Explain why the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is significant for Christianity. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is significant for Christianity for many reasons. Christ ’s death is evidence of God and His powers‚ it represents the idea that Christians can have forgiveness for their sins‚ guarantees eternal life‚ and proves his divinity. For these reasons‚ without the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ‚ Christianity would not exist as these significant events make up the
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At the time in Jesus’s life when he was under arrest he was seen as the son of God‚ The messiah‚ and the kind of Jews. He was very infamous with the Romans at the time of his arrest because they saw him as a threat to themselves. The Romans charged Jesus in makeshift trials that went against the laws and rules that they themselves had established for the way that they would handle trials. Jesus was charged with blasphemy‚ claiming to be the Son of God‚ the Messiah. Yet instead of leading the charges
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Jesus Christ is considered the Son‚ the Father‚ the Holy Ghost‚ and the Messiah‚ to millions of Christians around the world‚ but the debate still continues on whether or not Jesus is a rebel. A rebel is a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance to change the existing ideas or government. During his time‚ Jesus was a rebel‚ because he threatened the High Priest financial powers‚ and he challenged the upper class on how they treated the lower class and the social outcasts. The High Priest
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taong makasalanan ang pangalang Magdalena "Who was Mary Magdalene?" Answer: Mary Magdalene was a woman from whom Jesus cast out seven demons (Luke 8:2). The name Magdalene likely indicates that she came from Magdala‚ a city on the southwest coast of the Sea of Galilee. After Jesus cast seven demons from her‚ she became one of His followers. Mary Magdalene has been associated with the "woman in the city who was a sinner" (Luke 7:37) who washed Jesus’ feet‚ but there is no scriptural basis for
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Christopher Columbus was not the first European to discover the New World! This commonly held belief is wrong. Columbus didn’t reach the New World until 1492‚ 500 years after Leif Erikson’s arrival in 1001 AD. Leif Erikson was the first European to set foot in the New World‚ opening a new land rich with resources for the Vikings to explore. But for some unknown reason‚ the Vikings only made a few voyages to the New World after Leif. Unfortunately‚ this caused his discovery to remain unknown to
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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari The Monk Who sold His Ferrari: a fable about fulfilling your dreams and reaching your destiny‚ by Robin Sharma‚ is an interesting book. It’s a book that will make you see life from another perspective it will also make you give some thought to your life‚ your goals‚ your dreams and how your daily habits help you reach those dreams. It’s a book that gives us great teachings about life‚ and that motivates us to have a balance in it‚ activities and relationships that
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Midsummer Night’s Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream was greatly affected by the time in which it was written. A few of these affects will be discussed in this essay‚ including how the language was affected by the time‚ how the religious beliefs of that time affected the climax‚ and how the views of the monarchy gave the story its foundation and set the play into motion. In the original version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare used words like thee and thou. He also used phrases that now seem
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her son Jesus. Mary being a virgin gave birth to a child‚ conceived by God through his Spirit. Jesus being conceived in a supernatural manner became man and God in one creation. God became incarnate in this child who became known by the name of Jesus (Mathew 1:18-25). Jesus was a Palestinian Jew‚ born in a town south of Jerusalem‚ raised in Nazareth in a small village in Galilee. Jesus was not any ordinary child. Jesus was the son of the living God. Not only was He the son of Mary‚ He was foremost
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Laurie Grenier Dylan Kissane PHIL 130 Tuesday‚ April 7th 2015 Sociological issues displayed in Jesus Camp In 2009‚ more then 4.5 million evangelical memberships in the United States were recorded and between 2006 and 2013‚ the number of Evangelical Protestants –also called Born Again- rose by 11.2 percent. The evangelical population is part of a bigger group -the Protestants representing more then 50 percent of the American population- and represents almost 30 percent of this larger group (Frejka
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reading “Jesus’ Two Natures: God and Man” by Matt Slick‚ I now have a better and more clear understanding of the relationship of Jesus’ human and divine nature. The common misconception‚ outlined in the text‚ is that Jesus is half man and half God. This simply is not true; Jesus has two very distinct natures: he is both divine and human. Jesus was the Word of God‚ and with that said‚ Jesus’s divine nature and ability did not alter when He became flesh. When Jesus became flesh and gained his human nature
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