celebrated since its birth in the mid-seventh or late tenth century. Beowulf endures because it deals with the most noble‚ enduring theme of all; salvation. Beowulf‚ like King David‚ was a Christ figure‚ and both‚ though figures of great courage who were saviors in their own right‚ point to the Savior of Mankind‚ Christ himself. Beowulf. King David. The parallels are striking. They were both unlikely saviors. David was young when he killed Goliath: 1 Samuel 17:12-15 says that David was the youngest of
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Dimensions of the Gospel. Alister McGrath Alister McGrath in the beginning of his discourse states that " a central theme of the Christian message is that of the human situation has‚ in some way‚ been transformed by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is often described as salvation"(McGrath 77). McGrath in his discourse on salvation doesn ’t seem to take a stance on any particular theory or doctrine of salvation but lays out three separate theories of atonement. These three theories
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Reflection paper: Feast of Christ the King November 21‚ 2010‚ is the last day for ordinary times and we will start again to our new liturgical calendar‚ the beginning of the advent season. We commemorate the feast of Christ our king in Villa del Sol in City of San Fernando Pampanga to be one or be united to praise and glorify Him. The main theme of the celebration is about the Reproductive Health Bill that the Church is not in favor. A prayer rally was held so that the people may be aware of the
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Dracula as the Anti-Christ is a theme that presents its self commonly in the novel “Dracula”. The novel portrays Anti-Christian values and beliefs‚ through its main characters‚ Dracula. The author uses his knowledge of Christian believes to construct one of the darkest‚ most evil characters in any novel. To create Dracula he takes these believes and flips them and places them in the character. There are many ways that Bram Stoker’s character Dracula can be considered the Anti-Christ‚ mostly because
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Christ is known as the Master Teacher because of many reasons. Yet I think that the main ones are that everything he said was something that we could use and learn from‚ he never judged anyone by their reputation‚ and he was always more than willing to help. I feel that these are some of the bigger reasons that people refer to Christ as the Master Teacher. While Christ was alive with a flesh and bone body here on earth I feel that he always was teaching a lesson. He always did what was asked of
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In the Christ hymn‚ Paul endeavors to get his message across through a chiastic structure. By using this structure‚ Paul helps his recipients to be able to “feel” the decent of Christ from God to the worst death possible. The death that only belonged to non-citizen slaves. Paul then helps to to “feel” the wonderful and mighty exaltation that was given to Christ in return for the sacrifice He made. In the first slope of the structure‚ Paul conveys to us the extant of Christ’s humiliation. The second
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THE EMINENT RETURN OF CHRIST This has really raised a lot of questions in the hearts of many. When we talk about the return of a person‚ then it means that such a person has come before and yet to come again as being expected by those who know of him. The return of Christ is what many believers have always waited for and this has gone a long way to pattern their lifestyles because of the cost thereof. Before one can wait for a person‚ then such a person must have known and experienced whom he is
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Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………… Miracles of Jesus Christ 1. Cures a. The Miracle of the Centurion’s Servant Healed………………. b. Jesus Cleanses a Leper…………………………………………... c. The Healing of Ten Lepers………………………………………. d. Healing a man with dropsy………………………………………. e. Healing a woman With Internal Bleeding……………………….. f. Healing two Blind Men……………………………………………. g. Blind bartmaeus Receives his sight………………………………
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The fact that He is and was God implies perfection at the onset. “The perfecting of Christ Jesus through suffering does not imply any imperfection in Him. It refers rather to the incompletion of His human experience‚ which required completion for His qualification as man’s Great High Priest.”4 By necessity‚ the Son of God must become human in order to save humanity. Hebrews 5:9 speaks of the perfection of Christ with the use of the Greek word teleiotheis. “And having been made perfect‚ He became
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The most recognizable person in the history of mankind is Jesus Christ. The Christ figure is a representation of a character that has similar characteristics to Christ. Christ figures in literature are typically subtle references that your teacher points out or they are pointed out in plain sight by the author. Physical productions‚ such as movies and television shows have been using the idea of a Christ figure‚ as well. An example of this is The Doctor in the British Sci-Fi show “Doctor Who.” The
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