My expectations of the movie were very low because I didn't think that a movie could actually make you think about the way you live your life, or the way you think about religion like everybody I had talked to about the movie had said. But it proved me wrong; a movie like this can make you realize many things. ... At first, the movie seems like any other regular movie, but then you start realizing that this movie is deep. ... Like Mark Twain said "Faith is believing in what you know ain't so". ... I really didn't know what to say to my friend when he asked "Well, how did y...

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Most of us know the cliche quote, "if god is for you, then who can be against you," so if god is giving you a gift, and you can turn to him in desperate times to hadle that gift (the child) then the things in life that make parenting "too hard," will start to look like nothing. ... Christ came so that we may have life, and if you take away a life that Jesus Christ died for, it's like slapping god himself in the face. ... To live like Jesus is a goal that most strive for. You will never fully live like Jesus because you sin every day. ... Remember that you molded me li...

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God allows His children to suffer because disappointments strengthen one's character and make them more like Jesus Christ. ... "It was either because you deserved to fail since you didn't choose to obey Him in this area, or it was because He wanted to teach you something, to cleanse you, to make you more like Him" (Arthur, 1997, p. 56). ... "God will use the disappointments of life to teach and train you and to make you more like Jesus Christ. ... This plan, though "perfect," does include hardships and adversities, but it is not the easy times that make you more like Jesus but the...

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I leave it to you. ... "Lord if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water." ... "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?" ... Neo, like Peter, will only realize who he is once he has been reborn. ... Like Peter, Neo has to be reborn in order to change the way he sees things. ...

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You would think he was impersonating God and you wouldn't like him, or be a bit scared that he might kill you because you have "sinned," or you would fall to your knees and believe in him with all your heart and soul. ... This story could have very easily been added when it was being told around towns like gossip. Do you believe everything you hear? ... "If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. ... It is like me asking you what you would ask Santa Clause for Christmas if he existed. ...

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It is not like today where you can just say, "Oh that sounds good, maybe I"ll believe in Christ," and there will be no consequences. ... It would take something very powerful, like a miracle or resurrection to convince me that Jesus was the truth. ... ""Do not be afraid- I know who he is not here; he has risen, like he said"(Mathew, 28:7). ... You don't have a choice though; you have to accept all or nothing. ... And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself." ...

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The verses that struck me the most from this sermon were Mt. 5:11-12 that says, "Blessed are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you falsely on my account. ... Like in the Gospel of Mark Jesus also heals the sick and drives out a number of demons in Matthew's Gospel. ... And he said to them, why are you so frightened, you who have so little faith. ... Jesus says to them, "Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like white washed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of bones of the dead and every ki...

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You have the chance to become whatever you desire - it's a gift that God gives you, » he told me once. ... Like John Bunyan, Chris feels like he is only a pilgrim passing through « the wilderness of this world. ... Every once and a while, you meet one of those special people that you will remember throughout your entire life. ... They build you up when others tear you down. Just when you feel like giving up on society, someone does something that shows that there are still great people out there. ...

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You don"t look like you got a bit of common blood. I know you must come from nice people!" ... Before the Misfit shoots the grandmother, he says "If he did what He said, then it's nothing for you to do but throw everything away and follow Him, and if he didn"t, then it's nothing got you to do but to enjoy the few minutes you got left-(132). ... The grandmother is also symbolized as a God like character when she states, "Why you"re one of my own babies. You"re one of my own children!" ...

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the man replied, yes, but the people look like trees. ... Christ helped the poor and sick, as an act of kindness and to show that if you help others you will be rewarded. ... Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."" ... It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. ... In this parable Jesus explains that the kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. ...

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The ads seem to say, "this could be you." ... Like all myths, the stories these ads tell have a moral to them. ... For example, the Dial soap ads use the slogan, "aren't you glad you use Dial? Don't you wish everyone did?" ... Whereas the Dial ads try to subtly hint that you'll become one of those people cast from society if you don't redeem yourself, the sermons tend to blatantly tell you that you'll become one of those people cast from God's Kingdom if you don't redeem yourself. ...

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The ads seem to say, "this could be you." ... Like all myths, the stories these ads tell have a moral to them. ... For example, the Dial soap ads use the slogan, "aren't you glad you use Dial? Don't you wish everyone did?" ... Whereas the Dial ads try to subtly hint that you'll become one of those people cast from society if you don't redeem yourself, the sermons tend to blatantly tell you that you'll become one of those people cast from God's Kingdom if you don't redeem yourself. ...

