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Old Testament

The Old Testament is of great value for the Christians of the 21st century, showing immutable truth that was revealed by the Lord for the sake of personal relationships between the Lord and the mankind. Through His Word we can recognize our spiritual nature and learn the history of man on the Earth. Each part of the Old Testament bears a message that shows us the right and true path.
The Holy Bible is the most important source for the Christians in spiritual, dogmatic and moral meaning. The New Testament is considered to be the essence of Christianity. Thus Continue reading...

Abstract

Chick-fil-A is a company that has practiced biblical values in its business since the company was begun. The company’s founder S. Truett Cathy was a very religious person and he brought his religious beliefs into the business. The company has a strong corporate culture that is based on biblical values. Biblical values are displayed all over the company. The company does not open on Sunday, and people are of the opinion that it is losing out on revenues that it would have made if it opened on Sundays. The company was subjected to a major controversy that involved Continue reading...

It is clear from the book ‘The Nightfall’ that Isaac Asimov was an atheist. He described the Bible as a mythology. Nothing that is discussed in this book comes close to what is contained in the Holy Bible. Though there are some incidences and aspects, which are parallel to the Bible. Asimov and Silverberg argue that there exist many suns, an argument that is contrary to the Bible, that doesn’t state like that. However, there are some slight similarities between Asimov and Silverberg’s book and the Bible. One of the similarities is the foreseeable end of the Continue reading...

Reading scriptures is different from studying them is one of the most important lessons that I have learnt in class. Many a times, people fall victims to wrong scripture interpretations simply because they do not take time to study and analyze them, however, being in this class has taught me to analyze a scripture basing on the people that are involved in it, their historical background, the event they are engaged in and the subject of the scripture. Studying a single scripture also helps a student of the bible to connect other scriptures in the bible and hence having Continue reading...

Women have lived in patriarchal societies for a large part of human history. Studying literature and scriptures of the antiquity can shed light on the manner in which those societies were patriarchal and oppressive of women. Common elements of the two were that women were restricted to the domestic sphere of the civilization and were never involved in any kind of decision making. Beyond this similarity there exist many differences in the two narratives that we shall consider in this paper – The Iliad and the Hebrew Bible (or the Old Testament). The Iliad is a tragedy at large while Continue reading...

Introduction:

The Dead Sea Scrolls are a group of manuscripts discovered during the middle of the 20th Century in the caves of Qumran and surrounding territories. “Dead Sea scrolls” as the name implies, is based on the general geography in which the scrolls were discover i.e. the Dead Sea close to the West Bank. The scrolls have been concluded to be from the third Century BCE, alternatively known as the “Second Temple Period”. The purpose of this essay is to highlight the process of discovery, interpretation of the texts and its significance in terms of religious, linguistic and historical contexts. Continue reading...

THEOLOGY OF MISSION

Two Old Testament and Two New Testament Mission:
Mission is a particular task. Biblical theology is mission based theology. The term mission is associated with the proclamation of the message. It is the Biblical theology that is based on the belief that when God creates human being, He assigns them certain task, which is known as the Mission. The term mission has been incorporated both in the Old Testament and New Testament. In the Old Testament, God is a sender of His chosen people to fulfilling a certain task, which is called Mission. He sends missionaries on the earth Continue reading...

Law

Law can be defined in many ways but the best definition that is offered will encompass all matters of law: Law is a particular system of set rules that a community or country lives by with consequences for those who choose to break these laws. These Laws or rules are usually made up by the people long ago and enforced by a government body today, some laws are more recent but are usually interpretation of older laws as they should apply to the world today (Law). Many laws that were considered once acceptable have been changed in the United Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

Myths, legends and religious tales are huge contributors to the shared beliefs, hopes, and attitudes about people, places and things. It is as simple as that. However, while, most often, well-intended, religions work to spread ethics, morality and community. However, sometimes it is religious ideologies that can lead to injustice and abuses of religious authority. For example, the Crusades had Christians killing those that would not convert and can lead zealots, like the modern Muslim extremist who have hijacked a religion to further their cause. That said, the power of religion may also dictate societal norms and truths. We Continue reading...

