YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Gospel Of Thomas The Controversy
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Salvation and redemption are examined within the context of the Old and New Testaments and the possible contradictory aspects of t...
In fifteen pages an exegesis of this passage from the gospels of Matthew and Luke is presented. Thirteen sources are cited in the...
analysis will explore the meaning of Jesus baptism in relation to faith and the position of the Christian in the often skeptical a...
in a primarily passive manner (Weaver, 1995). To put it simply, in the other gospels, for the most part, Jesus is silent. In John,...
cycle of Easter. Forty days of Lent are honored prior to Easter; this is a reminder of the cost of the victory of the cross. Pente...
and Death are also stressed as fulfilling the prophecies of scripture, specifically in Isaias (Jacquier, 2005). Matthew 5:1-7:29,...
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 ...
the NIRV is easier for modern readers to comprehend, since it states the events in the passage in contemporary English. In 15:34...
Henry interpret the journey of the master as Jesus journey to the Kingdom of Heaven (Wesley, 2005; Henry, 2005). In Mark 13, we re...
is the fourth Book in the New Testament. The Book was written when John was in Ephesus (Smith, 1884). There is some question about...
as actively participating in his fate, rather than demonstrating passive acceptance. In the synoptic gospels, action is, for the m...
Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...
seen in both 1 Thess. 5:2 and Rev. 3:3; 16:15. The point of this passage is to communicate that the time of the parousia cannot be...
by everyone.5 The all-important link that connects all rituals and practices, individuals to society/community, and believers to ...
to Father: "but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made ...
he also recorded the details of His life and death for all the world to ultimately see . . . or so says "The Gospel of Judas"....
to freedom and responsibility" (EV 83). In this regard, he stresses the pivotal position of the Sacraments, as a means by which hu...
knowledge which is only knowable and obtainable without the aide of the senses. Secondly, the Synoptic Gospels speak as Christ b...
Joseph the presentation of their early beginnings is told merely through the fact we see Mary pregnant and we watch the struggling...
John was known as being on of the most prominent of the disciples, and work diligently to spread the word of Jesus and of love (Th...
have been discussed in the past and are relatively well known are based on the worst instincts of human nature which seem to defy ...
This 3 page paper gives an example of answers to reading questions about story written by Richard Allen. This paper includes his ...
phrase could mean the individual had a special relationship with God, therefore, they must learn the meaning of this in terms of J...
He is the only begotten Son of God. The majority of Christians believe that it was Jesus who was crucified, and buried and that h...
Chapter 6, "Preaching as Theological Interpretation through Conversation," begins with the observation that a preacher needs to ha...
for this reference becomes clear, as Luke is writing "in a social context where marriages arranged for socio-political benefit bet...
means together with and optic means seeing.4 Other scholars have simply translated the word synoptic as meaning with the same eye....
"Peraean section."9 It is in Mark who depicts Jesus last journey to Jerusalem as being through Peraea, which is east of Jordan.10 ...
uses his own words, saying, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Fathers house into a market!" (John 2:16). Jesus authorit...
vision problems or learning disabilities or "whether a childs behavior is simply immature or exuberant" ("Attention" 77). Accurate...