Doubt: A Parable

Matthew 24:45-51 describes the story with a servant whose master is away. The parable has two outcome; if the servant is faithful and do what he was assigned for then it is good; however, if the servant choose to disobey and “beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards” then he will be punished severely (NIV Bible, Matthew 24:49). Jesus was giving a warning for Christian underneath the actions of the servant. In the story, the master is Jesus himself, the Son of Man, but in this…

theology since he was 12, besides in the bible sometimes was noticeable the frustration of God when he was preaching and teaching parabolas and they could not understand him. 13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? (Mark…

Parables are scattered all throughout the Bible. Jesus is depicted as the son of God within the Christian faith. Parables are often recorded by several of Jesus ‘disciples such as Matthew, Mark, Luke, and many other believers. Parables allowed Jesus to use real life scenarios to shed light on spiritual truths. Jesus often taught through parables because it caused his followers to search for the deeper meaning and further discover God. The parable of the sower reveals how we as Christians have…

The Setting of the Parable Both the placement of the parable in the Bible and when the parable took place in Jesus’ life are important in understanding the meaning of the parable. While Mark’s version of the Parable of the Wicked Tenants is regarded as the closest to the synoptic traditions source (De Moor 63), it is Matthew’s placement of the parable that is most significant. The parable is sandwiched by two other parables: the Parable of the Two sons and the Parable of the Marriage Feast. All…

mankind’s salvation through Christ’s sacrifice, whereas the Atheist might say that it is an unwavering belief in something that can never be proved. Regardless of what one may have faith in, faith is not something that is easily discovered. Certainty and doubt constantly contradict one another. Some might say that in order to be a “faithful” believer, one must assert that what one believes, is the true truth. However, Socrates once said that “the unexamined life is not worth living” (Plato 26).…

DOUBT: DOUBTING THE HIGH GROUND Like the work says, “Doubt is a thing that can sustain us…” And throughout the parable, as it were, Doubt sustains us not only with brilliant powerhouse performances from some of our times greatest actors, but additionally with the ponderance of our own certainties on, well, everything really, but especially our own morality. What better place to question people’s place in the world than in a Catholic elementary school right after Kennedy’s assassination? In…

highlighted morals, individualism, and intuitive perception. They also stressed that nature was good and society was corrupted. The stories “Young Goodman Brown,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and “The Cat,” by Edgar Allen Poe, highlight religion, or the doubts that come with it, as an important theme. In Romanticism, the central religious theme of many pieces,…

truth to great effect in her cautionary narrative, thus providing a beacon of truth for all young women. While few universal moral truths remain, the golden rule, "do unto others", is one that has. In some stories the author employs the style of parable, to flesh out the details of the core message. Furthermore these messages can be enhanced by the ingenious development of characterization. In " A Good Man is Hard to Find, O 'Connor does this with aplomb. The main character of this story is…

I most certainly do believe that the Bible is true. I have no doubt about the Bible not being true. I believe that God created this earth and everything in it. Look around at the sky, the grass, trees, birds, etc. How could any of this be here if it were not for someone who created it? Everything has a creator. Also…

according to Investopedia, “the Coase theorem asserts that when property rights are involved, parties naturally follow the most efficient and mutually beneficial outcome”. However, people like Robert C. Ellickson makes the case that the Coase’s famous “Parable” is not plausible and does not conform to reality; which makes us question, is the Coase theorem true or false? To…