Within the bible we can read many accounts of the life of Jesus. There are actually four whole books wholly devoted to just his life. Through these four books we get a very in depth look at his life. ... This is not a common occurrence within the four books of Jesus' life, but when it does happen it is important to take notice, because more than one author thought the story was important to include. There is one story within these books that I have taken time to study. ...

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They want people to live a happy, sin free life, not being swayed by the sinful nature of mankind. ... Fearing for her child's life, the mother of Moses sends him down the river in a basket. ... It ended up taking the life of the Pharaoh's son. ... A belief in God will remove all the sin in your life. ... Rather, each text is a living testament of the culture at that point in time....

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With such radically different topics, how is it that I can possibly find some kind of correlation between the two books? ... Machiavelli was ahead of his time as his philosophical ideas were too insightful for the average person's intelligence at the time. ... These truths may never be uncovered, though whoever wrote this Gospel described a time around the beginning of our numerically-dated time based upon Jesus" life, years 0-32. ... Luckily for Machiavelli, his book on how to overthrow an entire government came in a less barbaric time than that of J...

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It often took people a long period of time to understand their complete meaning. ... After the Old Testament are the books of the New Testament. The New Testament consists of twenty-seven books which tell of the teachings and life of Jesus as well as events during the first-century of Christianity. ... In Jesus' time, Jewish people pursued for baptism because they wanted to purify their lives from sins. ... However, baptised people continue to face obstacles to living a full Christian life, as Jesus taught. ...

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He performs miracles like bringing a young girl back to life (Acts 9:40). ... This is a huge concern because the Greek is not consistent in the two books (Walker 2012). ... Another inconsistency is that the two books, 1 Peter and 2 Peter have two completely different themes (Keathley 2004). ... The argument of the two books having different themes does not have a strong basis. Two books can have different themes because they are two entirely different books (Walker 2012). ...

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As he claims, the entirety of these ideas cannot fit into the new rationality which has exposed the scientific basis behind conception and the circulatory system, the system that carries within it the air and nutrients of life. ... He claims that the first four books by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John don't even provide a history of Christ, but only detached anecdotes of him. It appears from these books, that the whole time of his being a preacher was not more than eighteen months; and it was only during this short time that those men became acquainted with him. ... In an interesting twist ...

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The Bible is seen as authoritative; it is believed to give a consistent vision throughout of life after death. ... The earliest books of the Bible described Sheol : an underground cavern where all people, good and bad, spent eternity after death, leading a thirsty, shadowy, energy-less existence isolated from God. ... They view the concept of an eternal punishment for a single oversight, error, thought crime or sin during life is unjust. ... Basing their beliefs on the some main biblical passages in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures (Old and New Testaments) and the 14 books of the Apocryp...

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Although these books are historical, the lesson we learn from them are very much needed today to all Christian believers. ... Their faithfulness is clearly seen by their actions and works throughout the Old Testament and Abraham's life is a great example. ... Faith that will not give up just because the promise does not come to pass during our expected time frame but, believing the promises of God over the facts of life. ... HIS SIN David's temptation and sin comes at a very surprising time. ... It comes during his time of leisure and times of triumphs. ...

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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. ... Islam is divided into two main groups: Sunni Islam is a more traditional path of Islamic life (Ellwood and McGraw, 2002). ... Despite this, it is documented that when Islam was founded, it improved women's status at that time. ... If, for some reason, she is unable to pray all five times, she does not have to make the prayer up at a later time. ... As a result, because of the different positions that the holy books hold, it can neve...

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Many people think that the Gospels are books which make sense only to people who are Christian believers. ... The Gospels record what really did happen in Jesus" life. All three Gospels, Mark, Matthew, and Luke, tell their audience about the life of Jesus Christ. ... With this in mind, we can begin to understand that at least two of the four Synoptic authors possibly wrote these books within the same 40-year span. ... This indicates that he was a Jew who spent a lot of his time outside Palestine. ...

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At the time, I didn't understand what the true purpose of it was, only that we were going to get to party afterward. ... The Book of Common Prayer is comprised of various prayer books, which (as I understand it) give structure to the sermon. ... While we still had time before the service started, I asked him about the ideal religious experience and the doctrine of Judaism. ... Fink, the Tanakh was simply rearranged to form the 39 books of the Old Testament [3]. ... However, it was encouraged to get married because the common belief is that a life without marriage is not a complete lif...

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Hindus believe in one God, beyond form, space and time and beyond human comprehension. ... At the same time, they all understand the True nature of the Supreme. 10. ... Hindus believe in reincarnation, or "life after life." (Results may occur in a following life.) ... A large number of prophecies were made in astonishing detail by many people throughout these books. ...

