The Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount is one of Jesus' most quoted, and most referenced teachings. The Sermon, a guideline to Christian behavior, worship, and spirituality, is found in the Gospel According to Matthew, chapters 5, 6, and 7. The sermon is broken into a vast array of ideol...

The Fall of Satan from Paradise: Cause? Effect? The Fall of Satan from Paradise Lost, by John Milton, is an epic poem, which illustrates of Satan's rebellion and exile from the great celestial city. In the poem Satan stands up against The Almighty GOD and as a result he is cast out of heaven ...

In Europe during the Middle Ages, being dominated by an evil entity was a terrifying possibility, especially for the pious. Emerging science was overshadowed by the Catholic religious conformity attempting to control social and economic upheavals of burgeoning nations claiming divine right. An inten...

As you read the "Strength to Love" you start to realize how today's society is filled with hatred and has been overcome by great amounts of evil. I think that this is what Martin Luther King wanted to get through to the reader as he wrote this book of sermons. Not only was the socie...

The speeches of Moloch, Belial, Mammon, and Beelzebub represent particular ways of looking at life. Milton derived these views from I John 2:15 and 16 which says, "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the w...

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...

Critical Analysis Worthy of Being Called In Ephesians 4:1-3, we read, "As a prisoner of the Lord, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit thro...

For a long time I have had a vast interest in a small sculpture located in my parent's entryway. This sculpture is a figure with four arms, stands on one leg atop what appears to be a baby, and wears a funny looking headdress of some sort. For years I've wondered why this little man had four arm...

Satan in Isaiah 14:12 - 15 was cast out from heaven. He and his followers were cast out of heaven and down to hell. Satan's sins are innumerable, but the one that got him throne out of heaven was being envious of God and trying to set himself up higher than God. Satan, the bible says in Jame...

Milton's Depiction of the Serpent as Satan John Milton's use of the serpent to represent the evil of Satan captures the depth and detail that is implied in the Bible pertaining to the Beast that is Satan. (Rev 12:3-18, 13: 1-8) Milton first introduced the reader to the character Satan...

In Celsus' On The True Doctrine, I believe that there are four arguments of Celsus against Christianity that, in my view, best represent the Roman philosophical world-view and values. The first of the four arguments I believe to be of importance is that of the virgin birth. Jesus claims to be ...

The Never Ending Saga The Pagan's epic poem Beowulf is a heroic saga about the young prince, Beowulf, who goes overseas to fight the kinsmen's of Satan, which in the story is referred to as the descendents of Cain. The story explains the battles that every one will fight in their own ...

Christianity versus Islam Christianity, the largest religion in the world, has followers in every country. Islam is the second largest religion in the world. About 20% of the world's population follow it. It is the fastest growing religion. In a few years, it is reported that Islam will be the...

Edward Taylor Journal I selected "The Experience" by Edward Taylor. I think that I picked it because when I read it, I felt like I knew what he was talking about in a sense. Maybe it is because it is very similar to the journal that we recently did about our own spiritual experience....

Vision, reality, and attitude, how would one define these three terms? Are they all related in some way? Vision is defined as the manner in which one sees or conceives of something. Reality is defined as the quality or state of being actual or true. Attitude is defined as a state of mind or a f...

The first of these displays of God's will in this passage was of revenge toward a sailor. He was as Bradford described him "a proud and very profane young man... of a lusty, able body." The sailor would "always be condemning the poor people" of the Mayflower because of thei...

Augustine "I loved the happy life but I feared to find it in Your house and so I ran from it even as I sought after it. I thought that I would be miserable if I were kept from a woman's arms. I did not believe that a cure for this disease lay in Your mercy; I had no experience of such a cure. ...

Hamlet's famous speech on whether it's worthwhile living or doing anything needs little comment. He says it seems to him that life is not worth living, mostly because people treat each other so stupidly and badly. We also suffer from disease and old age -- even living too long is a "calamity". But H...

Did God Create evil or did man? Ever since the beginning of time, our reality has been based on the conflict between good and evil. From the story of Adam and Eve to modern day and everything done by the human race has been a battle between these two. Many theologians and scholars have trie...

" ...The beauty of the dream had vanished and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart." Chapter 5, page 56. A work conceived in beauty, an ultimate goal in mind, To create a human being, from bodies souls left behind. Misguided good intentions, a man determined to succeed...

Chris Pringle Phil 2010 Sept 25, 2000 B.C.E. or B.C. In the past couple weeks I have learned much about Hinduism. I am going to explain the differences between this religion and Christianity. First I will start off by trying to explain Hinduism. The definition of Hinduism is pretty much non-exis...

Chris Pringle Phil 2010 Sept 25, 2000 B.C.E. or B.C. In the past couple weeks I have learned much about Hinduism. I am going to explain the differences between this religion and Christianity. First I will start off by trying to explain Hinduism. The definition of Hinduism is pretty much non-exis...

20 keys to Successful Parenting Complied by Linda Wright Instructor Cheril ThompsonParents need to live in a consistent life one in which they exercise control. Parents must live by what they believe in so that their children may see the example they set. If parents do this then their chi...

DID GOD CREATE EVIL OR DID MAN? Ever since the beginning of time our reality has been based on the conflict between good and evil. From the story of Adam and Eve to modern day and everything done by the human race has been a battle between these two. Many theologians and scholars have tried to...

The Leviathan and The Behemot: Dinosaur, Dialect, or Diety From the Romans to the Greek to the Kush to the Egyptians, folklore has been handed down from generation to generation. In most cases this folklore transcends any one religion and carries over into the next. Much like the Romans ad...