o...
well as with the earthly King David, through Joseph, who acknowledges Jesus as his son (Brown, 1997). Joseph is in the line of Dav...
great humility and eagerness to do as God wishes (Luke 1:39). She then travels to visit Elizabeth where she stays for three months...
they believed it (John 5:48). Jesus is demonstrating that He is Lord over life, nothing is beyond His command (Norris). The messag...
the "restored kingdom of David" (Hahn 28). Matthews Gospel perfectly typifies what Augustine meant when he commented that the "N...
by everyone.5 The all-important link that connects all rituals and practices, individuals to society/community, and believers to ...
he also recorded the details of His life and death for all the world to ultimately see . . . or so says "The Gospel of Judas"....
to freedom and responsibility" (EV 83). In this regard, he stresses the pivotal position of the Sacraments, as a means by which hu...
womens movement, "women all across the continent began to claim the right to name and define themselves" (p. 4). In relating this ...
Henry interpret the journey of the master as Jesus journey to the Kingdom of Heaven (Wesley, 2005; Henry, 2005). In Mark 13, we re...
is the fourth Book in the New Testament. The Book was written when John was in Ephesus (Smith, 1884). There is some question about...
a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me" (Matt. 26:10-11). Jesus goes on ...
and Death are also stressed as fulfilling the prophecies of scripture, specifically in Isaias (Jacquier, 2005). Matthew 5:1-7:29,...
the NIRV is easier for modern readers to comprehend, since it states the events in the passage in contemporary English. In 15:34...
seen in both 1 Thess. 5:2 and Rev. 3:3; 16:15. The point of this passage is to communicate that the time of the parousia cannot be...
as actively participating in his fate, rather than demonstrating passive acceptance. In the synoptic gospels, action is, for the m...
Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...
went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his masters money. 19"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settl...
home and found that this was true. This sign not only showed that Jesus possessed power over life and death, but also the role of ...
this Gospel. This theory can be supported by the fact that Peter spent his last days in Rome and it was in Rome that Peter was mar...
his habitual good-natured grin when he is arrested. For this damage to municipal property, Luke is sentenced to two-years labor on...
his home, and is confronted by an angel who convinces him that Mary has told the truth. The next scenes dramatize the "birth of Je...
words that illustrate Marks personal experiences. In the words of another author, as it pertains to the Gospel of John it ...
humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven" (Leyda, 2007, p. 322). The Greek verb "tapeinosel" i...
as well as the "resurrection of Lazarus, Jesus frequent visits to Jerusalem and his extended dialogues...in the temple and in vari...