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In five pages this essay examines the crucifixion practice of the ancient Romans during the time of Jesus Christ and considers its...

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...

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

In this five page paper the fact that our perception of history changes over time is illustrated with a look back some fifty years...

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...

In five pages this paper discusses Jesus' belief that the law of Moses was being distorted and how this view was represented in bo...

In eleven pages this paper discusses whether or not the Shroud of Turin is little more than a contrived hoax or truly represents J...

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

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

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

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

Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...

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...

Luke 2.1 there is also the reference to the birth taking place in the time of the census of Quirinius, this was in 6 CE2, however ...

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...

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

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...

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

women or does it primarily reflect a later change in attitude, which originates with the early Christian communitys perspective." ...

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...

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 ...

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...

Father, as being from above, and other such phrases (Kasper, 1978, p. 173). Jesus was in all ways like us with one great exceptio...

son, to God is record in Genesis 22. God instructed Abraham to take "your son, your only son, whom you love-Isaac-and go to the re...

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

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...

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...

historical Jesus is based on two recognitions. The first is that the Jewish Jesus from Galilee is different than the Jesus who has...

2004, p. 291). Another characteristic that was demonstrated by Jesus was his humility. John, chapter 13, describes how Jesus, pr...