Gospel of John

Part One-Description: The painting is nearly half covered by the sky with a very dark blue. To the left of the painting is Jesus standing with his hand raised using his power to bring Lazarus back to life. Jesus is on a little ledge and just beneath the ledge are Lazarus’s sisters kneeling to thank Christ for bringing their brother back to life. Behind Jesus are the Jews from Jerusalem with various facial expressions showing curiosity and disbelief. We can only see the facial expression of one…

Was it really a prayer? In our Navi class, we are learning about Jonah and why he ran away from God’s command. First Jonah was commanded by God to go to Nineveh, instead of going to Nineveh, he went to Yaffo and got on a boat to Tarshish. By making a bad mistake, Jonah made the sailors pay for his consequence with a big storm. When the sailors asked Jonah who he was he said, “I’m a Hebrew I fear the Lord, God of Heavens, and the creator of the land and the sea.” When he was thrown into the sea,…

The face of Jesus is symbolic in itself in this society, his face is unmistakable in countries all around the world. In this day and age, the “face of Jesus” is white (or tan), long brown hair, moustache and beard, with a white robe and sandals. Many painters, artists and authors have incorporated Jesus into their art which makes him such a popular symbol in our culture today. For example in Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous painting, “The Last Super”, which is recognized all across the world or in…

Workshop 4: My Life As A Christ Follower How does one measure the essence of their faith? The United States is, primarily, a monotheistic society with Christianity being the dominate religion. It is not surprising that as a native born resident of this Country, I would adopt this religious belief system. So, is my becoming a Christ follower simply a circumstance of the location of my birth, or is there a deeper meaning? I also ask if I can be true to my faith while respecting the rights of…

Tzitzit Matthew 5 the people who are great in his kingdom are those that follow the commandments. I practice torah because I am a student of the messiah and that's what he did. What does it mean to be a disciple? According to Dictionary.com, a disciple is: a person who is a pupil or an adherent of the doctrines of another; follower So... when someone claims to be a disciple of Jesus, what are they actually saying? In essence, they are saying: I am a person who is a pupil or an…

The Infant Giant The planes of Djibouti were a mystical land, conquered by the retched King Bob. He was a tall, muscular, red skinned being with the intent of becoming ruler of everything and anything existing. Ruthless and feared by his people, who were receiving the bare minimum to survive, King Bob was plotting to rise a demon army from the pits of dark realm with the help of the demotic gods Kali, Bakasura, and Blank in order to conquer the light realm. There were rumors about the…

“Fate of the Sons of Usnach”, by Lady Gregory, was written for the people of Ireland. Lady Gregory took it upon herself to write the Cuchulain stories as the people of Ireland knew it and not how the scholars of the time would write it. Her rewriting of the Deirdre story may have been for the people, but it was not without its political motives. At this point in time there was a need for the Revival of the Irish people and Lady Gregory along with W.B. Yeats wanted to unite the people of Ireland…

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.” Both love and thankfulness, but especially love, are some of Christ’s most prominent characteristics. 1 John 4:19 states, “We love because he first loved us.” (ESV 1 John 4:19) Again, we are taught to love because Jesus loves us. In loving one another we are being Christ like, because Christ himself loves us unconditionally. In 1 Corinthians 16:14, again Paul is speaking here, and…

The book Discipleship was written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and was published in 1937. It was his fourth volume of sixteen and has also been published under the title The Cost of Discipleship. Bonhoeffer was a pastor in Germany that was later arrested, imprisoned and executed by the Nazis. Discsipleship is based on the belief that being a Christian and follower of Jesus comes at a cost, which is why he literally differentiates between costly grace and cheap grace. Costly grace is what is required.…

Many truly don’t know the complete meaningful definition of the word passion. Passion in the dictionary is a very vague and simple definition. The definition defines passion as a strong emotion. There are many strong emotions out there in the world that the word passion can be confused, or can be used in the wrong context. It seems like people have taking away the true meaning of passion. People have overlooked the word and substituted the definition with a definition that will never truly…