"Children cannot be disciples, so they cannot be Christians either."
Michele Dominique- 11A1 9/10/03 RS Coursework Discipleship AO3 "Children cannot be disciples, so they cannot be Christians either." All Christians, this means the young as well as the elderly, began their faith through baptism. This is the first stage of becoming a true Christian disciple. The next two are taking the Eucharist and finally the Confirmation of being entered into the Kingdom of God. As soon as a Child is baptised by the Priest, I believe s/he has become a disciple, not fully obviously but definitely on the way of completing the three stages of becoming one. Therefore I disagree with the original statement. When it is said that children cannot be disciples, they can however, be Christians. The statement is both false and confusing. Like I mentioned above, when a child has been baptised, the moment the Priest has anointed it, s/he has automatically started being a Christian. This means Faith has been given to the child, coming not only from the parents but the God-parents too. Children of this world are highly valued, they are our future, our hopes and our descendants. They're the ones who will carry our faith through generations. For this, we need to give them credit. We often think of them as minors, and hardly listen to what they say; this shows that we're the ones who don't show what's it's
"Christian Festivals have lost their Religious meaning" Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answers showing that you have considered other points of view.
"Christian Festival have lost their Religious meaning" Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answers showing that you have considered other points of view. I agree that Christian festivals have lost their religious meaning. Leading up to Christmas shopkeepers just commercialise their products to make money this shows it has no meaning to them. It is no longer about Jesus being born, him dying and him rising from the dead. At Christmas time people think it is a time for giving and receiving presents but do they know how religion is involved in this? Many adults fell under pressure at this time. They have to get the presents the children want to please them. As a result of this many companies profit from this because children want what they see on T.V when big toy stores advertise there Christmas stock. There Christmas stock comes out months before the actual day arrives. Children focus on Father Christmas coming to give them their presents they should still believe this but their parents should tell them why he is coming. Who made it possible. Children should learn the religious meaning at an early age so they don't just wait until they receive presents they wait for the miraculous birth of Christ. Many shops decorate their windows with bright colourful lights and tinsel even though this looks attractive and gets you into a Christmas mood they should remember the
"Christians today are not prepared to suffer as Jesus did" Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another point of view. Your answer should refer to Mark's Gospel.
(b) "Christians today are not prepared to suffer as Jesus did" Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another point of view. Your answer should refer to Mark's Gospel. Well for me I need to look for both before deciding whether or not I agree with statement. To start I feel that there are not as many fully committed Christians nowadays so people do not know what to do when they face a type of persecution. You may say that we do not know our true faith until it is tested. But how do we know when were being tested? In earlier times, like for Jesus, it was clear when he was being tested and he made the correct choice by putting faith in his beliefs, but in these days we never hear of miracles from God, or that in our society today, faith is not a major issue for Christians, so we do not face persecution that much. But there are times recently like in Ireland when school children were being persecuted for their faith. But like Jesus, they did not give in to pressure and deny their faith; they had faith and believed in it. And even though we may be persecuted about being Christians it will not be to the same degree as it was in Jesus' day, but there again it is still persecution against our faith and no matter what type of suffering or persecution is involved, we should be true to our faith and ourselves. But even though we may be true to
"Christians today are not prepared to suffer as Jesus did." Do you agree? Gives reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another argument. Your answers should refer to Mark's Gospel.
Question 4: "Christians today are not prepared to suffer as Jesus did." Do you agree? Gives reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another argument. Your answers should refer to Mark's Gospel (8 Marks) Christianity is the most followed religion we have in the world today, having originated 2000 years ago nearly, when Jesus Christ walked the land of Israel preaching the word of God to save man from sin. And, so even in it's beginning, Christian's have suffered persecution as Jesus did, as he was mocked, beaten, conspired against and eventually put to death by his own people. World wide through all those years, Christianity, like other religions, like Judaism itself, has been frowned upon by some individuals and they decide to act against these messages of peace, and love, and hope for all man-kind and heaven on earth. Missionaries who visit lands such as China and Nigeria have gone missing, never to be seen again, because they speak out against some of the evils there, like China's population control laws, which demand the death of every third child, brought about through the country's overcrowding. Christians even persecute each other, like in Northern Ireland, where only a few years ago, the official fighting died down, in arguments over political rights. One argument as to why a Christian may be reluctant to suffer as Jesus did is that there is so
"Describing Jesus as the Son of God is Unnecessarily Difficult for People today". Should this Title be dropped?
"Describing Jesus as the Son of God is Unnecessarily Difficult for People today". Should this Title be dropped? In this essay I will discuss the two different arguments, should the title, (Describing Jesus as the Son of God is difficult for people today) be dropped or not? I will tell you both sides of the argument and the different views. Many people think the title should be dropped because there are already many titles to describe the Christ, Messiah, Lord of the Sabbath, Son of Man and so on. They think there are to many titles and this gets too confusing, so there should be fewer titles to lessen confusion. Also the point that Jesus is the Son of God cannot be proven because there is not enough evidence to say that Jesus is or isn't the Son of God. At the trial of Jesus, (Mark 14:53-72) this is the only time when Jesus claims to be the Son of God, if maybe he had said this more often then people may have believed him. Many people also claim that we are all God's children, not just Jesus. Other people believe that this title should not be dropped because God refers to being Jesus' father in the Baptism and Transfiguration. ("You are my own dear Son. I am pleased with you." Baptism. Mark 1:11) (" This is my own dear Son ~ listen to him." Transfiguration. Mark 9:7). The title also adds to our understanding of the Trinity, that God and Jesus are one. God also said that
R E revision notes Mark's gospel is about good news. The good news is about Jesus. Jesus is the Christ, the promised messiah
* Christ is Greek for Messiah. * Gospel means good news. * Mark's gospel is about good news. * The good news is about Jesus. * Jesus is the Christ, the promised messiah. * Jesus is the Son of God. * He wrote to tell us: what Jesus said and did, who Jesus was and the impact Jesus made on the people. * He wrote it because people all across the world needed to know more about Jesus and Jesus original followers were dying out. He needed to record what he did for future generations. * Mark wrote the gospel in Greek but used some Aramaic quotes e.g. eloi eloi lama sabachthani. * These Aramaic quotes indicate marks gospels authority because he had to get the information from an eyewitness. * Conservatives: they believe that the bible is inspired but not scientific. * Fundamentalists: they believe that the bible is inspired completely by God and can't contain error. * Liberals: believe writers inspired by God but human mistakes made. * Literalists: fundamentalists who take exact literal interpretation. * Gospels are precious to Christians. * Christians believe the bible is relevant even today. * Jews believe that their God is the one true God. * God made a covenant with the Jews. * A covenant is an agreement that is sacred and binding. * Sadducees were a party of priests at the temple in Jerusalem. * The Pharisees believed in the Law of Moses and they live by it.
