The Learning Theory Systems (With Emphasis on Stanleys Three Possibilities and Younts Learning Theory Systems)

To teach the word of God is like cleaning King Arthurs horse stable. Even Jesus Christ, the considered greatest teacher of all times, had experienced a lot of constraints and difficulties in spreading the good news about the promises and blessings of the Almighty Creator through the words of God. In todays world, even we are at the peak of the highest level of modernity and advances wherein there are several modern equipments for teaching, the teachers of the word of God are still suffering from...

Motivating the Learner

What is the role of the teacher and what steps will you take to ensure that you are fulfilling this role Teachers play a very important role in ensuring that they have prepared the learner in a way that is both productive and fulfilling, so that the learner is developed with all the relevant factors deemed ideal and necessary for development under consideration. Specifically, a teacher ought to motivate the learner. In essence, the teacher must excite the learner to work towards a given purpose,...

Summary of Daniel The Key to Prophetic Revelation

The book of Daniel is controversial in many respects. First, some scholars questioned the authorship of the book on the ground. The apocalyptic character of the book seems to stretch beyond its historical location. Second, if the book of Daniel is to be considered spurious on the ground that it presents miracles, it would necessarily follow that most of the book in the Bible would also be eliminated as valid inspired writings. The third criticism of the book is concentrated on the perceived reductions...

Jesus and Mohammed

Jesus founded Christianity, while Mohammed founded Islam. These two men have affected the world in a very powerful way. Jesus is the fundamental figure of Christianity. Christians view Jesus as the messiah who was prophesied in the Old Testament. He is also believed to be the Son of God, who was raised from the dead (Baugh, 1997). Jesus is one of the most influential people in history. What Jesus was teaching was not new, but a confirmation of the Old Testament. Mohammed is the founder of the Islamic...

Prayer in Judaism and Islam

Judaism and Islam are regarded as related, belonging to the same family of religions. The earliest form of Jewish prayer may date from the time of Abraham, around about 1,500 CE or earlier. Chronologically, Islam is younger, dating from the seventh century CE, although Muslims believe that Islam is the religion of nature, so say that it is as old as creation. However, Muhammad (570-632CE) established five daily prayers after the event known as the hijrah in 622CE, so Muslim prayer is of more recent...

KNOWING JESUS THROUGH THE OLD TESTAMENT A Review of Dr. Christopher J. H. Wrights Book

The book Knowing Jesus through the Old Testament is organized into five chapters namely, Jesus and the Old Testament Story, Jesus and the Old Testament Promise, Jesus and his Old Testament Identity, Jesus and his Old Testament Mission, and Jesus and his Old Testament Values in approximately 250 pages. The book has been written by Reverend Dr. Christopher J. H. Wright in the context of the Old Testament as being a guide book to emphasize the truth that Jesus is indeed the Son of God. This book is...

Theological differences between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli on baptism

Theological differences between Luther and Zwingli on baptism not only had paved the way for disunity and enmity between these two reformers that costs the lives of dozens of European Protestants but it must also have contributed to Luthers desertion of Zwingli during the war in 1531 that left Zwingli dead at Zurich battle field. Although Zwingli and Luther agreed on many doctrinal issues such as the sacraments in which both Luther and Zwingli rejected much of which were held by the Roman Catholic...
Hinduism and Buddhism evolved out of ancient Indian spirituality Hinduism from the brahmin tradition and Buddhism from the non-brahmin ascetic tradition that flourished in the region of Ganges (Oxtoby and Segal 379). Buddhism rejected the authority that Hinduism gives to brahmin scriptures and the brahmin class. With these change, differences between gender roles and ideals in Hinduism and Buddhism were also observed. In Hindu Classical texts, women seem to be depicted as hierarchically inferior...

The Crucified God of Compassion Summary and Reflection

The Crucified God of Compassion, Chapter 3 of the Quest for the Living God by Elizabeth Johnson, talks about God who is compassionate enough to suffer along with his people. In this chapter, the works of Johann Baptist Metz, Dorothee Soelle and Jurgen Moltman are discussed and emphasized. The idea of compassionate God in times of suffering came along after the end of the Second World War in Germany. The suffering during this time includes poverty, rape, slavery, war, genocide and hunger. These...
The book Christian Theology (2nd Edition) records the changes of the theological world that has taken place which also relates about the changes in the fields of economic, intellectual, social worlds and political. A new chapter on postmodernism and several other sections has been included in the latest edition as some portions of the older editions are no longer given such priority because the issues with which they once dealt with are no longer considered to be effective in order to create awareness...