The Parable of the Sower 
.... cannot be divorced from its "original meaning." Because of the mysterious and hidden nature of the parable, we do not know specifically what
Jesus meant by it ....
(1649
7
)
Christ's Commentary on Achieving Greatness
.... 20.12 as irrelevant to his view that
Jesus meant to use the trope of family as decisive in the emerging community of and that Christianity
meant to "defin[e ....
(2501
10
)
Jesus the Pharisee
.... Christian moral tradition, partly because they were always
meant to cover Gentiles and Jews alike, a fact completely consistent with claims by
Jesus and Paul ....
(910
4
)
Jesus As Mother and Abbot as Mother
.... The maternal descriptions of
Jesus that the Cistercians employed emphasized the ideas of .... lends itself to the way in which these virtues were
meant to be ....
(745
3
)
Religious Thought of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
.... Christian trinitarianism, which unavoidably engages Judaism for the reason that in Christian tradition
Jesus meant both to overtake and to fulfill the old law ....
(4824
19
)
The Four Gospels
.... Luke is more formal in style, and his version would become the model for presentations of the life of
Jesus meant to be imitated. ....
(1965
8
)
St. Augustine's Analysis of Judaism
.... Christian trinitarianism, which unavoidably engages Judaism for the reason that in Christian tradition
Jesus meant both to overtake and to fulfill the old law ....
(4938
20
)
Examining Pieces of Fiction
.... It is not
meant to actually argue for eating children, but was
meant to show ....
Jesus, the teller of the parables, was telling them to Jews who saw religion in ....
(1463
6
)
Doctrinal Christology
.... Indeed, the text was
meant as a response to the idea that God the Father of
Jesus was to be distinguished from the god of Creation, which generated the ....
(678
3
)
The Jewish - Christian Split
.... The teachings of
Jesus therefore were
meant, at lest in part, to emphasize the importance of love for one's fellow men and the necessity of selfless service to ....
(513
2
)
The Lives of Jesus and Muhammad
.... That, in combination with revelations about the Last Judgment,
meant that, just as
Jesus encountered opposition to his teachings, so did Muhammad. ....
(2355
9
)
Christ On Marriage and Divorce
.... Luke 16:18). Divorce, then, is a sin, according to
Jesus. Marriage is sacred and not
meant by God to be destroyed. The Fourth Gospel ....
(1336
5
)
Contemporary Portrayals of Biblical Figures
.... For example, the painting The Last Supper is said to place Mary, not the apostle John, at
Jesus' right, and that "proves" the early church
meant to include ....
(1787
7
)
The Last Supper and Jesus
.... important to the fledgling church than the details later writers included, as it sought to keep
Jesus' command to remember his death and what it
meant for each ....
(1799
7
)
Jesus Christ as a Historical Figure
.... More importantly, though,
Jesus Christ wanted to save the sinners of the world. He knew that this
meant dying on the cross so that he could make up for all the ....
(321
1
)
Human Experience of God & Paul Tillich
.... is also an interpretation of the core of Christian trinitarianism, unavoidably engages Judaism for the reason that in Christian tradition
Jesus meant both to ....
(7446
30
)
Pope John Paul II and Jesus' Message on Law
.... As
Jesus maintains, "This man [tax collector], rather than the other [Pharisee], went .... II's call for a combination of reason and faith is
meant to demonstrate ....
(1366
5
)
Under the Feet of Jesus
Helena Maria Viramontes' Under the Feet of
Jesus portrays the coming-of-age of a .... to decide if Estrella's sensitivity and lyrical nature are
meant to represent ....
(1421
6
)
The Parable of the Sower and the Seed
.... He cites theories that that the stories were
meant as allegories and for popular consumption, that "they belong to conflict situations in
Jesus' ministry," and ....
(2524
10
)
A Good Friday Liturgy
.... prosper in his hand" (53.10), then the special quality of
Jesus develops a .... interviewed for this research, the symbolism of the rituals are
meant to memorialize ....
(1552
6
)
Max Weber and Religion
.... Great Rome" (1964, pp. 349ff) was a difficult one. In any case,
Jesus' religion was
meant to depart from its lineage. That was to be ....
(2495
10
)
Examination of the Book of Zechariah
.... Zechariah was
meant to give them the sense that it is darkest right before the .... Meyer refers to
Jesus, for his interpretation of Zechariah is from a Christian ....
(1514
6
)
Ched Myers Liberal Christianity
....
meant to be gender-exclusive; however, if we are to be socio-literary correct, as Myers would have us, there must be a recognition that in the time of
Jesus, ....
(1371
5
)
Themes in the Gospel of John
.... His disciples, after his death, were clear about what he
meant. .... The importance of this association and identification of
Jesus with the temple cannot be ....
(1258
5
)
Counseling and Christian Belief
.... These concerns echo attributes of existential therapy, which is
meant to address--even if it .... of Christianity is symbolized by the life-example of
Jesus and ....
(1403
6
)
Books of the New Testament
.... During the time of
Jesus, Judaism was ordered by a fairly rigid social structure, which
meant that the Jewish community was not truly open to all persons. ....
(967
4
)
New Testament Differences between Jewish & Christian Traditions
.... During the time of
Jesus, Judaism was ordered by a fairly rigid social structure, which
meant that the Jewish community was not truly open to all persons. ....
(967
4
)
Kevin Smith's Dogma
....
Jesus, of course, fought the ancient beliefs with his ideas that eventually embodied what we know today as Christianity. Ideas are
meant to provide progress ....
(742
3
)
Kathleen Norris's The Cloister Walk is a fascinat
.... By "spiritual growth" is
meant not some achievement of a transcendent state of .... Protestant--the Bible, and the life, death and resurrection of
Jesus Christ mean ....
(1913
8
)
Mark 4: 1-20 - The Parable of the Sower and the Seed
.... He cites theories that that the stories were
meant as allegories and for popular consumption, that "they belong to conflict situations in
Jesus' ministry," and ....
(3374
13
)
