Parables of Jesus

set of assumptions to which one commits” (Waddell, 2014). These assumptions influence one’s understanding and interpretation of the world. This is prevalent in Christianity. The Christian worldview has its own beliefs in regards to God, humanity, Jesus, and the restoration that require some analysis and self-reflection in order fully understand the essential elements of the religion. Christian Worldview God In the Christian worldview, God is the eternal creator of everything. He created…

Christianity is the major religion that educates us about the life, teachings, and death of Jesus Christ and is the largest of the world’s religion (Encyclopedia Britannica Website, 2017). Jesus Christ was not a rich and powerful teacher, but his teachings and lessons were talked about from the Roman world and even beyond (Matthews, Noble, & Platt, 2014). Historians are able to explain the history and affect of Christianity with dates such as BC (Before Christ) and AD (in the year of the Lord).…

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 Kraybill to further discuss many of…

The King Jesus Gospel Book Reflection Joshua Helms GLST 220-001 9/22/15 The Gospel is an interesting topic that seems to be an endless discussion for pastors, professors, and theologians. It is essentially a spiritual glue that holds us as Christians together in order to seek after God. My personal understanding of the Gospel was bland before taking GLST 220 and I am grateful to have a better understanding of it now. As Christians, we should always be seeking how to fully understand the…

The Symbolic Heroic Nature of Jesus The gross profit and best-selling movie in the year 1988, the Last Temptation of Christ, brought a lot of controversial talk from far and near. Both people that had seen the movie and those that had not had something unique to say about the movie. The movie directed by Martin Scorsese deflected the 1953 novel authored by Nikos Kazantzakis in which Jesus was portrayed as a tormented and fearful man who was defeated by lust and unsure of his path in life. Many…

Let me tell you of another Parable of Jesus in the Book of Luke 12:13-15, The Parable of the Rich Fool; “Then one from the crowd said to Him, Teacher tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. But He said to him, Man who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you? And he said to them, take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.” Luke 12:16-21, Then He spoke a parable to them saying, “The ground of a certain Richman…

sections that are repeated in different places, and other times there are stories or characters that are talked about in other books. One of the best examples of this is in the Gospels. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all wrote about events in the life of Jesus. There is a lot of overlap between these books especially between…

1 MY GIFTS 2 Sabine Berzins Leading Lives That Matter Week Six My Gifts Abstract This essay discusses my gifts and utilizing these talents in the service of others. The Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14-30, (2006) brings up an excellent point of not “burying” our gifts, but rather using them in the service of God. However, we must find a balance between work or family and using our gifts to help others. This is exemplified…

no intention of “abandoning this world”, instead God has a glorious “rescue operation” planned, raising “all His people to new bodily life to live in it”. (Wright 58) God has begun this magnificent rescue operation utilizing Israel, the Church, and Jesus to complete his plan. Through these three, Wright believes that God intends for the “kingdom of the world to become kingdom of God” in which “the beauty of this world will be enfolded in the beauty of God”, and thus, only completing his rescue…

Simply Jesus, tells his view on who Jesus was, what he was trying to accomplish in his public career, and why it all matters. He describes that Jesus is much more complex than most people think. Many Christians believe that they know Jesus. Wright argues that Jesus can’t be understood easily. He uses the analogy of the perfect storm to show the complexity of Jesus which consisted of the Roman oppresive force, Jewish expectations, and the wind of God. Wright informs the reader that what Jesus did…