Jesus

footsteps, it is a personal choice that we all come to make at some point in our lives. I’ve always been very open to the idea of religion. The air of mystery that surrounded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the reason I chose it as my listening post. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its followers are almost always painted in a negative light. Media portrays them as this cult-like religion plagued with polygamous families. Because of this, the…

behavior of another, you are engaging in leadership (Blanchard & Hodges, 2003). A study of effective leadership and leadership theories would not be complete without examining the greatest, most effective leader of all, Jesus Christ. Jesus as Servant Leader As followers of Jesus Christ, our mission or purpose is very clear, we are to make a difference in the world and in the lives of others by becoming an effective servant leader. “Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among…

learned from Jesus together, might have different thoughts on the same subject. The most obvious example would be on whether to turn in Jesus for money, Judas makes a different decision from others (Mark 14:10-11). It is then very plausible that Paul, who joined the movement after Jesus’ death and thus likely to have learned about him through only secondhanded information, wouldn’t have retold Jesus’ teachings perfectly as Jesus intended. There are indeed inconsistencies between Jesus’ teachings…

almost half of the New Testament, but only four of his letters are written to individuals. Of these four, I’ve chosen 1Timothy to further explore. Thirty years of labor for the gospel took its toll on Paul. His body bore the suffering of a servant of Jesus Christ. The intensity of his sufferings never changed the intensity of his love and concern for the churches etched on his heart. One of those churches was Ephesus. Timothy, his faithful disciple, was pastoring that strategically important…

posts, and even t-shirts: “Jesus is not a Republican.” For decades, there has been an underlying assumption in the church that if a person claims to be an evangelical Christian, they are a part of the Republican party. However, Jim Wallis, a New York Times Best-Selling Author, claims that “many Christians [are now] tired of the assumptions and claims by the Religious Right that God was indeed a Republican.” While some citizens within the United States (U.S.) now deny Jesus in the making of their…

The four biblical accounts of Peter’s denials of Jesus collectively convey the same message of the troubled disciple that Peter was on the evening before Jesus’ crucifixion, while also highlighting key differences that exist between the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Mark’s narrative describes a Peter who fails to understand Jesus and his mission up until the very end. Matthew and Mark through the use of redaction criticism of Mark’s gospel in their editing convey similar themes in…

“Did Jesus have anything to do with the formation of the Christian church? And if he did, how did he shape its special character?” (Shelley 4). During the age of Jesus and the Apostles, the anti-institutional view of Christianity was so widespread that many questioned Jesus’ partaking in Christianity. In my opinion, I believe this was the most important event in church history between 6 B.C. and 1517. During the age of Jesus and the Apostles, Palestine was not a very pleasant place to live. In…

hear about Jesus everyone has a different opinion of him it is up to you to get to know…

Jesus was a teacher, interpreter of the law, and leader. One of Jesus’s significant interpretations is the Sermon on the Mount. The Sermon on the Mount was given to the people on how to love, how to flee from sin, and how to please God with out lives. Matthew 7:28-29 says, “When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at His teachings because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their teacher of the law.” Jesus also tells the people His true…

In the film Jesus Camp (2006), the film focuses on an in depth documentary of religion (Evangelical Christian). The film revolves around children attending a Christian summer camp and their devotion to Christianity and several other religious practices. The readings “Staying Grounded in a High-Rise Building” and “The Hindu Gods in a Split-Level World” each represents a different religion in America and there origin. There is a significant comparison in religious practices between the film and…