Essays on Testament

Christianity developed out of Judaism. It is based on the doctrines from Old Testament and New Testament. The New Testament was originally written in Greek language. It is the second part of Biblical canon followed by the Old Testament. The New Testament incorporates twenty-seven books. They are written in different times and different circumstances. Both Old Testament and New Testament are the sacred books for Christians. The Development of Christianity starts from the birth of Jesus Christ and the holy and noble task assigned to him by God. He was a prophet. The New Testament are based on his Continue reading...

Lenin’s Testament refers to a document written by Vladimir Lenin during the last weeks of 1922 and the first week of 1923. In his infamous testament, Lenin proposed changes to be made to the structure of Soviet governing bodies. In addition, he also commented on the leading and senior members of the Soviet leadership and suggested that Stalin be removed from his position as the Secretary General of the Soviet Party’s Central Committee. In his final letters to the Soviet Union, Lenin warned that Stalin held much power and was too dangerous. Lenin was not a fan Continue reading...

- A Review
1 Introduction
As one begins to read the book Knowing Jesus through the Old Testament, it becomes clear that the author, Christopher J. H. Wright, wishes to provide an in-depth understanding of the Old Testament to its readers. The sole aim of his writing is to evoke a new sense of appreciation of the scripture as well as Jesus. Wright endeavours to imbibe a thorough understanding in his readers about Jesus being the very essence of God.
Christopher Wright works as the director of international ministries at the Langham Partnership International in UK. This book is Continue reading...

While the books bible represents the inspired word of God, the Bible also represents different time periods in the course of human history. While God might not change, people and civilizations do. The New Testament is the “newest” part of the Bible. This means that it was written most recently so it is the part of the Bible that is closest to us in our relationship to the authors. People read the New Testament for a variety of reasons. It can be read as a moral instruction, as a history, or as an exciting saga. While “Both in the Continue reading...

Abstract

Everyone is quite familiar with the Mission of Christ in the world when God has sent Him to save mankind from all sin and become the Messiah. However, if one is asked about what God’s Mission is to the world; many often speculate this as they are uncertain of His Mission for mankind and for the world He has created. Many noted that God’s faithful Mission is to watch over us and teach us His Will, but there Continue reading...

New Testament is a Christian scripture which comprises of twenty seven writings which gives details about Jesus and the Christian church from the first and second centuries. The Bible comprises of the Hebrew Scriptures called the Old Testament and the New Testament. Historical events are recorded in the New Testament .The life of Jesus and his works are detailed by his disciples who were chosen to continue his work. It is considered sacred as it was written with the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit.

UNDERSTANDING THE NEW TESTAMENT.

The books of the New Testament contains the description of the teachings and life Continue reading...

Saturday, 8 November 2014

Salvation Death Repentance
Every religious book or scripture is a guide to the human being to follow the proper path. What is the proper path then? It is a path, which leads the person towards the Ultimate Truth, the path that breaks the chain between a soul and a body. This path leads us toward the phase of non-duality. The attainment of this phase is possible only after leaving the body and the purification of the soul. The purification of the soul is possible through good deeds, virtues and your deep faith in God and Jesus Christ. All religious Continue reading...

Interpretation of the Bible Using the Various Types of Critical Disciplines.

Introducing the old Testament Exgesis of the Biblle,
The word ‘Bible’ originates from the Greek word ‘ta biblia’ wchich means a collection of many books put together as a cyclopedia. This fits the Bible because it is a collection of many books especially in the Old Testament. This shows that the word ‘Bible’ well chosen. It was written by many authors inspired by the holy Spirit The Bible is the revelation of God himself and many Christians believe that God communicates to them through reading the Bible. The bible is the source of wisdom for many. The aim of Continue reading...