Galatians 3:26-29 teaches an important message central to the Christian faith. It promotes a message of equality for all believers in Christ. However, to understand the full extent of what is being taught in this passage, a careful exegetical study of the passage in context of the overall book must occur. One of these aspects is the author. The book of Galatians is attributed to Paul, and includes many of the themes typical of Pauline literature. Galatians 1:1 identifies Paul as the writer of the book, and there are many verses which speak to Paul’s encounters with other Continue reading...

“The most serious and unaddressed challenge is the deprivation and abuse of women and girls, largely caused by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and growing tolerance of violence and warfare.” (Carter,2014).
Jimmy Carter did not just speak those words. He lives by them. After sixty years of being active members of their church, he and his wife, Rosalynn, left the Southern Baptist Convention. This followed decisions by the leaders in 2000 to create further restrictions against women, including banning women from being deacons, pastors, or chaplains in the military. The Carters strongly disagreed with these Continue reading...

The tale of the Flood is an oft-repeated one in many old myths and religious stories – the story of God (or gods, in the case of Gilgamesh) wiping out all of humanity with a great flood in order to start again. While the most well-known example is in the Old Testament of the Bible, there are also flood accounts within the epic of Gilgamesh and the Islamic Qu’ran. While all three of these tales feature many similar attributes, their differences are sufficiently evident to reveal the distinct biases and values imported by these unique texts. While the polytheism Continue reading...

Carved and assembled wood by Edgar Toslo

The above carving depicts the early aspects of the genesis of Christianity in the Old Testament. The above sculpture represents the two innocent and nude people standing next to a tree with fruits. The sculpture also shows a black snake on the tree facing the two nude people. The above work of art depicts the story of the temptation of Eve and Adam in the book of Genesis of the Bible. The wooden carving demonstrates Adam and Eve being tempted by the black snake on an apple tree. The artistic work portrays the both Adam and Eve facing confrontation Continue reading...

The bible is full of various literary devices most of which have been studied by scholars. One of the most common styles used in Genesis, the first book of the bible, is repetition. Repetition is the repeating of words by the author to create emphasis. Literary experts say that the intensive use of repetition in the book of Genesis makes up for the fact that the bible lacks the formal criteria common in most other literary works. Genesis is basically a narrative that gives account of various events that took place immediately after the creation of the world.

Instances of repetition in the genesis are numerous.

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How does the film compare to the biblical account of the story? Why do you think the filmmakers made the changes that they did?
Most films depiction of the famous historical story of David in battle against Goliath is often inconsistent with the Bible version. The film Dave and the Giant Pickle, for instance, focuses on particular parts of the story giving more emphasis and detail (often exaggerated and, for this reason, inaccurate information) to preferred scenes. It portrays Goliath as monster rather than muscled and trained 7foot champion soldier according to the Bible.
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Faith and worldview are connected and all humans hold on to their own version of both concepts. Faith forms a basis of everyday living. We learn to trust and be trusted. No human being can be self reliant; rather people always depend on each other. We sleep each night hoping to wake up to a new day. We trust in ourselves, our finances, our friends and family all through our lifetime. Each individual has his/her own faith network with a unique framework to fall back on.
 According to Craig Rusbult, “A worldview is a theory of the world, used Continue reading...

The books of 1 and 2 kings talks of how God rescued and delivered the Israelites by revealing his power. Compared to other books of the bible where such power is revealed through a group, the book of kings concentrates on individual persons. The people may be considered ordinary in the eyes of the reader, since most of their names are not mentioned. The first parts of the book are filled with chapters that reveal the transition of kingship from David to Solomon, who became the second king of Israel. The minor characters of the books reveal God’s Continue reading...

The Bible states that all living things were created by a higher being who is God. Chapter one of Genesis states that all creatures were created by God by just giving commands. After creating all the creatures and all living things he created man from dust and he became a living soul. In chapter two of Genesis, it is stated that after creating man he put him to deep sleep and created a woman out of one of his rib. In the Inuit myth it is believed that the Raven created the earth by flapping its wings and striking Continue reading...

