The Pilgrim's Progress written by John Bunyan is an allegory of Christianity, indicating the spiritual journey toward the goal of salvation. ... Some believe that Christian completes his journey with friendship and faith; however, he only concentrates on his own salvation and his determination, walking away from people who've shaken his faith. ... " (1 Corinthians 15:1) As a Christian believer, Christian ought to demonstrate the teaching and words of God to unbelievers as one of his main purposes of the journey. ... Christian does not even try hard to keep him on the journey but...

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His first missionary journey was not approved by Jerusalem church. ... Journey, as one of the most important and largest portion of Paul's missionary practice, is the central method of Paul's preaching. ... With this motivation, it governs Paul's Journey during his missionary practice, even in the unfinished journey plan to Spain. ... Therefore, the long Journey during Paul's missionary practice is the central and most effective method in preaching Jesus" massage to gentiles back then. ... Besides above, Paul also has a lot of friends that he met in his journey and tra...

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The point Ingram makes in this section is that our spiritual journey, although impossible without God, requires our effort. ... Humans are spiritual beings and God requires a spiritual journey. Beginning this journey starts with one of the most difficult tasks God asks of us: complete submission. Without this step in the Christians life, all other progress in their spiritual journey is in vain for it is by grace we came into this world and it is by grace that we are saved....

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By accepting a life with God, people who are baptized are at the beginning of their journey to a life full of grace with God in it. ... The faith required for Baptism is only the beginning of the journey into a life filled with Christ and must mature as the person develops. ... Sacraments are more than simple rituals that mark the significant events in the spiritual journey. ... For adults they must participate in the journey of RCIA which is a long and involved process taking several months or even years. ...

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Saint Augustine's intellectual and spiritual journey to understanding God was influenced by philosophical tendencies, Biblical Scriptures and personal experiences. ... At this point in his life and spiritual journey, Augustine was growing increasingly frustrated with issues of religion. ... This realization was formed throughout Augustine's long journey for the truth in the Scriptures as well as the Manichees. ...

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The paper will explore Robert Browning's spiritual journey as is reflective in his poetry. ... The next step in Browning's spiritual journey occurs about ten years later when he begins to develop a dislike for the church. ...

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China has a long history of 5,000 years. So it has inherited a lot from the long history, except on religions. Those religions popular in China , such as Buddhism, Christian, Islam, are all spread from abroad. The only native religions Taoism, is not like other religions on the world. It was first...

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These symbols are so important because all of the stained glass windows in between follow the story of the bible and display the deeper meaning of Jesus's journey on Earth. ... The sermon that the senior minister gave when I was attendance was about the use of friends and family in our lives to keep us motivated and help us on our spiritual journey to become closer to our Father in Heaven. ...

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Muhammad was woken one night by the angel Gabriel, together they journeyed to Jerusalem, then, from a prominent rock, to heaven. There he said to have met with the great prophets Abraham, Jesus, Moses and others. ( Safdie, 1990, p.98) For Muslims, this miraculous journey is further evidence of Muhammad's profound spiritual nature, and the religious significance of Jerusalem. ...

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Rather He led them through the desert toward the Red Sea as they journeyed to the Promised Land. ... Following these incredible sights would remind them that God was always with them, guiding them each step of the way on their journey to the Promised Land. ... Saul was on his journey in Damascus and all of sudden Jesus appeared in front of him. ...

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Mission can be defined as a person's vocation or calling. When they recieve their vocation they spread the christian gospel throughout the world. This co-insides with the instruction of Jesus to spread the good news; "...You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Sameria, an...

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The play "The Summoning of Everyman" is a morality play. In the entire play, the characters personify moral abstracts and qualities. The author focuses on the most crucial attributes of life such as friendship, love, life, death and fidelity to a supreme being. The characters play a significant rol...

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Little would these believers involved know that in the coming future the foundations of the first church would take a journey that would bring transformation of this institution over and over again. ... In Paul's missionary journeys, he established a number of churches and continually worked to spread the gospel message. ...

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For example, after Beowulf and his men finished their journey to Denmark they, "thanked God for that easy crossing on a calm sea" (227-28); and before his battle with Grendel, he says, "Whichever one death fells must deem it a just judgement by God" (440-41). ...

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George MacDonald's novel, The Princess and the Goblin, includes all aspects of your typical children's fairy tale fantasy, fused with various religious ideologies. Such Christian analogies can be found throughout the novel as seen in the development of some of the main characters, the symbolism of s...

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L Block comments that through "Messiah", the listener is invited to journey with the music, down into the depths of depravity and later raised up in the glorious "Hallelujah chorus". ...

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A disciple is a person who learns of a preacher everything that he needs to know and once they know it all they have to go and preach to the people what they have learnt. Any body can be a disciple, you don't have to be special or rich. Jesus twelve disciples where not the first john the Baptist...

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The early beginnings of the Christian Church were little more than a small group of people with a hope of salvation. They were Jews and they practiced the Jewish religion. They attended the Synagogues and observed all Jewish law and tradition. The main difference was their hope in the return of J...

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Also, Jesus Christ and Beowulf is both hero, a being of Godlike prowess and beneficence who often came to be honored as a divinity, having come from miracles birth and adversely change people's life with journey that reveal them. ...

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The Christian Identity: Christianity grew from a small group of followers into a full fledged religion in the fourth to the sixth century when the Roman Catholic Church replaced the Roman Empire. The church was now head of authority and set all the laws as the Pope looked over the states. They es...

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Religions do not miraculously appear in history out of a blank space. Religions are developed over time across generations, often times internationally, and tend to become influenced by other cultures and religions. Some religions develop among the people and cultures that have adopted it, while oth...

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This course has really made me think deeply about my own ethnicity. Personally, I am more defined by my religion and value system than anything else. Just as Armenians are devout Christians, I myself was raised in a very strong Christian household. I grew up surrounded by many self-proclaimed Chris...

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Blood is a common symbol in our world. Throughout the history of civilizations, blood has had various uses and interpretations. Blood may be deciphered as a way people are blessed. In the Standard Dictionary of Folklore Volume I. by Jerome Fried and Maria Leach, they say, "Primitive men generally lo...

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Santiago as a Christ Figure On its surface, Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman who has been 84 days without a catch; Manolin, the young man who loves him; and Santiago's tremendous struggle with a gigantic marlin. Far from port, and agai...

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Christianity and Islam are two of the most significant religions since their creation. Islam means "submission" in Arabic, and a Muslim is one who submits to the will of God (Islam page 223). Christians were called so because of Jesus' title Christos, which is Greek for Messiah (Christianity page 19...

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