Acts of the Apostles

Throughout American history the most horrific action was argued against and sought as a positive activity. Before the Civil War, there were many debates on the topic of slavery. As Northern abolitionist attacked slavery and an unjust event, white Southerners had to defend the attacks made on slavery from the North. The North’s economy was set up through industrial work, employed by many immigrant workers who were paid less than the average worker. While the South’s economy was based through…

For most of Christian history, the existence of Hell has been accepted, as a place for the eternal punishment of the wicked. Scripture gives an account of a rich man visiting Hell (Luke 16:19-31). Others claim they have visited Hell, the following is an excerpt from a personal account of Bill Davis when he was a solider. “Conscious awareness began slipping away as I screamed. Dizziness and wooziness took over, much like one feels when he is running short of oxygen. Everything went black. I felt…

III. from union with Christ to communion with God: the humanity of Christ So far, what we have dealt is the subjective understand of union with Christ: a dynamic relationship based on the existentially mutual indwelling including will and act. And this take places when the Holy Spirit works out faith as the hook in us which is a recognition and acknowledgement of Christ’s saving work for us. It is this knowledge of Christ in which revealing the divine will that the human will response. If this…

Christianity altered the direction of human events. At the point when Christianity initially began, the entire Roman Empire attempted to kill it off and Nero accused the fall of Rome on Christians. When Constantine made the Edict of Milan, legalized Christianity in Rome, it changed everything, and Christian impact spread quickly all throughout the realm, and the Christian philosophy of peace made individuals withdraw from fighting, which was huge income in the Empire. The stopping of wars…

Near the end of Matthew 26, after Judas has embraced Jesus and the apostles are aware of what is happening, Peter jumps to defend Christ by slashing the ear of a servant belonging to a high priest. Jesus then scolded Peter and told him to allow the will of God to be done essentially. Burland then compares this to the silence…

to forgive sins directly, upon whatever terms he chose. At the time of his death, however, his authority was transferred to His “will or testament” (Hebrews 9:15-17). And the terms of that Will specify baptism as a condition of pardon (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Peter 3:21, etc.). And no one; no one at all has the right to exclude that condition by appealing to something the Lord did before His…

wonders Jesus was attested to by God. Then he went on to confront them on the fact that they had been blind to this and put him to death by crucifying him, but that death could not keep him down because God raised him from the dead (v22-24). The apostle then again quotes from Scripture and reminds his audience what David had prophesied that the holy one would not be abandoned to the realm of the dead and therefore would experience no decay (v27-31). Since David had not risen from the dead…

to reconciliation in Paul’s theology. While brief, Haacker does a good job explaining potential questions which arise from comparing Romans with 1 Peter and also James 2:14-16. Haacker also addresses Romans relationship to Luke’s portrait of Paul in Acts; this is foundational for a student seeking to understand what may appear to be discrepancies between the two texts. Lastly, Haacker addresses Romans and the Gospels. Ultimately, Haacker uses this section to show the relation between Paul and…

recognizes the legitimacy of the sacred scriptures written by these prophets, which is mean I believe in the Old and new Testament reading. 2- Also, In the Mass, Edward talked about Thanksgiving which is 'gratitude to God for his goodness and his acts in history '. I totally…

self, I believe having the ability to integrate both therapies from a Christian stand point would be effective. Scripture encourages us to have a “human” mindset to life by building up our neighbor. Ephesians 4:11-16 ESV states, “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature…