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Teddy As A Christ Figure
628 wordsIn "Teddy" by J. D. Salinger, Teddy is illustrated as a Christ figure. Many aspects of his life are similar to those of Jesus. Salinger created in Teddy a mirror-image of the real Christ. From a very young age, Teddy displays a profound understanding of the universe and life itself, exhibited by his deep conclusions about everyday life. For example, when he is watching the floating orange peels out of the ships porthole, he says "Its interesting that I know about them being there. If I hadnt see...
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Synoptic Gospels Matthew Mark
2,091 wordsIn the beginning stood four men. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the Synoptics of the Bible. Men with a vision, to conceive a living testimony of their Lord and Savior Jesus. But today many followers of Christ as well as scholars are skeptical about the origins of the Gospels and the true authors of the Bible. These witnesses all depict their own version of Christ. In each of the Gospels Christ acquires a new persona, one of a rebel, a rabbi, a chronicler, and a mystic. The theories, conspiracies...
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Son Of God Son Of Man
1,022 words... and is very broad in vocabulary and diction, which show that Luke was truly well educated. The Gospel of Luke was written c. 60 A. D. Like Matthew, Luke begins his self- titled book with the birth of Jesus. It starts with angels appearing to Zechariah and then to Mary, telling them of the upcoming births of their sons. From Zechariah and Elizabeth would come John the Baptist, who would prepare the way for Christ and Mary. Mary would conceive the Holy Spirit and bear Jesus, the Son of God. Lu...
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Kingdom Of God Life And Work
1,331 wordsPear gates, marble stairs and a throne of gold, or an inner area in the hidden depths of our own soul? Which can describe the true kingdom of God, a real physical world or a place that is only seen in ones hearts. Some would say it to be a place above man, built by God to be a home for peoples's our after death. Others might say that it is no more than a place inside us that can only be reached through the right decisions and acts of kindness. A place that is not seen or discussed but only felt ...
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Younger Son Older Brother
568 wordsJesus uses parables when teaching. Parables are earthly stories that have a heavenly meaning. Parables also have a spiritual meaning. In using parables, the Lord is able to teach a spiritual concept in such a way that even the most illiterate person is able to understand. The parable of the Prodigal Son is an earthly story that shows how pleased God is when a sinner repents and comes back to him. The Prodigal Son is a symbolic representation of Gods forgiveness or our sins, repentance of the sin...
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Chief Priests And Elders Brought A Sense Jesus
1,167 words... evil and suffering in the very present of now. The future of Jesus is just as important, what we experience now, is just a taste of what we are going to experience in the future. We live in a sense of in between times, struggling for peace and justice now, and trusting that ultimately God's gifted future will somehow be brought to completion (71). A gifted future is what it is, a mirror gift, we cannot contain God's kingdom through human nature, God gives this to us through his ultimate love...
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John The Baptist Place To Place
1,407 wordsMATTHEW 1 In the first chapter of Matthew at the very beginning of the chapter Matthew explains how the prophecy that Jesus would come from the line of David. It also explains the love and compassion that Joseph had for his wife. Because he did not know right away that Mary had not been with another man, but he did not make an example of her like most men in those days would have done. But when the angel came to Joseph and told him that it was the Holy Ghost that was inside of her and to take he...
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Critical Analysis Of The Rich Young Man
1,338 wordsThe Rich Young Man is a story about a young man who is attempting to reach the kingdom of God. The young man asks Jesus what he needs to do in order to gain eternal life. Jesus simply tells him to follow the Commandments. They are you shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness, you shall not defraud and honor your father and your mother. The young man, being a virtuous man, states he in fact has followed these laws since he was young. In ...
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Kingdom Of God Good And Evil
436 wordsIssues on Apocalypticism In ancient Israel the Israelites were members of the Hebrew people. The Israelites were monotheist, which means the belief in one god. The Israelites believed in the god Yahweh. They believed this god had chosen them to become of the Hebrew religion. Prophets explained that the relationship to God must be a covenant one. To enter into covenant, followers must agree to exercise in a deeply personal relationship with God. Prophets gained these views in the form of a revela...