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein highlights the fact that the creator’s existence has a direct effect on the creature. Throughout the work the creature of Frankenstein when burdened with the knowledge of his creator cripples underneath it. He finds it difficult to put together his own level of self awareness with his exasperating longing to seek the approval as well as the acceptance of the divine. It is very difficult to differentiate the views of the author, a renowned atheist, from the views and narrations of the novel. Shelly makes constant comparisons of the development of humans with both Continue reading...

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper

This paper aims to explore on one of the most famous paintings in religion; which is the Last Supper that was crafted by one of the greatest artists in history: Leonardo da Vinci. This painting will be examined by studying the painting’s aspects in order to reveal the painting’s religious implications and importance. To start with, it would be important to look in the context of the famous painting. The Biblical event of the Last Supper, as narrated in all four gospels is one of the most famous and referenced moments in all of the Christian religion. Continue reading...

The first nine verses of Genesis Ch. 11 stress on the division between men born of God and men born of men. This difference becomes obvious in the process of multiplication. Ch. 11 focuses in vs. 1-9 on men’s descendants spreading in Babel, where they undertake the so far unheard of task to construct an extraordinarily high tower (vs. 1-4). However, God disapproves of their plan and hinders the execution by creating a language barrier and thereof a great confusion among them to make them disperse (vs. 5-9) (Wesley). The sons of God are presented apart from this Continue reading...

The Etruscans - the ancient tribes that inhabited in the 1st millennium BC. On the north-west of the peninsula - a region called the ancient Etruria (modern Tuscany). The Etruscans - the creators of civilization that preceded the Roman and was on her considerable influence. The origin of the Etruscans is unclear. Probably, the formation of the Etruscans was completed by the 8th century BC. Their influence in the 6th century BC spread almost the whole of Italy. But the period of Etruscan power was not long: the Greeks in 524 and 474 BC defeated them at Kum, putting Continue reading...

Randle Patrick McMurphy is one of the chief characters in the book “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. McMurphy’s role appears to be that of a liberator of sorts. He comes in and brings a breath of fresh air and a new way of doing things. That McMurphy has been cast as an almost Messianic character is no coincidence. This is because the whole book itself is peppered with inferences to the Messianic story of redemption. This paper attempts to draw parallels between some scenes in this story and the Biblical story of Jesus Christ.
The first Continue reading...

Introduction

Psalm 5 is in the middle of a group of psalms, Psalms 4-7 that seem to tell a kind of story (Pyle, E., 2004). It is the story of King David, and his struggle against Absalom, a struggle he later greatly mourned. As such, it follows the strict structure of a psalm of lament, designed to show lay both desperation and sorrow at the feet of God, and to beg for some kind of absolution of relief. When one considers that historical significance, literary features, technical elements and general tone of the work, its application today becomes clearer.

Historical Context

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"Moby Dick or The Whale" is a masterpiece of Melville’s creativity - an epic story of the whaling ship "Pequod" and "godless and godlike" Captain Ahab. It was his obsession to find the white whale that has led the ship and his team to the death. The main motive of the novel is revenge. Ahab, the captain of the ship "Pequod" everywhere pursues the great white whale nicknamed Moby Dick. Because of the sperm whale captain deprived his leg and now wants to kill this animal. Ahab wants to prove that blind nature can not win a man Continue reading...

In her essay “Executions Are Too Costly-Morally”, Sister Helen Prejean argues that the death penalty is un-American. Most of the rest of world has abolished capital punishment because it is cruel and unusual punishment (Baumgartner and De Boef 14). European pharmaceutical manufacturers are refusing to ship lethal injection drugs to the U.S. on moral grounds. As a result, American prisons have been forced to improvise, and in the summer of 2014 an Arizona death row prisoner took over two hours to die by lethal injection in the grotesque botched execution (“Europe’s Moral Stand”). There are many other arguments Continue reading...

ST. PAUL AND JESUS TEACHINGS

Religious Studies, Marriage, Jesus-Paul Paper
ST. PAUL AND JESUS TEACHINGS

Introduction

In this academic assignment the focus on the St. Paul and Jesus paper is about marriage according to the gospel of Mathew Chapter 19 and Mark Chapter 10, Jesus refers directly to the old testament and is quoted in the new specifically talking about marriage. In the book of 1 Corinthians 7:28 Paul has some extremely definite ideas about marriage. The following discourse provides a comparison and contrast of the two teachings in narrative form in the first two sections. The next section provides a critical personal analysis of Continue reading...

The Bible verses require one to place them in the context and time of their writing so as to understand them. The verse in John 3: 16 (NIV) states that “For so God loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life,” (biblehub, n.d) is a critical verse to Christians.
There is no agreement on the author of the book of John. There are suggestions that the author is John the Apostle who sat beside Jesus during the last supper and who is called “The Continue reading...

King: The African American citizen has waited a long time for equal rights and position in the society. With the March of Washington, we intend to non-violently but firmly demand what is rightfully ours. I wrote the “I have a dream” speech solely for this intent.
Miller: According to me your speech was extremely well-researched and drew a lot from the Bible. This was a great idea because almost all of the 2.50,00 people who heard the legendary speech, were avid Bible readers and followers. They had been reading the Bible all through their lives and understood the Continue reading...

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Gay Marriage and Religious Pluralism
Gay marriage has been one of the most controversial, highly-debated societal issues today. Even in a very liberal and modern country like the United States, the sanctity of gay marriage is still widely in question while some other politicians and social activists arguing against its legalization. Some detractors say that gay marriage is a cultural deviation and that it is against the Biblical precepts, which contends that marriage is an institution that needs to be respected. As such, the definition of marriage, which is, a union between a man and a woman, should be Continue reading...

Isaiah

Isaiah is one of the great biblical prophets, who comes from a distinguished Jewish priestly family, was born in Jerusalem around 765 BC. e. He prophesied in the Hebrew language. Isaiah is remarkable, first of all, his prophecies about the Messiah. The prophet Isaiah began to transmit their messages in 747 BC. e., in the days of King Uzziah. Start prophecy of Isaiah had on during the reign of the kings of Azariah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. Isaiah martyr life ended during the reign of Manasseh, king of Judah, known for its violations of the Torah and the persecution Continue reading...

Sometime in the early history of Western civilization, there was likely a great flood throughout the Mesopotamian region. The reason for this is that there are a number of “flood myths” that document a large flood throughout the entire known world. There are several accounts of this, and the most popular ones are found in the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible. Both of these documents reflect some aspects of culture and life from their time, but also exhibit certain similarities showing that these accounts may have been based off of each other.
The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of Continue reading...

Leadership is always something of great importance in the Christian church. Without strong leaders at the center, the church can easily stray from the teaching of God’s word, and blend in with the world. Throughout the history of the church there have been countless great leaders. However, some of the most well-known figures in the church, like Luther, Calvin, and Bonhoeffer, were not only model Christians, but great leaders and reformers of the church. Their theologies greatly impacted and caused them to strive to be leaders in the church.
Martin Luther was the main inspiration figure at the Continue reading...

Michelangelo di Lodovico di Leonardo di Buonarotti Simoni was an Italian architect, artist, sculptor, thinker and poet; at the same time, he was one of the notable statures of the Renaissance. Maestro was born, in 1475 in Tuscan town Caprese, in the family of the impoverished Florentine nobleman Lodovico Buonarotti – the municipal councilor. Buonarotti was not rich, his income, from the property in village, was hardly enough to support a lot of children. As a result of this fact, Michelangelo was sent to a wet nurse in the village Settignano. There, brought up by the married couple Topollino, the Continue reading...

Abstract

The cornerstone of the nursing profession lies in the process of healing and bringing the sick back to good health. Faith plays a central role in the healing process of patients. Therefore, it is important for nurses to grasp the essence of different denominations of faith of patients. Christianity and Buddhism have many common and divergent aspects applying to the healing process. It is important for the nursing profession to be aware of the nuances of the Christians’ and Buddhists’ faiths, so that the patients’ spiritual beliefs are given due consideration while providing medical services. This consideration of faith Continue reading...

“Leviathan”: Human Place in the Animal Hierarchy

Today, when the cinema industry is one of the most developed in diversity and high-tech solutions, it is not easy to surprise and inspire the contemporary audience. The genres transform and evolve so that the distinctions and boarders eliminate and new subgenres appear. The contemporary directors try new methods and approaches to find fresh ideas in order to conquer love and respect of the curmudgeonly and high-fed spectator. One of the bright examples of the directors’ chase after the new view of life in cinema is “Leviathan”, the result of the work of two talented people whose endeavors were Continue reading...

The issue of same-sex marriage in the United States has highlighted the battle between the secular and Christian ideologies. For most of the nation’s history, same-sex marriage has not been recognized by the state. Starting in 2004, states began to legalize it mainly due to federal and state judges ruling that banning this practice was unconstitutional. Today there are currently 36 states that have legalized same-sex marriage, and the Supreme Court is expected to rule on this issue soon. This could provide the foundation for its legalization throughout the entire nation. The process to achieve this has been Continue reading...

Jesus Describe God

In the whole book of the New Testament, Jesus referred God as His Father in Heaven. He described God in various ways to explain and show to the people His attributes and how man can have a relationship with God. Jesus described God as sovereign and great over all things. He consistently displayed God’s sovereignty and greatness over all things. In the New Testament, He said “My Fatheris greater than all”. Jesus was also able to silence the tumultuous wind during the storm. He was able to raise the dead, restored the sight of the blind, and healed Continue reading...

I do not think that the Indian removal process was truly voluntary. Although the Indian Removal Act of 1830 stated that the Indians had the choice of exchanging their ancestral land or remaining, in practice they did not. According to Wallace 3, there were many instances when the Indians were coerced to vacate the land east of Mississippi. The government forced them to leave their native land through expulsion and threats of invasion. President Jackson abused his presidential powers in his administration of the Act because he disregarded the law (Alfred 1340). The Act required that the negotiations for Continue reading...

Romans 15:1-13 Analysis

Themes/Key Verses
Romans 14 starts with a discussion about how those strong in the faith should not look down on those who are weak, or still developing in the faith. Paul uses the metaphor of eating certain foods over eating everything, and not judging those who can only eat one food (New International Version, Rom. 14:1-4). This means that liberty is a major issue within the church, and both chapters 14 and 15 address how Christians are to live in their newfound freedom in Christ. Because of this, most of chapter 14 is negative. There are a lot of Continue reading...

Principles of Christian Discipleship

Principle 1: Disciples Must Be Called
Christian discipleship is exclusively rooted in Christ (Jn. 15.1-2). It is a special call from Christ as no person can choose to be a disciple by himself (Jn. 15.16). It is a fruit of discernment, of discerning the call of Christ for discipleship. It is not necessary to have met Christ earlier or have taken personal initiative to follow Christ to become a disciple. Peter and the two sons of Zebedee (James and John) were fishermen who knew not Jesus before the call came (Lk. 5.1-11). Christian discipleship, thus, begins the call to Continue reading...

Christianity has been increasing throughout the “Global South” in recent years because Christianity provides answers to many of this region’s problems, and this does not surprise me. In the case of the Global South, many of these countries have become more industrialized over the past decades, and this industrialization has brought rapid changes to the countries, the people, the culture, and even the cultural mores of these countries. These worlds are rapidly changing, and that change results in shifts from one way of thinking to another. For example, much of the “Global South” suffers from poverty, disease, and Continue reading...

This paper delineated on the differences of Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. It traced important points in history and previous rotting systems of the Roman Catholic and how it contributed to the rebellion of some of its members and creation of Protestantism by Luther. Finally, the paper presented an overview of the Council of Trent and the reforms and affirmations of the Roman Catholic teachings as salient in their counterattack to Protestantism.

