Essays Tagged: "teachings of jesus"
Is Capital Punishment Biblical?
ason. The Old Testament clearly calls for the death penalty on many occasions, whereas; many of the teachings of Jesus and others in the New testament readily denounce it. Therefore, both advocates an ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Got an A. The teacher asked for a copy he was som Impressed. On Christianity in Africa
ral Diversity. Because I am a baptized Catholic and have been studying the history, foundation, and teachings of my faith since the age of six, I figured that Christianity in Africa would be an easy w ... me.From the first day I entered St. Francis de Sales elementary school, I have repeatedly heard the teachings of Jesus the Christ. With the help of Jesuit priests, I have examined His words at with ke ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Essay topic: that christianity in Australia is simply a superficial venner behind which secular values provide the true religion.
e true religion is no longer Christianity.Christianity is a system of beliefs based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. It is also a way of life and a community of people . Christians believe i ... in it. They believe that this God is active in history, guiding and teaching his people1. The main teachings of Christianity are outlined in the Apostles' Creed, the Athanasian Creed and the Nicene C ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
This paper expresses the views christian belief on the topic of abortion and why it is wrong. This paper gives driect quotes from the bible and then goes into futher detail to support the facts.
The Christian belief in the sanctity of life is based on the teachingsof famous Christians and on what they read in the bible, the teachingsof Jesus. A quote fro ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Christianity and abortion
Christianity and abortionThe Christian belief in the sanctity of life is based on the teachingsof famous Christians and on what they read in the bible, the teachingsof Jesus. A quote fro ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Analysis of The Parable of the Dishonest Steward. Asked to focus on the idea of a parable and analyze this specific parable in the New Testament.
The teachings of Jesus are central to the New Testament and to Christianity. Much of what is known about ... fferent, spiritual view of Jesus. Another factor which makes the Synoptic Gospels alike is that the teachings of Jesus exist as parables in these three Gospels. Jesus explains his reasoning for the us ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
The Gospel of John and Greek Literature: Tracing the Theme of Friendship
Such examples include Lucian's Toxaris and Chariton's Chaereas and Callirhoe. The commandments and teachings of Jesus in regards to friendship are found in numerous places in the Gospel of John, with ... complete without all of its many different parts, therefore making a complete collection of Jesus' teachings.Works CitedChariton. "Chaereas and Callirhoe." Collected Ancient Greek Novels. Ed. B.P. Re ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Jesus' title and other things
ering Servant from the scriptures." People from that time often used the scriptures to describe the teachings of Jesus. The passages in the scripture, written hundreds of years before the birth of Jes ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Jesus
l question, "Who is Jesus the Christ?" While viewing the bible, we leant and saw the life and teachings of Jesus. We learnt to know him as a friend, and were able to take his teachings and mirac ... n the temple, but seemed to have a calm feeling towards most things. When Jesus was taunted for his teachings, he did what we all should do, welcome him as our friend. When Jesus was convicted to be c ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Sabbath
as the people were established again in their homeland. Nehemiah 9:14; 10:31; 13:15-22.The life and teachings of Jesus highlighted the sacredness and significance of the Sabbath. Mark 27, 28; Luke 4:1 ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Outline three different ways Christians can practice personal devotion in their tradition and analyze how these practices relate to the principal teachings and beliefs of Christianity.
king Jesus a model of prayer.The reading of scriptures is also seen as a meditation on the life and teachings of Jesus, where it is praying through the understanding of the word. This devotion of scri ... ". These scriptures, therefore, then relate to the devotions as the scripture contains all beliefs, teachings and events of Christianity, in which are prominent aspects in all devotions.Another popula ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
The life of the historical Jesus and his message
gave birth to Jesus in a stable in Bethlehem. The Gospels continue to tell of the many miracles and teachings of Jesus, along with his 12 disciples. The story also reveals how Jesus predicted his own ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Understandings of Jesus & Christianity through different denominations
ent).The conception of Christianity and the New Testament came about as a response to the works and teachings of Jesus Christ. In this essay I shall explore how various understandings of Jesus came ab ... nity is crucial to any understanding of Jesus. That being said, it is obvious that Jesus' works and teachings-his role in the scheme of things- would not have received the recognition they did if they ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Sacred Texts in Judaism and Christianity
wo are separated by only one thing: the New Testament. The New Testament, and more specifically the teachings of Jesus in its books, morphed the customs and rituals of Judaism into different ones in t ... nouring the words in the Hebrew Bible and the commentaries, while Christians follow the undemanding teachings of Jesus, who simplified Jewish law and the texts of the Pentateuch.The sacred and authori ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith