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well as with the earthly King David, through Joseph, who acknowledges Jesus as his son (Brown, 1997). Joseph is in the line of Dav...

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

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

(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...

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

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

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...

poses some significant questions, including the question of what is salvation, the role that faith plays in salvation and how fait...

angels lost their original holiness and became corrupt in nature and conduct.5 In 2 Peter 2:4, it tells of how some were cast into...

first published in 1934). Although there are some subtle differences in their theories, each of these scholars saw humans as bein...

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

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

as his twelve disciples, and the authors of the books of the New Testament, as well as the vast majority of the earliest Christian...

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

Law of Christ. The Israelites believed that the Spirit of God lived in the Tabernacle, which is why it was guarded so carefully. I...

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

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

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

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

it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness...

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...

people who are now facing the consequences of rashly made decisions. In this fiasco, Wall Street and the large portions of the A...

for this reference becomes clear, as Luke is writing "in a social context where marriages arranged for socio-political benefit bet...

of editorial activity (Brueggemann 7). However, scholars have yet to reach consensus over the extent to which each layer of litera...

painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...

(Dearman, 1998) and we often hear that phrase being used to describe the relationship between Israel and God. He was the living Go...

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

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

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