As a result, there cannot be any true contradictions between any two passages in the Bible. ... Liberal Christians recognize that the writers of the Bible held a variety of beliefs concerning Heaven and Hell, and believe that the beliefs of the authors of the Bible evolved greatly over the approximately 850 years during which the Bible was written. Thus, there is little internal consistency in the Bible on the afterlife. ... They view the various concepts of Hell in the Bible as myths. Although the writers of the Bible sincerely believed in Sheol and Hell, they have no real existence. ...

• Word Count: 1279
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, the Greek Bible can ultimately be understood as responding to the struggles that the Hebrew Bible has with the meaning of God's covenant promise of land for his people. ... The Greek Bible, in turn, enacts this recasting through the repetition of type scenes from the Hebrew Bible in the Greek Bible. Thus, the writings in the Greek Bible are responding to the covenant problem in the Hebrew Bible by taking what was rooted in the physical and moving it to the metaphysical, which ultimately culminates in the Hebrew Bible's promise of physical land becoming a promise of a metaphy...

• Word Count: 2727
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Bible is composed of 66 books, written by countless authors, across several centuries, and in different countries. ... Yet despite all of those statistics, most people still do not what the Bible is really about. Most people have their favorite story or verse, but they may fail to understand the Bible as a whole. ... Roberts begins by breaking the Bible into eight sections that all pertain to God's Kingdom and how he attempted to achieve it, but at every turn man's sin ruined the beauty that God created. ... Christ often refers to the promises from the Old Testament and without k...

• Word Count: 944
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, I have come to change my mind about leadership positions for women in ministry after closely considering the Bible passages those against the ordination of women commonly point to, by looking at examples of Biblical and historical women in ministry, and by coming to an understanding that the gifts of the spirit are imparted to both men and women. ... In terms of women having the highest leadership roles in the church, the Bible does not condemn it, but rather endorses Godly women taking such positions of authority. ... Paul refers to many ordained women in the Bible. ... This is no...

• Word Count: 1399
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The experience of creating community of parish in prayer, Eucharist and sacramental life, in Bible sharing and common life experience nourishes and gives strength, especially in difficult communication situation. ... We need to organize the group with different activities and different purposes like Bible study group, the group devotion to the Mary, the youth movement group, choir group The people in different age can join to different group so that make for the parish have atmosphere or alive. ... In my ministry as a priest, I should focus on my task in preaching and liturgy, catechesis and b...

• Word Count: 1317
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate