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Dialectics of Prodigal Son Parable Luke 15, lines 11 to 24

his inheritance with dissolute living (Luke 11:13). After spending all his money, a famine takes hold of this land and the only wo...

Exegesis of Romans IV, Verses Thirteen through Twenty Five

his faith (Barclay 65). The covenant with Abraham was dependent on two things: "the free grace of God and the perfect faith of Abr...

Acts 15: The Biblical Circumcision Decision

(Acts of the Apostles, Ch 15) is a decisive moment for the young Church as she breaks from Judaism to embrace Gentile culture" (53...

Genesis 22:1-19

in the court of the Egyptian pharaoh. While the text asserts details of history, the larger concern to the authors of Genesis were...

Crisis Intervention: A Biblical Perspective

where therapy can be critical. The first criteria that must be met in order to effectively counsel another individual is that the...

Sufficiency Of Scripture And Biblical Counseling

gain our training to know how to live a righteous life (Grudem, 1994). We can find everything God wants us to know in the Bible (G...

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...

"Ferris Bueller" and Four Ethical Traditions

when Jesus says that "He has not come to abolish the Law but to fulfill it."4 Theologians argue over the correct interpretation ...

Is Christian Doctrine Responsible For The Modern Ecological Crisis

develop a relationship with nature that emphasized the unity between man and nature and man must pull away from the thought it cou...

A Comparison of a Biblical Story with Racine's Phaedra

both works. The fact that Joseph rejects the advances of his bosss wife does not mean he is not interested in her. While she was p...

The Rule Of St. Benedict By Benedict Of Nursia

St. Benedict provide a biblical model for the living? Yes, although one that would be extremely difficult to live in todays world...

Seder: Historical/Biblical Reference

highly scripted event whereby participants are bound by myriad segments throughout the dinner that reflect specific aspects of the...

Paul's Conversion - Acts 9:1-19; 21:1-21; 26:12-18

important to be childlike but not as na?ve as children (Smith htm). It is important to realize that everyone, regardless of age, ...

Divorce in America

hold families together as some claim. Some experts believe that Protestant sects do little to hold families together, unlike Catho...

Kingship in Israel

by a monarch entailed certain secular dangers, such as possibility that a king might become oppressive in his rule or lead the peo...

Passover and the Exodus

with blood, however, will be spared. In historical terms, this event is significant for two reasons. Firstly, it provides a...

Old Testament Larger than Life Characters

influences on the society in which they lived. Daniel was challenged throughout his life by a number of circumstances, one of whi...

Capital Punishment: Morally Acceptable And Effective Crime Deterrent

far less heinous than murder, so how is it that the Bible can be mistaken for harboring judgmental opinion against capital punishm...

Biblical Scripture's Doctrine of Inerrancy

unique personalities and writing styles (Thiessen, 1979). Theissen explains that the Holy Spirit supervised these writers to insur...

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...

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...

Biblical Eve in Genesis

1 Tim. 2:11-15 as indicating that Gods plan for the sexes is for male to dominate female. This New Testament passage directs women...

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...

'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...

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 ...

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...

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,...