Kingdom of God essays

Discipleship in Marks Gospel The main character in Marks Story is Jesus and Jesus was his disciples. And this was the main feature in Marks story which he wanted to say to his readers. We see the disciples playing a major role in the Jesus story. Mark talked about the problems of the disciples, some the issues he raised was their lack of understanding of the teaching of Jesus (4.13; 10.13-16, 23-7). When Jesus spoke to them about his suffering...

Annotated Bibliography Gleeson, B. (2016). The Mission of the Kingdom of God: Ultimate Source of Meaning, Value and Energy for Jesus. The Australasian Catholic Record, 93(3), 326-339. Gleeson explores the meaning of the vocation and mission of Jesus. His actions, his words and suffering is considered as commitment to his purpose. Jesus’s life was centred to the coming Kingdom of God, He proclaimed about the Kingdom but never gave a definition of the Kingdom. He expressed it through parables and...

Hardwired to connect investigates the theory that all humans are born with an inbuilt desire to seek close attachments to others, starting with our parents. We are all hardwired to connect. The film investigates the youth of America as a case study into how adolescents are suffering as a result of a lack of connectedness; “By every measure there are more youngsters suffering from depression, anxiety, diagnosable emotional illness, in juvenile lock ups, having trouble flourishing, experiencing failure academically. By...