However, biblical texts provide an incontrovertible message in which Christian disciples must support their neighbors. ... In addition, James" message is coherent with the actions and beliefs of Jesus Christ. ... The life of Jesus Christ, in conjunction with the message of biblical texts, presents insight about how to deal with our responsibilities towards our neighbors in the context of modern daily life. ... Thus, Biblical texts and Jesus Christ guide all of us to answer God's call by evaluating our neighbors" requests as if we were in their situation. ... Biblical texts stress...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Exaggeration has been used in literature for over two thousand years as a powerful way to drive home a message. ... Unfortunately, when it comes to Bible text, use of exaggeration is often times yet another cause for disagreement and controversy. ... Their messages were different as well as the literary methods they chose to make a point. ... Also, a rare example of how a few lines of simple text can turn brother against brother and cause more than a few a sleepless night. ... Actually, the entire Bible is stock full of uses of exaggeration to send a message that the writer felt ext...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The earliest recorded text teaching Christianity has its roots buried deep within Judaism. ... Paul carried the message of the Messiah to the Gentiles. His missionary journeys and establishment of churches enabled the spreading of the message throughout the Roman Empire. ... We have lost much relative to our belief in Jesus Christ and his message. ... As a whole, I envision the more society advances, the more we move away from the roots of the Lord's message. ...

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Because each religion relies on different primary sources to provide interpretation or exegesis as his title states, Basser uses these texts as references to show the reader how each side would formulate their respective opinions on the argument at hand. ... In addition, Basser's primary sources include the Mishnah, the Babylonian Talmud, sections of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as many others that as a critical reviewer I should have read, but as a twenty-one year old college student with a moderate interest in Jewish and/or Christian historical texts, I have never even heard of, let a...

• Word Count: 1460
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This can be a difficult task since there is not a record of exactly what was being said, so only remarks made in the text itself can give a clue. ... It seems also from Paul's remarks that many women in the church had been converted to this message and they were being persuaded to renounce their traditional roles in favor of a more egalitarian way of life in line with their new-found spirituality. ... She accepted the Gospel message from Paul and Silas while at a place of prayer. ... Paul's main concern was the spread of the Gospel and that the message could be made ...

• Word Count: 1918
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• Grade Level: High School

"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. ... For instance John Newton, author of "Amazing Grace", claimed the song lacked the message of God. ... Some orthodox Christians argue that imagery in music detracts us from the actual meaning of the words, and we focus more on the emotional state of the music, not the message of the song. ...

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Using a wedding banquet as the setting for this parable allows people to apply the message of God to their everyday lives. ... By presenting the text in the form of a parable, the message of God's will is omitted in a historical and cultural context that enables society to comprehend the meaning behind the words chosen by Matthew....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

You might be saying to yourself "Yeah, the text could have been distorted over the years!" ... Albright quotes saying "The Bible towers in content above all earlier religious literature; and it towers just as impressively over all subsequent literature in the direct simplicity of its message and the catholicity of its appeal to men of all lands and times" (The Christian Century, November, 1958) ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the section immediately preceding our text (15:3-11), Paul recites of the tradition he has passed onto them. ... If this were the case, then we would be misrepresenting God, in as much as the Christian message is the word that Jesus Christ has been raised from the dead. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

According to the text (pg 93) it suggested that Matthew is portraying Jesus as the new Moses. ... Jesus' message here is that when you become small in your own eyes, you are ready to depend on God for your blessings. ...

• Word Count: 2010
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School