Resurrection of the dead

Luke begins the book of Acts by recording Jesus ' ascension to heaven, after he has been resurrected from the dead and met with his disciples. Before Jesus left his apostles he told them that the Holy Spirt would come. Not long after the ascension, the Day of Pentecost came and the Holy Spirt came over the apostles, and gave them the ability to speak in tongues. A crowd of people heard the apostles speaking in tongues, because they did not know what this meant the people assumed that the…

Matthew then begins to discuss of the birth of a child and then later goes into detail about the significance of that child. “Later on this man, Jesus, begins teaching the word, driving out evil spirits, preforming miracles, raising the dead and healing the sick. The book then closes with the dramatic death where he is executed by the Romans who saw Jesus as a threat to their ruling” (NTHL 7). “Most historians believe that the four Gospels were first published anonymously and that the…

A singer, a celebrity, a mother, a wife, a black woman; Beyonce Knowles is all of these. The thirty five year old artist has had six solo albums that have made her a household name all over the world. Lemonade is a visual album that takes a reflective approach to music by revealing intricate details of her relationships and emotions. In this albums, Beyonce addresses themes such as betrayal, family, love, pride, race, empowerment, and pain through striking visuals and powerful lyricism. She…

Baptism has been an important part of the church for centuries. Unfortunately, baptism has also caused many arguments and controversies in the church for centuries. Since baptism is such an important part of the church, the individual believer, and the believer’s family, it seems right for there to be no arguments about it. However, different beliefs on what baptism truly signifies and different beliefs about the relationship between the Old and New Testaments have in part caused these arguments…

An Exegesis on Ephesians 2:1-10 Introduction: Paul gives an important description of salvation and what it's concept sustains for an individual. The meaning of the passages within Ephesians was to institute identity of Gentile believers as a fragment of the universal body of Christ. In preceding this Paul must first construct the specifications of the Gentile as an individual, his proclamations of salvation that convert the individual and at that moment incorporates that person in the body of…

fact that she was in every gospel does show she existed and in fact a disciple of Jesus. Not many other women were mentioned in the gospels besides Mary the mother of Jesus. Mary Magdalene was mentioned from the beginning of Jesus travels to his resurrection. The evidence does not stop there. Research has been done down to the bone on this subject and the research has come up with evidence of Mary Magdalene 's very own gospel. A fragment copy of the Gospel of Mary was bought by a man named Carlo…

The Eucharist as a Sacrifice On the night before Jesus suffered on the cross, He shared one last meal with his disciples. It is during this meal that the sacrament of His Body and Blood was instituted. It is now commonly known as the sacrament of the Eucharist. He did this in order to preserve it throughout the ages and to entrust to the church a memorial of his sacrifice for us through death. It is a memorial in the sense that it makes present the sacrifice which Christ offered to God, on the…

student, Victor Frankenstein, discovering the secret of life and using it to infuse life into the inanimate or the dead. This is seen a few moments before he creates his monster, when he states “with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet.” Biological resurrection is still believed to be impossible, or at least highly improbable, but creating life or consciousness…

one of his closest friends and advisors, rocked the Roman world and set the stage for the development of the Roman Empire. In a similar manner, Judas Iscariot sold his teacher and friend, Jesus Christ, for 30 pieces of silver to those who wanted him dead. Julius and Jesus are two of history’s most influential individuals, making it fitting that their stories are quite similar to each other’s.…

Religion is one of the most controversial topics to have ever existed. Leading to genocide, war, suicide, and several other horrible things, religion has a substantial impact on everyone today. In the 1920’s and 30’s religion was followed heavily by about 94% of Americans. But with such a large cult following is it possible to see a decline in such an influential topic? Religious insecurity can be defined as an uncertainty in ones faith. We see today that “being religious” has declined from 75%…