Religion and Theology

In the famous Greek mythology, the supreme male deity is Zeus. Zeus was noted as the overall sovereign that rules, both the earth and the sky. Zeus, according to the myth was the youngest child of Rhea and Kronos. He gained his position by revolting against his father along with his two brothers and three sisters. According to the myths, Kronos was imprisoned forever on Tartarus. Later on, Zeus married his sister Hera. Their offspring are Ares, Hephaestus and Hebe. Nevertheless, Zeus fathered several...

Marks Gospel has been described as quoted by Bartlet (page 3) as - A succession of pictures in which a painter represents a complete history or rather his interpretation of a unique person and his mission on earth. Blaiklock ( page 110, 1966) describes it as fast-moving, tense and eager to convince. It is of course one of the three synoptic gospels, the others being Luke and Matthew, both are whom are generally considered to have used large sections of Marks text as their basis. Matthews emphasis...

Absolutely yes, the three salient monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam worship the same God and that why they are referred to as Semitic or Abrahamic religions. They originated from the Hebrews who believed that God was everything, most powerful, special protector and present everywhere. These Abrahamic religions have several similarities and differences in their traditions and how they worship God. First, they all consider that hell is a place for everlasting punishment. For...

The book of Acts 19 23-41 deals with a number of issues which are relevant both in the times of Apostle Paul and in our contemporary society. In this chapters apostle Paul had just finished his three year ministry in Ephesus when a conflict erupts. Normally, in his ministries Paul would endeavor to leave behind a strong church before he moved on to another place. In this case the church he had established threatened both the economy and culture of the Greeks (Price, 2005). From time in memorial...

The gospel is good news, a word used to refer mostly to the four canonical gospels of Mark, Mathew, Luke and John (Neils, 1962). The four gospels in the bible bring out a complete picture of Jesus life and ministry. As much as the authors had different audience in mind still they do not give a contradicting picture of Christ. Every audience had its expectation of Jesus such that the author recognized this fact and emphasized on particular events in Jesus life (Gundry, 1981). For instance Mathew...

The Methodist faith is a branch of Protestantism that branched out of Christianity. The religion most has similar traditions and beliefs to Christianity with regards to God and the Holy Trinity. The concepts and traditions are also similar even in the founding principles. However, the differences of Methodism rely of their unique way of viewing life together with religion. The Methodists have articles or  commandments  that guide them and these articles involved principles in governance,...

Religion is a double-edged sword. Its very powerful yet dangerous at the same time. It creates and destroys civilizations. It unites and divides people. Depending on how you let your religion influence your character, it can make you a compassionate human worthy of love or it can turn you into a narrow-minded mortal undeserving of amity. Understanding is extremely important to appreciate religion and not to be corrupted by your own misconceptions. I strongly believe that every religion is based...

Why has an infinitely powerful and good God permitted moral evil or sin in His universe  And why has an infinitely powerful and good God permitted pain and suffering in this universe Among the Christians, this is a question frequently asked whenever one would face a crisis or encountering evil which tends to disrupt the order or perfect harmony of the world.  One of the most common answers to this question boils down to free will.  This is corroborated by Saint Augustine of Hippo...

Building the case for the Christian belief (apologetics) has at all times been component of the Churchs task. Yet Christians at times have had diverse approaches to shielding the belief, acting in response to the requirements of their respective eras in addition to framing their points of view to deal with the meticulous subjects of their day. The modern day Christian has reasonably a lot to study from the apologetic masters of the ancient times. Unfortunately, works that cautiously catalogue the...

Jesus relationship to Judaism was really complicated. Judaism perceived Jesus, a wandering teacher and prophet who was crucified by the Romans, as one of the false messiahs. Jews apparently believed in the prophecy from the Old Testament that God will send them a Saviour. They expected a political leader who will lead revolts against the Romans. They misinterpreted Gods promise. God promised a Saviour who through His death and sufferings will give them the opportunity to received eternal life. Jesus...

Like all the other creations on Earth, even the son of God, Jesus Christ, has thrived on this world based on specific nature of existence (Graf n. p.). Such nature is characterized by a dual type of existence which is composed of the personality as God and the personality as human (Johnson n. p.). In order to expand the analysis of the two aforementioned nature of Jesus Christ, it would be necessary to dwell on some evidences and citations. It was revealed in a number of times in the Bible that...

Small or big, everyone is guilty of committing not just one or two sins in a lifetime. As creatures of God, we are all bound by morality. Our parents, friends, teachers have lectured us since our birth not to perform any wrongdoing so that we will not hurt anybody. But what if our act does not hurt anyone, will it still be a sin In the book The Storm by Kate Chopin, Calixta, a wife to Bobinot and a mother to Bibi, took advantage of her isolation during a storm to commit an affair with a past love...

Jewish belief is closely related to their history. Jewish thought has originated mostly from reflections on the mixed personal and social experience of the Jewish people. Modern Jewish thought is the persisting reaction to the special problems caused by the liberation of the Jewish from passed segregated social situation. The historical background of the Jewish is the forms the modern Jewish thought. A Jew is anyone born of a Jewish mother or converted to Judaism in accordance to Jewish law. American...

Elsa Tamez in her small but devastatingly insightful book, Bible of the Oppressed attracts our attention, not only for wrestling with a major biblical theme but also for keeping us in continuous contact with the text of the Bible. In tandem to the authentic rhetoric and knack for originality, her writing stays in touch with the Bible, drawing heavily from The Old Testament and The New Testament. Thus she explores her themes in an intelligent and human way that is encouraging for a reader due to...