That seems to me what would be the main factor that’s "attacking" Christmas. How many people truly enjoy the holiday these days without the stress of shopping‚ travel‚ etc.? "My Thoughts on Christmas" Christmas is about the birth of our Lord‚ Jesus Christ. It is a season of thanksgiving and sharing. A time for us to renew ourselves and to be inspires by the power of this celebration. In this‚ we gather together to witness the coming of our redeemer‚ who died to save us from our sins. Moreover
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Summative Assignment: Modern Gospel An Infancy Narrative (Birth of Jesus) A young woman named Laura got in a car accident with her in-laws. Everyone was safe with minor injuries‚ however‚ Josie was pregnant and she had lost her baby. After that accident‚ Laura was not physically able to have another baby. Laura and her husband‚ Matt went to many doctors and specialists to find her a treatment‚ but there was not any. One night‚ the couple went out for dinner and met a pregnant woman‚ Suzie. Laura
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The resurrection of Jesus Christ separates Christianity from all other religions. Christianity without the literal‚ physical resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is merely one religion among many. "And if Christ is not risen‚" said the Apostle Paul‚ "then our preaching is empty and your faith is in vain”. (1 Corinthians 15:14) Furthermore‚ "You are still in your sins!” Paul could not have chosen stronger language. (Mohler) Still‚ the resurrection of Jesus Christ has been under persistent
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Jesus Against Socrates Socrates‚ known as the famous Greek philosopher and one of the wisest people around‚ was looked at as being a very strong willed and “stand-by-his-opinion” kind of man. Jesus‚ on the other hand‚ was a man who went through his life not by blatantly expressing and sharing his wisdom‚ but by making his “students” think things through for themselves in order to gain understanding and wisdom in certain topics. Based on what is known about Jesus and Socrates‚ two major moral
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In the film Jesus‚ Joseph seemed to be one of the most important things in Jesus’ life‚ but in the Bible‚ there is almost no description of Joseph’s role as a father. Jesus cared about Joseph very much like his own father just like Joseph loved Jesus as his own. In the film‚ Jesus became very depressed and didn’t want to go preach to the world without his guidance when Joseph died. Joseph was his role model and Jesus did look up to him. Joseph did teach him how to be a carpenter and taught him how
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The biblical book of look Luke 24: 13-35 tells the story of the resurrected Jesus and his trek from Jerusalem to the village of Emmaus‚ this account in the Gospel of Luke is quite possibly the very first appearance of Jesus to humans after being resurrected. Within this story Jesus acts in disguise in order to test the two disciples who accompany him‚ the nature of this test closely resembles those of God that lie in the Old Testament involving the Prophets. Jesus asks multiple questions in order
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Peter’s Denial of Jesus. (Mark 14:66-72) 66 While Peter was below in the courtyard‚ one of the high priest’s maids came along. 67 Seeing Peter warming himself‚ she looked intently at him and said‚ “You too were with the Nazarene‚ Jesus.” 68* But he denied it saying‚ “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” So he went out into the outer court. [Then the cock crowed.] 69The maid saw him and began again to say to the bystanders‚ “This man is one of them.” 70Once again he denied it
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verses of St. John’s Gospel was also the most detrimental. At some moments‚ comparing my own translation to others could lead to a better understanding of the overall passage‚ but it could also become more muddled if the other translator and I had different ideas as to what the original text meant. There were‚ of course‚ other times where both the other translations and mine came to the same idea‚ but worded it differently‚ which is simply aesthetic. In its totality‚ St. John’s Gospel was a challenge
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Liberty Theological Seminary Book Review: Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament A Paper Submitted to Dr. John McLean In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the course Old Testament Orientation I OBST 515 By Deborah M. Baskin 23 November 2013 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Summary 3 Critical Interaction 6 Conclusion 8 Bibliography 10 Introduction Christopher J. H. Wright was born in Belfast‚ Northern
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Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life‚ truly righteousness would have been by the law. But the scripture has confined all under sin‚ that the promise by faith in jesus christ might be given to those who believe. But before faith came we were kept under the guard by the law‚ kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to christ‚ that we might be justified by faith
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