Pharisees

While the man was on the road, he was beaten by robbers to the point where he could not get up and walk. While he was lying there, a priest passes him by without offering any help, and so did a Levite. Jesus seemed to have been challenging the religiousness of the two religious groups, by implying that they put their righteousness rituals before the well-being of others who they are supposed to love. The specific implications were that the priest and the Levite were unwilling to become unclean…

Discipleship and mentoring are two vital ministries needed both inside and outside the church. Both can be life changing and seem rather synonymous with each other, however, there are differences that are needed to be understood between the two. Plainly stated, disciples devote themselves to the precepts of Christ and possess both passive personal and active social qualities (Sanders, 1994). A disciple appreciates the heavy, personal toll of discipleship, and with a humble spirit, is willing…

IV. Catholic Views Towards Pornography “The problem with pornography is that it emasculates men, degrades women, destroys marriages, and offends the Lord.” (Evert, 2008) Pornography involves exploiting the human body and viewing the body as just an object and nothing merely more than that. The Catholic Church teaches that our body should be respected because Christ bestows in each and every single one of us. We must understand the terrible reality of pornography in our culture today, so we can…

Jesus is a prominent figure in the New Testament. Among other topics, we learn about Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. Throughout the life of Jesus, specifically in the Gospel of Mark, He is called many different names. We know from Angel Gabriel’s appearance to Mary that He is the Son of God, but there is a deeper message. Having been raised Roman Catholic and attended a Catholic school since pre-k, I have always had my times where I doubted who Jesus truly was. My religion teaches me that…

One of the most important goals in a Christian’s life is eternal life. However, everybody all has original sin that separates them from God. In “Augsburg Confession of Faith”, a document of Lutheran, original sin is described as an original disease what brings “condemnation and also eternal death to those who are not reborn through baptism and the Holy Spirit” (Article II). Man was made perfect and flawless at the beginning, but Adam and Eva changed how mankind would be when they obeyed the…

The Philosophy of Christian Education Philosophy and Education Philosophy is an academic discipline that exercises reason and logic in an attempt to understand reality and answer fundamental questions about knowledge, life, morality and human nature. 1 Philosophy may be viewed as a roadblock or as a tool in learning what our human purpose is. In Colossians 2:8, NIV, Paul states, “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and…

Ultimately Jesus knew that he would be betrayed by those close to him and not recognized as the Son of man by the authorities at the time. The mission of Christ went against Jewish tradition and Roman Law. “A further area of concern for Jesus and the Pharisees emerges in 7:1-23, were the religious leaders show concern for Jesus disregard for their oral traditions”(Kulger/Hartin pg.369). In a contemporary setting if someone publicly goes against the tradition of the masses and the law there are…

spot’ are the phrases we easily throw around to justify the prevalent discrimination against the ex-convicts in Singapore. But how many times have we ourselves fall short and made horrible mistakes, yet we seemed to be the modern-day hypocritical Pharisees, judging and denying them a second chance to live a normal life, based on our assumed sense of superior sanctity, that we neglect the tremendous impact it has on them and our society. Hence, this blog post will be exploring why is it important…

Immoderate greatness, in other words extreme greatness could be used to classify Rome which is one of the most highly achieved and powerful empires of all time. The Empire set in time from 27 B.C.E to 476 C.E. circa, was fueled by Emperors that ruled the people, expanding their land, building roads and cities connecting them together, having strong army force, and dividing up their land into legions. The people of Rome began to make laws to abide by, educate the children growing up, and…

minds of unbelievers” (2 Corinthians 4:4), so God must shed light on the human mind to enable us to understand the truth. Unless we believe in Jesus Christy, we can’t know the secret of the kingdom of heaven as Jesus told his disciples about the Pharisees, said, To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given” (Matthew…