The bible remains to be the most read literature in the world; people who seek spiritual uplifting as well as those who look for avenues to criticize its credibility love it. Wright in his analysis of the bible uses history and bible scriptures to prove that indeed, what is written in the bible is a true account of history. Even though the bible is divided into two parts, the old and the New Testament, there is no much difference in the two accounts. It is in fact considered that the New Testament is just a revelation of the events Continue reading...

Essay 1: Compare And Contrast How You, Lao Tzu and Homer Would Respond To The Old Testament

Lao Tzu is the spiritual leader behind the philosophy of Taoism. He is best known for his writings which currently form the foundations of Taoism. Taoism basically seeks to help people achieve harmony and peace with nature through distancing themselves from the world. It encourages people to avoid issues happening around the world as the only way in which they will attain inner peace with themselves. Homer was also a philosopher and one of the first influential writers in Greek. He was known for his many poems which were used as a standard to evaluate ones level of education Continue reading...

Bible Interpretation Using Various Types of Critical Disciplines

Introducing the old Testament
The Bible can be interpreted using various types of critical disciplines. This is done through interpretation and explanation that is critical of text especially texts of religion. In ancient times the term exegesis, which is the critical expansion and understanding of the religious text, was the primary interpretation of the Bible. Therefore, “Biblical exegesis” is applied in a wider context in the religious text. Exegesis is a combination of a broader perspectives that are critical and disciplines. When we focus on biblical textual criticism, the inquiry of the history and originality of the text, sometimes Continue reading...

Review of “Angels Among Us: The Use of Old Testament Passages As Inspiration for Temple Themes In The Dead Sea Scrolls.”
David J. Larsen received his PhD in Divinity – Biblical Studies under James Davila at St Mary’s College in Saint Andrews, Scotland. Before that he received a masters degree in theology under Andrei A. Orlov in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is well suited to study ancient text and understand their cultural context as he also completed course work in Sociology, Anthropology, Greek, and Bible Archeology. He is an expert on ancient texts that compose books of the old testament Continue reading...

Introduction

Christianity and Judaism are among the most popular religions in the world. Despite the fact that Christianity originally stemmed from the postulates of Judaism, today Christianity has the largest number of believers’ worldwide (Spiegel, 1993, 65). Rough estimates demonstrate that there are more than two billion of the Christians across the globe. The Jewish religious minority is limited to 14 million adherents, primarily residing in the state of Israel and in the United States of America.
The both religions are monotheistic in their natures, strongly emphasizing the role of a single and omniscient divine authority. Overall, despite common grounds Continue reading...

Abraham and Sarah

Introduction
Abraham and Sarah are the extraordinary figures and their life as described in the Old Testament exerts positive influence on the behavior of human beings. Their story has taught to adopt patience in life, and have faith in God because God knows best for His creatures. The story and life of Abraham and Sarah teach love, respect, loyalty, and faithfulness to the entire humanity. The story also indicates that the God always help his creatures and fulfill all the promises as He did with Abraham regarding his nation and son.

Explanation

Abraham was living in Ur, which is the Continue reading...

Rabbinic literature consists of writings to represent the Jewish history specifically from the Talmudic era. In a specific case, the literature refers to Talmudim, Midrah, and other related writings. Other Rabbinic eras include Zugot, Geonim, Acharonim, Chazal, and Tannaim. The Mishnaic literature consists the earliest wrings of rabbinic literature that expound and develop the Oral Law of Judaism and other ethical teachings such as Babylonian Talmud, minor tractates and Jerusalem Talmud (Own Ball 2). The Midrash denotes a compilation of exegetical, narrative, and homiletical writings in the Geonic era. Midrash has an annotated list of the completed works in Continue reading...

Introduction

The Revelation chapter 20: 1-6 story is perhaps one of the most controversial biblical stories. Several bible scholars have argued the chapter marks the exposing of millennialism as a theological perspective among protestant theologies. It is for this reason that I have decided to examine this story so that I may have a clear understanding of the subject of controversy. This paper examines the relevance of this verse into the Christian denomination and its association with the Jews. The paper also brings different viewpoint that have been presented as alternative views of the story. Still, Revelation chapter 20: 1- Continue reading...

