1. A Close Reading of Doctor Faustus (Act II)
The Gospels After reading the last portions of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in The Gospels and after watching Jesus Christ, Superstar, I realized that several parts of the movie were not exactly as I had imagined while reading the bible. ... After reading the Gospels, Judas is viewed as a sinner, and horrible unfaithful man, but after watching the movie, I did not have such a bad opinion of Judas. ... In conclusion, the choices made by the director to give importance to Magdalene, to make the movie from Judas' point of view, and to have a different ending, made the movie appear extre...
In reading and comparing the two literary works of Genesis and the New Testament, Genesis represents the beginning of how the earth was created and laid the foundation of how God wanted the universe to operate. ... In the beginning, Adam and Eve had broken the trust of God and sent mankind a curse that would later revealed as the shedding of Jesus' blood, would be the only way to redeem mankind. ... The reading it states that "the Lord God fashioned the human, humus soil, blew into his nostrils the breath of life" (Simon, 95). According to the reading it was God's original ...
It reflects both the view that it was the first to be written, a view that goes back to the late second century A.D., and the esteem in which it was held by the church; no other was so frequently quoted in the literature of earliest Christianity. ... This all can be touched on throughout the reading of the Gospel According to Mathew. ... After reading this book I have come to a conclusion that there is too much hate in the world today, as it was in the days of Jesus. ... I have learned a lot from reading the Gospel According to Mathew. ...
In reading the Gospel of Mark, one might realize that there are many stories of great significance. ... By reading some of the books in the Old Testament, one might understand the readings better. ... By doing this it shows the audience that Matthew's gospel was written later then Mark's. ... When first reading the two Gospels, one might think that Matthew's Gospel is better but then one realizes that he got his ideas from that of Mark. ...
Studying for exams, making new friends, joining on campus activities, exercising, more reading than high school, and working are all components that are hard to prioritize and manage. ... Jimmy Kim, a sophomore, agrees that "God was pushed aside and delayed until later because I always had something else going on. Unfortunately, "later" never came and my devotional time rapidly decreased. ...
The Thanksgiving and Praise to God really leads into the next section of reading, from 1 Pet 1:10 through 1 Pet 2:3, the author makes noticeable that we were saved by grace. ... Theme While reading the book of 1 Peter several times over, I began to notice that the author was writing toward a group of Christians were going through a great amount of suffering in one way or another. ... Whether Peter meant to quote verses or whether those were put in later and whether he meant to speak to Christians who were going through suffering or not, He wrote this letter through God's inspiration And...
Personal reflection *To the instructor: The outline is to assist the instructor, and any other readers of the exegesis for that matter, in reading the numbered paragraphs that follow. ... Initial intuition subsequent to reading this Markan passage will make one have a different perspective of the Jesus that we know, given that all metaphors are properly interpreted, based on the more widely accepted construal. ... It is through deeper understanding of not only historical context but also of literal dissection of the passage that one can read and comprehend the absolute essence o...
She is later put in jail for practicing witchcraft, which she never did, but was able to live longer because she was impregnated. ... As the reader finds out later, Giles is tempted to confess names by being crushed by rocks, thinking this would force him to speak. ... When reading the play you could see her hidden fear that everyone would finally be aware of all the lies she made up in the beginning and then the lies she later created up to cover up the first lies. ...
The Salvation Army is an international movement that helps people who are poverty stricken or poor due to other reasons. They have people stationed all over the world that dedicate their lives to people who are less fortunate then themselves. The Salvation Army is considered a denomination of the ...
"Messiah" is an oratorio (a sacred text set to music without drama) and was first performed on 13th April 1742 in Dublin and received its London premiere nearly a year later. ... L Block comments that through "Messiah", the listener is invited to journey with the music, down into the depths of depravity and later raised up in the glorious "Hallelujah chorus". ... He asked his congregations not to show up to the performances of the song and said that 'true Christians' would achieve more by reading the bible than listening to the song. ...
"By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, he obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. ... The enemy can be very suttle with his attacks and like Peter and king Uziah we can end up committing a direct sin against God without even realizing it until its too late. ... The word of God is 100%true and so we can learn from the lives of these men of God simply by reading His word. ...
While reading the similar translated stories of the Koran and the Bible, one can get the impression that the people or the judges would acknowledge a leader for their tribes due to their connection with God. ... The plagues included, were the turning of the water into blood, infestations of frogs, lice and flies, the plague of locusts which devoured their crops, and the final plague being the death of the first born.22 With the final plague came the death of the Pharaohs son and the release of the Jews.23 Only later did the Egyptians begin to pursue the released Hebrews, cha...
The Rich Young Man The Rich Young Man is a story about a young man who is attempting to reach the kingdom of God. The young man asks Jesus what he needs to do in order to gain eternal life. Jesus simply tells him to follow the Commandments. They are you shall not kill, you shall not commit ad...
What Really Matters? After reading the last book of Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, one main theme seemed to be the most prevalent and emphasized throughout the text. This idea is that there is really only one thing that Christianity exists for. Christianity exists for the sole purpose of making b...
Cause and Effect Society is always changing, we keep moving towards a world where hard task are easier to accomplish. For instance, communication is not a problem any more; cellular phones, internet, and all the technology involved are making our lives effortless. However, they are consuming a big...
While Confucius was the first to advocate: "Do not do to others what you yourself would not desire", 500 years later in an entirely separate place and time, Jesus declares: "Do for others what you yourself desire". ... The world in its state at present could most certainly benefit by reading through The Analects and the Bible and thinking through what two of the most inspirational spiritual leaders of their time had to say. ...
Later in Matthew's Gospel there was two chapters that caught my attention because the language, and the way they are presented are completely different. ... When reading Matthew's gospel I have never really focused on some of the things presented that truly have symbolic meaning. ...
Here we have our requirements for baptism as laid out by the Bible: 1) You must repent of your sins 2) You must be immersed in water 3) You must come to be baptized (not be brought) Later in Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus adds to these requirements that the believer: 4)Be baptized by another believer 5)Be baptized in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit According to the scriptures "John the son of Zechariah i...
I must warn you that reading this may put in danger the view you have of God and his relationship with mankind. ... A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living...
I call the theory temporary disembodiment because it envisions the following scenario: We human beings are born, live for a time as psycho-physical beings, and then die; after death we exist in an incomplete state as immaterial souls; and some time later in the eschaton God miraculously raises our bodies from the ground, transforms them into "glorified bodies," and reunites them with our souls, thus making us complete and whole again.Now temporary disembodiment has several theological and philosophical assets. ... The explanation (which naturally goes far beyond Jesus' simple statement) i...
