Parable of the Good Samaritan

Christianity is one of the three major monotheistic religions. A monotheistic religion is one where there is only one god. The god of the Christian religion is Jesus. Jesus is the creator of the world as shown in John 1:1-4. Another view of Jesus is as the judge and punisher of human. kind. The judgement will occur during the apocalypse, also known as the second coming. The apocalypse is the day that Jesus will return to earth to judge the evil people and reward those who have been faithful.…

1. How do each of the Gospel authors use parables to describe the Kingdom? One of the most common topics for Jesus in the Gospels is the Kingdom of God. Through allegories, analogies and parables, the Gospel authors try to explain the nature, timing, and requirements of the Kingdom of God. Matthew most often refers to the “Kingdom of Heaven,” perhaps because of the Jewish custom of not saying the name of God, although Matthew is not consistent in this practice, occasionally using the term…

Rather they thought anyone who is capable of helping would do so simply because it is the right thing to do. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a good representation of the innocence of the children. The little boy did not understand what made the Jews seem…

being a good neighbor saying, “The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others” (MLK 4). To bridge the connection between Christianity and the poor, you must accept the fact that the betterment of others comes before unnecessary pleasures for one’s self. This defines altruism, which is a single word that embodies both Luke’s and Martin Luther King’s idea of how Christians should treat the poor. Luke’s gospel builds off this idea of the good…

actions of Jesus Christ. Through Luke’s Gospel, we can encounter Jesus firsthand and understand his teachings in depth in order to extensively implement them to live a God-fearing life and inspire others to do the same. Jesus is the bringer of salvation, good news and the Kingdom of God. He was the first to speak the Gospel and the living word himself. The Gospel of Luke focuses on the fact that the Kingdom of God has already come and all are welcome inside until this day. Society is expanding…

The definition of ‘The Bystander Effect’ is a social psychological phenomenon that refers to cases, which individuals do not help to a victim when other people are present. The Bystander effect was present in the case of Kitty Genovese. The witnesses of this murder did not call the police nor aid her when she was screaming for help. They waited until the last minute to call the police. This very case has stupefied many people, so they have decided to do more in depth research on the bystander…

includes parables about then and gives the recognition, unlike other gospels. The Gospel of Luke was written around the same time as that of Matthew, around the mid-80s of the first century CE and was written in the most refined Greek of any gospels in the New Testament. Like Matthew,…

come in the form of parables. Why does Jesus teach in parable form? Are the parables that Jesus teaches straightforward or do they have an underlining meaning? “Jesus often introduced the parables by saying, “The kingdom of God may be compared to” and then went on to tell a common story or give a well-known illustration from life in the world about Him, without giving a direct clue as to the true meaning of the parable” (Kiehl, 1981) Jesus “explains that he speaks in parables because those…

An Analysis of Three Upside-Down features by Jesus Christ Jesus reveals the kingdom of God in a new direction that appears upside-down in the lessons of love, social interactions, and social ladder from chapters nine, ten, and eleven in The Upside-Down Kingdom, by Donald Kraybill. The idea of the upside-down kingdom derived from a student of Kraybill, who reacted enthusiastically to Jesus’ teachings as, “Everything here is so upside down!” (Kraybill, 2011, p. 9). This statement stimulated…

On the first theme of stewardship and helping those in need, we are presented with the parable of the Good Samaritan. The story goes about by explaining that a man was attacked, stripped of his clothing, and left on the side of the road. He was passed by a priest and Levite who both did nothing to help, as they just ignored him and carried on with their day. Then a Samaritan man took pity on him and healed his wounds, then brought him to an inn to care for him. An expert of the…