The Bible Essay

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver is basically The Wizard of Oz just ever so slightly longer. In the story of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy is forever changed from her actions and experiences in Oz into a better person. While in the Congos, Rachel from the The Poisonwood Bible is morally changed from being bad to downright lousy. This Price sister represents America in the story of…

Understanding the inspiration of Scripture is vital to understanding how the Bible that we have came into being. There are several different theories as to how the Bible was inspired, such as the dynamic and verbal theories. According to Millard J. Erickson in his book, “Introducing Christian Doctrine”, the dynamic theory “emphasizes the combination of divine and human elements in the process of inspiration and of the writing of the Bible”, while the verbal theory “insists that the Holy Spirit’s…

We should be teaching bibles in schools because we should know why we was created and why there is so much crime in this world and how was the world created and why they decided to ban the bibles in schools.In the commencement God created heaven and Earth. The earth itself had no shape , it was empty and full darkness and covered with water. The spirit of god came over the water , and God said , “let there be light” and there was light , and God saw that the light was perfect. And then God…

saved. Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. The Bible clearly states God 's promise to all who believe in Him, offering eternal life in Heaven with Him. God To learn about God and who He is, one must crack open a book called the…

Basically since I was old enough to be taken out of our house, I went to church with my family. I learned all of the Bible stories, and I could sing “Jesus Loves Me” pretty well. About a month before I turned 6, I was staying with a family friend while my parents were at work. When we were doing devotion time, Joy (the family friend) introduced me to man named Jesus. She told me that he was a forever friend that could live in my heart. When I went home that day, I told my parents that I wanted…

Even amongst the most conservative christians, one cannot dismiss the fact that there were a myriad of women in the Bible who not only had leadership positions amongst God’s people, but there were those who were gifted and capable of teaching and preaching the Gospel to all people. First, we must clarify what the text means in reference to women being “silent”(1 Tim. 2:11) and what Paul refers to when he says; “I do not permit a woman to speak” (1 Cor. 14:34). According to Duff, In 1 Timothy…

Basically, BDSM and non-traditional sex dynamics, specifically that which involves sex with partners other than a spouse, embodies the sins the bible teaches Christians to try to avoid and thus very much conflict with the Bible’s…

When it comes to interpreting the Bible, the word “inerrant” has been misused in such a way that has led people to overlook the message intended by God. The mistreatment of this word has brought about attempts to study the Bible as if it were a book of history, science, or philosophy. The sermon combats these misapplications by reminding its audience of the proper use of God’s word, the importance of its divine message, and its claims concerning its own inerrancy. The sermon resonates with me…

For over two-thousand and five-hundred years the Old Testament has been accepted by many as historically accurate and inspired by God. Likewise, after the King James Version of the Holy Bible was published, it was considered by the Protestants to be the only accurate version of the Holy Bible and was infallible. The historical criticism of both the Old and New Testament began in middle 1700AD and since early 1900AD a more scientific view became established concerning the history of the texts of…

Caleb Bower BLIT 250: Biblical Hermeneutics Dr. Murphy April 11, 2016 1 Thessalonians is one of the thirteen Pauline Epistles in the New Testament. 1 Thessalonians 4: 1-8 will be the passage studied in this paper. The passage from the NIV Bible says: Living to Please God 4 As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. 2 For you know what…