Elizabeth finds out that John is having an affair with Abigail, so she fires her. From the second she finds out about the affair, she becomes cold towards John. John knows why she acts the way she does, so he perpetually apologizes to her. John only wants to make Elizabeth happy, as he says, “I mean to please you, Elizabeth” (Miller 50) and when he states, “I have not moved from there to there without I think to please you, and still an everlasting funeral marches round your heart” (Miller 54). Despite all of John's apologies and attempts to make up for his mistake, Elizabeth refuses to forgive him.…
Was it outcasted leper that angered him or the fact there are harm full diseases in the world? The two text also give two different interpretations of Jesus’ portrayal. While Matthew and Luke portray Jesus as a kind and gentle soul, Mark portrays Jesus as a powerful…
John Proctor poor, poor Proctor… Darkness blackness, Darkness a place of complete silence, Darkness a place of protection. Darkness may be a bizarre word to associate with protection, nevertheless, some individual use darkness as a source of protection. The people that used darkness as protection will always have light shed into their darkness. In the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller one of the play's main characters, John Proctor, has a secret of having an affair with Abigail Williams and over the course of the play, John tries to lie his away around the affair so that he can keep his public reputation and please his wife Elizabeth Proctor. However, his lies cause a greater harm than good towards him by tormenting him throughout…
Between Matthew and Luke’s separate accounts of the parable of the lost sheep, there are some striking differences. In Matthew’s account of the story, he precedes his writing with the narrative of the disciples asking Jesus who the greatest amongst them was. Jesus responds by telling them that one must first be as humble as a child before they can enter the kingdom of heaven. Jesus then tells them that they “do not despise one of these little ones,” (ESV) because the Son of Man came to save the lost. He continues by telling the parable to His disciples, but Matthew records different aspects of it than Luke does.…
Peter gave himself to the Lord because he wanted to become a better man. Peter had a desire to “repair the injuries done to God” so he became a monk in the religious order founded by Saint Peter Nolasco. During his 8 years of profession he…
Once he becomes aware of this, his internal struggles mean nothing — He finally becomes aware that he is dying. Although materialism sparks some of St. Peter’s actions, he ultimately grasps that the success of his life is not based on his decisions, but instead on his intuitive…
One of these includes the reference to the Denial of Peter which appears in the New Testament.…
Peter, once again, goes too far, claiming that he is ready to follow Jesus even to death. Yet, we know that once Peter is separated from the group and finds himself alone at the high priest’s house, his fears get the better of him. His faith fails, and he denies that he even knows Jesus. Yet, after the resurrection, when they are all together, Jesus comes to the whole community of disciples. Again, they receive Jesus with joy and fall down and worship (Shirley,…
THE VALUE OF GODLY PARENTS Of all the possessions you own, what is the most valuable thing you hope to pass down to your children? Family heirlooms are special, but how many individuals would be willing to trade all they ever inherited from their parents for the chance to speak to them just one more time? Patrick Henry is famous for his statement, “give me liberty me death,” in response to British tyranny that sparked the Revolutionary War. What many do not know is that near the end of his life, he made another statement of greater significance: “‘I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.…
The idea of characterization is fully exemplified when talking about Peter's heroism. As Peter travels through Narnia he appears to mature as a young boy (Osborne 117), which is one reason he can be seen as hero. At the beginning of the novel, Peter seems to be a normal boy with insecurities and is unable to come out of his comfort zone (Lewis 2). Also the way Peter acts towards his siblings can seem to be stubborn. This is shown when Peter does not believe that Lucy is telling the truth about Narnia even though she has never fibbed (Sgro 1).…
Peter preaches a message to the devout Jews in Jerusalem. Acts 2:38-39 states, "Peter replied, Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.…
When crowds are large, it gets loud and harder to hear, but when Jesus is the speaker, people become silent and it’s effortless to hear, even still they do not listen to the wisdom of God. “Though hearing they do not hear or understand.” Matthew and mark are parables that are common with each other in the Gospels. They talk about Jesus in a large crowds and how people will not listen to Jesus even with silence. God put these parables out for us, so that we could understand his spiritual lessons through his stories in the bible.…
The Gospel of John is one of the four Gospels written to tell the story of Jesus’ life. Just as Matthew, Mark, and Luke have given their accounts of Jesus’ miracles so has John. Though these accounts may have their own way of telling what is important to them, the main fact is that these Gospels were recorded so that we may learn more of the word of God. “In order to understand John’s approach to the story of Jesus, the reader must recognize the centrality of the incarnation of the Gospel” (NIB 1905). The book of John begins, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1).…
Peter then traveled Jerusalem and Syria, spreading the world to the gentiles. In the end he was crucified, not wanting to be crucified like Christ he told the romans to crucify him upside down. Jesus once said that Peter was the rock on which the churches would be built, and his words were fulfilled. Peter’s ministry went on to start many Catholic…
This essay will cover the issue of scoffers and the Parousia. The theme of 2 Peter 3:3-10 is Christ’s second return, the problem of the scoffers who will come and bring lies into the church as well as the reason for the delayed Parousia. 2 Peter 3:3-4 encompasses the problem of the scoffers who are doubting Christs second return and what they will follow. Peter tells his readers that the scoffers will come and will “follow their own desires” as well as doubt the second coming because they believe that “everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” Verses 5-6 covers Christ's sovereignty over creation since the beginning of time, Peter goes on to remind the readers that since the scoffers “deliberately forgot that by God’s Word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water, and that by these waters the world of that time was deluged and destroyed and by the same word the present heavens and earth are…