Parable of the Prodigal Son

is hard to fathom why God would sacrifice His only Son in such a horrific way to atone for the sins of the world. This sacrifice is confirmed in Colossians 1:20-21, “and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior” (BibleGateway, 1993). God sent His Son not only to atone for my sin, but also to give…

The Synoptic Gospels The New Testament is composed of four Gospels written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are known as the Synoptic Gospels because they all contain either similar or identical stories from Jesus’ life. Synoptic means that they can be read together “with one eye” (Harris 117). All the connections and similarities between the Synoptic Gospels had created an issue for scholars that they referred to as the Synoptic Problem. In order to solve…

Luke is the only one that entails story like the one about the Prodigal Son being welcomed back by his father, who is overjoyed to have him back. Also, the woman who washed Jesus’ feet with her tears, which disrupts the feast. Every story that Luke tells of a sinner who wants forgiveness has them receiving mercy God and…

specifically, Borg explains how Jesus “directly attacked the central values of his social world’s conventional wisdom: family, wealth, honor, purity, and religiosity” (81). Furthermore, Jesus often expressed his subversive wisdom by means of parables (70). One parable – and probably the best known – that blatantly demonstrates subversive wisdom is the story of the Good Samaritan (54). The Levite and the priest, both apt personifications of the purity system, pass by the injured man, not wanting…

bodies and we begin to question the principles we’ve be instilled with. The protagonist in the novel “Bless me Ultima” experiences many tragedies of doubt all at the hands of curiosity. It is this curiosity that makes him question who he is serving. Parables have portrayed the sin in curiosity, and how the lack of knowledge spawns it. It is this…

Deuteronomy 9: 19-11: 32 Moses again emphasized the crucial importance of obedience. He reminded them of their infidelity to God in the desert when they made the golden calf and how they were about to perish. They were saved by the prayer of Moses, who in an intelligent and spiritual way appealed to the honor and glory of God. From here he gave them a new opportunity, and again taught them his law and constituted the family of Levi to be priests to intercede for them. Finally he began to…

of why do we suffer? Throughout the history the answer for this question of human suffering remained a mystery. With Adam and Eve sin and suffering entered into the world, and this evil is experienced by all human being. But now by Jesus Christ, the Son of God, human suffering takes the new dimension of redemptive meaning. Pope John Paul says, “One can say that with the Passion of Christ all human suffering has found itself in a new situation.” Therefore, to arrive at the answer for human…

While it is popular to see religious dance engaged in today by those professing Christ as Lord, this practice did not originate in the New Testament. Though often overlooked, there is a pattern to be followed for New Testament worship, organization, and salvation (Rm. 6:16-17; 2 Tim. 1:13). The New Testament provides no information of dancing being a part of worship in the early church. With the New Testament we have everything that we need for life and godliness and what it takes to please God…

James Baldwin accomplished things when he wrote “Sonny’s Blues—not only is the story a memoir of the lives of African Americans in Harlem in the 1950’s but also a story about the struggles and decisions that affect family and brotherhood. Harlem, the setting, traps the African Americans who call it home; it traps them in a life of poverty, crime, and anger. Two brothers choose very different paths: the narrator becomes a respectable teacher whose goal is to assimilate into a white society, and…

Christians believe Jesus was born to Mary, who was a virgin but is purported to have conceived through the works of the Holy Spirit (Violatti). Mary discovered this when the angel Gabriel appeared to her and told her she would give birth to Jesus, the Son of God (Here We Stand, Luke 1.26-35). Ironically, the tradition of Jesus’ birth taking place in the year 1 AD forms the base of the modern calendar, but this is probably not the case. The Bible doesn’t list specific dates, only reference…