Does God Love You? Q. What kind of a question is that? Anyone who can read sees signs, tracts, booklets and bumper stickers saying, "God Loves You." Isn't that true? A. It's true that God offers His love to the whole world, as we read in one of the most quoted verses in the Bible: "For God so loved...

The Bible Teaches many truths about itself. 1. It claims God as its author All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. - 2 Timothy 3:16 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any p...

In search of the truth, I found life. Researching this book has opened my eyes and my mind to understanding my faith. Through eyewitnesses and Biblical accounts, historical facts and archaeological findings, we can develop knowledge of our faith through substantial evidence. The historicity and...

1. Introduction A covenant in a religious and Biblical sense is essentially an agreement ".... between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return." (Covenant) As will be discussed in this paper, the meaning of covenant is...

The Seven Churches There are seven letters written in the book of Revelations in chapters two and three. Each letter was written to a specific church. All seven letters are personally from Christ written by John. This paper is going to explain general information about the letters then give deta...

All of my life as a Christian I have been truly scared to read the book of Revelation, but I must admit that I now have a new profound outlook on the book. Revelation is a book of hope for God's people. It is also about the future and about the present as well. For it offers future hope to al...

Historical Analysis: Feeding of Five Thousand Summary as it appears in the Gospels Mark (6:31-44); Matthew (14:13-21); Luke (9:10-17); John (6:1-14) The Feeding of Five Thousand begins with a large crowd following Jesus to a deserted place. When Jesus notices the crowd he begins teaching them....

"Who is God" So many people have a false interpretation of who God really is. Understanding who God really is can clear up a lot of false pretences (ideas) that so many people have about Him. According to the Bible, there are a number of different names and interpretations for who ...

What are the last things? The last things is a term used to describe what will happen when the world comes to an end. In the bible, God tells us: "For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God...." (...

Should one fully read the opening four Gospels of the New Testament, he or she can find many similar patterns of literature and themes affording much attention to detail and study. This is what someone such as Merriam Webster would define as the "Synoptic Gospels". So, what are and ho...

The Organization of the Early Church. According to The Acts of the Apostles, the church began on the day of the first Pentecost, but the need for the development of the church is presented well before it's actual creation. The gospels of Matthew and John reveal the apostles preparation by ...

A FINAL FAREWELL: THE LAST SUPPER Luke's gospel is the most insightful and richly literary of the synoptic gospels. With his interesting outlook and purposeful style of writing, he included the account of the last supper and all of its preparation with the intent of foreshadowing the death...

Should one fully read the opening four Gospels of the New Testament, he or she can find many similar patterns of literature and themes affording much attention to detail and study. This is what someone such as Merriam Webster would define as the "Synoptic Gospels". So, what are and how can...

Should one fully read the opening four Gospels of the New Testament, he or she can find many similar patterns of literature and themes affording much attention to detail and study. This is what someone such as Merriam Webster would define as the "Synoptic Gospels". So, what are and how can...

Will It Be Jesus or St. Paul The formation of Christianity is an argumentative topic that has a variety of view points. Both Jesus and St. Paul have contributed a lot in the formation of the Christian religion. There are a lot of similarities in the teachings of Jesus and St. Paul, but both of t...

Christianity and communication can never be separated, because the essence of religion itself is communication between man and God. While some religions hold that the gods were discovered like historical artifacts, Christianity holds that the first humans, Adam and Eve, were in direct communicatio...

How can Scripture be of value for contemporary Christian ethics? "Christians are often described as 'people of the Book'... we acknowledge the Bible as embodying divine revelation and for this reason continually look to Scripture for instruction as to what we should believe and wh...

Religion 450 Was Paul a Male Chauvinist or a Proponent of Women's Rights? The issue of Paul and women has been a hotly debated topic since the beginning of the early Christian church. Some have argued, using scriptural support that Paul advocated for the subordination of women. Others, howe...

Of all the Roman officials in Palestine, none were more hated than the publicans. The fact that the taxes were imposed by a foreign power was a continual irritation to the Jews, being a reminder that their independence had departed. At the time Christ was born, Israel had been under Roman dominati...

Being A Born Again Christian First lets start with a background of Christianity. What is a Christian? #The term "Christian" comes from the Greek word christianos which means Christ-man, or an adherent of Jesus Christ. In the Bible, this word was first used as a nickname, a term...