John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath relates in many ways to the Bible and the book of Exodus: the people torn from their homes, the journey towards a land "of milk and honey", Tom Joad representing Moses, Jim Casy symbolizing Moses, Aaron and Christ, and the troubles they face on the...

"A basket made of bulrushes, and daubed it with bitumen and pitch; and she put the child in it and placed it among the reed at the river bank."# Amazingly, this is describing what a mother of three months was forced to do in order to keep her newborn child alive. Knowing that all Hebrew boys were...

The issue of a jihad, or holy war is a term brought from the bible to give bearing to the conquest of the land of one by the request of God. If and what relevance does this term have to the world as we know it today? The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is a prime example that it is still an issu...

Barnabas was a native of the island of Cyprus. His birthplace makes him a Jew of the Diaspora, the dispersion of Jews outside Palestine or modern Israel. He was originally named Joseph but the apostles called him Barnabas, he probably acquired this name because of his ability as a preacher. The...

Homosexuality God ordained that sex should be used within the context of a monogamous heterosexual relationship. Homosexual practices are contrary to God's ordained pattern for human beings. In addition, the Bible speaks out explicitly and forcefully against homosexual practices. The Old Te...

Man and God A conflict exists between leaders and lay members alike in two of the world's mainstream religions. Christianity and Islam, are in conflict or their respective stances over their disagreement over the divinity of man and God. The philosophical perspective held by each of these...

In the Gospel According to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, repentance and forgiveness are discussed explicitly. These acts serve as our attempt to become better Christians. Only in repenting our sins and working for their forgiveness are we able to embrace the workings of God. Additionall...

Gods Commandments, our Only Moral Standard? I have decided to discuss the subject of God and morality. Has God had an impact on morality in the world? Are there morals outside of gods commands, outside of religion all together? The two subjects that will help to answer this question are Cultura...

The Death Penalty Life is the most wonderful gift that God gives man. He also gives mankind the power to do what one wishes with that life. One can keep it and guard it or one can take it away. It follows that murder is the worst crime anyone could ever commit. It is a crime that no one can ever m...

A licensed electrician cannot produce power by taping two same sex plugs together. Granting same-sex couples a license to marry will not create true marriage. Neither two men nor two women can become one flesh. Licensing the unnatural does not make it natural. It would be a sate-sanctioned counterfe...

Gay Marriage Throughout this core class, we have spent most of our time looking at the minorities and seeing the problems that they face, whether it be racism, being oppressed, or discriminated against. For this paper I have decided to focus on one minority group, the gay community. Even though ...

Violence in the Bible In the Bible, there are a range of references related to violence. It is a reoccurring theme in the Old and New Testament. The acts of violence are either at the hand of God as a form of divine retribution against the sins of man or acts of jealousy and revenge by the mort...

The most severe form of punishment of all legal sentences is that of death. This is referred to as the death penalty, or "capital punishment"; this is the most severe form of corporal punishment, requiring law enforcement officers to actually kill the offender. It has been banned in numero...

Question: What attitude or attitudes did the Reformations take towards popular religious forms? And how did the Reformations themselves come to embody ritual elements? The Reformation was a period of much social unrest. Whilst there existed a physical struggle evident upon the surface, un...

Baptism: A Comparison of the Biblical Tradition with Modern Denominational Practices. One of the main reasons for the different denominations is their core, or fundamental, difference of belief concerning baptism. I hope to show many of the individual beliefs that are held by the different ...

Hate Crimes In America Did you know that people with blonde hair have low I.Q.s? Or that people less than five feet tall are more likely to spread a disease? How about that people with brown eyes are really worshipers of Satan? That did not sound very logical, did it? No,...

Moral Grounds Moral judgements are unavoidable. As it is to be expected, there is no single perspective on how to judge or evaluate moral decisions that everyone will agree with. One reason being is people's view on morality differs. In this case, morality refers to the beliefs that tell u...

Capital Punishment Capital punishment is the lawful infliction of the death penalty. Since ancient times it has been used to punish criminals for a wide variety of offenses. Capital punishment has been imposed for such serious crimes as armed robberies, murder, kidnappings, rape, and treason. C...

A sinful act is one, which breaks a set of rules. Christianity, this is God's law. To Christians a sin is an act that falls short of God's intention or disobeys his word. In this essay I will discuss how various Christian groups judge sin and decide which acts are sinful. These groups ...

In the world there are many acts of violence most of which is committed by teenagers. Is this the entertainments i ndustries fault? I feel it is. If you watch television shows such as Jackass, Tom Green, Simpson's with the cartoon Itchy and Scratchy, they all have some sort of violence in ...

Does God call us to worship Him because He needs our worship? This is the question that runs through many people's minds when going to worship at church. Does God command us to worship Him because His ego needs a boost? No! Worship was created not for His benefit, but for our benefit. The particula...

1a) Situation Ethics was developed by an Anglican theologian, Joseph Fletcher as a result of his assessment of Legalism and Antinomianism. Legalism is the idea that there are fixed moral laws which are to be obeyed at all times. Antinomianism is the idea that there are no fixed moral principles but ...

Leviticus 18 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. This verse refers to the abominations of sexual sin (such as having a sexual relationship with the same sex) Many people perceive this verse as life t...

(A letter from me to crystalfalcon who is a pagan with a scientific mindset. I know witnessing is't about winning arguements. But I consider evolution to be an insult to every human that was ever brout up into exhistance. Me and crystalfalcon have had an on-going dialogue for two weeks now. The whol...

Thomas Jefferson's attitude toward Christianity seems as far left as anyone. From some of his writings, one may think that he is against God and everything that he stands for. But, Jefferson does state that he is a Christian "to the precepts of Jesus himself" Jefferson Packet p 1122. He believe...