Bathsheba

be truly aligned to the virtues that Christianity demands but inconsistently rewards. David is someone who follows the virtues of Christianity closely, but decides to go against God in pursuit of his happiness and have a son with a married woman, Bathsheba. Upon realizing that he has strayed from Christian virtue in both killing a man and yielding a bastard son, David asks for pity. Asking for pity shows David’s weakness to have power over his life and what makes him happy. After this, David…

story of Amnon and Tamar as a narrative essay about violence. In the text, the author tries to problematize gender and power relations. Amnon acts driven by a fantasy of power without limits; his behavior is a fulfillment of his father’s sin with Bathsheba. The first two verses of the story are devoted to the presentation of the conflict and the people who will unfold in the story. After the presentation of Absalom as the son of David and his sister Tamar as a beautiful woman, the narrator…

What will tomorrow hold? In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus said, “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own…

Describing progressive sanctification and the three steps of change can be challenging no matter who the audience is. Place an adolescent girl recovering from an alcohol or drug addiction into your audience and the challenge has been increased exponentially. Yet, one must remember as fervently as we work to spread the Gospel in a way for all to understand, it is still the work of the Holy Spirit (I Corinthians 12:3b, ESV). Today’s audience is Jaime, a Native American 16 year old girl from…

Early in the poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Gawain treats women with dignity, respect, and courtesy. By the end of the poem, Sir Gawain has a very negative perception of women and their role in society. This drastic change occurs as Sir Gawain is tricked by the Green Knight’s wife, he feels betrayed and embarrassed. Sir Gawain blames his shortcomings and failure of loyalty on the cunning nature of women, this explanation of women greatly contradicts the way Sir Gawain viewed women…

Through purity of motivation, simplicity of goal, and an easily remembered model, Maxwell and Dornan both equip and motivate their readers to become influencers of others. With an encyclopedia of quotes from leaders, poets, and other people from history, they stir the heart toward becoming leaders who influence and serve for the sake of others and not themselves. The books stirs me toward a worthy legacy when it says “The only inheritance that a man will leave that has eternal value is his…

psalmist, a musician, and a worshipper. Highly favored, David was a young teenager when he slayed the Philistine giant, Goliath, with a sling and a rock sparing the Israelites from war. David was a great figure in history, but he had an affair with Bathsheba. David put her husband to death and covered it up for almost a year. An adulterer and a murderer, he…

PSALM 1 SUBJECT: Righteous vs Ungodly Living Subtitle: What is your position? Purpose: The acceptance of God’s word is profitable to those that believe in His God sent. (Jn. 6:29, EVS) THREE POINTS: POINT 1: The righteous obeys God’s commands (Ps.1:1, EVS) POINT 2: The righteous knows God’s word (Ps. 1:2-3, EVS) POINT 3: The righteous serves God faithfully (Ps.4-6 EVS) Life appears to have a lot of choices, but in reality there is really only two. We can obey and win or disobey and lose.…

incident, humans have a severed, disconnected relationship with God. As a result, a myriad of sins were recorded within the text of the bible. For example, King David, known for being a “man after God’s own heart” fought against fornication with Bathsheba, and he loses his battle. In each case, regardless of the situation, temptation always presents sin in the face of the Christians, and…

Research Paper Old Testament Survey Evelyn The word Bible comes from the Greek word Biblos, which means “book.” In a sense, the Bible is one unified Book. God speaks with one voice throughout His Book, calling us to accept His offer of eternal life and follow His commands. But the Bible is also made up of individual books—thirty-nine in the Old Testament and twenty-seven in the New Testament. These books were written under God’s inspiration by many different authors over a period of many…