Examine the teaching about discipleship in Matthew 5. Discuss whether or not Matthew's gospel offers a new interpretation of Torah requirements.
Examine the teaching about discipleship in Matthew 5. Discuss whether or not Matthew's gospel offers a new interpretation of Torah requirements. Introduction In Chapter One of his book about the Sermon on the Mount (SM), J. Duncan M. Derrett begins; "The (SM) has two uncongenial characteristics, it avoids humour and prefers dogmatism to argument."1 This dour introduction may underline his view that the SM is an aesthetic teaching for discipleship, such as that which would be envisaged for a Greek athlete or a Roman soldier of the day.2 He also places Jesus' teaching in the SM in the category of Hasidic, those who put the Torah into effect in its spirit and not merely in its letter3. This Hasidic viewpoint serves as introduction both to the teaching on discipleship and Torah requirements. Teaching about discipleship in Matthew 5 From Matt 5:1 we learn that the teaching of the SM is directed towards the disciples. A disciple is the pupil of a teacher4 and as pupils adopted the outlook of their masters, the word signified an adherent of a particular philosophy or religion, which in this context would have been the emerging Christianity of Matthew's church. Discipleship would have described the behaviour and attitude of a member of this community that sought to follow Jesus' teaching. The Beatitudes in Matt 5:3-11 outline the marks of a disciple of Jesus. They have been
Every person is unique
Coursework second draft Part A Every person is unique, they think for themselves, feel for themselves, and have a right to be their self, life is extremely valuable, not to be thrown away not to be wasted not to be destroyed. In war whether intentional or not lives are lost. If we look at the bible closely we can actually see it doesn't just support one theory on war. As times change so do the teachings in the bible, much of the Old Testament is supporting the view of war whereas the New Testament is supportive of pacifism. For centuries violence was used to support religions to spread faith, and it wasn't frowned upon. However nowadays there is much controversy over what part war plays in people's religion and there very varied opinions on war and fighting in general. Each and every Christian however will have there own views on whether we should be pro war or pacifism and what God would approve and disapprove of. If asked where Christians would take their advice from the most likely answer would be from the bible, but with its different views the bible can confused or put across messages that are interpreted differently by different people. Christian teachings on war However many pacifist teachings there are, there are still some supporting pro war and their messages are very clear. Many of the passages contain teachings which claim you will be rewarded for
Christmas to me.
Christmas to me Christmas is a special time of the year to everyone, whether it is a single mother celebrating her first Christmas with her young one, or a retired pensioner enjoying a great festival in a retirement home. But to me Christmas is more than presents and turkey, it is a momentous occasion of which cannot be beaten, no matter how much money, time or alcohol is put into creating an occasion, the spirit of Christmas will always be much stronger in heart. To say that Christmas is not such a good time of year I believe is an unjustified explanation. Christmas is a very broad word. What does Christmas perhaps means to you? Well, it may mean a totally different time to one person than it does to another. Depending on a persons beliefs, religion, culture and society, Christmas is a very unspecific word. To Christians, Christmas is a time of remembering the true story and the true side of Christmas, for what happened on the 25th of December all those years ago. For people like me Christmas is a time when you can make a fresh start and realize that family is most precious and important and that money can not buy a memorable time with the people you love most. Christmas is everything to me. From opening presents to sending cards, it is quite interesting to realise that every small insignificant part of Christmas is what makes it such a great time for me, and I think that
Parables. The main theme of the parables and of the gospel is the kingdom of God. When Jesus began to travel, he spoke about the kingdom of God.
Introduction My name is Carlene and this coursework is based on parables. Parables are important in the teaching of Jesus, as these are the stories that Jesus used to teach his followers-disciples/apostles in order to teach them lessons about life. Parables are important for the study of Christianity, as they were a central feature of Jesus' teaching. Parables are stories told to convey a spiritual point. Ai) what is meant by the term parable? A parable is a simple story with a clear teaching. The meaning is left for the listeners to work out for themselves. A parable relates to real life and everyday events to illustrate truths about God. Parables can be short e.g. the parable of the yeast Lk13: 20-21 and some are long e.g. the lost son Lk15: 11-32. A parable can be described as "an earthly story with a heavenly meaning". The word parable comes from the Greek word parabole and it means a comparison or an analogy-some of Jesus' parables are comparisons, they compare what is known and familiar on earth with the kingdom of God which is spiritual and less familiar. Parable can also mean, "throwing beside" or "placing beside". Biblical parables were originally examples of a Hebrew genre called meshalim. Well-known examples of parables include The Good Samaritan and The Lost (or prodigal) Son. The word allegory derives from the Greek word Allegoria meaning "speaking otherwise"