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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...

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 Reformation

Reformers to disseminate information so quickly (Kreis, 2007). That dissemination include the Bible translated into native languag...

Theological Reflection on the US Money Crisis

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

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...

Evaluating Two Buddhism Texts

or Ego" (Rahula, 1986, p. 23). Conze s (1959) Buddhist Scriptures is another book that is rather comprehensive as well. Conze is ...

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...

Leviticus and Christianity

does not have a split hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you." As this suggests, only animals that chewed its cue and possessed ...

Christianity's Relationship to Judaism

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

Liberal Christianity

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

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 ...

Biblical Basis for Worship

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

Prayer and Spirituality

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

Revelation, Comparing Translations

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

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 ...

Jesus and Adversarial People

the answers. Moreover, having sent His Son to lead by example, one has only to follow Jesus teachings when it comes to dealing wi...

Achievement of Faith in Easing Conflict

(Psalm 34:19). Today, modern Man is attempting to find his own solutions for the problems/ conflicts that face him, and innumerab...

The Book of Genesis and the Depiction of the Personality of Yahweh

Yahweh's personality and heterogeneous presentation as depicted in Hebrew scriptures are described in eight pages. Ten sources ar...

Chapter 17 of the Book of John

in the Gospel according to John. Therefore, it seems appropriate, before addressing John 17 directly, to survey how the theme of u...

The New Testament and The Mission of Serving Jesus

This paper discusses scripture from the New Testament and examines what is involved in the mission of a servant of Jesus Christ. ...

Catholic Morals and Christian Ethics

dance intended to chase away evil spirits, rather than adhere to the words of Bible: "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist th...

Tripitaka in Wu Cheng'en's 'Monkey'

In an analytic essay consisting of five pages the Tripitaka character in Monkey is examined in terms of his representation of man ...

A World View and Personal Faith

14). Consequently, Barth began to formulate a personal theology based solely on scripture, virtually ignoring the theological prin...

Predestination and the Bible

In eight pages predestination is considered in terms of what it is and whether or not it is taught in the Scriptures of the Bible....

Psychology from a Christian Perspective

The focus of this paper consisting of 20 pages is Meier et al's Introduction to Psychology and Counseling: Christian Perspectives ...

Stem Cell Research and Issues of Christian Morality

The reason these cells are called stem cells is because they are like a stem, these cells are the source of every kind of tissue t...

Leadership Style of Nehemiah

essential attributes of a leader in any time. He shared that vision with others (Nehemiah : A Visionary Leader), another step take...

God's Image and Genesis

under the dominion of God. However, nothing in scripture -- or history for that matter -- suggests that human beings are similar...