... then finally society. Many characters in the novel complete this cycle, especially Tom Joad. When we first meet Tom in chapter two, he is walking down the road in a cheap new suit because he was just released from prison. Tom convinces a trucker to give him a ride. Throughout the duration of the trip, the trucker questions Tom, which irritates him. Soon, Tom observes that the trucker was looking at him and noticing ... Tom's new clothes. This begins to agitate Tom even more and ... or not. Later in the novel, Rose of Sharon starts to show concern for the family by looking after Tom. Aft...

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... Spirit is a comforter it says in John 14:16, 17. If you obey me; and I will ask the Father and he will give you another Comforter, and he will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit who leads into all truth. The world at large cannot receive him, for it isn't looking for him and doesn't recognize him. But you do ... , for he lives with you now and some day shall be in you, The Holy Spirit does many different things and all through out the Bible it says the different things that the Holy Spirit does. The Holy Spirit teaches us, He brings things to our memory, He bears witness,...

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... abandoned, he goes along with the Joads on their journey to California. At the Hooverville in California that the Joads live at, Tom stands up to a cop and knocks him to the ground. Jim then comes over and knocks the cop out and tells Tom that he should go off in hiding so he would get the blame to keep Tom out of trouble because Tom was on payroll. This is ... an allusion to Christ's sacrifice to all of us. Later ... Casey is an allusion to Jesus Christ throughout the novel. John Steinbeck uses allusion to the Bible to enhance The Grapes of Wrath's meaning. The Joads and the Israelite...

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... on his principles right away in Oklahoma, yet gets his chance in Hooverville to practice what he has started to preach. When Tom and Casy get in a fight with a cop, Casy takes full blame, allowing Tom to escape because of the trouble Tom would have encountered with him being on parole. Through this sacrifice, Casy is symbolically giving up his body as Jesus Christ ... , Casy is spurred to act upon his thoughts. When Tom and Casy meet again, Tom will find Casy leading a strike for a living wage. Casy tells Tom about an occurrence in jail when one prisoner protested about the poor quality ...

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... though salvation was at their fingertips, some still decided to run away from safety back to sin. Gatsby would represent salvation, Daisy symbolizes the humans of the world, and Tom signifies the sin in the world. Daisy was lost while she was with Tom. Daisy was blind and confused until Gatsby came to save her. He waited and waited for Daisy to come to him for safety ... and bliss until a tragic event occurred. Daisy murdered Myrtle Wilson on the way home from New York. Frantic and frightened, Daisy needs an escape even if it the cost is losing Gatsby. She runs back to Tom, the sin, and...

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... as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling" (Fitzgerald 25-26). The posture of his arms outspread is an image of Christ on the cross trembling from the pain of those who He is trying to save (Quieto 1). In Gatsby's case, he is trying to save Daisy from her husband, Tom. The neglect that Daisy feels is overwhelming. At some parts she sounds as though her ... time he killed a man who found out that he was nephew to Von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil" (Fitzgerald, 65). These drunken words speak some truth; Gatsby obtained his wealth quickly through illegal use of sell...

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... the teachings pertaining to the proper manner of reading the Shema." Now that we have a good understanding of the background of the Talmud, the Berakhot tractate, and the Shema, let's discuss what was so important about what the scribes had to say about the Shema in chapter one of the Berakhot. The Rabbinic Mindset: The Scribes & the Shema The Talmud opens with a discussion between sages regarding the time that the Shema must be recited in the evening. Right away this opening chapter of the ... Talmud gives some interesting insights into rabbinic literature. When reading this chapter, o...

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... in Mark's Gospel. This is where Jesus performs most of his miracles and is at the heart of his teachings. Like in the Gospel of Mark Jesus also heals the sick and drives out a number of demons in Matthew's Gospel. One of the stories that I enjoy that shows how miraculous Jesus was is in chapter eight of Matthew where he calms the storm and it says, "Save us Lord, we ... are like white washed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of bones of the dead and every kind of corruption (Mt. 23:27)." In this chapter there is a lot of cruel language, and hostility presented...

