The Poisonwood Bible

The first four Gospels of the New Testament, Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John, all present information about the same things; Jesus’s birth, life, ministry, death, and resurrection. Through them we find out how Jesus was born, Jesus’s teachings, about the followers and disciples of Jesus, miracles, and Jesus’s final days. Most of the gospels seem to paint the same picture, it is even widely accepted that the Gospels of Matthew, and Luke were largely based on or influenced by the Gospel of Mark.…

Women's roles during this time period were very different from their roles today. In the Knight's Tale you can see that women had very different roles in society. Women are shown in many different ways throughout this story. They are portrayed through religion,being valued as trophies, and being lesser compared to men. These are the portrayals that i found most important in the Knight's tale. Women are portrayed as religious figures throughout the story. They are often in the church or…

Psalms 111 is a psalm of praise. We are to praise him all day long as well as at home in our secret place. We are not to just praise him in the sanctuary in front of others for all to see, God asks our praise to be the same whether we are in private or in public. Psalms 111 is a praise that is not bashful in exultation. Verse 1-5 speaks of the word Hallelujah; Hallelujah tells us whatever we call others to do, we must be willing to do ourselves if we are asking them to praise God in our own…

time my father would call me up, I began to feel very nervous, but I knew I couldn't back out of it now. I had to fulfill my assignment. Then my father began to introduce me as the speaker, and I decided to put my nerves to the side. I picked up my Bible and my notes and began to walk from my usual seat at the keyboard to the pulpit. As I took the microphone from my father and began to greet the congregation, I felt my anxiety begin to dissipate. I saw the excitement on everyone's face and I…

Starting from the Garden of Eden, and continuing throughout our existence, God has repeatedly revealed to mankind His expectations, and the consequences of trespass against Him. He has clearly given rules to follow, and laws to abide by; First to Adam and Eve, then to every generation that has followed. He has also continually given us a clear and defined way out of sin, and back into a relationship with Him. In Leviticus, God “…established laws for proper covenant worship and for ritual…

A narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson upholds its cultural relevance by revealing from a first person point of view of her times during captivity. Rowlandson gives us an insight of both before and after her captivity and her perspective of the Indians. In addition throughout Rowlandson difficult times she describes how her faith in God influenced her survival through the cruel moments of her captivity. Her context describes the truculent conflict of being a…

In the book, it explains how Rahab’s words dominate the rest of the chapter, at the part the king of Jericho finds out that the spies are at her house. The narrator explains how Rahab protects the spies, hiding them under flax on the roof and then helping them escape. In her own words, Rabab tells the men of the king a lie that sends them to look for spies on the road to the fords of the Jordan River. Some readers are shocked that she would lie and yet have the respect she achieved in the book…

Genesis 34 is a passage filled with sin. Contextually one might question the characters action and ponder their lawfulness. However it's not the law that we live by that dictates and predates these actions. There is no divine sanction for the acts of Simeon and Levi (Jacob's 2nd and 3rd sons respectively). Remember the tragedies that take place in this chapter and the confusing morals all stem from the concept of compromise whether fulfilled or not. I write the paper as a testament of my…

The Authenticity of the Bible In today's society the Bible is brought up for many controversial reasons. The main argument about the Bible is that it is not true. To argue truth you must know what truth really means. Truth is defined as "That which is true or in accordance with fact or reality." Therefore, what is real is true and what is unreal is false. There are plenty of facts in the bible and in our history that make the Bible true. Archeological facts and discoveries, medical facts,…

“ The Price of The Ticket “ by Karen Thorsen. It’s a documentary about a great man called James Baldwin. The documentary is about what he went through in his life. James Baldwin was a proud African American novelist, writer, and civil rights activist. Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924 in Harlem, He was a smart and knowledgeable man who loved to spend a lot of time reading and writing in the library. When James Baldwin wrote his novels he addressed many social issues and personal issues in his…