His stories teach a lot about morality and loving your neighbor. ... As to whether he existed or not, that's a different story. ... (John 11:43-44) Again I don't think these stories should be taken literally at all, because to me these stories are absolutely absurd and crazy. And for the quote from C.S. ... Therefore, regarding the quote, I thought it was a well-written thought and a good point. ...

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Matthew 1:23: "Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel," quotes from Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. ... Early Christians would have been free to cross-reference Matthew with Isaiah and other Scripture quoted in Matthew, and likely found discrepancies like the one I have stated above. ... This story is not told at all in Matthew. ... When comparing the stories of Jesus" birth in Matthew and Luke, it becomes obvious that the Christian Christmas story is a compilation of both Matthew and Luke. ... This casts doubt on the val...

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Here he restates his central idea about what he believes the creation stories have become. ... Edwards thinks that these ideas should be the focus of you reading of the creation stories. ... Edwards quotes from Kasper, "It requires omnipotence to be able to surrender oneself away; and it requires omnipotence to be able to take oneself back on the giving and to preserve the independence and freedom of the recipient- (Edward, 41). ... In the quote it is describing God's true nature as is relates to humans here on earth. ... IF we look back to the creation stories we were created with fr...

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Because we are looking at an issue that is affected by religion, the Bible is quoted as well as the Koran, as they are the books of laws in each religion. ... Jamal Badawi was researched (some quotes from the Koran have been taken from his essay, but were cited as the Koran, as the book was also looked at for further reading). ... (Lecture) Christianity In one of his statements, Pope John Paul II emphasizes the biblical quote that humanity is not complete without women. ... This is inferred by the story of Mary being pregnant with Jesus, as well as the religious exemptions for Muslim women....

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As the story progresses, McMurphy rebels against the Big Nurse, and encourages the other patients to stand up for themselves. ... The quote shows that if they do not follow his gospel, then they will never get out, just as if a person does not follow God's gospel they will not go to Heaven. As the story progresses, the men that he is around the most become his disciples. ... This quote blames McMurphy for Billy Bibbit's death and refers to McMurphy as God in the book. ... The Big Nurse, the antagonist, is definitely the devil of the story. ...

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The story is very similar to that of the one in Matthew's Gospel. ... Also the people that the story is written too, can now be revealed through the story. ... This story also speaks of stories from the Old Testament that express great significance towards the story. ... The point is that the stories are all about understanding. ... (Is 29, 13) The reason that Jesus uses this quote is to show how useless prayer is if one does not feel it in ones heart. ...

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Paine continues to have a problem with the superstitious nature of the stories combined with the fact that the power of the so-called prophets is constantly being put in terms of evil. ... In Chapter V, Paine writes; "Putting aside everything that might excite laughter by its absurdity, or detestation by its profaneness, and confining ourselves merely to an examination of the parts, it is impossible to conceive a story more derogatory to the Almighty, inconsistent with his wisdom, or contradictory to his power, than this story." The specific story to which he refers is the story of loosing Sa...

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But something inside of me told me that I should go up there and tell my story of how I got here, how I did it to graduate early and manage to be in college dealing with people way older than me. ... He went on and told me about his story and how he had become a Christian. I cried because his story is very touching. And then I realized that although my story wasn't as interesting as his I had become a Christian right there and then. I used to like Mark Twain's quote because I knew that faith is not something realistic. ...

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Scriptures were dramatically important for the Jewish story of God. ... The laws however, are not the whole story. The Torah contains much more than law: it contains stories and wisdom of encouragement and guidance. ... There are many stories that tell of Jesus" arrest and trial, his crucifixion and resurrection, and his appearances to his disciples after the resurrection. ... Therefore I end with the quote: "The striving after God is the desire of beatitude, the attainment of God is beatitude itself. ...

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Although the story of the suffering woman was no more than a well played act, this does happen in real life. ... No other book or movie ever made has ever come in close competition with this truly amazing story full of love, action, betrayal, miracles, courage, and even death. Such a plot can intrigue anyone of us and meet the challenge for a story that can arrest the hearts and minds of the people of the millennium era. Of any book or story to fail in the millennium, the book of Jesus and his teachings would be the last to go. ... As far as the ...

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Similarly this links to the bible quote in Isaiah 54:17 which states no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. ... In this, Lewis's shows us that divergence to a biblical story. The film show us with a variety of different ways on faith and brings the story of Jesus to come to life, I believe this is a very effective way of conveying the nature of the holy. ...

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While the opening story highlights the significance of Jesus to Jews and Gentiles alike, some scholars suggest that many facets of the story were invented to dramatize the fulfillment of scriptural expectations that precipitate throughout Matthew. ... In the Birth Narrative, Matthew quotes Micah 5:2 after Herrod inquires about the birthplace of Christ-child: But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, Are not the least among the rulers of Judah; For out of you shall come a Ruler Who will shepherd my people Israel. ...

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The quote by General Loewenhielm in the story of Babette's feast summarizes this point, "Grace, my friends, demands nothing from us but that we shall await it with confidence and acknowledge it in gratitude- (Yancey 1997). ...

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"NOW I KNOW WHY MY VOICE NEVER CHANGES," is a quote from John Irving's novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany. ... Similarly, in A Prayer for Owen Meany, predestination, in the form of foreordained events, dictates the path that the story takes and how the story will end. ... Yet by the end of the final performance, Owen had forever changed the history of The Christmas Story in Gravesend, New Hampshire. ...

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The biblical creation stories are interpreted as having put women in a permanent state of submission to men, by way of punishment. ... Genesis 1:27 it states "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them" the quote states that men and women are equal and it emphasizes that both men and women are made in the image of God. ...

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Title: The Promise To David Author: Joseph Blenkinsopp Publisher: Darton, Longman & Todd LTD Publication Date: 1964 The Promise To David What promises? Do these promises apply to everyone? The argument of this book is God enters our world in ways we can understand. But do we under...

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In the beginning of Jesus' ministry He quotes the words of the prophet Isaiah and He presents the purpose of His ministry. ... Later on, the Moravian missionary Zinzendorf realized that the missionaries failed because they gave lecture in theology and taught dogmas and precepts instead of narrating the story of Jesus as crucified. ...

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