YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Wisdom in the Bible
Essays 211 - 240
the Bible and reading Josephs story in the Quran is rather like the difference between actually reading a novel and simply reading...
to generations of Jews and Christians throughout the millennia. The text of Psalm 23, as indicated in the New International Versio...
"Each individual book only becomes biblical in the light of the canon as a whole" (Pontifical Biblical Commission, 1994, Canonical...
of Christianity. Beyond that, however, the story quickly falls apart. The "theological crossroads" (Breaking The Da Vinci Code) ...
if "the Son of God does not sink, neither shall we" (Darby, 2009). Matthew Henry finds allegorical meaning in the passage, as he...
King of the Jews. Mark places more emphasis on what Jesus did than what He said. He saw Jesus as a powerful servant of God. Luke s...
the "Documentary Hypothesis," a theory that asserts that "the Pentateuch was written by a group of four authors, from various loca...
God is simply incongruous with the fact that evil is a very real component of our world. Those that point out this incongruity co...
during important stages such as childhood and adolescence. The first stage in the model is trust versus mistrust and this is usua...
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...
born to Mary, a virgin, lived among men, preached for three years, was crucified and rose from the dead. He did this to save human...
about the boundaries and concerns of civil, political and religious justice, such as where the jurisdiction of the state can be de...
this he becomes something of a hero, though never truly a hero who completely sacrifices himself for others or for some grand caus...
Shiloh, was captured by the Philistines for seven months, and then, returned to the Israelites, was kept in the village of Kiriath...
flogged rather than killed (Acts 5:27-42). It is through the writings of early historians like Eusebius of Cesarea and Origen that...
of editorial activity (Brueggemann 7). However, scholars have yet to reach consensus over the extent to which each layer of litera...
in a box or in the homeless shelter, and begged for loose change. Starving, with no hope, he reasoned that the lowest paid worker ...
other situation, I believe God wants people to live and by living, learn how to handle the problems that cause psychic pain. Sea...
and worship. The function of food for enjoyment is seen at Ecclesiastes 2:24 where it states " Nothing is better for a man than th...
Christian but it was a Western culture. East Asians are from a complex culture, one that is based in Confucianism and then, Christ...
in tone and presentation, as well as likely intent. 2 Timothy was written to one individual and Philippians was meant for many peo...
King of Salem (ancient Jerusalem) befriended Abraham and his men after their victory over those kings that had taken Sodom and Gom...
Gospel of Matthew it is noted that "When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against...
of Western superiority, is the only correct view. By this novels end, it is clear that what Price calls "faith" is rather cultur...
the Samaritans had settled in their land; although their religion was similar to the Jews, it was not identical, and there was hos...
God says, "Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil" and then "sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to til...
A 3 page research paper/essay that discusses Lanford Wilson's play Rimers of Eldritch, which, on the surface, concerns a murder ...
be either coerced or cajoled into taking a position of responsibility within the church, but should, rather, desire to serve in th...
p.103). In other words, the bible is real, but there are problems in its delivery. It is therefore seemingly wrong to argue everyt...
be pardoned" (Luke 6:37). God is clearly telling us that it is in our own best interests to forgive others for whatever umbrage w...