Essential Question: Why did Jesus teach in parables? A parable is a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson‚ as told by Jesus in the Gospels. Jesus used parables to illustrate divine truths making the stories easy to remember. Parables were common when teaching in Judaism and may also be why Jesus used them often. Jesus explained the parables only to his disciples and those who had always rejected his messages were left in spiritual blindness‚ meaning that they never understood
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Son of God is the best title for Jesus.’ Agree Son of God is straightforward / it is in Mark 1:1 / what the Christians believed and what Mark’s Gospel describes Jesus as / the Chief Priest asked him if he was Son of the Blessed One at the trial and Jesus answered‚ ‘I am.’ / Psalm 2 may be referred to here by some students / described as this at the baptism / transfiguration / immediately after Jesus died / declared Son of God by demon possessed people / declaration of faith when it is used / not
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prove to the Jewish congregation of the specific truth that Jesus Christ is better. Jesus is superior to the angels. Christ Jesus is superior to the prophets. Moses was not better than Jesus. The priesthood of Jesus was greater than Aaron’s. The new promises of Jesus are greater than the ancient promises because the old promises could never be fulfilled. The blood of Jesus surpasses and is superior to the bull’s blood or the goat’s blood. Jesus is better in every way (Kruger‚ 2014). The published document
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Throughout the Gospel of Mark‚ Jesus implemented a series of 4 different types of miracles. The 4 types of miracles Jesus performed were exorcisms‚ nature miracles‚ healings‚ and raising from the dead (life and death) miracles. After all his miracles‚ Jesus would perform the "messianic secret". The "messianic secret" is Jesus’ practice of telling anyone who recognized his true identity to keep it a secret. Through the many works and miracles Jesus performs‚ there are many examples of him also performing
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The resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the most famous events throughout religion‚ as well as‚ history. Even those who belong to a faith outside of Christianity are aware of Christ’s resurrection after he was crucified. However‚ what many don’t know about are the theories that attempt to discredit that the resurrection and the historical information that prove these theories wrong. On top of this‚ many people don’t realize just how important the resurrection is to the Christian faith and what
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of the film and the gospels‚ the persona of Jesus shown can be described as completely original. Instead of focusing on his divinity like in Luke or his miracles in Mark‚ this film explored the more human side of Jesus of Nazareth‚ who faced many of the same struggles every human does while on Earth. In modern Christianity‚ Jesus is often portrayed as someone who stands apart from and above humanity. “The Last Temptation of Christ” instead entrenches Jesus within humanity. In order to effectively communicate
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one Scot McKnight‚ a former‚ revered North Park University professor‚ and distinguished theologian. At best‚ Scot McKnight discusses how the essence of the gospel has been shrunk in meaning and substance‚ to only make a reflection of the death of Jesus Christ‚ and hence the supplications made in agreement of the same. On his part‚ however‚ McKnight creates an all-inclusive platform which delves into demystifying the image of the person of God‚ and how humanity is made part of the triune. In his
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When Jesus is preaching He always says “Come‚ walk with me”. For us‚ it is sure that Jesus is with us in our everyday lives. We are sure of this because of our faith to Him. Therefore Jesus wants us to realize that if we follow him with all our hearts we are sure that we are in his protection but if you are away from Him‚ He is still with you that is because sometimes if we are making sins we come to realize the things that we’ve done wrong. God is very serious that we must be devoted in asking
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In "yancey’s "book Jesus I never knew" in the last chapter titled "what he left behind". When I first read the title I could releate a lot to this title. I remember after graduating high school I was at home applying to college. My little cousin was in elementary school she brought her assignment from her Christian religious study class and one of the question was "what did Jesus leave behind for us?" my little cousin said to me "what’s the answer" I said "he left so many things behind for us
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The book‚ Jesus & Muhammad‚ is written by F. E. Peters. Peters is a professor at New York University‚ where he teaches Islamic Studies and Religion. Peters is said to be a leader in the comparative studies of Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam. The book is written to compare and make a clear idea of how Jesus and Muhammad had parallel lives. Author‚ F. E. Peters states‚ “Jesus and Muhammad have been the subject of the most sustained and detailed biographical inquiries in the Western tradition‚ and
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