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Christ's Teachings and the support of Gregory of Nyssa

a Prophet. Gregory makes a case for Christ as well as for the fact that the bible should not be taken literally. Of the latter poi...

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). ...

Luke 2:1-14 - The Birth Of Christ

that Luke did write this text himself and he did associate the birth of Jesus with a secular historical event. These debates have...

Parable Of The Sower - Matthew 13:1-23

into the boat but He also sat down in the boat, thus, carrying on the tradition (Kulikovsky, 1999). The audience stood at the shor...

Hebrews 2:9-13 - Commentary

(Stedman, 1992). Jesus was the only perfect human being ever born. As such, it was only through His perfection that man could be ...

Exegesis: 1 Corinthians 15 - Resurrection Of The Dead

primary purposes. First, he is declaring and reaffirming that he is, indeed, Christs Apostle and has spoken the truth. Second, he ...

In The Image Of God

states that the anthropomorphites commit a grave error because Jesus Himself said that God is a spirit and mans body cannot possib...

Were Jesus and Mary Magdalene Married

some would believe that Mary and Jesus were married and Jesus traveled to a small village in France carrying Christs child (Jennin...

The Passion of the Christ and the Shared Suffering Between Jesus and the Film Audience

are the various traumatic events Christ endures from the Garden of Gethsemane until the Crucifixion. They are broken down into fo...

Analysis of "Christ's Descent into Hell"

Descent into Hell," painted in the style of Hieronymus Bosch in the Netherlands between 1550-1560 is oil on wood, 21 x 46 inches, ...

The Primacy of Christ in Colossians

always been a problematic issue. To begin with, context is absolutely critical when one attempts to interpret a passage from the B...

The Pharisee Who Became an Apostle

This paper focuses on St. Paul, the Pharisee to whom Christ appeared and to whom Christ gave a special mission. It was hard for pe...

John's Gospel

therefore, offers interpretation of them through various reflections, narratives, and discourses (John, 2003). The first sign is t...

Christmas's Actual Meaning

of Jesus Christ, who is accepted by nearly everyone maybe not as the Son of God but as the founder of Christianity. According to ...

Using a Particular Biblical Genre to Preach the Gospels of Jesus Christ

it is not always easy to let go of what is of this earth; worldly possessions are so hard to come by, some people make them the fo...

Galatians, Faith, and Exegesis

2005). Dunn also interpreted Pauls comments to basically result in a formula: according to Judaism being within the law was equal...

Government and Christianity

became less sure of their eternal salvation (Council, 2004). Thus, the tenuous relationship between government and Christianity m...

Analysis of 'Enoch Arden' by Alfred Lord Tennyson

In seven pages this paper analyzes the poem that asserts the spiritual themes of the poem are metaphorically portrayed by the trag...

Synoptic Gospels and Soteriology

Aquinas goes on to explain Christs sacrifice through suffering in that it came out of Christs love and obedience for mankind. This...

The Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen

a recognized authority on the social setting of the new Testament (Powell, 2002). Although this is a work of fiction, Theissen ass...

Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ According to the Gospels of John and Mark

is believed that Johns Gospel was written much later than the other three and this could be one reason for the differences. Other ...

Magnificent Disappointment by C. Mervyn Maxwell

a captain, before returning home to his family. Miller was never truly comfortable with skepticism and in 1816, he returned to his...

Fractals and Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper

In fifteen pages this paper interprets the fractals represented in the mural The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci and what this ge...

Blame and the Function of Religion

An insightful discussion of the expectations imposed on human behavior by religion. The writer also addresses the issue of Christ ...

Shroud of Turin and Jesus Christ

the Shrouds authenticity. Over 1000 special tests were conducted, and over 32,000 photographs were taken. Tests showed conclusivel...

God's Second Son by Jonathan D. Spence

In 6 pages this paper examines the 19th century Chinese rebel peasant Hong Xiuquan who contended he was Jesus Christ's brother as ...

Explication of Galatians 3:24

In two pages this paper discusses Christ's coming and the law that prepares people for it in an explication of the words of Paul a...

Executing the Condemned by Cruxifixion

Crucifixion as a means of execution served a number of purposes in the ancient world. This paper discusses the origin of the pract...

Does the Resurrection Guarantee the Afterlife?

Jesus Christ, 2001 and See Also Badham, 1976). Innumerable disparate bodies of evidence and divergent theories exist, and a...

Contemporary World and Jesus Christ's Wisdom

In fifteen pges this research paper examines how Christ's wisdom can be applied to the world of today with ethics and leadership i...