Gospel of John

Justice and Mercy Our understandings of justice and mercy are greatly influenced by our views of Jesus and redemption. Through texts like “Gods Work of Grace”, “A Spectrum of Views: Traditional Christian Responses to the Holocaust”, and verses in the books of Luke and Isaiah, we see a variety of different viewpoints that shed light on this topic. A good starting point in understanding our views of justice and mercy is in the book of Luke. In this story we hear about Jesus approaching a few men…

"agapeo" and "phileo." Agape love is the love of God. It 's an unconditional, unmatched, unselfish love that comes from The Lord. It 's the strongest love there is- one that involves sacrifice, maybe like Peter had suggested he would do for Jesus back in John 13. Phileo love is brotherly love. Essentially, it 's the love we have for our closest friends. We love them and cherish them, but they aren 't on the level of God. It 's a sweet, friendly love. So, question number one in the Greek…

understood the resurrection neither Jesus’ “perceived status in the ongoing church”, nor his “heavenly and exalted status”, nor “the passage of the human Jesus into the power of God”, but affirmed his “bodily resurrection.” In the same vein, John Polkinghorne affirms that the confession of Jesus as the Lord and the Son of God can be seen as a well-motivated belief rather than a made-up tenet of irrational faith. This motivated belief is reinforced and shared among Christians along the…

and gave everyone a clear understanding of what jesus expected from everyone.The book of Matthew is one of the two synoptic gospels in the new testament that gives us the most information about the sermon, in this book the Sermon was held on the mount and included twenty teachings of Jesus along with the Beatitudes and his prayer.The book of Luke is the other synoptic gospel that tells about Jesus’ sermon, In the book of Luke Jesus’ teachings were held on a plain starting with jesus telling of…

Ritualism is apparent in Hemingway’s short story “Big Two-Hearted River” with regards to Nick’s interactions with the river and nature. Through my Christian background, I recognize that this ritualism also is evidently involved with the sacrament of baptism and the Eucharist. As we discussed in class, Nick is injured due to a battle and is now attempting to recovering from that wound. However, William Bysshe Stein argues that Nick is also “afflicted by a graver injury, an acute disunity of…

The New Testament of the Bible touches on the idea of “resurrection” meaning that something that has once been lost, forgotten, replaced can be used or found again. Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus as he died for his children’s sins and then remarkably returned on the third day. What cannot be forgotten in the celebration of resurrection is the sacrifice Jesus made, the sacrifice that was needed to take place before any sort of rebirth could ever happen. A Tale Of Two Cities is…

Adrianna Scaringe 12-18-16 Period 6 Mr. Carvalho The Resurrection is both historical and a transcendent event. Although the tomb was found empty and Jesus’ disciples saw Him, the effects of the Resurrection go way beyond their time. It is the source of faith in Jesus as the Son of God. Yet, this is not always easy. Just like the Tribune in Risen, we may doubt while we search for Jesus. As Christians, we can accept and participate in the Resurrection in many ways. By…

What is Mercy? You ask me what mercy is. Watch me. Here I am tired, confused and just fed up as to why we’ve practiced for five hours and are still here. Then out of nowhere my coach yells “In the middle”. Watch me as I get music to my ears from hearing “Yes I can do that for you”, “Yes we will have a light practice today”, or finally “Yes I will push the deadline back” at the worse times. I will tell you, but listen without calling me lazy or soft. Listen and put yourself in my shoes. Mercy…

Almost everyone , living in Bible Belt America, will know the story of Jesus Christ. Jesus died on the cross, and surprisingly, people thought to themselves Jesus' crucifixion would make the church a more enjoyable service to get through. Therefore, the universe brought forth Lamentation by Giotto, Entombment by Raphael, Entombment by Titian, Descent from the Cross by Pontormo, and many more artistic depictions of Jesus dying. In contemporary western society, the idea of finding someone…

Possibly the greatest knowledge and theological driving force behind incarnational ministry is the accounts of Jesus Christ three years of ministry as evidenced within the Gospels. It is within the gospels that the sense of ‘presence’ and service is outworked by Jesus with the people at the time and it is within the Gospels that we see accounts of God relating to human beings on a level that is both human and divine. The balance of human and divine in the life of Christ on earth is a very…