Christian cross

important to understand who wrote the piece and who it was written for. Mark’s Gospel was written in 65-70 CE, a time of persecution of Christians by Romans for their belief in Jesus. In Mark’s Gospel we see Jesus as healer and champion, suffering servant, and Messiah. In a time of persecution, it is no wonder that seeing Jesus as healer and champion appealed to the Christian audience. Throughout Mark’s Gospel we see evidence of Jesus healing people from their plights and standing up against…

In this prompt, William Jennings Bryan builds his argument by referencing history, using imagery, and relating it to the audience’s beliefs. As soon as he begins he uses strong relatable words such as “boldly”, “creatively”, “victory”, and “crusades”. He somewhat makes it seem like they are about to enter this vigorous gurgling battle that will go down in history when he says “began the conflict with a zeal approaching the zeal which inspired the crusaders who followed Peter the Hermit. Our…

In the book, Tokens of Trust, by Rowan Williams, it is simple to see and understand God’s purpose. However, to an outsider who has never read the book, it may be difficult to see God’s purpose. As Christians, it is our duty to find out the integrity behind God’s purpose. All of the terror and conflict going on in the world is not part of God’s plan. In its place is peace and praise. These ideas are founded through communities of people, not individually. Peace and praise are common themes that…

Authors of the gospels recorded instances where the leader of Christianity, Jesus Christ, found Himself discussing the Old Testament. Evidently, He knew the Old Testament since He quoted them in numerous occasions: “In the Hebrew Scriptures, the believers found the laws, stories, psalms and prophecies Jesus himself knew as Scripture and quoted during his ministry.” Furthermore, He quoted the Old Testament with a clear intention. One of His intentions in using the Old Testament was to reveal…

problems. This viewpoint has provoked many authors to write poems or short stories inside this field of thought. William Blake and Mark Jarman, two Christian authors, wrote two different stories using their set of ideas developed from Christianity’s beliefs. Christians are encouraged to love in the same way that Jesus Christ loved everybody (Holman Christian Standard Bible, Eph. 5.2, John 13.34). The ultimate message that…

crucifixion has changed from the early medieval era to the late medieval, roughly the time span from about c. 400-1500. It can be said that, during the medieval time period, Christ’s life was an important theme, especially that of His death on the cross. During the Roman time period, crucifixion was the essential and most gruesome way to punish one who had committed crime(s). However, with that being said, it is interesting to see how the crucifixion has been depicted in art, especially when…

The Christian moral code is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and includes the standards for right and wrong. The code comes from the Bible. The four gospel books in the Bible are written about the life and teachings of Jesus which is the foundation of the Christian moral code. It has two principles. The first is to love God with everything you have (all your heart) and to love your neighbor as yourself (the same way you love yourself). The most important principle involves the…

When reading these two passages, my thoughts as to the correlation between the two lead to Peter’s denials that were made in the hours leading up to the crucifixion, when political/social cries for Jesus’ execution were at their loudest, Peter didn’t want to share the same fate. Jesus’ call to Peter to feed his sheep, in John, comes after an avid and tri-fold denial of even knowing Jesus. In Mark, a witness opportunity to Jesus’ life and ministry was avoided, since Peter fears for his life.…

Luke 9:23-25 23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? I am an alumnus of the Infantry Officers Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia; there is at statue there which is called Follow Me! It…

“The Almost Christian” – This is one of Wesley’s sermons from 1741 in which he illustrates what nominal or “almost” Christians look like as compared to the real, “altogether” Christians. Firstly, he identifies common traits of the “almost” Christians by saying that they have heathen honesty, sincerity, and that they are very much so focused on possessing the “form of godliness” or rather the outward appearance of a Christian. These people may approach the faith and perform the mechanics of it…