New Testament Berding Book Key Words

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Stephen

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first early church martyr, stoned

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cornelius

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cornelius and his entire gentile household was converted by paul

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jerusalem council

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debate focused on defining the boundaries of the true people of god. what about the gentiles?

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judaizers

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those who attempted to impose jewish customs onto the gentiles

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pentecost

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the day the apostles received the holy spirit

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normative

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repeated pattern in various episodes

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koinnia

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unity and fellowship

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we sections

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sometimes paul was there

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gnosticism

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1) the flesh was bad and sinful, while the spirit was good 2) salvation consisted of overcoming the physical prison of the body by yielding totally to the spiritual through special secret knowledge that was available only to some.

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nero-redivivus

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idea that spread that after the death of nero that nero would come back to life and lead the parthian armies to conquer rome

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"666"

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number of the beast, letters of the Hebrew alphabet also represented numbers--> nero in hebrew with the numbers added together=666

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already/not yet

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Christians rule now but not on earth, the great tribulation has begun but is not complete, the antichrist has arrived but is not yet fully realized, the fall of Jerusalem is the backdrop for the future fall of rome, satan has been defeated but not yet banished

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premillenialism

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the present form of gods kingdom is moving toward a grand climax when christ will return

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great tribulation

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began with the first coming of christ, which will only be completed at the end of the series of divine judgements poured out upon the earth in the future

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"occasional" letters

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paul wrote personal letters written on specific occasions to congregations and individuals in which he offered encouragement

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three missionary journeys

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described in the book of acts, most of his travels happening in regions of modern day turkey and greece--> he was a church planter. worked w in teams

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center of pauls theology

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jesus christ himself as the central focus of pauls life

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contextualization

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communicating the gospel using words and forms that listeners who live in a different cultural context that can understand

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redemptive history

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god had arranged all of history as a story of how he would buy back the human race from their slavery to sin

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indicative and imperative

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grounded his ethical instructions in the truths of what god had brought about through jesus christ
tell people what they needed to do

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eschatology

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view of the end times

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righteousness

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god freely gives his own righteousness to sinners who trust christ for salvation

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stronger/weaker brother

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strong were the gentile believers who ate meat, weak were the jewish believers who refused to eat meat

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new covenant

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the revelation through jesus built on the old testament and fulfilled it

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example list

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positive examples, should do. negative examples, should not do.

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day of atonement

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under the old covenant, on the annual day of atonement, the high priest made an offering that covered all the sins that had not been covered by other sacrifices in the previous year

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dispersion

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the twelve tribes scattered among the nations

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works

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real faith expresses itself in good works

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diaspora

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the scattering of jews

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suffering

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sharing in christ suffering and following his examples, should bless and not curse when wronged

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pseudonym

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written by someone else in peters name in order to extend the influence of the original apostles to the next generation of believers

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"like a thief"

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an expression used by other new testament writers t indicate its unexpectedness

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sir william ramsay

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an archeologist who knew EVERYTHING about asia minor. read acts and was convinced what its true. he was blown away by its accuracy and if its 100% true and accurate win one place, then the entire bible is accurate

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ff bruce

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wrote 2 commentaries that defended likes accuracy
"if an author is accurate in one place, we can say he is accurate in another"

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AN sherwin white

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"any attempt to reject the basic history of Acts, even in the details must now appear quite absurd"

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Colin Hemer

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wrote book called "the book of acts in the setting of hellenistic history", went through acts line by line. every detail was correct

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who wrote revelations? when?

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john, during the reign of domitian or/nero

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preterist interpretation

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revelations is… apocalyptic, arose in time of persecution, gave message of hope, prophecies point to near future (couple thousand years or so)

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evidence of preterits view

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not everything was literal, key of interpretation

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classic dispensationalist

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take the words as they are said. 1:7 is about jesus returning, the rest is about the end times. 144,000= literal #, beast = antichrist

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progressive dispensationalist

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looks back (past) to see what is ahead (future)
ex=beast=nero --> antichrist (future)

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theology of revelation

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problem of evil
the coming of wrath
the coming of the kingdom
judgement of evil
coming of a new creation

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krister stendahl

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argued that paul didn't have a problem with overcoming legalism, but with the question of "what do we do with the gentiles", the inclusion of the gentiles

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ep sanders

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wrote "paul and palestrician judaism"
(one of the most influential books in the NT, set out to destroy the view that judaism was legalistic, its faith, covenantal momism)

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covenantal monism

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relationship with god formed through the covenant (faith) but maintain through the law

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JDG Donn

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coined the term "new perspective on paul". justification by faith had nothing to do with the relationship with god, but with gentiles and the inclusion into the new covenant

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albert schweleger

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claimed that acts was written 120-13- ad
said too much time passed and acts must be historically inaccurate

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edvard zeller

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said miracles are impossible

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martin dibelius

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speeches of acts are due to the literary imagination of the author
itinerary document (like a diary)

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ernst hanchen

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commentary for luke, said almost all of acts is inaccurate