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of the Sower in Matthew 13:3-23. This parable talks of a farmer sowing the seed is not to be taken literally. The farmer is an ana...

in a primarily passive manner (Weaver, 1995). To put it simply, in the other gospels, for the most part, Jesus is silent. In John,...

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

Christs work on earth, His incarnation, His passion and death and His resurrection. At least two Apostles, John and Paul, perceive...

is far more to life than just that of worldly possessions -- it taught the value of life at its purist form. These same teachings...

that he did - when the masses desperately needed a "human" religion to cling to - was something that helped boost Jesus to "divine...

because only men paid taxes. The presence of his fianc?e or wife would be redundant" (Robinson, 1999; xmas_dir.htm#where). And, it...

their contributions are told in any great detail. Then Jesus began His ministry and it is clear even from the short tales that His...

Gospel of Matthew it is noted that "When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against...

from a degree of torment, the sources of our greatest joys lying awkwardly close to those of our greatest pain" (De Botton 215). ...

as actively participating in his fate, rather than demonstrating passive acceptance. In the synoptic gospels, action is, for the m...

move allowed him to lead a life of leisure rather than one of hard work and he spent a great deal of time "in religious contemplat...

responsibility; friendship; work; courage; perseverance; honesty; loyalty; and faith" (Muehlenberg, 1999). Bennett uses a number o...

one had to make a leap of faith because history was unimportant in the quest for Jesus (Geisler, 1999). Cain (1999) reports the ...

to be the so-called "Corinthian Gate," and that this was the place where "the crippled man had been placed so that he could beg f...

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...

men" (Jeffrey, 1990). Each taught a new truth as commanded by God, each performed miracles, both spent their childhoods in Egypt, ...

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 ...

kill him; but most of all he fears that he will not find his treasure-this might all be for nothing (Coehlo, 1995, p. 130). The A...

However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...

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...

perhaps even more interesting, is that he managed to connect to everyone. His stories and parables could be understood on the mos...

title we need to consider the parallels between the narrator in this story and Jesus, as seen in the bible. It could be argued tha...

of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...

humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven" (Leyda, 2007, p. 322). The Greek verb "tapeinosel" i...

contemporary mindset, the word "law" refers to civil law, which is enforced by the police and government officials. As Jesus indic...

1584. Menocchio declared: "in my opinion, all was chaos... and out of that bulk a mass formed - just as cheese is made out of milk...

went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his masters money. 19"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settl...

home and found that this was true. This sign not only showed that Jesus possessed power over life and death, but also the role of ...

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...