José Parlá José Parlá is a modern contemporary artist born in 1973 Miami‚ Florida. Parlá began painting in 1983 and by 1988 he was accepted into the Savannah College of Art and Design’s scholarship program. He used this experience to extend his art making by combining concepts he already knew as a self taught artist and concepts he learnt from the Savannah College. Parlá’s works are huge canvases (usually 4x6ft) painted in a way that makes you wonder what it is that lurks under all the layers
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To compare and contrast Jesus Christ and Confucius Two different men‚ living half of century apart on different continents‚ representatives of distinctly unlike cultures‚ and yet their influence on world is so similar. Both men set the beginnings of new religions and new eras in their countries. The religions they founded‚ survived for two millenniums shaping ideologies not of a single country but of half of the world. Their names are very well known and influential even in modern world. These
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The Resurrection of Jesus Christ No other event in history has been the object of as much scrutiny and criticism as the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The resurrection of Christ is the basis upon which all Christianity stands. If the resurrection never happened‚ then there would be no Christianity‚ as the Apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:14‚ "And if Christ has not been raised‚ our preaching is useless and so is your faith." This is why opponents of the Christian faith have tried to attempt
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Jose Carlos was administered an 11th grade level passage‚ “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells‚ to read aloud in English. It was apparent this passage is still advanced for his language level of fluency. He mispronounced many words such as: vague‚ inkling‚ Filby‚ Hastings‚ anachronisms‚ Plato‚ extravagant‚ theories‚ interest‚ communistic‚ and verifications. However‚ the student had no prior exposure to the proper names and other high tier vocabulary words. Jose Carlos conducted many pauses to sound out
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The life of Jesus Christ is a very emotional yet religious topic to explain about. His birth was miraculous‚ the way he lived was very sin free and religious and his death changed people’s lives forever. The innocence and loyalty that Jesus portrayed was still not enough for the Roman Empire. He was just too over powering for the government and other peoples lives and was considered a risky individual. The birth of Jesus was said to be on December 25 yet in the bible there was no set date on which
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The historical Jesus Jesus Christ was born in 2-6 BCE in Bethlehem‚ Judea and he was the child of a peasant woman. Jesus was an uneducated man‚ he never went to college‚ had no family and worked as a carpenter up until he was 30 years old but more importantly he never wrote a book‚ which draws the question ‘ how do we know so much about Jesus’ life? There is very little written about Jesus’ early life. Most of Jesus’ life is told through the four Gospels of the New Testament Bible‚ known as the
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the opportunity to interact with Jesus we shouldn’t hesitate to take this opportunity because you never know when it will be gone. Bartimaeus knew this. When Jesus called to him‚ he didn’t wait to come to Jesus but rather he “threw aside his cloak‚ sprang up‚ and came to Jesus” (v. 50). Bartimaeus didn’t wait to get up after being called. He didn’t finish what he was doing before allowing time to go see Jesus. Bartimaeus took the opportunity he had to talk to Jesus and God because he knew that his
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also aims to let people know Christ’s mission in coming here on earth. It also wants to be helpful in broadening or widening our knowledge of Jesus Christ. This intend to help us get closer to Christ by getting to know more about him‚ particularly his coming down to earth‚ in this paper. IMPORTANCE This research paper can help us get to know more about Jesus Christ’s mission. This also show us proofs or evidences of God’s love for us. Proofs of God’s love is still evident until now but this will
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university days. This endeavor resulted in The Case for Jesus‚ a slim‚ meticulously organized book seeking to answer one question in particular: did Jesus of Nazareth claim to be God? This paper will examine the structure‚ content‚ strengths‚ and weaknesses of The Case for Jesus in order
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The figures are also mostly displayed in a frontal view. The globe on which Jesus sits also does not seem to be supporting him very well‚ adding to the two-dimensional feel. The work was done in 547 A.D. Another example of Christian iconography is The Transfiguration. It is located in the Church of Saint Catherine’s monastery‚ on Mount Sinai‚ Egypt. It is another apse mosaic‚ depicting a frontal view of a bearded Jesus‚ suspended in a flat plane of gold. He is in a blue mandorla‚ and wears a
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