Genealogy of Jesus

For over a hundred years, Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic the Scarlet Letter has allowed readers to be entertained while learning valuable lessons. At the beginning of the story, Dimmesdale is seen as a prestigious church official honored by all. As the story progress, Dimmesdale becomes ill from what the people believe to be his going above and beyond his pastoral duties; however, his illness is truly caused by his hiding of his sin. He is tortured by his deceit until he finally chooses to…

Jesus Christ is the I AM, eternal, ridged, unchanging, and constant Word made flesh. He can never not be who He is, yet through different eyes, different perceptions of Him exist. To the believer He is Savior and King, but to the skeptic He was just a Jewish man who was crucified. To some religions, He was a good Teacher, and to others He didn’t even exist. In the poem The Dream of the Rood, a perception is described that comes from a unique source, that of the cross Christ was crucified upon.…

During the tenth year of Hijjah, the Prophet left to perform the annual pilgrimage along with thousands of followers led by Abu Bakr. On ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah, the Prophet mounted his camel and delivered his historical sermon at the Mount of Mercy. In order to address the people at a distance, one of the Prophet’s companion repeated his exact words in a loud voice. This was the last sermon delivered by the Holy Prophet during the only pilgrimage he performed. For this reason, the speech that he…

Biblical Literalism in The Scarlet Letter: The Path to God and Social Conformity Biblical literalism is a pejorative that is often used to ridicule the interpretative approaches of fundamentalist Christians, who often hold the ideology that the Bible is God’s work and is authoritative on ethical, spiritual, and moral matters. Similarly, the early Puritan societies in New England advocated for this literal interpretation of the Bible because they also believed that the Bible was written by the…

HUMAN LIFE life is the most precious God gift to every one whether it is human, bird, animal or plant it does not matter. But human life is more important than others. it has includes plenty and wide meanings in itself. it is not only about breathing. If the human do only breathing, eating and reproduction then there will be no difference between human and other living beings. If the Life is the name of purpose and battle than also it is the name of affection and commitment. It is not separate…

Who is Allah talking to? This surah revealed in Makkah, where musyrikin extremely stubborn, so Allah sent down this Surah for those who are stubborn, which he repeated his word “Then which of the favors, miracles, wonders, powers, feats, gifts, and blessings will you both deny and deliberately lie against” Before, we go further lets we look at surah al Waqiah. There are five topics in surah al Waqiah which are talking about paradise, people with the right hand is the best people, people of the…

generalization that I am disputing. In the churches I was taken to as a child (non-denominational and evangelical covenant) when the pastor would talk about Ruth he (always a he) would describe her important story almost as if it was a Gospel-esque parable of Jesus'. This always bothered me, but I could not really put my finger as to why it did until reading your prompt on how Ruth is a celebration of kindness. To equate Ruth as simply a parable regarding the positive prospects would take away…

In On Secular Authority, Luther outlines his famous “Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms”, where he argues for an understanding of two realms of authority and action; the realm of God and the Kingdom of the world. For Luther the Kingdom of God exist in the lives of Christians and the church, and is to be understood in terms of spiritual authority and commands of Christ. The Kingdom of the World exists for non-Christians, and consists of magistrates and secular authorities. It is these authorities that…

In the story of Abraham, he was given the mandate by God to sacrifice his son to him. God wanted to test Abraham’s faith and he was willing to sacrifice his son without questioning God’s orders. However, when God informed Abraham that he was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham resisted. Part of the reason that Abraham pleaded with God to not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah was that he realized that there was good in that city full of sin. That not everyone was to be punished for the faults…

A Search for the True Self On the surface, Rudyard Kipling’s Kim is a blend of religious story and spy novel. However, I would argue that the novel is, in essence, a bildungsroman. Both the lama’s search for the sacred river and Kim’s adventure as a spy in India, ultimately serve to reveal the core of the story—Kim’s continuous search for his true identity. Kim’s search begins with seeking “a red bull on a green field” (15) in his father’s last words. At the beginning, he may not realize his…