All religious groups have major principles that govern their faith. For instance, Muslims believe that Prophet Muhammad is the prophet who was sent by Allah (God) to come and liberate his people. It is just in this same way that Christians from all walks of life from around the world profess their faith in God through Jesus Christ who is commonly referred to as The Son of Man. It is through him that the Christian faith was born and almost everything therein is attributed to God through him. When he came into the world, a new kind of worship Continue reading...

Introduction

The Revelation chapter 20: 1-6 story is perhaps one of the most controversial biblical stories. Several bible scholars have argued the chapter marks the exposing of millennialism as a theological perspective among protestant theologies. It is for this reason that I have decided to examine this story so that I may have a clear understanding of the subject of controversy. This paper examines the relevance of this verse into the Christian denomination and its association with the Jews. The paper also brings different viewpoint that have been presented as alternative views of the story. Still, Revelation chapter 20: 1- Continue reading...

Introduction:

In this excellent book, Thompson takes the old myth on the Old Testament God to task explaining the fact that life is not to be taken for granted in any way. Many view God as someone who is forbidding, always ready to castigate and create situations where his obedience is unquestioned and/or without any sort of parallel. Thompson does attempt to dispel that myth accordingly focusing on life in general and how the many episodes in the Bible can be said to dispel this theme accordingly.

The main points of the book:

Principally the book attempts to tackle certain aspects of life which are seen Continue reading...

Jan Massys was a famous and very talented artiste in the 16th century who was known for his paintings on landscapes, historical themes and genre scenes. Born in 1509 to a prominent painter in Antwerp, Jan Massys grew into a famous artiste who fancied paintings depicting nudes with historical themes. Being a student of his father, Massys learnt and painted like his father until he was exiled due to their family’s religious beliefs which were not welcomed in Antwerp.
Paintings and painters and other artistes were highly celebrated in the renaissance periods where art was used for various Continue reading...

Theologically, Christianity is considered a teaching religion with its fundamentals on Lord’s revelation through the scriptures. This revelation discloses the character of God and His ways. The religion reveals Gods teaching capacity and directs the biblical institutions into the teaching mission. Integrating baptismal teaching as one of the essential elements is a command by Jesus Christ in the bible to his Disciples. (1 peter 3:15) Examining the baptism criteria in Old Testament and New Testament provide foundation for the teachers to understand it’s imperative functioning in the teaching fraternity .
Baptism refers to spiritual purification or consecration using Continue reading...

Introduction

The book of Daniel is a unique book in the Old Testament. It contains visions, dreams and supernatural proclamations. There are some notions in the bible that are easy enough to understand but then there are also some notions that are hard to decipher. The prophecies of Daniel fall in the category of notions that are hard to understand. While commenting on the seventy sevens in the book of Daniel, John Walvoord said they were vital in understanding Old and New Testament prophecies.In the midst of all the great prophecies, the prophecy regarding the Seventy Weeks still stands out Continue reading...

Who’s Afraid of the Old Testament God?

Introduction:
In this excellent book, Thompson takes the old myth on the Old Testament God to task explaining the fact that life is not to be taken for granted in any way. Many view God as someone who is forbidding, always ready to castigate and create situations where his obedience is unquestioned and/or without any sort of parallel. Thompson does attempt to dispel that myth accordingly focusing on life in general and how the many episodes in the Bible can be said to dispel this theme accordingly.

The main points of the book:

Principally the book attempts to tackle certain aspects of life which are Continue reading...

With the development of educational thought, it is necessary, albeit very briefly, understand its current position. In Christianity, there are always two things: 1) Christianity is the doctrine of this life, and 2) Christianity is the doctrine of eternal life. The most important problem of Christianity - the problem of salvation - appears in this life, and in addition, Christianity represents a revelation given over not to somehow get through this life, but with love to carry your life cross. This explains the fact that Christianity has given an unprecedented flowering of human cultural forces in all areas: art, Continue reading...

