Resident Aliens Book Report

In the assigned reading of Resident Aliens, we get insight into a point of view that can be drastically different than to the one we are used to believing. In the first three chapters, the authors of the book point out that America is no longer a “Christian Nation”. In the assigned reading of the Gospel of Matthew, we get to learn about Christian life and the way the Jesus himself taught his disciples and grew the number of supporters he had. In the final reading, Paul’s Letter to the Romans, we are introduced to Paul and then get insight into his belief that salvation only comes through faith in the lord. There are some assumptions found in Paul’s letters that need to be pointed out. Paul, through his own bias, assumes that the state of humanity is at a very vulnerable and dangerous point. He believes that the followers of the Jewish faith have been behaving wrongly and not …show more content…
In this text, we get insight into the entire life of Jesus and how he was killed. Matthew believes that every Jewish believer must turn their faith over into Jesus and God, because he believes it to be the only way to salvation. Throughout his life, Jesus tried to convince his followers and other people that he was indeed the true son of God, and that those that placed their faith in him were going to be saved once he came back. In the text, we see that Matthew believed in what Jesus said, and that it is the reason why he wrote this gospel. We get insight into the holy life that Jesus lived, and since it was the true and correct way of living, it was necessary to educate those that did not believe and warn them that they should because at the current moment in time they were wrong. At the moment in time when the gospel was written, it was very common for people to try to convince others to change religions and to spread their faith, and while still commonplace today in some places, it is nowhere near the intensity it was back in the