Historicity of Jesus

Bealer, L. Tracy. "The Kiss of the Memory: The Problem of Love in Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God." African American Review: Summer 2009, 311-327. In this article, Bealer focuses on Hurston’s representation of African American love. Bealer examines the connection between Janie, the pear tree, and tea cake as a sexual desire, love, her marriage and etc. In the article, Bealer examine how the pear tree reflect the character as her own. By making the connections with pear tree, Janie was…

When comparing the size of the followings of religions, Christianity and Native American beliefs are not in the same competition. Their difference in size and locations are vastly different. Yet, the differences between the two matter. As North America was settled, Native Americans were pushed further and further west, until there was no where left for them to go. Settlers took their lands and soon enough, the white man was everywhere, including his religion: Christianity. Christianity is a…

Throughout the passages of The Life of Antony and The Life of Saint Macrina, relationship plays a crucial role in leading oneself to the ascetic life. It is apparent that Antony and Macrina come to the ascetic life, not only from the relationship they reach for with God, but the intentionally neglectful relationship they have with the Devil. The relationship one holds with the Lord proves to further their ascetics on their path of transformation in Christ as they possess an unfathomable love for…

Williams’ uses the biblical narrative of the African slave woman’s experience of Hagar to introduce surrogacy; the act of being put in the place of another. Williams uses this narrative to compare the surrogacy of Hagar to the surrogacy of Jesus. Williams argues that Jesus “represents the ultimate surrogate figure; he stands in place of someone else; sinful humankind. ” Her theology illustrates that since Christ is the surrogate for humanity, to reverence his death is to celebrate suffering and…

The complementarian recognizes many women displayed in the New Testament being close to Jesus and learning from him, evangelizing, including the first witnesses of His resurrection. Jesus’ teaching and relationships represent him being countercultural in equal treatment of men and women. However, Jesus himself represented a complementarian view in that He is the authority instructing others and His twelve apostles were all males. It was not…

Hymn – I pray to Agni Rig Veda is the Hindu text collection of Vedic Sanskrit Hymns. Hymns stated in the Rig Veda were composed between 1700 -1100 BC. “I pray to Agni” is placed at the very beginning at the Rig Veda because this hymn introduces Agni, divine priest to come to the sacrifice. Agni- means fire as connotated in the Sanskrit. Agni is symbolized as a mediator between the humans and the Gods. It also emphasizes the close interaction between the sacrificer and gods. In this hymn,…

A Hero has no specific shape or size. There is no blue print, no design pattern, or even a book for a hero to follow. A Hero is just an ordinary person who does an extraordinary task. We may all have a different idea of what a hero might be, or what a hero might do and what defines a hero. Debi Mazar defines a hero as, "Somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really…

Since we are fallen, we cannot take the penalty for our sins, so God sent His Son for us. Since Jesus was perfect, He was able to bear our punishment, and although He did not have to, He still did it for us because it was the will of the Father and because He loves us. Once we realize that all people are made in the image of God, it should not be a…

with gratitude and are fixed on following Christ and carrying out the Great Commission. Adults in the community are living stones - role models exhibiting faith and grace – and living waters who draw their strength and wisdom from the living water, Jesus Christ. And whoever comes into the community will surely notice how inviting, accepting and loving everyone is in the community. The Heckman's article made me think about what makes a Christian school a truly a Christian school. It is…

Throughout all of time, many have had very different and even identical religious opinions. In the pieces of work “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and “Upon the Burning of our House”, the authors have two polar opposite religious opinions. The author of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” ,Jonathan Edwards, feels that God is more of an angry God versus the opinions of Anne Bradstreet, the author of “Upon the Burning of our House”, who feels that God is more of a gracious God. Their…