Sophomore Religion Blog

In what ways did the people you learned about during this unit suffer? What was their reaction to their suffering? I learned a moral story form the Apostles Heal Many. Peter wants to separate his faith to the people, but the High priest is jealous about him, the High priest ordered his men to let Peter go into the jail. Peter is suffering in prison, but he is not complaining about anything because he believes his right faith. Peter Knows god will always be with him; Peter will not give up. After he released, he still keeps going to separate the religion and teach people how to be a good man. I learned we need always trust God and never give up easily. 2. Which story from the Acts of the Apostles did you find most inspiring and why? The story from The Storm Acts 27:13-26 inspiring me a lot. It is the story describes a dangerous journey paul’s men made where they all almost lost faith. It wasn’t until an Angel arrived, telling them that God was protecting them and they woul...

What did you learn about the original disciples from the group projects? I learned a lot of things about the original disciples from the group projects. They all called by Jesus. And the Disciple Peter made me feel impressive. He is the son of Jonas, a fisherman who lived in Bethsaida and Capernaum.He did evangelistic and missionary work among the Jews, going as far as Babylon. Peter was a typical Galilean. Among the twelve, Peter was the leader. Even though Peter had many faults, but he always had the saving grace of the loving heart. No matter how many times he had fallen and failed, he still recovered his courage and integrity. I learned your defeat now is your victory in the future, we can not give up easily, we need be graceful and with a love heart to help each other, just like the 13 disciples, always remember our true faith and be kind, helpful. Try to be a devout believer, and to make our world more warm and beautiful. Which disciple did you find most interesting and ...

What were new things that you learned about the Beatitudes? There were lots of life lessons from the Beatitudes and Jesus wants us to be a good man. I learned we should not be a complacent or arrogant person, try to be a modest person to determine the right things from each other. We should know you more and find the mistakes from yourself first; then we can correct the errors. I learned Union is the strength when people work together, the hardest things will become more comfortable. There was a significant word that I learned from the Beatitudes is forgiveness. During each minute and each second, we all are trying to forgive someone, try to stand at other people’s point of view and give yourself more courage. Therefore, the life will be easier and the world will be more peaceful. Which Beatitude resonates with you the most and why? “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall inherit the earth.” This Beatitude influenced me a lot. In my opin...

What specific things did you learn from your group's parable? From my group, the name of our parable is The Prodigal Son. The story starts with a man and his two sons. I learned a lot from this parable. God is using this parable to teach us that he loves for each of us, he is willing to accept all the mistakes that we make and forgive us. From this Parable, it reflects the wonderful indulgence that God shows toward us. Even we are acting as selfish as the prodigal son. God trust us we will learn a lesson and come back to him. 2. What specific things did you learn from the parables that were presented by the other groups? From the parable” Unforgiving Servant,”  I learned we need always to forgive us. Everyone will make the mistakes; sometimes we feel it is hard to forgive other people. Try to think about it in another way, if we make the mistakes, we also hope other people to forgive us. From the parable “The laborers in the vineyard,” I learned we should be grateful for ...

What are new things that you learned about prayer from this unit? Be specific. There are lots of prayer style that we can practice them. From this unit, we learned some different types of prayers. I learned meditation prayer, people during the prayer time can keep silent and thinking deeply. I learned the Acts prayer, acts prayer has four parts. From acts, each letter represents a word: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and supplication. Adoration is to give God praise and honor for who he is as Lord over all; confession is, to be honest deal with the sin in your prayer life, Thanksgiving is verbalize what you are grateful for in your life and the world around you. Supplication is to pray for the needs of others and yourself. Prayer can also show in the form of singing. Most of us like to use formal prayer, people all over the world prayer the same prayer. 2. Can you see yourself implementing any new prayer practices? Yes. During the class time, we learned Acts prayer and...

What are specific things that you learned about the Gospel Writers from the group presentations? I learned the basic information about the authors and the symbol of them, and the written language about them.From our group presentation, I learned the gospel writer Mark is writing to the converts. The original language of the book written in Hebrew and the symbol with the Gospel writer Mark is a winged lion. From other groups presentation, I learned about the other three gospel writers who are the Gospel of Matthew,  Luke, and John. The Gospel of Matthew written for Jewish, Christians audience. The symbol of Matthew is a win man or angel. The original language Luke’s gospel written in is Greek, and the symbol associated with the Gospel writer Luke is the winged ox. An eagle is the symbol of Gospel writer John. 2. Based on class discussion, what were similarities you saw within the 4 Gospel readings? The similarities within the 4 Gospel readings are the original language Heb...

Before this class, what did you already know about Jesus and where did this information come from? I don’t believe Christianity, and I am not Catholic. But I am studying in a Catholic school that all the information I learned about Jesus is from my Religion class. I still do not know about him. In people’s mind, Jesus is different for them. For me, base on what I learned, I think Jesus is holy and righteous, he is helpful and friendly. Jesus is a son of God, and he brings us to this beautiful world. He loves his people and helps his people when we have some difficulties. Jesus is mysterious that there are lots of amazing story from him. 2. What new insights did you gain about Jesus from this unit? How does this change or confirm what you already thought? Be specific. (Based on presentations and reading) I learned “He was a good man, they may claim, maybe even one of the greatest religious leaders of all time-- like the Buddha, perhaps, or Moses, or Muhammad” (8 Zanzig). Jesus...