PROTESTANT REFORMATION AND THE 16th CENTURY CHURCH

Luther's Protestantism came about after his nailing of the proclamation of the Ninety-five Theses upon Indulgences. This brought considerable faction for the great Roman Catholic followers. The religious Continue reading...

Military deception is an activity that is conducted at operational, strategic and tactical levels and can be defined as those actions that are executed deliberately to mislead the adversaries who make decisions about the military capability that one party that is involved in the military operations. The role that the military capabilities, operations, and the intentions thereby cause the adversary to take specific actions and plans or inactions and this goes a long way in contributing to the accomplishment of the mission at hand.
The actions of misleading the adversaries during any phase of the operation plays a vital Continue reading...

English

1. The majority of people answering this question seem to do so for the same few reasons. The first is that they claim there is absolutely no scientific evidence for the existence of God. They claim that since we have not observed God through any scientific means of observation, then God must not exist. Most claim that notions of God and eternal life were created as a convenient escape from the harsh reality of death, having to face challenges alone without a higher power watching over, and to keep people behaving well and stay out of trouble. They claim Continue reading...

Religion has always guided human nature from past times in the journey of life and betterment. People have resorted to religious beliefs and rituals in order to lead a better life, and live a life of sanctity. The presence of the almighty is acknowledged by all religions across the globe. Although the expressions and rituals can be different, there is some sort of structural commonality that ties many religions of the world together.
Catholicism is one of the oldest and most popular religious branches of Christianity across the globe. Gazillion people follow the rituals and beliefs of Catholicism. Catholicism Continue reading...

Religion entails the belief in a supernatural being with divine power to control humanity and nature. There are several religions across the world; however, the American society largely pegs its religious predispositions on faiths such as Christianity, atheism, Buddhism, Hinduisms, Islamic, and Jehovah’s Witnesses, among others (Sun, 2013). Despite the numerous numbers of religions American, the importance or sense of religion is on the decline among the Americans. Notably, Americans somewhat believe in God, but not inclining this believe to any form of religion. For instance, numerous research studies indicate that most Americans are no longer religious. For Continue reading...

It’s astonishing how developed cultures can have so much in common, even if they never meet each other. Sometimes, we hear of similarities between peoples that lived in varied places at different moments. While many people have heard of the creation story in the Old Testament, few are familiar with a story in the Ketchan Popol Vuh that is alike. For example, they both privilege man as the final, most complex creation of the gods. However, the nature of the deities is different in both stories. Thus, even though both stories belong to different cultures that lived very Continue reading...

Introduction

Both Christianity and Hinduism influence a vast number of staunch followers across the globe with their unchangeable strict doctrines. The Krishna of Hinduism and the God of Christianity are both regarded as the highest unchallengeable deities with supreme authority and might. They are invincible, omnipotent and omniscient. Both religious believe that the deities they worship are responsible for creating the universe and the complex human life out of nothing. Although the details in the creation stories differ between the two religions, the concepts and structure of development of the events are similar. They also believe that these two leaders Continue reading...

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Grief is the natural emotion which emerges from the loss of a loved one, a relationship or something near to the heart. The grief expression is different from different people. Some people will show their grief loudly while other will pretend to be normal and contented while they will be grieving inside for the loss. The grief undergoes five stages which are followed by all people conventionally.
The first stage is the utter denial and isolation of the person. The person who is grieving denies the fact Continue reading...

Does God have a personality? This is a question that has plagued Jewish and Christian scholars for hundreds, if not thousands of years. The God of the Old Testament—the Hebrew Bible—and the God of the New Testament certainly seem to be different in terms of personality. There are a number of things contained in Genesis 1-4 and Genesis 6-9 that seem to indicate that God does, in fact, have a personality, and that this personality had much to do with the ways in which God built His creation. The beginnings of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis, concern themselves Continue reading...

