The story of Joseph is a two-fold demonstration of the Christian idea of anomniscient and omnipotent God with a master plan for the life of each humanbeing and for the universe as a whole. Every circumstance in Josephs life isturned around to lead to his ultimate position as an Egyptian ruler, whichallows him to save …
“Three Rings for the Eleven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his Dark throne, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One ring to find them, One ring …
Abstract The prophecies of Jesus’ First Coming focused on who He was before His human birth, His miraculous birth, a bit about His life, His crucifixion, death, burial, and resurrection – all of which was prophesied many hundreds of years before His birth. The second coming of Christ or parousia is the return of Jesus …
What we know today as the New Testament was compiled over a period of many decades. It was first referenced as the “New Testament” by Clement of Alexandria. It is believed that the books that comprise what we know as the New Testament canon were in existence no later than the end of the first …
JESUS LAST WORDS ON THE CROSSThe seven last words of Jesus on the cross demonstrate both his humanity and his divinity, and capture the last moment Jesus went through to gain our forgiveness. 1. Father forgive them, for they know not what they do: (Luke 23:34)Forgiveness for those who arrested condemned and executed Jesusbut also …
A Martyr’s Victory in a Spiritual SenseBishop Francis X. Ford was a well educated, enormously gentle man, thatwas kicked, beaten, insulted, and surrounded by hatred. All this because of onemans beliefs. He was born in Brooklyn in 1892. He was the founder of theMaryknoll Missionaries and was the first bishop of Kwantung, China. He waskilled …
First Confession By O`ConnorFrank OConnor wrote and published two versions of the story, FirstConfession. The first version was written in limited omniscient point of viewand the second one was written in a first person point of view. I found afterreading both versions that the limited omniscient style was entertaining,effective and more to my liking. The …
After the World War II and the Holocaust, many Jewish and Christian people were left wondering why God would let such a thing happen. Many felt estranged, as if God had somehow abandoned them in their most desperate time of need. The world needed an explanation as to why God would let such a thing …
The law defines divorce as a legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii. ”from the bond of matrimony.” (b) The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband — divorce …
905)Ben-Hur: A Tale ofChristby Lew Wallace (1827- 1905)Type of Work:Historical romantic fictionSettingJudea and Rome; during the time of JesusChristPrincipal CharactersJudah Bur-Hur, a JewBen-Hur’s mother and sisterTirzahMessala, a Roman citizen; Judah’s childhoodfriend, and later hated enemyArrius, a Roman commanderSimonides, an aged Hur servantMallach, Simonides’ servantStory Overveiw(The tale begins with an account of Jesushumble birth, the adoration …
Born on September 25, 1952, in New York City, was a man named Christopher Reeve. Christopher began studying the piano and taking voice lessons as a child. He later became an assistant orchestra conductor and began acting at age 9. Acting was were what made Christopher famous. In 1978 be played the Man of Steel …
The theatre version of Lord of the Flies based on the novel by WilliamGolding and adapted by Nigel Williams are now being presented in the LyricTheatre Hammersmith, London. Tickets cost about 7.00. This review is comparingthe book and how Nigel Williams adapted it. The theatre version of Lord ofthe Flies is very good. Interesting and …
An abstract look at a renaissance perception of the BibleTable of ContentsPart 1 The PaintingPart 2 A compalation of abstract ideasPart 3 Components of the picturePart 4 A few thesis statementsPart 5 The essayArt in the BibleMany percieve this world as completly dichotomus. For many people theywill go through their whole life thinking that there …
The Old Testament is a compilation, and like every compilation it has awide variety of contributors who, in turn, have their individual influenceupon the final work.It is no surprise, then, that there exist certainparallels between the Enuma Elish, the cosmogony of the Babylonians, andthe Book of Genesis, the first part of the Pentateuch section of …
Christ: VICTORY!!”It is finished!” John 19:30. What Christ is referring to here is theaccomplished salvation of the people. What that means is that when we are saved,we do not have to put out burnt saccrifices up to Him. It is no longer neededbecause Christ died for us, which took away the iniquities of our sin. …
DOCTRINEFirst among the doctrinal disputes which troubled Christians after Constantinehad recognized the Church in A.D. 313, and the parent of many more during somethree centuries, Arianism occupies a large place in ecclesiastical history. Itis not a modern form of unbelief, and therefore will appear strange in moderneyes. But we shall better grasp its meaning if …
Although the key to the Christian religion, the Bible should only be used for the morals it teaches, and not as a religious document. In an effort to collapse a building, removing or damaging the foundation successfully renders the rest of the structure useless. Each story of the building relies on the stability of each …
When God wrote the Bible He wrote to us from His point of view. However, when we read things, we have a tendency to look at what we read through rose colored glasses. If we take off those glasses and look at things through God’s eyes instead, we may see things we really don’t like …
None book in NT has been so disputed as to authorship and canonicity than 2Peter. There are convincing arguments for and against Peter’s relation to this book. Arguments against Paul’s authorship: 1.The style differs from that of 1 Peter. 2.Knowledge of 2 Peter was geographically limited. 3.The conceptual and rhetorical language is too Hellenistic for …
“All of you know what I stand for – what I believe! I believe in the truth of the Book of Genesis! Exodus! Leviticus! Numbers! Deuteronomy! Joshua! Judges! Ruth! First Samuel! Second Samuel! First Kings! Second Kings! Isaiah! Jerimiah! Lamentations! Ezeikiel …” This is the near manical cry of the character Matthew Harrison Brady in …
In the Book of Genesis, an ancient Hebrew story from the King James Bible, we are given the account of Adam and Eve. Eve is led up the path of temptation and forced to make a difficult decision. The outcome of her selection not only affects her own existence, but also that of Adam and …
The story of John the Baptist begins with his father Zachary, a priest of the Temple in Jerusalem. He was in the church praying when Gabriel, an angel appeared to him. The angel said to him, “Do not be frightened Zechariah; your prayers have been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will have a son who you …
We tend to think of mankind as the center of the world we live in. We are the smartest, the most intellectual, the most dominant, and the most common thing that we relate to. How did we get here? Simple, God put us on this earth. There is more to it than that though. “In …
Remnant as seen in the Old Testament Remnant – n (C) a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece or amount (Cambridge 1202). Remnant – The portion of a community which is left, in the case of a devastating calamity; the portion upon which the possible future existence …
