"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 ...

From the time humans first developed the capacity to verbally communicate, they looked to the heavens and developed varying beliefs in a power beyond their limited comprehension or understanding. This power is known by many today simply as God. Since the dawn of mankind, most religions have attemp...

Throughout literature, many writers have alluded to stories in the Bible. Whether it's from the Old Testament or the New Testament, writers have paid references to Biblical stories. In literary analysis, this is called an allusion. The Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary defines an allusion as ...

Judy Beaty GREL 1003: Principals of Biblical Faith Prof. J. Gordon Eisenman 11 October 2000 Why do we need the Covenants? Could mere obedience to law bring about forgiveness of sins and salvation? God's whole plan of salvation is promised and understood through the Covenants. Many...

Homosexuality within the Church: An Issue of Religious Liberty The Argument If one were to ask your stance on homosexuality within the Christian church and your reasoning behind your views, how would you answer them? I find that most Christians I have talked with take a rather conservativ...

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...

How do internal evidences help us confirm that thirty-nine books comprise Old Testament canon? Many religious books were written during the period of the Old and New Testaments. Which of these books rightfully belongs to the Bible, and which should be excluded from it? On what grounds are some w...

The evidence for the life of Jesus Christ is almost entirely restricted to the four Gospels as found in the Holy Bible. According to Timothy George, Jesus was born "shortly before the death of King Herod the Great in 4 B.C.E.," although the exact date has not been determined (2003, 45). He...

Religion: An Arbitrary Experience The image of God appears in many texts, but more importantly appears inside everyone. Ever person on the planet has a certain outlook on God and although many people have similar views everyone still disagrees because of minuscule details. This combined with ever...

Rousseau's, "The Social Contract", published in 1762 after the success of his of several of his previous works, became one of the most influential pieces of abstract political thought in Western tradition. Many historians have in fact argued that Rousseau's abstract theories on t...

The Messiah Kaiser is presenting his approach on understanding the Messianic passages in the Old Testament with the views of the promise that God had given Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David. He spends three chapters in his book on the Psalms, in the light of the promise to David. He feels that ther...

Maturity falls into two categories, physical maturity and psychological maturity. For most people, physical maturity occurs in any case, whereas only those who quest for self-identity achieve psychological maturity. James Baldwin depicts this kind of maturity in Go Tell It On The Mountain via the pr...

Biography Phillis Wheatley was born in West Africa around the year 1753. She was only a few years younger than Thomas Jefferson, yet her life was very different. Phillis Wheatley was kidnaped and sold into slavery at age seven to a wealthy Boston family, Mr. and Mrs. John Wheatley. Although she ...

My Visit to A Roman Catholic Church Growing up, my family never practiced any religion. My parents educated me on what religion was and why certain people practice certain religions, and basically left it up to me to figure out what religious path, if any, I would want for myself, as I grew olde...

In 1954, the Pledge of Allegiance was changed to include the phrase "under God." In the last few years, the controversy over this phrase has grown substantially to where it has become a problem. Many Americans do not see any harm in this phrase because they believe in God, but our forefa...