Essays on Gracious

The Christian Bible and Islamic Quran chare a surprising number of similar themes and ideas as a result of their shared religious heritage and birthplaces; an example of this is found in the Bible’s “Sermon on the Mount” parable from the Mathew Gospel and the Quran’s “Lord of Mercy”. It is important to note that the Lord of Mercy referenced by the Koran can include a number of passages, as Allah is directly references as the Lord of Mercy many times; unless specified otherwise, this report will refer primarily to the opening of the Koran for simplicity. ...

PART ONE

Christian life is a journey, that is made under the God’s law, in the world that God created, and the presence of the God himself. The faith in God is the milestone of Christianity. But what does God mean for the faithful? How is he perceived? And what role does he play in the ethical deliberation of every Christian? God, or, as found in the Bible, Lord, is proclaimed by the Christian reality as a supreme being, but not an impersonal force like those of nature (Woodhead 45). He is supremely a holy person. The personality of God ...

In Plato's Justice from the ``Republic,'' Thrasymachus believes justice is ``really the good of another, the advantage of the stronger and the ruler, and harmful to the one who obeys and serve (Westphal 45).'' This was because he believed that a just man doesn't profit as much as that of an unjust person. A just man follows the law and does good but he ends up being at the losing end if compared to an unjust person who in simple terms end up the one getting the guns, the gold and the glory. That ...

Apparently, the interactions that took place between God and the people of Israel under the guidance of Moses depict the various attributes of God. Additionally, some meticulous scenes from the book of exodus intensify the attributes of God that are not manifested in other chapters or rather books of the Bible. This paper will focus on the major scenes from the book of Exodus that depict the interactions between God and the people of Israel as a way of establishing the major attributes of God. God is gracious. Gracious in its simplest meaning is to bestow or show kindness ...

Introduction

As this short story has a biblical background, the characters in the story are highly religious where the father is an image of the God and the two sons were the religious and irreligious persons respectively. The story may appear simple in its construction, but it is compacted with symbols, allegories, and theological insights. Let us discuss the analytical essay about the plot construction, characters, and interpretation of symbols and allegories.

Plot Construction

The story begins with the description of a man who has two sons. The second son asked his father for his share of property and the father had given him. ...

Kathryn Tanner – Christ the Key (2010), 320 pp Kathryn Tanner joined the faculty of Divinity in Yale in 2010. This was after teaching in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago for sixteen years and the department of Religious studies in Yale for ten years. She has engineered a lot of research on the history of Christian thought to current issues of theological concern using cultural, feminist, and social theory. She has written several books such as; God and Creation in Christian Theology: Tyranny or Empowerment? The politics of God: Christian Theologies and Social Justice, Theories of Culture: ...

Love is in one way a necessity for all human beings in order for them to feel a sense of belonging and that they are appreciated. This is the reason why falling in love can be instant, at first sight in some case. People who do not even recognize each other can spontaneously end up falling in love. However, love and feelings of appreciation are tough to do away with. This could be because of the emotional attachment that comes along with love. Some people take as long as ten years to get over their previous lovers. Love comes along with ...

In the history of human kind, there is probably no such well-known and often used image as a lion symbol. Those beautiful and strong creatures were accompanying mankind during all its known or conscious history, when people became able to comprehend the surrounding environment, fear threats and warship strength of stronger and braver creatures than themselves. It is true that each epoch and culture had its own interpretation of the lion symbol, but attitude to this animal had always showed the human perception of the animal world in general and its place in the surrounding environment. In order to understand the ...

To Whom It May Concern, Greetings! It has come to my attention that the community’s little league baseball commission is considering some changes in terms of their scoring policies concerning all games which are to be held. I understand that the commission aims to eliminate scoring based on runs, and the overall concept of winning and losing.

Rest assured that I do deeply understand the concern of the committee, wanting equality in the field, bringing no concept of losing more than anything. However, I do disagree on the matter. I believe that the entire purpose of holding such ...