Loving your enemies does not seem easy‚ praying for them even harder‚ and doing both for those who persecute you‚ practically impossible. Conversely‚ during the Sermon on the Mount‚ recorded in Matthew 5:43-48‚ Christ calls his followers to love their enemies‚ a calling that perhaps seemed just as contrary to first century culture as today’s culture. However‚ as seen through Christ’s ministry on earth‚ he did not call his followers to what seemed easy‚ but to radically transform their lives to adhere
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Timothée FERREOL Marvin ELLIE Bloc 6 16/04/13 EXPOSE LITTERATURE FIRE SERMON In this paper I will just briefly describe Eliot’s life‚ and the main sources of intertextuality of "The Fire Sermon"‚ which is the third part of "The Waste Land". Then I will try to analyze "The Fire Sermon" focusing on the role of nature in the poem. "It is just a piece of rhythmical grumbling" (T.S Eliott) T.S Elliot was born in 1888 in America he was a famous wiriter‚ poet and critics. He attended Harvard
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Sofilda Totoni March 3rd‚ 2011 Lit 216 “The Fire Sermon” Analysis. This section‚ and the longest of Elliot’s “The Waste Land”‚ depicts poor‚ gloomy‚ lethargic scenery in which the themes of lust‚ sexual ambiguity‚ moral degradation‚ spiritual melancholy‚ abound throughout the poem. The poet himself often embodies the role of ancient and mythological figures to which he alludes in order to strike the reader ’s infatuation. He continually reminds
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When Jesus saw the crowds‚ he went up the mountain and educated them. He started with the fundamentals of the kingdom‚ that show that kingdom living is totally opposite from something we’d expect. Blessed are the the poor in spirit‚ those that mourn‚ the meek‚ those that hunger and thirst for righteousness‚ the merciful‚ the pure in heart‚ and also the peacemakers. Then‚ if we have a tendency to fulfill these seven beatitudes‚ we are going to be persecuted because of righteousness. This is often a
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Good Friday- Easter isn’t about Candy‚ Ham‚ Bunnies‚ or even family get-togethers. The heart of Easter is Christ’s sacrifice. This event is the most important part of our religion as Christians. Jesus Christ coming to Earth‚ living the perfect life‚ and then sacrificing Himself on a cross for us- for our sins. Two questions that I pose to you tonight: #1 What does Jesus dying on a cross- Good Friday- mean for us? Forgiveness- Freedom from sin and what we rightfully deserve for our actions
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is believed that if these values are followed‚ can not only bring a believer into a state of peace and happiness‚ but also right into the Kingdom of God after our journey on earth comes to an end. Jesus Christ gave us the eight Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount‚ recorded for all posterity in the Gospel of Matthew‚ the first Book of the New Testament of the
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a) Outline your knowledge and understanding of the moral teaching contained in the Beatitudes The Beatitudes are part of Jesus’ teachings on the Sermon on the Mount. In them‚ he describes eight types of people that will be happy or blessed in the next life‚ and these teachings are morally significant to Christians. They contain values and attitudes which Christians today must attempt to reflect if they are to live a moral life. Jesus portrays the perfect disciple through the Beatitudes as he states
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Christ In Discipleship DSMN 500: Discipleship Ministries March 27‚ 2014 The definition of a disciple is “One who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another‚ as one of the twelve in the inner circle of Christ ’s followers according to the Gospel accounts.” Discipleship means nothing without Christ being the central focus. It is crucial that Christ be the central focal point for all Christian discipleship. There are
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Syllabus Dot Points CORE ETHICAL TEACHINGS Christianity • Outline the principal ethical teachings in: * The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments are a concise summary of Christian ethics‚ and stress the importance of human life and the need to respect family and personal integrity. For example‚ ‘honour thy mother and father’ and ‘thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour’. * The Beatitudes The Beatitudes is considered a fundamental passage for Christian ethics‚ and
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Seventeenth-century sermon techniques in Benjamin Franklin’s "Way to Wealth" communicate his secular eighteenth-century principles. First‚ Franklin’s structure contains a text‚ a doctrine section‚ and an application section as a Puritan sermon would. Franklin addresses a question concerning the financial problems of the day‚ and he takes his text from “Poor Richard’s Almanac.” Based on the issue raised concerning finances‚ Franklin formulates the thesis that the tax commissioners are unable to ease
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