Matthew McConaughey

next few paragraphs will highlight some of the similarities and differences found in each book. “The reason why Matthew, Mark, and Luke, are known as the synoptic gospels is that they follow a common pattern in describing the Ministry of Jesus. Both the similarities and the differences are significant.” (Guthrie, D, P. 83, 1970) Mathew’s gospel is the most Jewish of all the gospels. “Matthew was written for a Jewish Christian community that was encountering…

As discussed in the previous section, the concept of poor in the Lukan writing is not entirely, or even primarily, about the economically deprived, but all those who lived in an inferior status within the Jewish society. The focal point of the Gospel is the treatment of these categories of people that Luke considers to be ‘the poor’. The Gospel doesn’t only focus on the poor being inheritors of the message, but also the message of how the poor ought to be treated by those of power. This leads…

The four Gospels in the bible are accredited to four writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The gospels were split into two groups, which consisted of the synoptic Gospels and John’s gospel. The synoptic gospels consisted of Matthew, Mark and Luke’s gospels. The reason for this was because of the difference between the writings. The synoptic gospels were considered similar, but John did not really contain the same similarities that the other three writings had in common. The two works that I am…

I am a Christian, but what does that actually mean? I grew up in an average “Christian” family in the heart of the Bible Belt; I was raised to pray before I eat, pray before I sleep, be kind to others, never cuss, and not to miss church on Sunday morning. For the greater part of my childhood I thought that this was what defined someone as a “Christian.” Unfortunately, the word “Christian” has lost its significance in the World we live in today, and so has the importance to strive to live a…

him. In Matthew 12:22-37 Matthew warns Christians against being insincere in Christianity. Christians are to be sincere by avoiding the unpardonable sin, avoiding being neutral in religion, and watching what they say. The book of Matthew was written by Matthew, a former tax collector and a disciple of Jesus. He wrote the book around 70-80 AD as a sort of teaching manual for Christians. While Mark focused on narrative, Matthew focused on teaching (Howley, Bruce, and Ellison 141). Matthew is a…

The Gospel according to Matthew was written because his community was suffering from an identity crisis. Mathews Gospel deals with two important concerns to his community; the first is the destruction of the temple and the loss of their land. The destruction of the temple and loss of their land happened to Matthews’s community in 70 AD. In addition, Matthew community expelled from their Synagogue caused a further identity crisis within the community. The temple and the land were two major…

for the poor and marginalized first becomes obvious in the account of Jesus’ birth. In the Gospel of Matthew (2:1-12), it is the Magi, wealthy men from a distant country that come to worship Jesus, while Luke tells readers about shepherds- lowly men working in the fields coming to see the baby Jesus. Also, Luke has women, Elizabeth and Mary who as the focal point of the infancy narrative, while Matthew uses two men, Joseph and Herod the Great. The Gospel shows God being immensely concerned for…

The topic of Luke is that Jesus is the savior of the world. The author intended to refute the idea in Matthew that the Jesus only preach the gospels to Jews. Luke also contained the unique controversy between the rich and poor, which wasn 't mentioned in other gospels. In Luke, Jesus is the savior who rescues not only the Jews but also the gentiles, and Jesus despises the rich and sympathizes the poor. This paper will focus on the ministry of Jesus, especially the healing and teachings, in Luke.…

1. Matthew and Luke’s birth narratives have many obvious differences when you first read them. In Luke’s account he starts off with the birth of John, but in Matthews account he starts off with traces of Joseph’s family tree. Between these two accounts they are still portraying two different point of views. If we were to try and put the birth of John from Luke’s account in Matthews account it wouldn 't really change the story that much, but it would affect the entire format of Matthews gospel.…

December 21, 2012 was said to be the end of our days because the Mayan calendar ended on that day. But we are now in February of 2016, three years after that date. So what happened? Why are we still here if the end of the world was supposed to happen a little over three years ago? There is no right answer to these questions, everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and most people will base their decision on the religion that they are practicing. Jews believed that we have been living in the…