Epistle

We live in an ever-changing society, thus a traditional money system cannot be relied upon to hold our economy. The Industrial age in the early 18th century drastically changed everything, through the rise of factories and development of commercial goods, currencies based on commodity became unnecessary for many reasons. Correspondingly, due to the innovative and highly tech forward society of today, more than ever, has it become a need to have a money system that is regulated by a central…

Biblical Worldview Essay Introduction/Thesis Imagine having three different pairs of lenses. One pair is far too weak, one is tinted green, and the last is the correct prescription. You would see the world vastly different with each pair. Lew Weider and Ben Gutierrez describe a worldview as a “lens that a person uses to interpret life and the world around them” (59). In order to see the world as it truly is, the Bible must be your lenses. Romans 1-8 does an excellent job at shaping a biblical…

A few years after Christ, Paul was born to a family of Jews in the City of Tarsus. His parents were both of Jewish lineage, resulting in his practicing of Judaism in his adolescence. During his schooling, Gamaliel, a Pharisee in Jerusalem, was Paul’s teacher. Paul spent his childhood learning to convert all followers of other faiths to Judaism using any means necessary. The occasional quotes from Greek poets in Paul’s writings allude that Paul also learned Greek and other languages from Gamaliel…

teachings about God and announces the coming of Jesus the Messiah through the prophets. The New Testament is a series of writings that contain the word of God and His message of salvation for those who believe in Him. It is composed of four Gospels, the epistles of St. Paul, and additional apostolic writings. The New Testament contains the fulfillment of the God by His Son Jesus, who taught His Apostles the words of His Father. The New Testament also contains the life of Jesus and His deeds,…

The Gulen Movement, also known as Hizmet (which means ‘service’) in Turkish, is a faith-based, non-political, cultural and educational movement which is inspired by the universal principles of Islam and the ideas and activism of Fethullah Gulen. The Gulen Movement represents a modern, middle path of Turkish Islam, which is moderate, tolerant towards other religions, and affirms science. This essay gives an outline of the origin, purpose and history of the Gulen Movement. The life and philosophy…

Psalms 22 which tells about Jesus’s cry for mercy while on the cross was what did it. Psalms 22 reminded him of himself and his cries for Christ’s mercy. One day Martin finally understood the key to spiritual peace and salvation. Thanks to Paul’s Epistle to the Romans that says “The just will live by faith”, he understood that the point was not to fear God or Hell but to believe that only through faith could you reach salvation. This understanding would be key in Martins…

Keeping in mind the end goal to carry on with a Christian life, we require a scriptural perspective. Our philosophical point of view inevitable inquiries can be molded and shaped by the Holy Scriptures found inside the Bible. Paul puts forward the establishments of the Christian confidence in the book of Romans, and we will incredibly upgrade our confidence by keeping near to these establishments. Aside from confidence, we have no trust in life. In the event that we contemplate Romans precisely,…

An Exegesis on Ephesians 2:1-10 Introduction: Paul gives an important description of salvation and what it's concept sustains for an individual. The meaning of the passages within Ephesians was to institute identity of Gentile believers as a fragment of the universal body of Christ. In preceding this Paul must first construct the specifications of the Gentile as an individual, his proclamations of salvation that convert the individual and at that moment incorporates that person in the body of…

Acts is referred to as transitional book, it helps us to connect from the gospels to the epistles. It is the link that connects the life of Jesus Christ to the Christian church. Luke does not reveal to us everything we would like to know, but he does include very important details from the early days of the early church, it gives us, the readers…

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…