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How Does Acts Elevate Peter? Acts elevates Peter by describing miraculous things that he did. The first occurrence of these activities is in Acts 3. In this chapter Peter and John were walking into a temple where they came across a crippled man begging for money. Peter told him that he had nothing of monetary value to give to him, but what he did have he would give ... . At that moment Peter told the man that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth to stand up and walk ... . After doing this Peter lifted the man up and he began to walk and jump around praising God. The next thing that happens...

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... on a higher spiritual plane. By leading ourselves properly we are in turn able to help lead other. The second chapter we will examine is "Cleanse your insides". This chapter examines how to keep your insides clean, your heart, so that your outsides will project your purity. ... "Are you so dull? Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him "unclean"? For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out his body. What comes out of ... to help others, because if we can't even lead ourselves how can we be expected to lead others? The third and f...

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... the next morning on the long journey to California. Consequently, most of the characters in The Grapes of Wrath have names such as Noah, Tom and John. All of these names are names of famous people from the Bible. Noah, in the Bible was obviously a prophet who built the ark and brought the animals on two by two to save them from the massive flood that destroyed the earth. Tom was one of Christ's disciples, specifically being the ... one who denied him three times, hence the ... name "Doubting Thomas." There were many John's in the Bible. The most famous of the John's however would have t...

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... of the fourth bowl will cause the sun to get hotter, thus scorching people. The pouring of the fifth bowl will bring complete darkness. The pouring of the sixth bowl will cause all the armies in the world to fight at Armageddon. The pouring of the seventh bowl will bring extremely large hail and will cause the greatest earthquake of all time. The series of "interruptions" within the chapters that discussed the judgments 4 included many visions and future happenings. In chapter ... , God will have ressurected them, thus "confirming that they are the men of God."6 The three main enemies of...

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... work together to accomplish His purposes. The moment we send Him a request that is in His will (1 John 5:14-15), God begins to work. We may not see it now, but one day the answer will come. The question in verse 8 ties in with what Jesus taught in the earlier chapter. What kind of faith "Shall He find on the earth? The end times will not be days ... of great faith. Eight people were saved in Noah's day, and only four out ... of Sodom (and one of them perished on the way). Are you steadfast, unmovable when you pray? Do you pray at all times, when you are ... ...

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... with an unstructured person oriented in relationships, both of us could accomplish more for God. The chapter, "Salt: Make Use of It" from Briner, influenced my growth in the class with the idea of what Christ wants us to be. To be the kind of salt Christ spoke about is to be the cutting edge, in the fray, at the forefront of battle. Jesus thought the idea of salt was stinging, biting, cleansing, and ... live a salty life that in turn can influence others to be salty. The young people are the future generation of the world and need to realize they can have a positive influence of other p...

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... in an effort to convey the word of Jesus and to strengthen their belief towards the Lord and savior of this Earth. One chapter I found most interesting in his letters was chapter 15 in which Paul discusses the resurrection of Jesus. This is the one of the most significant issues concerning nearly all religions, and it concerns the fate of man following their death. Paul believed that the inevitable resurrection of the body must be trusted ... part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then all of the apostles. And last of all he was seen...

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... , supernatural King. John describes Jesus as a supernatural Teacher. Because of the radical signs from raising Lazarus from the dead in John 11. Jesus also reveals himself as a supernatural Messiah with the healing of the blind man in John 9, and the feeding of the feeding of the 5000 in John 6. Also, Jesus is shown as an in control King when He is on the Cross in Chapter 19. He shows this by taking care ... of his mother. We witness Jesus being King as He firmly declares, "it is finished" ... are many events that healing happen. A large portion of these miracles happen between chap...

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... and sacrifice for the sin of man. "The idea of Jesus as the sacrificial victim for the sin of man may be said to take three forms." Jesus died on the cross for the remission of sin. He paid the price for our own actions. "There is the idea that the death of Jesus is the sacrifice which atones for the sin of man." The chapter discusses a verse given in Galatians 2:20. "Paul spoke of the Son Of God who loved him ... and who gave himself for him, and that is the simplest expression of Jesus as the supreme and availing sacrifice for ... ...

