YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Biblical Ruth
Essays 151 - 180
St. Benedict provide a biblical model for the living? Yes, although one that would be extremely difficult to live in todays world...
what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meant again, so that I will not cause him to fall" (I Cor. 8:13). ...
are important to our understanding of the verses. Introductory Matters The author: The author of the verses we want to conside...
is that "all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in men and I am in you" (verse 21). Interpretation According to Lueking ...
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...
to prevent his death. As a result, Moses was first raised by the sister of the Pharaoh, and later became the instrument through w...
in an untimely accident, she further loses her capacity to love herself or others. She is so consumed by her grief and her lack of...
the world (Lueking, 1997). As this indicates, Luekings interpretation of these verses is fairly straight forward, as he sees it as...
The modern reader may have difficulty in understanding Ezras position. After all, the major sin that he accuses the people of comm...
After having a baby, women were considered unclean and forbidden from entering the synagogue for a month; if the baby were a girl,...
very important fact when considering the relationship between the classics and Christianity in Miltons poem by stating the followi...
American Standard Bible). Further exegetical examination of this verse immediately brings up several questions. First of all, to...
that not only are the documents logically from a particular time period, but they are evaluated in the context of history. Thus, i...
short cuts are not. In order to create a business enterprise based on Christian morals, one may want to follow the six basic busin...
a mandate for priests (McGovern, 2003). We also know that married priests were common because St. Paul told Titus and Timothy that...
would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:7-12. The following discussion offers an exegeti...
and those regarding the sciences, technology, and business. The difference is that although we "sense" our religious beliefs we d...
"great contribution" to the quest for the historical Jesus, according to Fredriksen, 2002, has been to formulate an "interpretativ...
son of Odysseus, wearing a disguise and instills in him the courage to challenge the suitors of his mother. Additionally Athena pe...
when David was witness to Goliaths rantings, David offered to fight the Giant in order to allow victory over the Philistines (The ...
the slavery imposed upon the Hebrews and the social slavery imposed upon supposedly "free" African Americans were both forms of ri...
measure of repetition. According to information from the United Methodist News Service (05-09-00), the issue has come up at every ...
on the boundaries between the Christian world and the largest Jewish community in Holland (Internet source). Kren and Marx (2002) ...
In fact, Lewis Wagers 1567 morality play based on biblical teachings, The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene, presented a chara...
In six pages this paper examines the unity of belief that was called for by The Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on ...
behind him. As Jesus approached the town gate (Luke 7:12), a funeral procession for an only son was coming out of the gate. The...
face to thee, my God." In this context, the word "blush" appears to be used to emphasize the degree of shame that Ezra feels over...
Christs face and that an imprint of His face was then left on the cloth. There is also the Turin Shroud, also that is said to have...
says, emphasizing that God will bring justice to his chosen ones who cry out for his help. These truth are put in a series of ques...
and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lor...