First Epistle of Peter

The book of first Peter is a General Epistle (Missional Letter). It was composed to all adherents to general. The creator is Peter who composed it around 60 A.D. The key identities are the Missionary Peter, Silas, and Mark. Its motivation was to urge enduring Christians and to call them to individual heavenliness; Peter’s focal concentration is abuse. Chapters 1-2, Peter addresses the issue that devotees are to carry on with an existence of individual sacredness as God's kin, notwithstanding…

Jesus’ suffering on the cross was not institute for self-gratification, nor was his purpose to convey to the multitude of people that followed him, that suffering can only come from disobeying God, but Christ anguish was for a ransom for mankind. 1 Peter 2:24 declares, “Jesus himself bore our sin in his body…

Introduction “As far as we know, Andrew never preached to multitudes or founded any churches. He never wrote an epistle. He isn't mentioned in the book of Acts or any of the epistles. Andrew is more a silhouette than a portrait on the pages of Scripture. In fact, the Bible does not record what…

from Jewish Christians. The main issue the Galatians takes on is the relationship between the Law and salvation. Furthermore, Paul takes the opportunity to address those that doubted his apostleship and the authenticity of his message. He spends the first two chapters of the letter defending his apostleship and the message of his gospel. In the third and fourth chapters he defends and elaborates on his message and clearly draws the line for the Galatians between the Law and salvation so that…

second three month missionary journey. Paul brought faith into the city Troas to the people who would form the heart of the thriving congregation of the city. It was likely that Paul wrote Philippians last of all of the four Prison Epistles. The other three Prison Epistles were Colossians, Ephesians and Philemon. The letter of the Philippians was delivered by Epaphroditus. Philippians is so important because it was not written in a time of crisis, it was written so Paul could express his…

different sections. The gospels are the first section, the three common synoptic gospels are Matthew, Luke. There is a gospel and that is according to John. The second part of the New Testament is the historical narratives of the Apostles. The third section is the epistles of Paul, which are letters that Paul wrote. Following the epistles of Paul, is the fourth section, which are the Catholic Epistles. Catholic Epistles consists of letters about James, Peter, Jude, and John. The final section of…

Romans The Book of Romans is an Epistle authored by the apostle Paul and penned in the winter of AD 56/57. Perhaps most know for the Romans Road, the Book of Romans was written to ease the issue of confusion arising in the Roman church. It appears that the Roman church consisted with both Jews and Gentiles which in turn, caused friction and misunderstandings (Zondervan, 1993). It seems that the unsound doctrine of salvation by works was causing much confusion among the congregation and…

These are very underrated verse Paul’s epistles but have heavy importance in Christianity. Though the epistles faith is very prominent when it comes to being about the covenant “who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time” (1 Peter 1:5 NIV). The new covenant gives all that believe and have faith salvation. Because God raised Jesus it tore the…

Mason Fisher Mrs. Yaros English 8th 12/11/15 St. John Did you know that every year St. John’s grave lets off a dust that heals 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…

Jonathan Ventura Philosophy 1304 Professor Howard November 27, 2014 Catholicism Similarities and Differences from Christianity Christianity is the largest religion in the world today, and Catholicism is its largest denomination or subset. There are about 2.6 billion followers of Christianity today and growing. About 60 percent of these Christians follow Catholicism, which is roughly about 1.2 billion followers (Catholicism vs. Christianity). Christianity, in its simplest essence, is a…