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Synoptic Gospels and Jesus's Baptism Exegetical Analysis

analysis will explore the meaning of Jesus baptism in relation to faith and the position of the Christian in the often skeptical a...

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,...

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...

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...

Example Leader as Mentor

are disciplined and they are able to see the Gestalt, the big picture.2 They know what they want to accomplish and even know how l...

Jesus as a Leader

a mentoring leader, He gave them more and more responsibility so they would be able to carry on after He left.4 For instance, in L...

Jesus, Reflected in the Lives of Saints

2004, p. 291). Another characteristic that was demonstrated by Jesus was his humility. John, chapter 13, describes how Jesus, pr...

The View Women by Jesus

at the rights and role of women in Palestine during the time of Jesus, and interpret his reported words within that context. The...

History of Christ

historical Jesus is based on two recognitions. The first is that the Jewish Jesus from Galilee is different than the Jesus who has...

2 Law Articles Addressing the Issue of Polygamy, Summaries

prohibitions against polygamy and bigamy. For example, in the Supreme Court case of Reynolds v. U.S. 1878, the Court held while a ...

OP-ED EDITORIAL: LEGISLATING FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR

reform bill" will end up punishing the wrong people and institutions. This is not to say the bill isnt a well-meaning attempt on t...

Against Illegal Immigration

eradicated in the US; suggestions to tighten borders, punish those who hire illegal workers; eliminate amnesty IV CONCLUS...

Book Censorship

series and they desired this because they believed that it encouraged witchcraft. For anyone who has read them and is not of that ...

Torture is Wrong Under Any and All Circumstances

tough new rules of engagement" (Mayer, 2005). This change in viewpoint, which was called the "New Paradigm" by Alberto Gonzales, w...

Child Support Should Not Have to be Paid by Men

chins, pot bellies and receding hair line. With the proper car they have a much better chance of getting a young girl to agree to ...

Against Same Sex Marriages

is what distinguishes us and allows us to distinguish ourselves from other animals and, in the future, from intelligent machines" ...

The Case Against Capital Punishment

applied, was arbitrary and capricious" (67). While it seemed as if the death penalty was beginning to become less popular, this ca...

Animal Testing

involve things humans use and things that clearly damage animals in many ways. In looking at the debate, however, one must look ...

The War in Iraq

reason to go to war with the country. Then it was clearly Saddam who was the culprit, although interestingly enough, "Bin Laden an...

Arguing Against Parenting by Homosexuals

to conceive a child, so it is a reasonable assumption that children should be raised by their biological parents in most cases. He...

Immigration Pro and Con

homeland defense is on governmental agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security and similar bureaus, which are faced with...

Rebuttal to James Rachels

all the same species, we are all precisely equal. That is clearly untrue: we are all very different in physical appearance, and we...

Against the Death Penalty

a moral or an ethic is right for it is a very personal reality. As such one can only persuade another to their side with the under...

Argumentative Death Penalty Paper

the study results that support their position and ignore other research. Studies that compare homicide trends in states and countr...

Argument Against Abortion

be religious or Christian to believe that abortion is wrong, and that abortion is murder. One need not rely on the words in the Bi...

Tragedy in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...

Charles Dickens Bleak House and Elements of Mystery

Carstone, to attempt to solve the generations-long Chancery suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce (Dickens). There is little that is myste...