A THEOLOGICAL BOOK CRITIQUE

A Theological Book Critique
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Introduction. 3
Summary Critique 3
Critical Interaction 5
Jesus always alive 5
Jesus knew he was God 7
Conclusion 8
Introduction
How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of the Belief in Jesus’ Divinity is a collection of disputations against Bart D. Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee. Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar and professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Michael F. Bird, an Evangelical lecturer in Theology at Ridley College Continue reading...

In this paper, the study "A Longitudinal Examination of Stress Generation in Depressive and Anxiety Disorders” published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology will be discussed. First, an overview of the study will be presented. Second, key strengths and weakness of the study’s methods and procedures, as well as its results, will be argued. Third, a recommendation for how the study could be improved will be stated, and finally a conclusion will sum up the results of this review.
The study’s goal is to expand on existing research on stress. The study examines both interpersonal and non Continue reading...

Michelangelo began in 1508 the Sistine Chapel and in a period of 4 years he painted the ancestors of Christ, the Old Testament Prophets and the pagan Sibyls. He included the Old Testament heroes and leaders defeating enemies of Faith. In 1530 he painted the Last Judgment on the altar wall. The complete work of the Sistine Chapel of Michelangelo shows a complete world history from the very beginning of Creation, the Old Testament including the Prophets and Moses, the pagan world all the way to the Life of Christ and Peter, including the history of the Church portraying Continue reading...

A miracle cannot be explained with the laws of sciences or the ordinary human understanding, attributed to supernatural forces that exist in the world. The Bible provided GOD’S teaching, instructions and His will on humankind. The performance of miracles started in the Old Testament with the prophets and believers such as MOSES who were anointed by GOD to lead the children of Israel. GOD proved HIS existence to the people through performing miracles that an ordinary man would not perform. Those who doubted the existence of GOD in the Old Testament were convinced that there was a true Continue reading...

The New Testament is basically a narration of God’s reunion with man after the latter wronged God in the garden of Aden. There has to be a mediator or a link that brings back the good relationship that existed between God and man. The New Testament, therefore, tries to bring out the attempts made at mending the union. This re-union was through God’s son, Jesus, as recorded in all the books of the New Testament. Luke (1:26-38) is a narration of the preliminaries of the coming of Jesus. It is an indication that Jesus was to be Continue reading...

Introduction to Christian Thought

Introduction
Modern Christians draw their guidance from the teachings of the New Testament doctrines like the Church and Trinity. However, there hardly exists sufficient information uncovering the theological definition, biblical foundation, and practical application of the doctrines (Week 2_3 Source; Insuring Authenticity of Text, 1). In the contemporary world, several churches and Christians have lost faith with the teachings due to lack of a clear understanding of the biblical doctrines and their application in their daily lives (Week 2_1 source; Arguments that the bible is the word of God). Christians incorporate the understanding of the trinity and church in Continue reading...

Aristotle/Hamlet response

In The Poetics, Aristotle writes that tragedy is the “imitation of an action,” that it should be whole and complete and possess magnitude. He also discusses the concept of recognition and reversal, as well as catharsis (Gerould 49). According to Aristotle, a successful tragedy should contain all of these concepts. A tragedy should also contain a tragic hero, who Aristotle describes as neither exclusively good nor evil, rather a man who made a tragic mistake. Finally, Aristotle suggests that the plot of a successful tragedy must rely on action that is possible and universal. The “universal” suggests that the Continue reading...

Jesus Christ as “The Bread of Life”

“In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God and the Word was God;” (John 1:1) During His time, the Jews with whom Jesus Christ had been preaching were already believers of God, who was called Yahweh. The appearance of our Christ, then, paved way to a new faith and new teachings of the scriptures. However, the Jews were not easily swayed by these teachings for they find it hard to believe that the Messenger of God was a simple man. During that time, they were extremely monotheistic, believing in the one God, and the Scriptures Continue reading...

