Ephesus

Aquila and Priscilla… One’s name never occurs without the other. As a young believer, I really thought they were twins! It would have been a true loss if I had neglected to ponder on this spiritually-minded pair who walked in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless. I would love to share with you what I learned about this incredible pair… They were a happily married couple, litrerally ‘two hearts that beat as one’. In the truest sense, Aquila and Priscilla were ‘no more twain…

Introduction In the year AD 441, a man called Eutyches denied that Christ was truly human. He stated that Christ’s divine nature absorbed his human nature. This denial leads to the formation of the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451. Soon after, the Council produced the Chalcedonian Definition to counteract the denial that Christ was human and a divine being. The Chalcedonian Definition states that the co-existence of Christ’s two natures is a hypostatic union. Early History The Council of…

Columns have always both a decorative feature as well as structural aspect of many buildings. In the ancient world, columns were many times very unique to the particular location that they originated in. The architectural design for a column originates in one central region and from there it spreads around the Mediterranean Sea. There are not only economic and political factors that are involved in the making of these columns, but also dealing culture and nature of the land the column was made.…

There is speculation about ancient aliens who seeded life on earth, but are these claims worth listening to? Scientists have been doing some intense research about early life on earth and where it started. Some believe ancient beings came to earth and seeded life or interacted with early civilizations. Subsequently many questions are being brought and researched such as: when they appeared; how they came; what they did; how it affected us; what did they look like and what did they teach humans?…

MRS 325: The relationship between the Gospel of Luke and Acts The Gospel According to Luke as well as the Acts of the Apostles collectively make up 27 percent of the information of the whole New Testament. These two works were authored by Luke, a Gentile believer (Colossians 4:10-14). Seeing that he just authored these two books, which his writings constitute over one fourth of the New Testament writings (making Luke the greatest possible author), the study of the content and message is quite…

In this paper, I will explain my perspective on the unique relationship between death and sin according to the biblical tradition. The paper will deal exclusively with death as it pertains to humankind. In presenting my understanding of the unique relationship between death and sin, I will share my personal experience with death, define death, explain why humankind dies, distinguish physical and spiritual death, and show the relationship between human sin and death. Until about three years ago,…

3. 1 Timothy 4:8b-9 "But godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation." This saying is of a different "sort of proverbial maxim" according to Eugene Stock, author of Practical Truths from the Pastoral Epistles. This saying is often debated whether or not to include verses 7 and 8a. For this passage, it makes sense that Paul would not make an important statement about the…

tradition holds, and Paul is the accepted author, it is likely that he authored the book during either his imprisonment in Rome around 59 C.E., or one of his earlier imprisonments. While some believe that Ephesians was written solely to the church at Ephesus, many scholars now believe it was written as a circular letter to many of the early churches. The letter was written to a predominately Gentile audience. According to Catherine Cory, household codes are “moral instructions that focus on the…

God according to his will determined prior to creation specific individuals would be destined (or predestined) to receive every spiritual blessings (e.g. wisdom, knowledge, forgiveness of sins) including salvation. Paul declares to the church of Ephesus, “He [God] destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will […].” Yet, in Romans 8:29-30 Paul declares, “For those whom he foreknew he also predestined […] those whom he predestined he also…

The letters written to Paul are usually seen as “responses” to problems that occur throughout the Gospels of the First Thessalonians, First Corinthians, and Galatians. Paul provides advice and tries to provide some type of solution to these problems that he finds. While finding solutions and providing advice for all of these problems he comes across, he also suggest new notions for modification, for the people’s sake. The first letter we come across, the first letter of Paul to the…