Religion and Theology

In his epistle to the Galatians, St. Paul reminded the Galatians that they will receive the Holy Spirit through faith and not by following the law (Cf. Galatians 3 1   3, The New Jerusalem Bible). The Jews considered the Gentiles as sinners for never following the Laws of Moses.  However, St. Paul taught the Galatians that the Jews cannot be considered upright by simply following the law. The Apostle to the Gentiles said, as firmly rebuking the wrong belief by the Jews,  Would...

 Christianity since its invention has had eminent controversies revolving around its belief, principles and values. The major focus has been towards reaching a valid position of being able to define what are the basic fundamental Christian world views What is the origin and nature of human beings What is the purpose and meaning of human life How do Christians perceive and view the extends and limits of human knowledge Do Christians have any basis for justifying these assumptions How then do...

Sociological studies reveal that religion does not only comprise a set of beliefs, practices, or doctrines observed by a group of people. Religion also defines culture sociologically, specifically in determining the role of gender in society. The depiction or representation of female sexuality varies from one religion to another, which consequently determines the kind of culture inherent in each religion. However, all too often, female gender in most religions is depicted negatively, especially...

Jesus a son of God was sent to the world to redeem man who was lost in sins to die and offer his live as a sacrifice so that man would be free of sins again. In most books in the Bible especially in the New Testament Hebrews Jesus Christ the name which many biblical prophecy and writings describe as being given to him by God his heavenly father describe his position and hierarchy in the kingdom of heaven. God calls him his only son a calling that suggests his seniority in leadership and possession...

    In short, faith is best described as blind belief in what cannot be seen as though it were perfectly clear.  It is also the believing in a justification of actions, such as Gods requirements of mankind.  In Hebrews 11, a description of faith is asserted though a list of historical events that occurred through faith alone.  Even in an extreme situation when God tested Abraham and commanded him to sacrifice his son, Abraham was willing.  Abraham accepted sacrificing...

A prophet, as believed by Jews, is a spokesperson elected by God to convey his message to the Israelites. Someone who has not spoken the message of God, like those who merely write histories, is not considered a prophet. The word prophet came from the Hebrew word navi which has a literal translation of fruit of the lips (Rich, 1999). Thus, a prophet is inevitably a speaker. In contrast, a Messiah is not a prophet. A Messiah is a prophesized king, written in the sacred Jewish scriptures, who will...

Zephaniah, a work from the southern kingdom of Judah,  is quite a short book of prophecy, taking up  only 3 chapters or 53 verses, and so is considered in Judaism to be a Minor prophet, not minor because it is of less importance, but because of the text’s short length. He spoke at about the same time as Jeremiah, that is about thirty years before the city was destroyed by the Assyrians, the temple more or less eradicated, and the majority of the people led off into exile. Jeremiah though...