the apostles “The good news about Jesus Christ and the salvation that He brings to mankind, a correct translation of the Greek word εὐαγγέλιον (good news), which was taken over bodily into Latin as evangelium. ” [New Catholic Encyclopedia] Evangelists, the author…
was unsatisfied with the cultural norms of society. Elmer Gantry dealt with a man that had graduated college and didn’t know what to do with his life. He decided to become an evangelist in order to make a great income. This angered many evangelists of that time because they believed the book promoted a bad image of evangelists. F. Scott Fitzgerald was also a famous author during that time. Among many of Fitzgerald’s works, is The Great Gatsby. This book presented the then modern urban life. It…
and Internet addiction, premarital sexuality, family abuse, and church ignorance. Based on the challenges, church leaders could lead youth has daily prayer, bible study, spiritual devotion and activities, have meditation, and persuade youth addend evangelist campaign. All in all, church has very strong responsibility to nurture youth growth spiritual…
If we were to apply Osmer’s “theo-drama” theory, I believe the first and second offices of apostle and prophet (as teacher) would resemble a mini-series, because the course of actions leading up to these particular offices are especially long. For example, the process of the apostle and in-house prophet includes spirit led practices such as; the study of the written word accompanied by prayer, baptism into the ministry of teaching (theophany and witness), leadership testing (dry seasons),…
Billy Sunday Was born in a poor house hold, and later he was sent to a soldier school. And went to work when he was 14. even though in the end he still sucseded. becoming a baseball player and later a famous evangelist. but life didn’t always smile for him when his sons comitted suicide and had a mid heart attack.Though the docter told him to quit preaching, because it was bad for his health.But Billy sunday continued to serve God until the last days of his life. And this is why Billy Sunday is…
effective evangelistic method clearly explains why mankind needs salvation, how God provides salvation through his son Jesus Christ, how unbelievers receive salvation, and what outcomes salvation has on the life of a believer. (Christy, 2012) Evangelists following this method begin with stating that all men have sinned and are separated from God (Romans 3:23, 3:10-18), then explain that the consequence of sin is physical and spiritual death (Romans 6:23) and how salvation is provided with the…
is present and active in the Church permanently. This announcement is preaching and what they produce and write the evangelists leading to the Gospels in which narrative converge data typical of the time and place historical, social and cultural. The evangelist is the in-laden match these data. His role is to talk to Jesus through his writings. Who writes the gospel is the evangelist but it is not he who speaks, but through his writing and literary elaboration ha-ce speak to Jesus Christ who is…
followers about the things or principles that they would be willing to take a bullet for. Citing the biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego who chose to be thrown into a fiery furnace rather than bow down before King Nebuchadnezzar’s idol, the evangelist said Christians should be willing to martyr themselves or subject themselves to God’s wrath, Raw Story relays. “What would you take a bullet for?” Graham said in his post. “What are the principles and beliefs that you would not…
representations are repeated in various media throughout the Middle Ages. To demonstrate, I will compare the animal imagery depicted in Salonika: Hosios David: Apse Mosaic: Christ with symbols of the Evangelists Luke and Mark, c.5th A.D. (Fig.1) and Gospel Book Cod. 348 fol. 8v Hand of God & Evangelist Symbols, c.820 A.D. (Fig.2). To begin, Fig.1 is Byzantine mosaic located in the apse in the Church of Hosios David, Thessaloniki, Greece 5th Cent. A.D. Meant to be viewed by multiple viewers at…
One of those men, the Roman Christian monk Jerome, reinterpreted Ezekial’s vision into four single creatures during the late fourth century. According to scholar Jacobus de Voragine, Jerome attributed the symbol of the man to Evangelist Mathew because he dwelt on the humanity of Christ. He assigned the symbol of the lion to Mark because Mark wrote about the resurrection. Luke’s symbol became the ox because he wrote about Christ’s priesthood and paid special attention to sacrifice. Lastly, Jerome…