Essays 61 - 90
He was the promised Messiah: The woman said to Him, "I know the Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He wil...
while the millions, numerous as the sands of the sea, who are weak but love Thee, must exist only for the sake of the great and st...
their contributions are told in any great detail. Then Jesus began His ministry and it is clear even from the short tales that His...
at the rights and role of women in Palestine during the time of Jesus, and interpret his reported words within that context. The...
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...
means of research" (Merrigan and Haers, 2000, p. 61). In other words, Meier was saying it is impossible for us, today, to obtain t...
women or does it primarily reflect a later change in attitude, which originates with the early Christian communitys perspective." ...
humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven" (Leyda, 2007, p. 322). The Greek verb "tapeinosel" i...
5 pages that examine Jesus’ teachings and his time at Caesarea Philippi. There are 6 sources....
a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me" (Matt. 26:10-11). Jesus goes on ...
In six pages this examination of Jesus' life includes his childhood and last 3 years before his crucifixion. Six sources are cite...
In five pages this paper discusses the miracles Jesus performed and how people responded to them at the time. Four sources are ci...
the Twelve who was not from Galilee; he was from Kerioth in southern Judaea. Jews from this part of the country believed they were...
various letters. As this letter opens, Paul greets the Thessalonians, who have suffered many persecutions for their beliefs, ye...
In four pages this paper discusses how Rembrandt, Cranach, and Da Vinci represented the last supper of Jesus Christ in this consid...
In five pages this paper examines what a Jesus' servant's mission is in a consideration of John 17, verse 18; 20, verse 21; and 21...
Testament, these words generally refer to "service associated with the work done in the temple."6 In the New Testament, these word...
his home, and is confronted by an angel who convinces him that Mary has told the truth. The next scenes dramatize the "birth of Je...
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...
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 ...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the poem that asserts the spiritual themes of the poem are metaphorically portrayed by the trag...
a recognized authority on the social setting of the new Testament (Powell, 2002). Although this is a work of fiction, Theissen ass...
of Jesus Christ, who is accepted by nearly everyone maybe not as the Son of God but as the founder of Christianity. According to ...
therefore, offers interpretation of them through various reflections, narratives, and discourses (John, 2003). The first sign is t...
ordinary Jewish resident who grew up in Nazareth in Galilee (Attridge, 1998). He lived and died as a Jew and He had to have been i...
In fifteen pages this paper interprets the fractals represented in the mural The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci and what this ge...
Jesus Christ, 2001 and See Also Badham, 1976). Innumerable disparate bodies of evidence and divergent theories exist, and a...
This paper consists of five pages and discusses claims made by both theologians, John Dominic Crossan and Caroline Walker Bynum, ...
Crucifixion as a means of execution served a number of purposes in the ancient world. This paper discusses the origin of the pract...
In 6 pages this paper examines the 19th century Chinese rebel peasant Hong Xiuquan who contended he was Jesus Christ's brother as ...