Christian Essays

It is very seldom that I face practical questions that are too difficult to answer. Life has taught me things… things that I came to answer with ease and without much self-interrogation. However, this question stunned me to a point that I am staring at my computer screen for almost …

Martin Luther King crosses paths with a man named Chaym Smith. Smith resembles King so much that King thinks he is starring into a mirror when he addresses Smith. Heck, they even chew the same type of gum. Not only does smith resemble King, but he also shares his intellectual …

By the end of the Eleventh Century the western world still had contacts with the eastern byzantine and islamic worlds. The growing tension in the east soon appeared in an attack against the byzantine empire with their need of help soon following. The crusades then began with religious promises and …

Religion and faith dominated virtually every aspect of life during the middle Ages. However, the Church’s influence suffered greatly during the later part of this age of faith. Many historians hold that the Medieval Church was a landmark of corruption. This view is often used to explain the decline and …

There are two great heroes from history, one from the bible, and one from Homer’s book The Odyssey. They both relied on a higher power to give them the abilities to do many things. More specifically they relied on the higher powers to confront family members that they have been …

The invention of the Christian church was one of the brilliant solutions in architectural history. This was achieved by a process of assimilating and rejecting various precedents, such as the Greek temple, the Roman public building, the private Roman house, and the synagogue. The Early Christian period saw the growth …

English authors often allude to Greek mythology and the Bible in their writing. Frequently readers come across a reference to Jesus Christ or a prophet-like character when analyzing popular classics. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the author depicts Simon as a Christ-like figure because he sees the truth …

Composition Nativity on public property is becoming against the law. Nativity means a symbol of Jesus just after birth. That is why people like Jews, atheists and non-Christians are against of nativity. Nativity scenes became into an argument between non-Christians and Christians. On one hand, many people say that nativity …

The religion of Catholic Christianity was established just after the death of Jesus, near the beginning of the Common Era. Jesus, the Son of God and Messiah, was born a Jew. Early Christianity was therefore a strand of Judaism and it wasn’t until later that Judaism and Christianity were separated. …

“Do human beings have free will or free choice and if not who or what shapes human destiny?” (McSweeney 9) Herman Melville utilizes Father Mapple’s sermon in his nineteenth century epic novel Moby Dick, to illustrate the duality of mankind. Mortal man pursues his own singular interests with selfish intent; …