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... ) To answer Menzies" past two examples isn't that what we are doing when we are water baptized? We are starting over in Christ. Menzies" words at the beginning of the chapter are, "water baptism is a ceremony that symbolizes the beginning of the spiritual growth." So he is saying it himself that becoming a new creation can be obtained by being water baptized. Obviously there is some kind ... of importance to it, otherwise Jesus would not have commanded us in Matt 28:19, "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the ... said on i...

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... (MK 8:29-30). Another example of silence portrayed in the Gospel of Mark is the beginning of chapter 15 when Pilate asked Jesus quite a bit of questions and Jesus never replied to him, which shocked Pilate (MK 15:2-5). Although the Gospels of Mark and Luke are basically telling the same story, the main focus of how the message gets across in the form of theme is nowhere near close. The three themes in Luke are divine ... plan, justice to the lowly, and Jesus' normalcy. The first theme in the Gospel of Luke is divine plan which is obviously displayed in chapter one when the angel Gabriel...

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... conducted an interview concerning the passage of Matthew 5:38-42, I did some initial preparation using the Trouble Shooting Protocol Sheet so I could understand the content of the text better. To begin this assignment, I re-read Chapter 5 in the Gospel of Matthew and went through the questions on the Trouble Shooting Protocol Sheet. In trying to answer the questions on this sheet, I analyzed the text thoroughly becoming very familiar with the language and sourced verses ... to see what parts of the Bible they came from ... ...

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... what was going to take place in Salem. Elizabeth Proctor, wife of John Proctor is known for never lying. The Reverend's name was Rev. Hale. He had come down from Beverley. John Proctor is accused of witchcraft. But instead, confesses to having an affair with his housekeeper, Abigail Williams. Elizabeth is the type of person lives her life in complete honesty. She is condemned her ... husband, John when she had lied about the affair after he had confessed to it. She just couldn't believe that he ... had just done that. Her insight was the fact that, John wouldn't admit to still having f...

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... with six others, by the apostles to "wait tables", or oversee food distribution, for all of the Jewish followers that they had. The apostles could not do this job because it would interfere with the teaching of the Word. They decided to choose men who were full of faith and the Holy Spirit. Stephen met their standards perfectly. He performed his job flawlessly. In chapter six of Acts it states that ... he was "a man full of God's grace and power", and ... he "did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people." For his dedication and his actions of truth he was brutally opposed by ...

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... it is against his own wishes. Both of these are harmful. The other error addressed by Peter and others in the New Testament is taking the office for personal gain. One must desire the position of pastor for the benefit of the sheep and not himself. Jesus addresses this topic in John chapter ten. He compares His care for His own sheep with the care of a shepherd who is hired to look ... after the flock. Jesus says, "But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees [ ] The hireling, because ... 's flock. Anothe...

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... well. This gives us a better understanding of how human Jesus really was. His temptations had the same pulls as our own temptations do but we can learn by example. The next place we find the story of Jesus" temptation is in the book of Mark, chapter 1:12-13. The story of Jesus" temptation is very small within the book of Mark. In comparison to the book of Matthew, the story here is very brief. It ... gives an account of how Jesus was compelled by the Holy Spirit to go into the wilderness. He was there for Forty days ... still written by men just like you or I. The last account of the T...

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... and voice in Luke's gospel was more soothing for me to read, because he had more of a passionate, sentimental tone to it's writings then the other gospels. This set Luke apart, making everything slightly different from the rest. Chapter 11 talks a lot about prayer. One more commonly heard is luke 11:1-4: "Lord teach us to pray just as john taught his disciples. He said ... and concern for his disciples. Also in Luke, they discuss the Holy Spirit a lot more frequently then the gospels Mark and Matthew. Luke mentions the Holy Spirit during all of the key events in Jesus" life. John the Ba...

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