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Metanoia As Jesus Parables
584 wordsMetanoia It is frequently translated as repent in English Bibles, but metanoia, as Jesus uses it has deep meaning beyond what we usually think of when we think of repentance. Its about making a positive change in our lives and in our society. Metanoia wrongly understood is a guilt ridden awareness of all that is going wrong in our lives and society. Metanoia properly understood is a push forward toward something better for us. Jesus asks us to foster metanoia within ourselves. And we recognize t...
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Maximus In Catland By David Izzo
2,369 wordsEssay: Maximus in Catland by David Izzo First Part Question 1 Is Maximus in Catland written by David Garrett Izzo a fable of parable? Question 2 Can Maximus in Catland be called a mystical fiction? Question 3 What are the main themes of Maximus in Catland? Answer 1 David Garrett Izzo wrote Maximus in Catland in fairy-tale style. It is quite difficult to answer whether it is a fable or a parable, as it has merely all components to be called a fable. As far as fable differs from a parable mostly i...
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Mark Twain The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg
1,602 wordsMark Twain's The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg This essay will discuss one of the Mark Twain's short stories The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg. In the first part I will pay attention to the summary of the story and then discuss the idea of the tale. Hadleyburg is a little town which prides itself on its truthfulness. The municipality motto is "Lead Us Not Into Temptation. " The people of the town are very pompous of their honest reputation. Hadleyburg is not the authentic name of the town. Hadleyb...
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Religion Christianity And Islam
1,889 wordsReligion: Christianity and Islam Nowadays there are many religions in the world. Christianity and Islam are the most wide spread religions in the world. Some Christianity thinks that it is Christs teachings which were spread throughout the Roman Empire after Christs death and became the state religion of it. Over the centuries it spread to the most countries in Europe and the world. The central figure of Christianity is Jesus Christ Anointed King or the Messiah. Muslims think that Islam is Gods ...
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L E Elliott Binns E Elliott Binns Creation
508 wordsEVOLUTION OR CREATION? In a coherent world like ours people are questioning their religion and not knowing whether to believe in creation by God or evolution, Through out my research I have found four possible answers to this question to incorporate both theories. Which prove neither wrong and belief in both at the same time One approach would be to believe that when God when created the trees in 4004 BCE, he would have formed them complete with growth rings. So too with other plants, animals an...
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Luke Underlying Theme
1,245 wordsIn Luke chapter fourteen, verses sixteen through twenty-four, Jesus speaks to the crowds about the parable of? The Marriage Feast. ? The parable itself begins with a certain man who gives a great supper and extends his invitation to the rich and well to do. However, those invited begin to make excuses. One had bought a piece of ground and said he must go see it. Another had bought five yoke of oxen and wanted to test them. A third said he had just gotten married and could not come. The master, b...
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Line Of Jesus Knew The Old Testament Matthew
552 wordsResponse to Matthew The book of Matthew is written to the Jews. We see this because of the many quotes from the Old Testament. The Jews knew the Old Testament better than anyone of that time, and they should have been looking for the messiah that was promised. The main point that Matthew was trying to make by his book it that, Jesus was the messiah promised to us in the Old Testament. That is why he used so many quotes because he wanted to show the Jews that Jesus was the promised messiah. One m...
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Kingdom Of God Kingdom Of Heaven
919 wordsThere has never been a man like Jesus. He is considered to be the most unique person of all time. Jesus? teachings have influenced many people and have changed mankind. According to Marcus J. Borg in Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Jesus was in a way four different people fused into one. He was a spirit person, which is a person with a deep unexplainable connection with the spirit of God. Jesus was a teacher of wisdom. He used parables and one-liners to teach about the Kingdom of God. Th...
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Point Of View Spread The Word
1,438 wordsIn John Donne s poetry he uses allot of images to relate to biblical themes. He uses similar views the Jesus had in the new testament. In some parables that are in the new testament that relate to some of Donne s poetry. Some of the images that both Donne and the parables had are very similar to each other. Especially the similarities between life and death situations dealing with everyday life. John Donne has a series of poems called the Holy Sonnets. In these poems Donne speaks of various topi...
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Corrupted Hadleyburg Mark Twain
1,218 wordsMark Twain s The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg is a story with a definite moral or lesson to be learned. The lessons in the story are presented to the reader as a parable, much like a parable of the Bible. Mark Twain s The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg is a modern parable similar to the stories and parables of the Bible. The similarities between the Bible and The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg began in the first paragraph of the story. it (Hadleyburg) began to teach the principles of honest deali...
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