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(Markets: Mechanisms for Creating Good and Exercising Christian/Responsibility by Victor Claar and Robin Klay)
Religion and business is quite a peculiar combination albeit difficult to combine. It seems like there is a huge barrier between these two concepts and as much as most people would like to reconcile them, they always end up favoring one over the other. In their book, ‘Economics in Christian Perspective: Theory, Policy and Life Choices,’ Christian authors Victor Claar and Robin Klay attempts to clarify ethical and moral conflicts between religion and business by looking at business in a Christian perspective. Often Continue reading...

Integration of Faith

Integration of Faith

Abstract

The paper religion integration of faith bases its research in Saudi Arabia. The paper analyzes the formation of the state and the various religious groups that are in the kingdom. The article covers the different ways of the people of the kingdom live according to their religious beliefs. It also expands on the challenges that Christian go through while living there. The paper also gives us a brief introduction to the creation history of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its early inhibitors. Finally, the paper looks at various ways in which Christians can cope with Continue reading...

The exact date of when Christianity made its final and decisive split from Judaism is certainly highly debatable as their little agreement amongst religious scholars regarding a firm date. Most of the early history and archaeology dates to the Roman Empire when the persecution of Christians was not denied. Many feel one official way of marking this occasion would be during the reign of Emperor Constantine at the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE. That is one way of looking at the subject, however, Christianity existed long before Constantine decided to follow the faith. The religion actually is an Continue reading...

In the book, Bonhoeffer: On the Christian Life, author Stephen J. Nichols takes the reader introduces the reader to the ideals and life of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man who is reputed to have returned to his native country in the summer of 1939 when Hitler and his Nazi regime were fully on the rise and the danger to anyone expressing a different opinion was tantamount to suicide. The man was a teacher, a youth pastor, and even a spy and co-conspirator in several plots to assassinate Hitler. He was one of those that sought to save Jews Continue reading...

When looking back at the past, it can be hard to always determine the exact events which happened. This is especially true when looking at ancient history, a time when oral tradition accounted for much of the “history.” Because of the lack of actual written documents, there is always a discussion of whether stories from the past are myth or reality.
According to the dictionary, “myth” is defined as, “A traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or natural explanation (Dictionary.com).” This means that myth can Continue reading...

The concept of marriage was quite different in the medieval period than today. It was complicated because of overlapping influences of culture, religion, social and political aspects. Additionally there were geographical variations with norms in Eastern Europe were more stringent(concerning age and women decision-making) than the Western part. However, the paper discusses the concept in general without delving too deeper into geographical variations.
Culturally speaking, women were at the disposal of men, even those who had property. Historical records reveal that girls had no choice in marriage. More often than not they even did not know the the Continue reading...

Annunciation Triptych Workshop of Robert Campin

Description of the painting
Robert Campin is largely accepted as a painter that is part of the first artists to depict a more realistic interpretation of the subjects that he painted. He is also credited to be among the first artists to experiment with oil paints. In portraying paintings that depicted things as they would appear at the time period when he was painting then he achieved this making many people to be able to relate to his paintings. One of his main paintings is that of Annunciation Triptych. The artist of this painting is Robert Campin (1378-1444).The Continue reading...

Heritage Assessment

The heritage assessment tool is used by health workers in order provide more direct care approach to their patients. It helps the nurses be more informed about different cultures of their patients. Different people have varying opinions regarding illness, birth and even death due to their cultural beliefs and practices. “A succinct knowledge of trans-cultural or multicultural setting within the healthcare realms is helpful in bolstering efforts towards attaining the primary care role of nursing. Thus, when working in the increasingly multicultural settings, nurses ought to refocus on availing culturally competent care, fully customized in suiting the target patient’ Continue reading...

The development and existence mystical practices and theory in Christianity is called as Christian mysticism. It can be described as that part of Christian belief that concerns itself with the preparation for the presence of God, the consciousness of the existence of God and the transformative effect of God. There are different ways in which Christian mysticism is studies and practices. It can range from a prayer filled contemplation of the scripture to the belief in visions and the soul’s mystical union with the Holy Spirit.
A special kind of discourse used by the mystics is called the Continue reading...