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The Power of Myth: The Monomyth

of achievement and experience" (123). They are individuals who have ultimately given themselves to something that is larger than t...

Northern California Myth

up there" (Rigsby). However, while David admits that the days of the pioneers are over, "like many myths," he supposes that ther...

Jesus Christ: 2007

all the rest of it. Nope, Jesus would be a man of the 21st century, an adult, and then they could see how he reacted to the world ...

Do Metaphysical Spiritual Healers Have The Same Faith As Christ

healers could be executed (Healing Rays, 2007). In 1951, the Church made spiritual healing legal again but it is still tarnished w...

Role of the Feminine in Ancient Creation Myth

males. In both "Enuma Elish" and in Hesiods mythology, the Earth goddess is described in terms of motherhood. Tiamet first rages a...

Christian Life/Sanctification and Epistle to the Romans

as a servant of Christ Jesus, who was "called to be an apostle" (Romans 1:1)(This reference and all subsequent references refer to...

1 Peter

Passion at a distance (Atlantic Baptist University). This author suggests that Peter refers to himself as an eyewitness because "h...

Sexuality and Aging

or physical concerns. Although it is true that health does often enter the picture as it respect sex, sexuality is more than just ...

Wright: "The Challenge of Jesus"

and lay persons; those he calls the "next generation of thinking Christians" (Wright). In order to reach these people, however, he...

Contemporary Drama/2 New Plays & Aristotle

working class (Brown). Modern playwrights have expanded the conception of tragedy to include all walks of people in all circumstan...

Jesus as Exorcist

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

Personal Statement - What Children Mean To Me

day, children come to our classrooms. Some are more ready to learn than others, some are more excited about learning than others b...

The Counter-Cultural Jesus In Mark's Gospel

little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone ...

Moses & Jesus Leadership Characteristics

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

The Death Of Jesus Christ

for Jesus to have gone into shock at that time. He was first beaten by the guards: "The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking...

Jesus The Son Of God

age 12, Jesus was found in the Temple teaching Priests and Scribes about the law (Scott, 2000). In his very first chapter, Matthe...

The Birth Of Jesus According To Matthew And Luke

great humility and eagerness to do as God wishes (Luke 1:39). She then travels to visit Elizabeth where she stays for three months...

The Mystery of Melchizedek

King of Salem (ancient Jerusalem) befriended Abraham and his men after their victory over those kings that had taken Sodom and Gom...

Heroes

as his hero. Achilles Achilles is the greatest of the Greek heroes fighting against the Trojans. As the poem begins, the war ha...

Myth and Reality: Abraham Lincoln

against injustice and for the downtrodden. One author notes that, "However successful he may have been, Lincoln the young attorney...

Exclusivism vs. Inclusivism: An Examination of the Question of Who Will Reach Heaven

heaven. This theory places a considerable weight on morality as a deciding factor in determining our final fate. The logic is th...

The Coming of Jesus Christ

offer mankind salvation through faith. He was put to death and rose from the dead. Aside from this the various Christian faiths po...

Christology/Who do you say I am?

Jesus was more divine than he was human (Meacham 40). The issue that underscored the early ecumenical councils, once incidental ri...

Historical Jesus

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 ...

Nicaean Creed & Trinitarian Doctrine

A 15 page research paper that examines documents associated with the early Christian Church, such as "The Nicene Creed," as well ...

Universal Prescription Drug Coverage

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

Hypostatic Union : Jesus As God And Man

a core belief of Christianity that one can find on any Christian Church Web site, regardless of whether that organization is a mai...

The Right Stuff & Technology

conquer it. The focus of the film changes when it shifts to dramatizing the successful launch of the Soviet Unions Sputnik and i...

St. John The Baptist

in their fathers footsteps. Like Jesus, John began preaching at the age of 30 (Catholic Online, 2007). His location was the banks...

The Myth of the Melting Pot

we like, and in public, since these people attacked us first. The problem with this distorted thinking is that it is the product...