Apostle

Bartolomé de las Casas, also known as the “Apostle of the Indians,” was an early Spanish historian, Spanish Catholic priest, and Dominican missionary, who was the first to expose the oppression of native peoples by Europeans in the Americas. Written in 1528, his document titled “History of the Indies” which took place in Hispaniola outlined the appalling treatment of Indians and the greed and cruelty of the Spanish. Since then, the original document has been translated from Spanish to English.…

Margarita Engle’s poem, “The Life of a Digger,” and Erica Funkhouser’s poem, “My Father’s Lunch,” reveal how life as manual laborers are filled with hard and strenuous work. Additionally, both poems concern specific people to show the differences in the repercussions of their work. In Engle’s poem, Henry the digger, finds his job leaves him feeling undignified, whereas in Funkhouser’s poem, the speakers father is rewarded with a good meal and his children’s appreciation. In both poems, the…

hated God and wanted to stamp out His true followers. These men often imposed laws that made it illegal to worship God in the way He had ordained. What did the Christians of that day do and what should we do if that ever happened to us? The apostle Peter boldly said to the Sanhedrin in Acts 5:29 b, "We ought to obey God rather than men." Man may order us to deny Christ or to disobey His word to escape punishment, but God has already given us a battle plan. We must obey our rulers and those…

The Apostle’s Creed “I believe in the God the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth,” (The Apostles Creed). The Apostle’s Creed is the most basic set of Christian’s beliefs and it sums up who and what we believe in, in 12 easy to remember lines. The Apostle’s Creed has been used since the early church for Baptism and religious reason. A creed (by webster dictionary definition) is a system of Christian or other religious beliefs or a faith. The Apostle’s Creed is used in Christianity as the…

sick or that he drove out demon that lived in a pagan temple for 249 years (Saint John the Apostle). St. John is a saint because of the miracles he performed, how much he preached, and his faith in Jesus. He performed many miracles, converted many people and he was also the apostle that Jesus loved the most. He is also known as the Beloved Apostle, John the Divine, and John the Evangelist (Saint John the Apostle). St. John was born around 6 AD in Galilee, with his mother and father Zebedee and…

ministry and ordination of apostles from biblical, ecclesiastical and theological reflection of the cessationist and the proponents view. At the same time, the historical significance and tradition of ordination is reviewed briefly. 2.1. Divergent Views on the Ministry of Apostleship from Biblical Point of View Biblical scholars and theologians have diverse views on what the Bible teaches about the ministry of Apostleship. Benjamin G. McNair Scott identified the modern day apostles in three…

of hands “Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost” (Acts 8:14-17). Those of who received the gift of miracles after the apostles laid their hands on…

people. Seeing their Master on the verge of leaving, the Apostles were concerned regarding the restoration of the kingdom. By answering that the timing of the restoration is unknown, Jesus had the disciples once again focus on the Holy Spirit. His ascension shocked the disciples still. Again, their…

confusion, the Bible is clear in revealing not only the reality of miraculous events in the Book of Acts but also their purpose. One of the main purposes of the miracles in the Book of Acts was to create a platform for preaching and evangelism for the Apostles. The miracles in the book of Acts were not for the direct benefit of those performing the miracles or for material purposes. They were for the purpose of authenticating the message about Jesus. GENUINE MIRACLES Miracles are seals of…

The true definition of a church is a body of the faithful. In the Bible, Jesus gathers the disciples around him. He teaches the disciples and later chooses twelve of them. These twelve are the Apostles who he teaches more fully. Again Jesus chooses from them Peter, who is made the leader of the Apostles. From this, it is easily seen that Jesus is forming a body of the faithful with those who will lead the others. He teaches them, preparing them for when he will not be physically present. He…