Biblical canon

The story of the rich man in the Gospel of Mark (10:17-22) is a rather sad story from Mark’s gospel. It is the only time in the gospels that someone rejects Jesus’ direct invite to become one of his disciples. It is also a great non-example for Christians to recognize, if they desire to become true disciples of God. This pericope from Mark directly follows Jesus’ blessing of the children, in which he rebukes the disciples, who try to keep the children away from touching him. Jesus, rather than pushing

provenance of the Biblical texts from about 1900 to 1975 (). 2.) How does each method work? Form criticism puts its focus on the period of oral tradition and sees the Bible as a collection of traditional stories and sayings which were spread from word of mouth and eventually preserved in writing. Source criticism is the quest for the earliest sources which lie behind a given biblical text. Redaction criticism is a study of the collection, orchestration, editing, and modification of Biblical sources, often

I would definitely say that Pastor Dave Galbraith was a credible speaker. He went to Northwestern University and received a degree in religious studies, and has since been a pastor for many years. He also came out of retirement to become a pastor again, as he enjoyed it so much, and you could get the sense that he was a trustworthy guy to listen to. He was very effective in his speaking, and you could tell he reviewed the material ahead of time. You could tell that he had practiced, and he used

Culturally Relevant Services In this paper, I will be exploring and explaining about the culture that I am studying in order to present it to my classmates for Miss Dennette Derezotes Social Work 345 class. I will try to give my classmates a better understanding about the way this culture lives, in what is to them a new land. Undocumented immigrants is the culture that I chose to write about in my paper. When I use the term undocumented immigrants, I am referring to all those that are living

The Parable of the Talents therefore refers to the metaphor "life is a precious possession." If you have many talents, you must "invest" them wisely--use them as you should use material goods, in a charitable way. If you have a few talents, you must invest them wisely as well. Even if you have only one talent, you must invest it wisely and do good in the world with that talent.In an important way, the play Everyman demonstrates the ways in which a person who does have talents

The Old Testament and the Bible itself has been studied extensively for centuries. Archeologists and Scholars have labored and pondered over texts trying to decipher its clues. It does not matter how many times the Old Testament has been studied there will always be something new to learn about it or the history surrounding it. In the book Reading the Old Testament: an Introduction, the author Lawrence Boadt presents us with a few different authors of the Old Testament that used different names for

Christianity On-line On-line communities are a foreign concept to me. I have never joined one, or even been curious to see what they are like. The only experience I have had with them is in middle school when I used to go into chat rooms and talk to other teens. The only conversation involved there was about music and movies. It has been years since I have ventured into anything on-line except for checking my e-mail or downloading music. In order to write about on-line communities,

The Adoration of the Three Kings The Walter’s Art Gallery exhibited numerous masterpieces of art and one of the works of art that really caught my eye, was a painting titled, “The Adoration of the Three Kings”. The painting was believed to have been commissioned and completed between 1525 and 1530. The “Adoration” was painted by Italian artist, Girolamo da Santacroce. In terms of who exactly commissioned this painting, I feel that it is very hard to say, due to the lack of a signature or any other

Della from “The Gift of the Magi,” and Hester from “The Rocking-Horse Winner” are the best examples of the two different sides of humanity. Mrs. James Dillingham or known as Della from “The Gift of the Magi,” is a loving housewife. By many she can be classified as a traditional woman that is fully devoted to her husband Jim. Della is a poor, but selfless woman, who sells her beautiful lengthy hair in exchange for a Christmas gift for her husband Jim. Despite selling her price possession, Della was

December 25th is when Portugal's Christmas is, but the celebrating really starts on December 24th. All over the world countries celebrate christmas different, everyone has their own special way. Portugal’s traditions, food, figures all make Portugal’s Christmas alike and different from everyone else. Portugal has many figures some people choose them all, other just focus on a few. One figure is Pai Natal which means Father Christmas. On Christmas Eve it is believed by some people that Pai Natal