Epistle to the Romans

Mainly being preformed by pagans the most popular way to have an abortion at this time was through medicines (poisons), surgery, but most popular and effective was punching and kicking of the stomach. Normally this was okay according to Roman law because the baby was not legally a person until the head a household would claim it, so any time until then the baby could be killed. At this time they had practices that were called “pessaries” where someone would induce substance directly into…

thought by most to be Luke, a gentile physician and a travelling companion of the apostle Paul. The book was addressed to Theophilus, a Roman aristocrat and a believer in Jesus Christ. He is also thought to have been a patron who had financially aided having the…

all different. Further, what is relevant for today’s critical reader? With careful exegesis of passages in James and Hosea, an individual’s understanding of them will affect how they apply it in their own life. Brief Exegesis of James 2:8-11 The Epistle plainly states in verse one the author is James, “a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ” (NIV) and most likely the brother of Jesus (Matthew 13:55). Continuing on, the same verse affirms the ‘twelve tribes scattered…

inherent in nature. Husbands were expected to rule their homes. They were also aware of geographical variations in marital gender roles. Women exercised more freedom in the western than the eastern Mediterranean, and Greeks recognized that historically Roman women were more influential (Evans & Porter 2000:689) The writer of Ephesians is coming with a new culture that was not known by the gentiles. He is talking about submission on both parties, love on both parties, it is not a one-way duty,…

I am writing about faith and the Required Human Response as found in Galatians; however, I wanted to point out that faith is mentioned in 18 verses in Galatians, 287 verses in the New Testament and 171 verses in the Old Testament. The Pauline epistles were written to the churches and individuals who already believed in Christ so throughout Paul calls for the fruit of repentance and faith. The apostle Paul wrote the book of Galatians in the form of letters that were written to the churches he…

C. Lecture 3 –Thessalonians Word Count: 524 1. How should one respond to those who cite 1 Thessalonians 4:13 as a reason for Christians not to grieve when a fellow believer passes away? One major theme of these letters is eschatology regarding the return of Christ. Verse13 has been abused by some believers and used as a directive to not grieve when a loved one goes to “sleep” (a euphemism for death). Grieving is natural and dangerous to suppress. Instead, Paul is making a distinction between…

Haven’t we all “sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23)? Haven’t we all heard, “Do not Judge, or you too will be judged,” (Matthew 7:1)? If we know this and preach this, why do we neglect to put it into practice? For even if homosexuality is sinful, and I believe it is not, we are still not permitted…

John Masterson History Dr. Szromba 12-18-16 The Reformation Era In the middle ages, the church was the main picture of society. People were living life not through how they truly wanted, but by how they thought the church would accept their ways of life. By the sixteenth century people were beginning to see flaws in the church. These flaws were apparent through both spiritual and political points of view. The amount of authority that the church had in the fifteenth century had strongly…

Introduction and Background for Women in OT Times “The Bible speaks about women in many different ways, sometimes explicitly, but more usually indirectly.” Men are usually the main characters in the Bible though sometimes women are mentioned it is usually indirectly. Women were not viewed as important as a man in society during Old Testament times. This wasn’t exactly the case with Eve. “Genesis informs its readers that woman is a special creation of God (Gen. 1:16-27; 2:18-24).” Eve was also…

I have chosen Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians 13: 1-13 for my bible passage. In Paul’s day, Corinth was the largest and most influential city in southern Greece. Athens was considered the intellectual center of Greece, and Corinth was the commercial center. The city’s rise to prominence among the cities of Greece is attributed to its central location on the east-west route between Italy and Asia Minor. Corinth’s financial prosperity was the result of business activities, athletic…