… or that there was no one was there for you when you needed him or her to talk to? I did once in my life, but then I found Jesus Christ and decided that I could make it through life without the help of friends or a boyfriend. With Jesus in my life,…

… Augustine writes his memoir in order to enlighten those whom read it. Throughout his confession, he is fairly straightforward when it comes to tell about his life, his life struggles and ultimately conversion and God. Although I mention these…

… at death as a breaking apart of the material of which we are composed. However Buddhism does not look as death as a continuation of the soul but as an awakening. Dying and being reborn has been compared by some Buddhist as a candle flame. When…

… (Neh. 11:32), 2 miles northeast of Jerusalem (Is. 10:32) and within sight of the city, likely on Mount Scopus, just north of the Mount of Olives. • Known as “the city of the priests” (1 Sam. 22:19); they may have fled there after the capture of the…

… and literary skills, it is important to understand the organization of culturally significant and highly publicized works of literature. What is the most frequently circulated book in the world? Christianity’s Bible is the world’s most popular…

… that his journey to Jerusalem would end in persecution, death and then resurrection on the third day, but “the disciples did not understand any of this” (Luke 18:31–34). Perhaps, then, it is not so surprising that when the resurrection did occur, they…

… members, and it offers them a common system of belief. Religion, whether it is Christianity, Taoism, Judaism, or Hinduism is a set of commonly shared beliefs which bring many people together. Religions usually teach a code of morality with an emphasis…

… ship was a sight of war that the Navy crew members never expected to see. On October 18, 1974, at the age of twenty-one boatswain's mate, James Jump was departing for the second time from the Naval Station in San Diego. The USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) a…

… The answer to this question is the only real dispute surrounding the historical Jesus. No legitimate scholar today denies that Jesus is a historic figure that walked on this earth about 2,000 years ago, that he did remarkable wonders and acts of charity,…

… a question I had never truly thought about before taking the class The Christian Religious Tradition. Being raised a Catholic I simply believed what I was told to believe, and went to mass and Sunday school every week. I have never in my life stopped…