As we use the book of Acts to guide us for our biblical model there are several key points to be incorporated into the basic structure. ... Miracles and signs and wonders certainly have their place within the scope of evangelizing, but the main ingredients we can take from our early model is teaching, worship, prayer and fellowship. ... Yet even during the so called good times, I have always been aware to the presence of God's Spirit beside me. ... For the first three hundred years of its existence the church met primarily in the homes of its members, not in specially designed buildings....

• Word Count: 1406
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As a man who was born into an atheist family, I've never frequented any place of worship before. The closest I've ever come to any religion was walking past the local Roman Catholic Church on my way home from school (I lived in New York, not South Carolina). ... It's called the "Book of Common Prayer." ... It's called the "Star of David". ... He told me Judaism follows only the first section of the Bible, the Old Testament, and a book called the "Tanakh", which is the Jewish bible. ...

• Word Count: 2149
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The one religion that sticks out in my mind is the denomination of Christianity called Mormonism. ... Then on the other end of the spectrum is Hell, which is the place for all of the sinners. ... It's called the Spirit World. ... Mormonism is one of our countries few home grown religions, so why doesn't every American believe in it? ... The Book of Mormon. ...

• Word Count: 1639
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The Middle East is the birth place of the world's three major religions. ... This is called Idolatry. ... Islam's Qur'an teaches that a heavenly book holds the recorded deeds of its adherents and on judgment day, this book will reveal who will go to heaven and who will go to hell. ... There are no statues or pictures of Allah in mosques or any Muslim homes because their creed says: "there is no god but Allah". ... While Christianity views Jesus as the son of God, Islam calls this blasphemous. ...

• Word Count: 1716
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The book shows that this is not what God wants from us. ... Coming on to the last week of Jesus" life the book give a description of some of the events that took place the triumphal entry, the last supper, Betrayal, Gethseman! ... It goes on to look at the fact that people today call themselves Christians celebrate Christmas, but yet don't believe in the resurrection. ... I believe that because of this to this day I still haven't really felt as at home in the religion as I did I the last. ... This book would be an asset to be kept by all....

• Word Count: 1525
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Matthew, Mark, and Luke are called the synoptic gospels, in contrast with John, because they can readily be arranged in a three-column harmony called a synopsis. ... The foremost book of the New Testament is Matthew. ... Her home was a meeting place for the early Church. ... Mark then moves on quickly to Jesus" baptism, temptation in the desert, and call of the disciples. ... Paul calls him "the beloved physician" (Col. 4:14) . ...

• Word Count: 2415
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

During the last night of Santiago's voyage home, the sharks devour all but the head of the great fish. ... Although Hemingway himself said this Pulitzer-prize-winning novella is about a real man and a real fish, the book can also be read as a fable or allegory, a symbolic narrative with deeper, spiritual meanings. ... Santiago teaches Manolin, his youthful pupil, as a spiritual father, much the way Christ mentored his disciples, who called Him "rabbi," which is Hebrew for "teacher." ... But first, according to Gospel of John, Jesus carried his own cross to the place of the Crucifixion. ...

• Word Count: 1677
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

"By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, he obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. ... The book can be divided into two halves. ... He murdered Bathsheba's husband Uriah by placing him on the front line where the battle was fierce and Uriah was killed, (Vs 17). ... In just 6 versus Peter goes from being lifted up and blessed in the Lord's ...

• Word Count: 1559
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The book of Luke also tells the "good news" of Jesus. ... After Mary returns home to Nazareth, Elizabeth gives birth to a son. ... In Luke 2:1-7 Emperor Augustus calls for a worldwide census. All people are to go to the place of their decent, so Joseph and Mary travel from their hometown of Nazareth to Bethlehem (the city of David) because Joseph is a descendant of David. ... More obviously, a census which required everyone to return to their ancestral home would cause chaos and been near impossible. ...

• Word Count: 2113
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

To avoid the possibility of killing his father and being embarrassed about sleeping with his mother, he ran away from home hoping to avoid the outcome that the oracle had predicted. ... In 430 B.C., when the play took place, the way to communicate to the gods was through the oracles. ... He calls out to the people saying he is a great ruler and will cure them of this horrible plague. ... We had a leader, once, over this land, Called Laius- The man is dead; and now we are clearly bidden to bring to account certain his murders." ... These examples of irony and others are found throughout thi...

• Word Count: 1938
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Christians were called so because of Jesus' title Christos, which is Greek for Messiah (Christianity page 198). ... After the death of Jesus, his life and teachings were written with many "tall tales" (as I like to call them) about the great battles and accomplishments of Christians as well as success stories about the followers of Gods" Word. ... These are the sole reasons for having the religions in the first place. ... I am not sure about Islam, although the book does talk about "Allah saving someone from the Fire" and "Fire" being defined as Hell (Nawawi page 232). I can infer this ...

• Word Count: 1610
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School