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the creation of the universe. Genesis says that at first the earth was covered by water. Scientists claimed, even at that time, th...

relates to specific patterns or traditions within the church. The author notes, "There is no clergy in Islam and thus no hierarchy...

Reformers to disseminate information so quickly (Kreis, 2007). That dissemination include the Bible translated into native languag...

people who are now facing the consequences of rashly made decisions. In this fiasco, Wall Street and the large portions of the A...

painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...

way to be part of the community.3 Each person had a role - the host would extend a graceful welcome to the guest and the guest wou...

(Dearman, 1998) and we often hear that phrase being used to describe the relationship between Israel and God. He was the living Go...

Christian but it was a Western culture. East Asians are from a complex culture, one that is based in Confucianism and then, Christ...

it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness...

for this reference becomes clear, as Luke is writing "in a social context where marriages arranged for socio-political benefit bet...

of editorial activity (Brueggemann 7). However, scholars have yet to reach consensus over the extent to which each layer of litera...

"Each individual book only becomes biblical in the light of the canon as a whole" (Pontifical Biblical Commission, 1994, Canonical...

seeming "errors" in scriptural passages. The position of Charles A. Briggs on inerrancy Briggs maintained that neither the Scrip...

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

and people were referred to as sheep: "When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless,...

the laws regarding the firstborn, substituting something for an animal or a person (New International Version, Exod. 113:13; 34:20...

This research paper begins by relating the topic of food production to Exodus 16 and 17, i.e., the narratives associated with the ...

only in extremes. Right versus left; rich versus poor; conservative versus liberal: all these factions are at each others throats ...

Reformers argued that Gods grace changes or transforms lives. Calvin consistently wrote and preached about the Holy spirit through...

This essay pertains to aspects of E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien's text Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. The n...

This essay reports different perspectives regarding the nature of the church. The major divisions are the nature of the church as ...

This essay offers an overview of the issues associated with divorce and remarriage from the perspective of scripture and the Chris...

This essay discusses Wayne A. Grudem's views and interpretations of the Greek word "metochos," referring to the way in which it is...

This essay presented an argument that defends the AME's Church's opposition to same-sex marriage. The writer draws on scripture. ...

This essay defines and discusses urban theology. It discusses cities and urban areas in the Bible and in today’s society. The essa...

This research paper/essay offers an overview, summary and comparison of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, which both pertain to the Dec...

mentioned again so we might assume that first man was not willing to follow without having a secure bed. In that case, a permanent...

can help. Anderson points out that secular counseling is not holistic in that it does not generally include the persons spiritual...

political leaders say they pray for wisdom but they do not seem to be making wise decisions and Solomon did. This is one reason w...

the facts revealed by Lopez concerns the way in which speaking Spanish is punitively regarded in the high school that was the focu...