Essays on Religious texts

Since the injection of liberalist ideologies to the social collective belief in recent centuries, the influence of antiquated texts in providing a framework for morality has started to lose influence, even to religious conformists.  The phenomena, is in large part, brought about by the tendencies of secularist thought to delineate the core of ancient doctrines…

Title:  Cains and Abels of the East of Eden John Steinbeck’s East of Eden is considerably one of his best novels.  It is well-written as much as it is ambitious, with the author taking parallelisms from none other than the Bible, the most popular, most read, and best selling book of all time.  East of…

esus is true and not just made up?There are several ways in which we can be assured that what we are taught about Jesus is true and not just made up. These are called our faith sources. These sources, like the Bible and other sources of information about Jesus have accounts of Jesus life. The…

The name Mary, and how it is used in the Koran Muslimism April 9, 1999 The function that Mary has played in the history of faith is a subject that can be debated. Harmonizing to the Koran, the lone importance of Mary, is that she is unarguably the female parent of Jesus. Besides, the lone…

Should one fully read the opening four Gospels of the New Testament, he or she can find many similar patterns of literature and themes affording much attention to detail and study. This is what someone such as Merriam Webster would define as the “Synoptic Gospels”. So, what are and how can we explain the differences…

The history of the two kingdoms, Judah and Israel, is spotted with those kings who forget that they are in power by the grace of God and those kings who “do good in the eyes of the Lord” (The Holy Bible). Ahab initiates the down fall of the time of peace through his abandonment of…

After the first sin man no longer has to love and serve God, but can do so with the option of going against Him. The implications of the sins of Adam and Eve and Cain ultimately define their importance. Without the first sin humanity could never truly show God obedience and love, but would instead…

Jesus came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarene people. There were graves in that place. Two men came from among the graves to meet him. They had bad spirits in them. They were so bad and strong that people feared to pass that way. They shouted, `Jesus, Son…