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33 Cards in this Set
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4 conditions in 1st century that aided the spread of the gspl.
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peace
common language socal order=safe travel roads increased travel |
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3 hellenistic features in greco-roman world that affected the growth of christanity
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greek common language
building of cities religious syncritis |
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4 philosophies found in NT times
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stoacism
cynicism sckeptisism epicurianism |
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3 ways in which early chrisians affected the jewish comunity
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christians continue to go to temple
continue to worship at synagogues priests and pharasees who became christains held their vocations |
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3 factors that divide jews and gentiles
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influx of gentiles into the church
growing hostility of jewish religious leaders distruction of temple |
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2 factors jews and gentiles dont agree on
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uniqueness of jesus
jesus' death and ressurection |
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7 ways early christians describe themselves
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followers of the way
servents of the messiah the remanent the true israel the church (called out ones) witnesses christians |
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Author
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luke
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date
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early ad 60's
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place
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unknown
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theme
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the gospel of jesus christ to the ends of the earth
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purpose
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to narrate the development and spread of the gospel of Jesus in the ancient greco-roman empire
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outline
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the witness to christ in and around jerusalem (1:1-7:60)
the witness to christ in judea and samaria (8:1-12:25) the witness to christ to the ends of the earth (13:1-28:31) |
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2 possible names for the book of acts
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the acts of the apostles
the acts of the holy spirit |
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5 suggested places of authorship
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caesarea
decapolis asia minor achaia rome (best guess) |
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4 other purposes for the book of acts
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gives historly of the christian church AD 30-60
tells of the spread of christian message and growth of christian church shows christianity is not a political threat serves as a necessary bridge between the gospels and the epistles |
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3 things acts is not
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an exhaustive history of the early chruch
does not tell us how every church was est. does not tell us the work of all the apostles, only a few |
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2 distinguishing characteristics of acts
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historical value
theological insight |
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8 disinct results of penticostal experience on common daily life of early christians
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the centrality of the apostles teaching
the developing of fellowship a prevailing since of awe sharing of material possessions meeting in the temple courts heartfelt praise of god the favor the apostles enjoyed with outsiders the spiritual growth of belevers |
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3 themes that dominate ch 3-7
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continuing the work of the gospel to the the working miricals and the message
life together and community of believers conflict between believers and religous leaders |
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10 individuals who responded to the gspl or promoted spreading of gspl in acts 8-12
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phillip
the ethiopian eunich ananias aeneas tabitha simon the tanner cornelius barnabas agabus james the brother of john |
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2 who rejected the gspl
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simon the sorcerer
herod agrippa |
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3 individuals who were promenant in rise and growth of the church
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john
peter paul |
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4 glimpses of paul in ch 8-12
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saul is persecuting followers of jesus
saul is confronted by jesus on the road to damacus saul recruted by barnabas to nurture the church at antioch completes first missionary journey with barnabas |
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acts 1:8
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"but you will recieve power when the holy spirit has come upon you and you shall be my witnesses to jerusalem and judea and samaria and to all the remotest parts of the earth"
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5 features of acts
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it describes 3 separate missionary journeys
it summarises theological debate of the jerusalem counsil about what the church was to do with the gentils sees pauls imprisonment in 2 different locations shows fulfillment of pauls desire to speek in rome describes continued spread of gspl. to new peoples in new lands |
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3 significancesof antioch in spread of gspl
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center of gentils missionary enterprise
it modled ethnic diversity appropriate to gspl message of one family of god become primary missionary church of early christianity |
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3 parts of letter drafted and why jerusalem council for gentile churches
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discredited false teachings that salvation is through christ and works
affermed letter couriers judas and silas suggest areas of jewish concern that gentile church should consider observing |
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4 areas of jewish concern that gentile christians should observe
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abstain from food sacrifised to idols
abstain from blood meat of strangled animals abstain from sexual immorality |
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4 areas of pauls ministry at rome
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allowed own lodgings under guards
permitted visitors preached the gspl wrote prison epistles |
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3 govt officals at caesarea that paul appealed his case to before rome
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felix
festus herod aggrippa II |
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4 barriers broken by gosple and acts
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race
nationality culture religion |
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4 occaitions where the holy spirit signified gods acceptance of special groups into church
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1st jewish believers-ch 2 (pentacost)
samaritans-ch 8 gentiles-ch 10 partially taught disciples of john the baptist-ch 18 |
