Genealogy of Jesus

In this formal analysis essay, The analyzation of Laocoön and His Sons will be made. A sculpture created in the first century by the artists Hagesandros, Polydoros and Anthenodoros which is currently located in the Vatican. This sculpture is based on Greek mythology, as Laocoön was a priest that warned the Trojans not to bring the wooden horse inside the walls. The Greeks Gods who supported the Greeks saw his actions and punish him by sending serpents to kill him and his sons. This essay will…

Charlemagne’s Contributions to Christianity A Review of Charlemagne’s Historical Influence Nicole Briggs Barry University Author Note This paper was prepared for THE 317: Turning Points in Christian History, taught by Professor Smith Abstract This research paper focuses on the contributions made by Charlemagne and his influence on the development of Christianity. The following questions will be answered: Who is the person? When did he live? What was going on at that time? Where…

The book I chose for this book review was, Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict, by Ara Norenzayan. Norenzayan is a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia. Other works by Norenzayan have been featured in New York Times Magazine and on CNN. The main topics of this book is to show how human behavior relates to religion and how religion is what holds large civilizations together. Norenzayan’s main purpose for writing this book was to see how big religions…

7. Main Themes and Theological Message Hosea 6:1-6 reveals so much about God. First and foremost, God is compassion and his steadfast love towards his people causes God indecisive to execute punishment (Hosea 6:4). God’s punishment can be fatal as God is powerful and have no problems to launch any magnitude of punishment (Hosea 6:1,5). God is capable to heal people from severe and fatal injured, including those inflicted by him. God will heal those who repent and return to him (Hosea 6:1).…

am I using my gifts in service to others who are marginalized or disadvantaged? For some unknown reason, I realize I do have an ability to understand another person’s condition from his or her perspective. In His Parable of Talents (pp. 317-318), Jesus teaches we must use our gifts wisely and not bury them. In this case, the servants represent us and the master represents God. The lesson of this parable is that we should use our gifts in God’s service, otherwise God will consider us wicked as…

What is heaven like? What is hell like? These questions have been asked by humans since the beginning. Heaven and hell are somewhat described throughout the Bible. Growing up, we are taught what heaven and hell may be like and who goes where. Humans have and will always try to imagine the two realms of afterlife. The Bible states that, since we are human, we cannot comprehend what heaven and hell are like. As far as I’m concerned, heaven is somewhere I want to be and hell is not. C.S. Lewis has…

Authority; the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience. This appellation is welcome in Salem, Massachusetts with open arms when vengeance and greed call its name. In this small, isolated town, religion gives God the ultimate authority, at least in the beginning. However, once the “witch” breakout began, much of the town’s authority is righteously given to many of its regular citizens, as well as the governing leaders. For those without this, the abuse of authority…

Sophocles’ original intentions for his play Antigone has been open to interpretation for thousands of years through different languages, morals standards, wars, revolutions, cultural beliefs and human emotion, leading to varied and perhaps even misinterpretations on part of both audiences and translators, much like the bible. Throughout 4th century B.C.E and the 21st century, there has been vast changes in culture, thus leading to the audience reading the play and seeing it through a different…

TITLE: “Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story” will have you skipping to the theater “You can do anything else anyone can do, only you can do it better” A Christian like movie which, encourages and motivates children, adolescences and Adults to apply Gods inborn gifts which he has given to them, and with the help of god you’ll be able to overcome anger, prejudice and any other obstacle in your way. There is no offensive language, I only saw one instance of violence where a young man took up a…

INTRODUCTION The holy Quran is the last book of Allah or human guidance.it contains all the necessary principles for our guidance. We need to study Quran keenly to derive such principles for everyday application. I have studied Surah al Kahf to derive principles of life. Surah al kahf was revealed in Makkah and is the 18th Surah of Quran. It has 110 ayyah, 12rukus, 1583 words and 6425 letters. It means the cave. It was revealed after surah al ghaashiyan but in the order of Quran it comes after…