Jesus by no means laid down rules for the worship of himself or God. ... The main theme sought through his concerns is that Christ was sent by God to spread the teachings of loving ones enemies. Jesus was sent by God to endure the hardships the world had to offer. ... Christ was God's retribution to a disobedient world. ... As other civilizations are viewed a greater appreciation for Christ is formed. ...
The author takes the view that the need of our generation remains primarily their eternal soul and the church still has an obligation to declare the full council of God's word.2 Yes, our preachers are envoys of Christ's love, as it has been for all generations since Christ. ... The Holiness preachers of times past would preach this message and urge people to turn to Christ. Though they are often referred to as Hellfire and Brimstone preachers, they remained ambassadors of Christ's love. ... Any church that takes seriously the teachings of Jesus remains obliged to inform their ...
In his book Victorious Christianity, Martyn Lloyd-Jones writes "and they say this because God has raised up this Jesus and appointed him as Prince and Savior. ... Christ is the Prince as well as the Savior, Prince of the world and of the universe." ... God is Love 1 John 4:16 insists that God doesn't just have love, He IS love.15 The sacrificial love of Jesus Christ is the epitome of God's unconditional love and justice. ...
In the above example, Jesus Christ will not "falsen- any living creature who trusts in him. The narrator is very emphatic on the point that Jesus won't deceive, using both alliteration (For, falsen; nyl, no) and double negatives (nyl, no) to stress the importance of his assertion. While the Love of Jesus Christ will never deceive, the same is not necessarily true of human love, as we can see in Troilus and Criseyde. ... Along with the above passage, telling readers to love Jesus Christ, comes the narrator's description of the Holy Trinity in the last stanza. ... Two distinct mentio...
Among the names mentioned in the poem are Plato, Jesus, and Lao Tsze, who were all known as founders of philosophy and religion that are still practiced and referred to today. ... One example of this pattern is " plato told him: he couldn't believe it (jesus told him; he wouldn't believe it)." 2 Beside the more obvious message of the poem, a deeper meaning is hidden within the structure of this line. ... The incorporation of Jesus sneaks into the verse quietly, as if society doesn't address Jesus" messages as a protest to war. Instead, we see his teachings spanning oth...
A husband is referred to as being Christ in a marriage and should act as Christ to his wife (Reference 12 pg. 47). A wife is known to act as the church when compared to God's marriage, but she is also referred to as the Little Christ because she still has some power and say-so in the marriage (Reference 12 pg. 61). ...
"Cuddle up and be my Little Clinging Vine:- Priscilla as Parasite or Victim Critics have mostly neglected Priscilla's character in the Blithedale Romance, and when they have paid any attention to her, they generally come up with some wild and seemingly unfounded ideas. Carol Weshoven looks at Priscilla's character as her prime example of child brides in American literature in her article, "America's Child Brides: The Price of a Bad Bargain."" Weshoven describes Priscilla thus: "From her initial intrusion into the Happy Valley, the ice maiden brings discord to the warm and vi...
My first impression of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café was that it was a "woman's- novel. This was because the movie, which was more popular than the book, was advertised as a "chick flick-. To say the least, I was wrong. The novel poses many issues that face the people of the 1920's and 30's, and makes one think about what people have struggled through. The novel addresses the issue of racism before the time of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. ...
King Lear is one of the greatest tragedy play written by William Shakespeare, which portrays the intense suffering from the blindness through Lear king of Britain and the earl of Gloucester. According to Dictionaries, blindness is defined as "unable to see and lacking of sight, but blindness that Shakespeare demonstrate is not only a physical inability but also a mental flaw that both characters present in the play. Shakespeare use parallel structure of the main plot and subplot that mirror each other like throughout the play. Begin with both two men have good children and bad children...
