A better understanding of this passage will allow us to see how Jesus taught his disciples and the Pharisees about the love and grace of God. ... And so the boy starts out for the far country. ... Because of the famine this boy does not know what to do. ... Many would say that this young boy was a sinner, and is going to be saved. When this boy was living at home with the father and was in fellowship with him, he was a son, and there was never any question about that. ...

• Word Count: 3350
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Later, facing death by starvation once again, the boy spots a house in the distance, and the house turns out to have food in it (202). ... And, of course, there is the boy's encounter with the shotgun-toting veteran after the death of his father (281). ... Ely wonders about being the last person left alive: "Suppose you were the last one left? ... The uncertainty about God's presence exists not just in the universe of The Road but also in the mind of the man. ... On an earlier occasion, kneeling Job-like in ashes (Job 2:8), the man expresses doubt about God's existence: "Are you...

• Word Count: 8991
• Approx Pages: 36
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Father Zosima tells her a story about a saint who comforts a grieving mother, like herself, who had lost her only child. ... The boy tires to provoke Alyosha to fight him, but Alyosha won't have it. The boy realizing that he won't attack ran at Alyosha and bit his hand. ... The boy that bit Alyosha's finger had a reason, which you find out about later, but the other boys who were throwing stones at the him had been making fun of him earlier that day and he wanted vengeance, and it just so happened that Alyosha came along. ... He needs sunshine, childish play,...

• Word Count: 2613
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

This idea reiterates Blake's anxieties about the current deteriorating condition of London. ... When talking about songs of innocence as title implies, the views offered in these songs about religion are very innocent and naive. ...

• Word Count: 2556
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

" There is a house burning down and the little boy is trapped on the second floor. ... The boy has a choice, stay in the room and die, or take a leap of faith into his father's arms. ... Abram lived about 2,000 years before Christ lived. ... Let's talk about the circumstances of Abram's calling. ... The second lesson that can be taught is about patience. ...

• Word Count: 3094
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Wiesel spends most of his time thinking about God. ... Wiesel describes the scene when a young boy is being executed: "'Where is He? ... These people feel that God is alive and just doesn't care about the Jews and their suffering. ...

• Word Count: 2963
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I kept thinking, "Boy, if he could only see how things are now!" ... (Matthew 24:12) It's so easy to become complacent about the way things are today. ... Any image we build in our minds about God that is not from His word is an idol. ... I asked him if he had ever been told about Jesus Christ. ... I thought, "Since when is this something to laugh about?" ...

• Word Count: 2596
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Religion is the practice of belief, in most cases identifying to the existence of a divine, transcendent being or beings. The proposals of Plato selected to be discussed will adhere to a general definition that religion is "a strong belief in a supernatural power that control human destiny".1 This w...

• Word Count: 2979
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives ...

• Word Count: 9352
• Approx Pages: 37
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School