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One of the Themes Throughout the Bible

the laws regarding the firstborn, substituting something for an animal or a person (New International Version, Exod. 113:13; 34:20...

Biblical Stance Toward Food Production

This research paper begins by relating the topic of food production to Exodus 16 and 17, i.e., the narratives associated with the ...

Liberal Christianity

only in extremes. Right versus left; rich versus poor; conservative versus liberal: all these factions are at each others throats ...

Scripture and Owning Slaves

author explains, based on this belief, "slavery of Africans became religiously justifiable."iii Proslavery advocates based their c...

Servant Leadership and Shepherding Ministry

and people were referred to as sheep: "When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless,...

Theological Debate/Inerrancy of Scripture

seeming "errors" in scriptural passages. The position of Charles A. Briggs on inerrancy Briggs maintained that neither the Scrip...

The Interpretation Of The Bible In The Church A Commentary

"Each individual book only becomes biblical in the light of the canon as a whole" (Pontifical Biblical Commission, 1994, Canonical...

Wisdom from Scripture

political leaders say they pray for wisdom but they do not seem to be making wise decisions and Solomon did. This is one reason w...

Scripture - Calming of the Sea

mentioned again so we might assume that first man was not willing to follow without having a secure bed. In that case, a permanent...

Prayer and Spirituality

Reformers argued that Gods grace changes or transforms lives. Calvin consistently wrote and preached about the Holy spirit through...

Counseling According to Scripture

can help. Anderson points out that secular counseling is not holistic in that it does not generally include the persons spiritual...

Comparing Decalogue Scripture

This research paper/essay offers an overview, summary and comparison of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, which both pertain to the Dec...

Misreading Scripture by Richards, O'Brien

This essay pertains to aspects of E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien's text Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. The n...

Divorce and Remarriage, A Christian Perspective

This essay offers an overview of the issues associated with divorce and remarriage from the perspective of scripture and the Chris...

Metochos, the Views of Wayne A. Grudem

This essay discusses Wayne A. Grudem's views and interpretations of the Greek word "metochos," referring to the way in which it is...

Different Perspectives on Church

This essay reports different perspectives regarding the nature of the church. The major divisions are the nature of the church as ...

Revelation, Comparing Translations

This essay discusses the differences between the bible translations of the first chapter of Revelations in three translations of ...

Kingship in Israel

by a monarch entailed certain secular dangers, such as possibility that a king might become oppressive in his rule or lead the peo...

Anselm’s Ontological Arguments

by humanity, without turning to any other body of factual information or knowledge. In other words, it is possible for people to c...

Ephesians 5:18-21 And The Holy Spirit

know that it is only through total submission that they will gain peace and joy. In Acts 13:52, we read that the "disciples were f...

Scriptures and Islam

relates to specific patterns or traditions within the church. The author notes, "There is no clergy in Islam and thus no hierarchy...

The Intention Of The Holy Ghost ……

the creation of the universe. Genesis says that at first the earth was covered by water. Scientists claimed, even at that time, th...

The Use And Interpretation Of Bible In The Church

Jesus was and what He did (citation). Many documents were written during the first couple hundred years after Christs death. The ...

Jesus And Moses In The Bible And The Koran

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...

Jesus as Exorcist

"unclean spirits knew who Jesus was" (Davies 94). Jesus method of exorcism was to "cast out demons by the spirit of God" (Davies 9...

Salvation and the Old Testament

this account of Jesus ministry portrays it as a "coherent judgment comprising sin, chastisement and restoration" (Clifford and Ana...

How Jesus Is Described In The Gospel Of Matthew

phrase could mean the individual had a special relationship with God, therefore, they must learn the meaning of this in terms of J...

Moses & Jesus Leadership Characteristics

Sacrificial leadership: Jesus sacrificed Himself for all of mankind (Chandra, 2004). Servant leadership is most often associated...

Abraham And Moses - Leadership Characteristics

(Friedman and Friedman, 2006). As an example, he was once sitting outside his tent on a very hot day, he saw three strangers and i...

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...