Christian Essays

In the days when our Lord and St. Peter walked on earth, they came, once upon a time, to a smith who had bargained with the devil to belong to him after seven years if during that time he could be the master of all other smiths; and both the …

Denzel Washington may have over a million Oscars and over a hundred leading roles, but even his greatness could not save the sad production that is “The Book of Eli.” “The Book of Eli” is the action/adventure of a man named Eli who is in the possession of the last …

1. Discuss the beginning and the ending of the Roman Empire. In what ways did the Empire conquer and control? * The republic formed around 500 BC and around 100 BC it started to drift toward a dictatorship, 27 BC-180 BC Roman Empire held peace, a decline set in around …

From 100 to 600 C.E. Rome went under many changes culturally and politically. Culturally Rome adopted a new religion. Politically there was a division of the empire. With so many changes, there were a few continuities in the empire. At first, the Roman Empire considered Christianity a threat, and they …

Unsurprisingly for the gothic tale The Picture of Dorian Gray, vampirism and a strong biblical reference to a downward spiral from innocence are found lurking within the pages. Corresponding chapters of Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor: Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires” and “…Or …

This section is anyting but a simple story of how Saul was knocked off his horse and converted. Our popular religious imagination and art to the contrary notwithstanding, this section and its parallels in 22:1-6 and 26:9-18 nowhere say that he was riding a horse. Now do these texts speaks …

* 666: Satan’s number, associated with the fact Satan had 3 faces and 3 sets of wings, the number of the beast * 70 Weeks: Seventy sevens decreed for Jerusalem to finish their transgression and stop sin, From the time the world goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until …

The foundation of Christian orthodoxy and canon are so entwined so that you cannot have one without the other; both drawing support from the other to establish details and outline its parameters. In the years that followed after the death of the apostles, there was a desire by the early …

1.) The Pope says that 1985 has been proclaimed by the United Nations Organization International Youth Year, and this is of great significance to the youth of the world. He says that this significance of youth is the Church. Man is the fundamental and at the same time the daily …

Just like the first book in the Bible, the first book of The Poisonwood Bible is named Genesis. As well as the beginning, Genesis can also mean rebirth. When characters arrive in the Congo they realize the things they brought with them are changed by Africa and can no longer …