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Matthew 22:34-46

teaches that "all of the Law and the Prophets rest on the command to love God and neighbor (22:34-40)" (Kozar 78). Matthew 22:34...

The Beatitudes in Matthew

cognitively prepare the hearer for the evangelical message of salvation that will soon follow and the third interpretation is that...

Jesus As Messiah, Prophet And Son Of Man

Later in Luke, we read "The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men . . . ." (Luke 24:7). In the Acts of the Apo...

Distortion, the Words and Actions of Jesus:

In five pages this paper discusses Jesus' belief that the law of Moses was being distorted and how this view was represented in bo...

Personal Christology

acceptable sacrifice capable of redeeming the sins of humanity. My personal beliefs (meaning the beliefs of the student, not thi...

Last Supper Accounts

Jesus was both human and Divine as is reflected in many parts of the New Testament. This paper discusses the account of the Last S...

The Jesus Myth by Andrew Greeley

edification of readers who seek, like him, to try to deepen their understanding of Christianity. In accomplishing this task, Gre...

Outline for a Longer Paper on Jesus Christ II

called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He" (John 4:25-26). III. J...

Matthew on Jesus

For example, when Jesus metaphorically gives Peter the "keys to the kingdom," Jesus refers to a verse in Isaiah that speaks of the...

Jesus as King in Matthew

the "restored kingdom of David" (Hahn 28). Matthews Gospel perfectly typifies what Augustine meant when he commented that the "N...

Gospel Of Matthew

well as with the earthly King David, through Joseph, who acknowledges Jesus as his son (Brown, 1997). Joseph is in the line of Dav...

In Search of Jesus

Jesus was found in the Temple teaching Priests and Scribes about the law (Scott, 2000). At age 30, Jesus began His ministry. He g...

Jesus in the Qua-ran and in the Bible

is now dead (Jesus - The Quranic View, 2003). Those who would consider Jesus to be God, the Son of God, or part of a trinity are ...

Teachings of the Historical Jesus

are knowledgeable about one fact of Christianity that the Christian worshipper is not, there is limited historical facts to establ...

Jesus and Socrates

For example, Bostick (1935) makes copious use of footnotes, drawing on the works of Plato and Xenophon, who were two of Socrates d...

Jesus of Nazareth As God

born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...

Comparing the Gospels

as actively participating in his fate, rather than demonstrating passive acceptance. In the synoptic gospels, action is, for the m...

Jesus Christ and Friedrich Nietzsche

from a degree of torment, the sources of our greatest joys lying awkwardly close to those of our greatest pain" (De Botton 215). ...

Revelation and Gospels Portrayal of Jesus

Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...

Early Christian Theology and Jesus

However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...

Christianity and Jesus of Nazareth

Christs work on earth, His incarnation, His passion and death and His resurrection. At least two Apostles, John and Paul, perceive...

Problems Associated with Determining the Birthplace of Jesus Christ

because only men paid taxes. The presence of his fianc?e or wife would be redundant" (Robinson, 1999; xmas_dir.htm#where). And, it...

Shroud of Turin, Reality or Hoax?

In eleven pages this paper discusses whether or not the Shroud of Turin is little more than a contrived hoax or truly represents J...

Matthew's Gospel

of the Sower in Matthew 13:3-23. This parable talks of a farmer sowing the seed is not to be taken literally. The farmer is an ana...

Role of Pontius Pilate in John 18, Lines 24 to 40

in a primarily passive manner (Weaver, 1995). To put it simply, in the other gospels, for the most part, Jesus is silent. In John,...

The Death and Resurrection of Jesus

Gospel of Matthew it is noted that "When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against...

Sacrifice Narratives

son, to God is record in Genesis 22. God instructed Abraham to take "your son, your only son, whom you love-Isaac-and go to the re...

Jesus Second Person in Holy Trinity

If we show that Jesus Christ is the Second Person in the Holy Trinity, we also demonstrate that Jesus is the Son of God, which is ...

John's Messianic Ideas

John was familiar with Jewish ideas regarding the Messiah. He incorporated those ideas into his Gospel. He gently brings about the...

Universalization of Jesus

This essay focuses on two main topic areas but comments on other issues such as the connexion structure of the Methodist church, w...