Jesus warns us in the Gospel of Luke about the search for and the use of money, which is never despicable either for the rich or for the poor. what is money? Some think: it is everything; opens all doors, without it nothing is done;…
Essays on Religious Texts
Every Christians in this world are called to love God and their neighbours. In scripture, we can find a lot of passages where God speaks about love, both in Old Testament and New Testament. At the same time, we also see God gives us commandments,…
A few years back I was perusing through the pages and 56 chapters of a recently purchased book entitled the Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology. It provided a definition and description of practical theology along four lines: a faith activity, a methodology of the pursuit…
The professor poets were among the first to use allusions in their writings, an allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, historical event, mythological character or religious work. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which…
Have you ever heard the words ‘stop playing video games it rots your brain” well if you are like me you hear that word for word every day of your life but if you don’t you’re either lucky or weird. Studies have shown that video…
We as a whole observe the world and life in an alternate manner. Worldview is how we look like at our general surroundings and how to get life. We consider why things happen the manner in which they do and what our motivation is. One’s…
There are many people in the world that we live in and not everyone shares the same worldview. There is three world views that most people fit in, they are anthropocentric, earth-centric, and biblical. The anthropocentric worldview is where one believes that humans are the…
Adam and Eve Adam came from one, you can say, holy family. He had good manners, no bad thoughts or even thoughts that might displease his family; he knew his strengths, was convinced of them, but did not think much about himself or how the…
The above quote gives an insight into Sheriff Bell’s belief that his daughter is in a good place. He talks to her as if she was his guardian angel and gives her the heart he always wanted for himself, meaning he confides in her, he…
The story of Adam and Eve is known to everyone that how first man and woman cohabited together and developed human civilization and this human civilization created the concept of gender i.e. the condition of being male or female in relevancy of social and cultural…
A/The love of God has made visible, objectified, materialized. Most of them provide common experience of worship. They play a significant role in the life of Christians or believers .Sacraments use signs and acts to convey certain meanings , such as words, acts and objects…
There are five point of views in The Poisonwood Bible. These five include Orleanna Price, Leah Price, Adah Price, Rachel Price, Ruth May Price and it is all in 1st person. Kingsolver does this to get the persepective of their life as well as their…
Matthew referenced the Old Testament more than 129 times to show that Jesus Christ truly was the promised Messiah. Known as “the gospel of the King,” Matthew wrote to a Jewish audience, one that was looking for a king that would free them from Roman…
I have read several books on the Old Testament, but never one so comprehensive and easy to follow as I Will Make of Thee a Great Nation by Val D. Greenwood. This collection of 219 stories from the Old Testament includes within its pages some…
Allan Moseley is a professor of Hebrew and Old Testament studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. As a pastor and professor, Moseley’s intention in writing this work is to provide preachers and teachers of the Bible a practical method or approach to biblical exposition and…
