Samaritan

exorcised from the mad man were utterly ungrateful and demanded that Jesus leave their country. Jesus left and it was not recorded anywhere that he went back to these ungrateful hearts and land. When Jesus healed the ten lepers, it was an unlikely Samaritan that returned to give thanks to God. Jesus pronounced him whole because he demonstrated an act of gratitude (Luke 17:22-29). Nine were healed but only one out of the ten was totally restored. This was because he was…

As I remember the days of the tragic Historic Flood that happen on August 13, 2016; in Baton Rouge, LA many of my family members, and friends were affected, and it was very devastating and terrifying all at once. Even though I myself wasn’t affected as much by the Historic Flood I still endured a lot of emotional disbelief for my family and friends. I felt heart broken by what was actually happening to my family and friends, all I could think about at the time was lending out any help I could to…

If you were to google pictures of “war zone” and then google again “riots” you would see a lot of similarities between the images: fire, destruction, debris, thick plumes of smoke. These images will give you a good idea as to what transpired and the eventual aftermath, in the evening of the Vancouver Hockey Riot. Some would argue a series of unfortunate events, such as inadequate planning, closing liquor stores early that day, and allowing overcrowding of downtown Vancouver. However what really…

Imagine witnessing a murder. We all would like to think we would have the moral courage to do something. Somehow intervene and save the victim, like super heroes do in movies. However, the reality of it is most people would walk away and not get involved. Bystanders have a responsibility to intervene when there is trouble. They should intervene for three reasons: 1. Expecting someone else to help puts a victim in more danger, 2. Intervening could make the difference in a life and death…

"Increase of knowledge only discovered to me more clearly what a wretched outcast I was. I cherished hope, it is true, but it vanished when I beheld my person reflected in water or my shadow in the moonshine, even as that frail image and that inconstant shade"(Shelley 85). In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein, an aspiring scientist, creates a creature of amazing proportions, and yet shuns it out of his laboratory. After these events, the monster learns that he is indeed hideous,…

Jesus honored women when he taught them theology. He told Martha, ?I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me shall never die? (John 11:25-26). He taught Mary in the Mary-Martha account (Luke 10), and he also taught theology to the Samaritan woman (John 4:9-29). As a result of this incident, his disciples ?marveled that he talked with a woman.? They knew Jesus had clearly violated the rabbinic oral law, which said, ?Let the words of the Law be burned rather than committed to a…

behaviorist, and neither was Paul, both of them were more interested in the heart, Jesus was more interested in the motives than the behavior, and that was evident throughout Jesus ' ministry. In John 4, the Bible tell us about Jesus ' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. Although Jesus did talk about some of her behavior regarding her husbands, Jesus was doing this to encounter her in a deeper level. Jesus was more interested in who she was, than in what she was doing. And he…

FIGURES OF SPEECH IN THE BIBLE (Adapted from McCune) “Generally an expression is figurative when it is out of character with the subject discussed, or is contrary to fact, experience, or observation” (Roy Zuck, Basic Bible Interpretation, p. 145). Matt 19:25 Camel through the eye of a needle (it’s impossible – not explained by a gate in the wall) 1. Recognizing figures of speech • Look for the normal or plain sense first. • Note contradictions, impossibilities, or absurdities in the…

Roger eyed the glasses in Jack’s bloody hand, as the three boys darted along the shore. They were slowly exhausted by the depth of the pale sand that moulded cruelly around their feet. Roger felt like a British officer, charging heroically along the pebbly sand with the stolen plans of the German opposition. The blood in his mouth was bittersweet, however. He once again felt Ralph’s bony fist pounding into his cheek. He experienced the pain in slow motion. Roger swung wildly at a body that…

According to Salvador Dali, surrealist painter, the difference “between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane, and I know I am mad” In Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying , a person who is sane is practical and whose actions can be predicted. Meanwhile, insanity is defined as unconventional actions that can not be explained. Nevertheless, Faulkner 's take on sanity is deeper than opposites written on paper. Sanity can never truly be defined for every being is irrational, and the ability to be…