Adolescent Substance Use Screening Instruments: 10-Year Critical Review of the Research Literature Over ten million teenagers in the United States admit in a national survey that they drink alcohol, although it is illegal under the age of 21 in all Continue Reading...
mother of Achilles helped to turn her son into an epic hero during the Trojan War. During the war she was constantly by his side, consoling him through his times of grief and aiding him in becoming a renowned warrior. Thetis and her son shared such Continue Reading...
Theology: An Analysis of the Book Of Hebrews An Analysis of the Book of Hebrews: Theology The book of Hebrews is one of the most controversial books in the New Testament. The controversy derives largely from the fact that the book's author is yet t Continue Reading...
Judaism and Christianity The religion of Judaism is one that goes back centuries and includes a description of the creation of the world, as found in the Book of Genesis. According to Judaism, the world was created by God, Who also created man in hi Continue Reading...
What was the role of the women? The role of women was to establish a home life dress the meat that was killed for food and care for the children (Snow Owl 2004). What type of spiritual awareness did the Sioux observe? The Sioux were very spiritu Continue Reading...
Red Tent Anita Diamant's fiction, "The Red Tent (1997)," is her interpretation of the activities in the red tent, where the Canaanite wives of the first patriarchs dwelt and celebrated the facets of womanhood, such as menstruation and childbirth. Th Continue Reading...
Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project Person-- -- Moses Moses was born in 1393 and died in 1273 BCE. The Maimonides called him 'perfect' and the Talmud sages said 'Divine Prescence' spoke from Moses' throat. While some have said these wonderful th Continue Reading...
Suffering Tim Murphy Theology MA2000D The existence of human suffering poses a unique theological problem. If God is omniscient, omnipotent, and all-loving, then why does suffering exist? Indeed, this difficulty is confronted in scripture itself: Continue Reading...
Angels and Demons The understanding of angels and demons can be a complex concept in theology and many people do not quite know how these figures play into our faiths. However, at the same time, these figures receive a large amount of mentions in bo Continue Reading...
Personal Theory Paper Introduction Since mid-1970s, a serious matter for integration between Christianity and psychology developed among Christian counsellors. The integration movement developed as a result of reaction to psychology being accepted in Continue Reading...
Creation Without Love: The Problem of Frankenstein In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein assumes the role of God by attempting to create new life. He is not, however, prepared for the consequences, and the outward hideousness of his creat Continue Reading...
Qur'an similar to and different from the Holy Bible? Give examples from each work to illustrate their similarities and differences The Qur'an is the holy book of Islam, the religion established by Muhammad while the Holy Bible is the sacred book of Continue Reading...
Gospel of John: The Theme of Discipleship The Theme of Discipleship: The Gospel of John Discipleship is one of the salient themes in the Gospel of John. John attempts to paint a distinct profile for what a true disciple looks like, and what true d Continue Reading...
Roman Empire and the Athenian Empire were alike in many ways. Both developed a culture based on the same mythology in order to unite their people in belief (the Romans Latinized the Greek gods and goddesses but the narratives remained largely the sam Continue Reading...
Exegesis of Luke 14:14-21 Luke 14:14-21 is situated within the larger context of the Messiah's time teaching the Pharisees and attempting to get them to understand why He would "eat with sinners" (Luke 15:2) and spend time in their company. It is co Continue Reading...
Pirandello's self-conscious use of the nature of theater and the way people play roles in the theater and in family life was considered revolutionary at the time. His title "Six Characters in Search of an Author" stressed the fact that the fourth wa Continue Reading...
Psalm 119: 97–103 Learners can know more than their teachers in the sense that they are filled with a sense of God. As God knows all things and is the end all, be all, the learner who realizes this truth is like the Psalmist—wiser than al Continue Reading...
Hebrews 5:1-6 explains why Jesus, who was not of a priestly caste, became endowed with the status of High Priest and serves humanity in this critical function. These readings explicate the underlying meanings of scripture as it pertains to Jesus&rsqu Continue Reading...
Madonna and Child by the Master of St. Cecilia Madonna and Child (1290-1295) by the Master of St. Cecilia is a tempera and gold leaf on panel depiction of the Mother of God and the Christ Child. Its iconic imagery perfectly represents and reflects t Continue Reading...
Character and Personality Traits of Agamemnon Agamemnon's virtue of tolerance and liberalism turns out to be his weakness as a king. Aeschylus' play Agamemnon is actually not the first performance of the story. The tale of Agamemnon's return from Continue Reading...
Other theories are that he died after having been sent into battle. Other scholars state that a hole found in the King's head indicates foul play but experts believe that the hole was made after his death. (Tutankamun: Life and Times) Another myste Continue Reading...
Vietnam Antiwar Lit Review Vietnam Anti-War Literature Review The Vietnam War marked a lot of "firsts" in relation to the course of American history. It is the first war that the United States lost. It is one of the first major military actions whe Continue Reading...
myth in Daniel Wallace's Big Fish is particularly what allows Edward Bloom to keep other people in his life at a distance. By stretching the events of his life into tall tales, Edward was able to create an identity for himself that was more notewort Continue Reading...
The use of earthen vessels or treasure in clay jars to represent the weakness of human ministers provides a good metaphor for use in the sermon. Tribulation encompasses a future seven-year period where people will suffer greatly as God judges the ear Continue Reading...
World View and VocationIntroductionEveryone is called in life to do something, whether it is to serve God in the church, start a family, obtain a career in the world, or use whatever talents God has given one in some other way. Discerning ones vocati Continue Reading...
Dickinson, however, approaches art and nature in a much different way. She does not attempt to assert herself or set herself up as "Amerian Poet" the way that Whitman does. Instead she wrote her poetry without ever once doing so for fame or fortune Continue Reading...
WEB DuBois of Our Spiritual Strivings In the first chapter of the Souls of Black Folk, DuBois presents one of the main arguments of the book. That is, the notion of double-consciousness or veiled consciousness. According to DuBois, "the Negro is a Continue Reading...
As the poem progresses Flecknoe blesses his son, which may make some wonder why the church did not perform the blessing. This slight against Flecknoe's character demonstrates that Dryden has no respect for Shadwell's virtues. Any individual, especi Continue Reading...
Hawkins and Clinton Book ReviewSummaryHawkins and Clinton\\\'s 2015 book, The New Christian Counselor, provides a summative approach to Christian counseling. It offers a biblical foundation and framework that focuses on the use of scripture in counse Continue Reading...
Parenting comes in al forms and ranges, just as different as individuals are. Fortunately, parents have today the possibility to get much better informed than they ever had before. Not only has child psychology made huge progress over the last few de Continue Reading...
Mysticism and Spirituality Comparison of Two Women: Catherine of Sienna and Julian of Norwich Spirituality and Mysticism The relationship between mysticism and spiritualism is one question that often arises in the modern study on the concept of spi Continue Reading...
Gospel: Gospel is a message that has contents on Jesus, God, salvation, the Kingdom of God, and everything that is done to reach out this message to the believers. Gospel is also one of the books in the New Testament talking about the life, death, r Continue Reading...
Polonius: A Literature Review As chief counselor to the king of Denmark, Polonius plays an important and nefarious role in Shakespeare’s Hamlet—yet his words are often quoted out of context and it is Polonius, the spying, lying, manipulat Continue Reading...
Medieval Women To state the obvious, the lives of medieval women were very different than those of women today. The medieval times are often referred to as the Middle Ages. During the Middle Ages, the people of Europe often lived in smaller rural co Continue Reading...