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Simply stated as, holiness is being like Christ. ... To be holy is to be like God because He is the Holy One (27). ... I believe to be holy means to be like Christ. ... Is it because we are taught the Christian definition of holiness is being like Christ? ... And he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." ...

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When the older brother, who remained loyal to his father, living with him and helping tend the fields, got wind of this he became very angry and refused to celebrate because he felt like he deserved what his brother did for being loyal and not being like his brother. ... Typical reaction for anyone in his shoes as everyone gets jealous for things especially when others get things they don't deserve or you don't receive something you deserve. ... The older brother teaches us that we need to not be angry or jealous when something is not fair and instead embrace it and make the most out...

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-Hos 9:17 "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests. ... How do you know that it is true? ... Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say He is." - Amos 5:14 LORD make my motives always be pure, that you will be with me in my endeavors. ... Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow." - Isa 1:17 Isaiah gave this word of God long before the birth of Jesus, but the message is like that of Jesus. ... 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like woo...

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"Be happy, young man, while you are young and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. ... He says in His word that He"ll provide you wisdom if you ask; so have faith in Him. ... Distorted priorities like the clothes we wear, how we look, money, creating many idols. ... Start practicing your listening skill with others and as you develop into a better listener, you"ll also improve in how you respond to others. ... Like a team in basketball or volleyball, if there isn't cooperation in a team, the team wouldn't be able to operate the plays that bring success in the game a...

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If He did what He said, then it's nothing for you to do but throw away everything and follow Him, and if he didn't, then it's nothing for you to do but enjoy the few minutes you got left the best way you can by killing somebody or burning down his house or doing some other meanness to him. ... You don't look a bit like you have common blood. ... ("You wouldn't shoot a lady, would you? ... As she pleads with the Misfit, she tells him everything that he would want to hear such as you're a good man from a good family, you could be honest if you wanted to be, and that...

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There is nothing like it. There is nothing like it when you experience that unconditional love for the first time and knowing that He will never leave you or forsake you, more importantly, you did not have to prostitute yourself for it. ... I can only imagine what it might have been like for her. ... He said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to him, "Sir, if you have taken Him away, tell me where you have taken Him and I will come and take Him away!" ...

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Come and sit, you look tired"( 110). ... Do you know what I'm going to do with you now? I'm going to pick you up, put you under my arm, take you home and place you under lock and key!... Razumikhin demonstrates his father-like characteristics by showing love through offering safety and guidance. ... " "I will follow you, I will follow you everywhere" (391). ...

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You have your entire life to choose what you believe in; it will come to you in time. ... You may not understand this now but I can only guide you down the path I feel would be best for you and the obstacles you will start to run into throughout your life. ... In no way am I saying you are obligated to believe but I would just like to encourage you and inform you there is a God and he is always there for you. ... I believe this is true because once you build this relationship with God, your life will become so much easier and you will feel like you always have someone to talk to. ... You can...

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People in those days weren't perfect, some did robberies just like today, but the disciple's jobs were to show the right path. ... If you come to a town where people do not welcome you or will not listen to you leave the place and shake the dust off your feet. ... You have to die for the son of man. ... If you look at the qualities of a disciple than compare them to her you can see that there is similarities. ... To many people are well off today as money buys people anything they like. ...

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If you do, you shall die". ... A snake slithered through and told the woman: "If you eat an apple from the Tree of Knowledge, you shall become like God and not ever die. ... God asked: "Why do you hide?". ... You are the ones that want him killed". ... His appearance was like a lightning bolt and his clothes were as white as snow. ...

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Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not." ... The high priest said to him, 'I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.'" ... Psalm 16:10 provides another prophecy that states, "Because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay." ... The final prophecy to be mentioned is from Psalm 68:18, which states, "When you ascended on high, you led captives in your train; you received gifts from men, even from the rebellious--that you, O Lord God, might dwell there." ....

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"Do you believe the great DiMaggio would stay with a fish as long as I will stay with this one? ... He then compares that to himself, saying that he would not be able to withstand that kind of pain like the great beasts of the wild or like the Great DiMaggio. ... I wonder how the great DiMaggio would have liked the way I hit him in the brain? ... But do you think my hands were as great a handicap as the bone spurs? ... But there is only you" (23). ...

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At first I did not understand why you chose this book to put on the list, but as I was reading the introduction Elaine Pagels states, " I want you to consider Satan as a reflection of how we perceive ourselves and those we call "others" Satan defines negatively what we think of as human." ... In times of war people are ready to point the finger at the people who oppose you and it is even easier to say that they are evil, especially when you live in a time where more then half of the information of the world is inaccessible. ... It seems like everything that Jesus might have actually said, as ...

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