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Islamic laws and cultural customs impact various stages of a Muslim women's life, particularly the Quran and hadiths, or prophetic traditions based on the life and teachings of the prophet Muhammad. ... This is accepted because of the life of the prophet Muhammad, who had 11-13 wives. ... This idea comes from the life of prophet Muhammad, whose last wife, Aisha, was married to him when she was 6 years old and the marriage was consummated by the time she was 9. ... In the time of Jesus, women did not enjoy the freedoms and statuses they once had enjoyed during the times of the Old Testamen...

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Many people throughout the Old Testament books made the prophecies in astonishing detail. ... Add to that the 250 other prophecies and it becomes impossible for any other person except Jesus to ever fit that particular sequence of time and events. ... To top that off, Jesus was tempted by Satan during this time. ... Jesus had many struggles in his life. ... Jesus demonstrated in his earthly life many admirable attributes in his personality. ...

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Those religious believe that choosing to have a relationship with God is the only way to life a happy life beyond death. ... Jesus declared: 'I am the way and the truth and the life. ... Both of these religions have much writings in their holy books that give vivid images of the 'end time' or the afterlife or judgement. ... Muslims believe that heaven or paradise is for people who live a good life. ... However, hell is said to be the opposite and is a life of Gehenna. ...

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After a time of contemplating the books I have read relating to this topic, I have come up to a decision in writing this article. I believe that by compiling all the good ideas from the different books written by the best Sheikhs of our time, this will bring about enlightenment especially to our non-Muslim readers. ... Even Paul said, Hebrews 5:7, "During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who would save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission." ...

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The particular gift which each individual possessed and brought to the life and work of the whole was accepted, valued and incorporated into the work of the whole faith community. ... We know from the books of Acts and from early church historical sources the church grew at a phenomenal rate. ... The implication is that we have enough elephant type churches and now perhaps it's time for a rabbit plague. The early church was certainly founded during a time when believers were collectively under a great deal of strife and fear even unto their own death. ...

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Many of these miracles were used for common purposes, which were to provide examples of an ideal Christian way of life and promote conversion to Christianity. ... MacMullen writes of how martrys may have been a creation of the bishops of the time in an effort to put an end to paganism. ... Hilgarth believes that Christianity's advantages over Paganism lay in its superior organization and its moral teachings, rather than its use of miracles which was relatively universal to religions during this time period. ... While Gregory's miracles often speak of conversion, many of them also pro...

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Many of these miracles were used for common purposes, which were to provide examples of an ideal Christian way of life and promote conversion to Christianity. ... MacMullen writes of how martrys may have been a creation of the bishops of the time in an effort to put an end to paganism. ... Hilgarth believes that Christianity's advantages over Paganism lay in its superior organization and its moral teachings, rather than its use of miracles which was relatively universal to religions during this time period. ... While Gregory's miracles often speak of conversion, many of them also pro...

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using King David was a good focus point of how God moves through a person life with victor or defeat. ... Life experience does at time produce suffering, and suffering produces patients and patients produces the promises of God. ... Author corresponds to the themes discussed with the Bible, and has used cites from other books. ... The book was worth my time, and effort for the author use wisdom and structure of insight. The time the book was written in 1964, there was more people who was interested in the facts of Christianity, and the author was trying to inform and prove a point that t...

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Today the word "gospel" is used to describe the four New Testament books (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that present the life of Christ. Overall, the gospels are used to describe the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. ... In Mark's depiction of the crucifixion and time leading up to Jesus' death, Jesus only asked God why he would forsake him (Mk 15: 34). ... He used Roman time rather than Hebrew time. ...

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I was not raised as a Catholic (although I was baptized) or as a Jewish person, so the idea of Satan to me was only what I had experience through television or what other people in my life have described him as. So I was eager to learn the exact origin of his character and how he became personified as the red man who appears on one of your shoulders every time you think about doing something bad. ... I think that the Christian movement ultimately spread because people were literally sick of the way their lives were going at that time. ... This book has opened my eyes to a lot of different a...

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Matthews's gospel was presented around the same time as the gospel of Luke whose author also used the gospel of Mark. ... During this time period there was a conflict going on within the Jewish community between those who followed Jesus and those that did not. ... At the beginning there is the birth of Jesus, the middle is the narrative of Jesus's life and teachings, and the end presents the passion story from the last supper to death and resurrection. ... In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus goes to pray, and every time he returns he finds his disciples asleep until finally he is a...

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Overall this story has been helping people improve their lives and learn life lessons ever since Jesus told it and it will continue to do so forever. ... " (New International Version, Luke 15:2) So now we know the audience that Jesus is speaking to, which were sinners and tax collectors who were hated because collecting taxes was against Christian belief at the time. ... Because his brother was lost but is now found, we celebrate because that's a new life, which is a reason to celebrate. ... The older brother in this story is the person who does everything right and by the books to...

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Fear was a major factor in the end of His life. ... He sweated and feared for His life. ... Jesus used many other parables to spread His word, and many are repeated today in everything from magazines, to children's books. ... That same time Jesus talked to Simon. ... three times, and each time he answered "yes." ...

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