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Nazareth Manifesto through the thoughts of a layman.

Luke 4:16-22 A Physician by profession, Luke was a fellow worker and traveler with Paul in the missionary journey.   His writings are very profound cause of the knowledge and writing skills he possessed. His writing are based on Mark and the Que-Source.   His intention was to share the Good News of Salvation in this Gospel – a message intended for everyone.                 Luke 4 persists of 6 events, all in which Jesus is present. Our focus today will be from 16-22 verses. It states as the rejection of Jesus at Nazareth.   This passage is better known as the Nazareth Manifesto, ‘The words of Isaiah’. What do we understand from this passage? Let me try to bridge the pitfalls in a layman’s understanding.                                   1) Jesus: The Anointed One. Throughout His ministry we realize that Jesus was the ‘Chosen One’, the Saviour king and messiah to redeem mankind from their bondage and sin. The only ‘begotten’ son of God. Jesus has taken almost 30 good ye
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An Ideal Parent Child Relationship

The most important and complex relationships in the world we live in today is that of a parent and child.    Three major personalities in this relationship are Father, Mother and the Child. Neither of these roles is interchangeable or replaceable. “The hallmark of (the parental) relationship is the readily observable fact that this special adult is not interchangeable with others.”                                                                    -Dr. Jack Shonkoff. Let us see what exactly are the major issues, what possibly could be the solutions to those problems and what I would suggest to both the parents and the child. The Problems Areas: Time Constrains:   Most of the parents and child in today’s world do find time to talk or carry out family time together. This is one of the major causes of a disordered relationship between parents and children. Most of the time I’ve heard of jokes that could actually be reality where the mother calls her son for dinner on

Status & Role of Women During The Settlement Period - The Women in the Book of Judges.

Introduction to the Book: The book of Judges is the seventh book of Hebrew Bible and the second of the former prophets in Jewish canon of scripture adopted by Early Christian Church as the Old Testament. It is also considered to be a historical book. The book of Judges is the story of settlement after Joshua. Israel’s apostasy and failures let to Yahweh’s chastening. In all this situations, whenever trouble or crises arouse Israel would appealed to Yahweh and Yahweh would consider them. Yahweh’s mode of saving his people led to the rise of leader better known as Judges through whom oppression was thrown off and peace was restored in the land. This is perhaps the only book in the Old Testament that has a number of women centric characters.   The women in the time of Judges, what were their roles and status, is what we will discuss in here. Role of Women: The role of women in the book of judges is rich and varied, particularly when compared to other biblical works.   Bledstein ha