There are many strange similarities between ancient texts of different cultures. Within these narratives, there are different trappings, but many of the stories remain eerily similar across cultural boundaries; within The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament of the Bible, for instance, there are a number of different stories that are remarkably similar. The story of Gilgamesh and the plant of eternal life is very similar to the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. However, perhaps the most similar of the stories contained within the Gilgamesh epic and the Old Testament of the Bible Continue reading...

Over the years, same sex marriage has been a controversial issue among various religious groups and governments in various countries. It has resulted in numerous perceptions among different individuals and social groupings. The issue of the same sex marriage can be viewed from different perspectives depending on its basis. Religious leaders, especially Christians, around the world have condemned the act, referring to it as illegal. On the contrary, some religious groups have proposed the idea leading to conflict among different religious leaders and groups. According to the history of marriage and religion, marriage was embraced in religion through the Continue reading...

God, or Yawheh, has a number of roles which define who God is in Old Testament writings. Among them are creator, one who calls forth, deliverer, law-giver, provider, leader, one-who-is-to-be-praised, and prophet-provider.
A second identity of God is as one who calls forth. After Moses has fled to Midian to become a shepherd, God calls him forth to be a deliverer of the suffering Israelites in Egypt. Moses is very reluctant, but God overcomes that reluctance by giving him a staff, a symbol of power. The initial calling occurs in Exodus 3: 2-4: 17. God names Moses deliverer with Continue reading...

Within Christianity, Judaism, and Islam the roles of women have varied in their limitations and privileges, over the centuries, and have contributed to many changes in practice and worship. Introduction:
The role of women differs substantially in the three main monotheistic religions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity. However there are some similarities in these religions on the women front although Islam is by far the more repressive. With Judaism, women were initially relegated to the role of domesticity and child bearing and although there have been some perceptible changes in the way women have participated in religious services over Continue reading...

The Christian Canon

The Christian Canon is the list of authoritative and inspired books universally accepted by Christians. These canons emerged from prolonged debates and consensus assumed by diverse faiths. Christian believers consider the Christian canon books as inspired by God and express the history of the solid relationship found between God and his people. For example, the Jewish Christian books are not included in the canon together with some other disputed books. In this respect, these books can be non-canonical, apocryphal or deuterocanonical. The division of the Christian canon into the early, Eastern and Western church and those of various Christian Continue reading...

The Gospel According to Mark is the second book in the New Testament. Considered one of the three synoptic gospels and is generally considered to have been the earliest written, around 70 CE. The majority of New Testament scholar view it as source materials for Matthew and Luke. This gospel has much less commentary on events in it than the later gospels, narrating the ministry of Jesus from his baptism to the point of his death and resurrection. The primary focus is the last week of Jesus’ life in Jerusalem, from chapters 11 to 16. In this section, the Continue reading...

McMahon depicts the book in a futuristic yet traditional way. He presents the combination of theoretical as well as practical essence of the church according to the traditional understanding of the Hebrews. This book is built on the foundation of the church but never the less enables students to critically analyze the church in all aspects and denominations. The first chapter is mostly about the narration of Jesus and his foundations on the church. It is called ‘The Story of Jesus’. The chapter centers on the aspects that the story of Jesus showcases the nature of the church and Continue reading...

Biography is a systematic account of someone’s life history which is written down in a book. Biographies present various important aspects in a person’s life. Some of these aspects may include tangible evidences about his experience in life and the circumstances he went through. Biographies are normally non-fiction stories about an individual written in a book. It may contain information such as place of birth, work experience, relationships and death in a systematical order. In the New Testament Gospel books, the dominant story is all about the life of Jesus. The gospels give a clear picture of Continue reading...