The Spirit Of Righteousness - Original Writing

As the English Actor, Tom Hiddleston, stated, “Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming.” Young peasant, William, decides to pretend to be a knight with both his friends Roland and Wat and later on the found naked Chaucer to win money since their life style isn’t convenient. As a final point, despite some minor inaccurate information, the movie A Knight’s Tale is historically accurate based on factual evidence that was displayed.

Ever since the beginning of time, love has played an enormous role among humans. Everyone feels a need to love and to be loved. Some attempt to fill this yearning with activities and possessions that will not satisfy – with activities in which they should not participate and possessions they should not own. In Andrew Marvell’s poem, “To His Coy Mistress,” the speaker encounters an emotion some would call love but fits better under the designation of lust for a woman. In contrast, the speaker of Robert Herrick’s poem, “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time,” urges virgins to marry, to make a lasting commitment in which love plays a

But what were they really pursuing? Jesus uses the groaning of their bellies to fill their hearts and spirits with the Bread of Life. What do we work for? As followers of Jesus, are we filling bellies or filling heaven? Each time we walk away from the Lord’s Table wanting more, having received only a foretaste of the feast to come. As social creatures, we are drawn into the fellowship that gathers around the Bread of Life and we leave hungry for more. As followers of Christ, we work for the food that endures to eternal life. Not as consumers since it is already ours, but as agents of impact giving the Bread of Life away to any still hungry soul seeking more than the ‘Hardtack’ the world

It has been told by Albert of Aachen’s account that Jesus once approached Peter the Hermit while sleeping in Jerusalem. Jesus came to instruct the mere mortal to “…cleanse the Holy Places of Jerusalem and restore the service of the saints” (Tyerman 33). For these Holy Places held the presence of another faith; the Jews, or as the Christians would refer to them, the murderers of he who was nailed to the cross. Peter would go on to attempt to carry out Jesus’s will, which will consequently lead to the death of thousands of men, women, and children. This complex phenomenon will be known as the crusades forevermore. The concept of how the First Crusade was justified has been disputed among historians for several years. While some may believe the crusades were justified because they purified the lands, it is actually true that they fought for selfish reasons in mind and to annihilate the Jews.

Author Paul Crawford opens his essay with a quote from former president Bill Clinton the quote refers to the horrific actions taken by Christian crusaders against the Muslim inhabitants of Jerusalem during the First Crusade. The crusades invoke and image of Christian warriors arriving in the Middle East in waves of man and beasts intent on getting rich by fulfilling their bloodlust, and under the protection of a Christian Pope who promised eternal salvation for all who kill the Muslim horde. However, Crawford does not believe that Christian west actions were unprovoked, and he writes about the four misconceptions that are often applied to the crusades.

The Poor-Fellow Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, commonly known as the Knights Templar were one of the most powerful organizations in the Middle Ages. They had vast amounts of wealth and land under their control, and they had enough power to challenge any king who opposed them. They were definitely a force to be reckoned with when it came to the rulers of Europe. Most of this wealth and power came form banks they had established all across Europe. They believed in the power of Christ and thought what they were doing was a righteous act.

The insurgents again attacked the Romans…[then] one of the soldiers, awaiting no orders…but moved by some supernatural impulse, snatched a brand of burning timber…and flung the fiery missile…As the flame shot up, a cry, as poignant as the tragedy, arose from the Jews…(Josephus, Jewish War,

The essay I read, “The Science of Righteousness” is written by Michael Shermer. The essay vocalizes the work of psychologist Johnathan Haidt’s book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. Haidt argues that both liberals and conservatives are wrong. He states that a great majority of people fall on the left-right spectrum. In other words, if one reads a article about gun violence and that person leans more to the left side, the conservative side. Therefore, since you lean that way you inevitably lean the same direction on everything. The problem with politics is that it does not let us make up our own mind.

By describing the Knight like this, the narrator also establishes the Knight as a model citizen who demonstrates chivalry and enthusiasm to do the right thing, similar to the Squire. Rather than the Squire’s childish persona, the Knight is presented as a figure of maturity, formality, and authority, due to his title as a knight. The Knight’s maturity and genuinity illustrates how the Knight’s wisdom and respect comes from his experience and age above the Squire.

Christians share a common given goal, which is to make the name of God known throughout the world, to every nation, tribe and tongue. The Great Commission given by Jesus is the fuel and the reason Christ’s followers risk all for the sake of God’s name. God will continue to sponsor and support His people until the work is complete.

Instead, from its onset, Islam spread as a conquering power and remained that way for some time. Explaining it this way, the reader gets a sense of the psychology behind Islam and why, besides being a religious task, spreading Islam is such a goal. By showing the issues Islam faces today in the context of past Islamic traditions, Lewis paints a much clearer picture of the skewed view today’s radicals have and the way they use history to manipulate. He examines influential Muslim voices like Saddam Hussein and Usama Bin Laden, who have used history to give Islam victim status or to claim the continuance of a predecessor’s mission to not only justify terrorist activities, but also to recruit followers. He tells the history of Bin Laden’s statement referring to the “humiliation and disgrace” Islam supposedly has suffered. What Bin Laden was referring to was the defeat of the Ottoman sultanate in 1918 and the imperial presence of Westerners on sacred Muslim lands. Lewis explains the offense many Muslims take to the desecration of their holy lands by foreigners. He describes how the discovery and exploitation of oil in the Holy Land of the Hijaz has exacerbated the growing resentment many Muslims

In “Images of Jesus Christ in Islam,” Oddbjorn Leirvik warns the reader that one can easily read the Quran with a Christian bias, ignoring historical context (28). Examining the similarities and differences in the Christologies presented in the Bible and the Quran can easily garner such biases. Leirvik brings several issues forth that add perspective to examining the Muslim Jesus in comparison to the Christian Jesus. It is indisputable that each religious tradition is in support and full belief of its own message. Both Christianity and

to understand the purpose of this “higher being”. In the bible it’s hard to present evidence however,

Jonathan Haidt while studying at the college put a goal to research human morality, its origin and development. His book "the Righteous mind" explores the morality and how it affects relationships between people? Is the moral in the genes, and occurs through education? The book examines the different conceptions of morality. Haidt mentions the theories of contemporary experts on ethics which demonstrate that young people can easily find justification for the actions that have recently all been condemned. In this paper, one can find the analysis and report on the book as well as reflection to one of the Haidt’s metaphor and how it applies in the life of mine.

The primary motivation for doing acts of justice and righteousness is the same today as it was for the nation of Israel. God has shown his grace to us and rescued us from our oppressors; he has worked on our behalf. The imagery of the crossing of the Red Sea as an escape from Egypt is a depiction of Christian baptism whereby we are moved from slavery to sin and into a new life with God en route to our Promised Land. In baptism we are called into complete unity with Christ, and our participation in Christ is regularly deepened as we encounter him in the Eucharist. The grace and love that we have been shown by God in Christ motivates us to behave in like manner in the world.