Gnostic Gospels

I Thessalonians Paper First Thessalonians is filled with encouragement which can lead readers to believe that maybe the people of Thessalonica are losing faith in a certain area. Paul is encouraging the Christians to hold fast in their faith and to not give in to the ways of sin. God speaks through Paul in this book and tells the people of Thessalonica to hold fast in the faith in Jesus Christ, and good results will come their way. The main command of this book was to hold fast to what is…

parable take verse twenty nine as the core of the story. However, doing this is to miss the risky decision of the other two servants, which represent most major themes of the Christian faith: to take care of one another, trust, being witness of the Gospel, hope, and giving the whole self to God; this cannot be understood or be lived without…

Christian thought came from when he was sixteen years old and attended a series of revival meetings, preached by evangelist, Mordecai Ham (britannica.com). Ham influenced Graham into pursuing learning more about the Gospel and led him want to teach the truth and revival of the Gospel like Ham was doing. Although young, these meetings and sermons spoke to Graham and had a profound impact on him as a teenager. Graham joined Southern Baptist Convention Church and there, was anointed in 1939. He…

Exegesis and Hermaneutics: How to Interpret the Gospels and Epistles Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the four Gospels which contain the rich history of Jesus ' life, death and Resurrection, which is the Good News that we as His follower 's need to share with other people (New International Version, Matthew 5:14-16). These books were written as eyewitness narratives of Jesus ' miracles and teachings so they are accurate historical records of Jesus ' life and sayings as a man here on earth. The…

everything to show they are the best, their ability to lead is recognized by others and not by your will. In (Mark 1.6-11) Jesus becomes aware of leadership that is within it. More than recognition that comes from God and therefore unquestionable, the gospel want to emphasize the "assumption of leadership by the leader." Jesus becomes aware that it has a mission or leadership to accomplish,-that…

itself, but because of the person behind the prayer. In Ephesians 6, Paul describes the full armor of God: the sword of the Spirit, the belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, the helmet of salvation, and our feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of truth. But above all he ends with prayer. In verse 18 Paul says, “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions.” Not only does Paul say to pray all the time but frequently asked for prayer for himself because he knew the power behind the…

those outside of that family, and the power to correctly do so. In Pastor Timmothy Keller 's book, the meaning of Marriage, Pastor Keller says "Christian hope turns the church into something far more profound than a club or interest organization. Gospel beliefs and experience creates a bond between Christians that is stronger than any other connection, whether it be blood relationship or racial and national identity" To paraphrase deeper into kellers thoughts, deeply repenting and benifiting…

expansion of the Christian message? Conversely, based on your reading and understandings, what disadvantages did pre-modernism have on the Christian faith? How did pre-modernism hurt Christianity. I think back then what was most helpful to the Christian Gospel were some of the formats in the church assembly and sound faith in God. During the pre-modernism period they were dominant in the Western culture and distractions were controlled. Their primary epistemology was based upon revealed…

instruction as to how to gain a such a testimony. He begins by saying that one must “First, you must search the word of God. That means reading the scriptures and studying the words of the ancient as well as modern prophets regarding the restored gospel of Jesus Christ—not with an intent to doubt or criticize but with a sincere desire to…

by the Gospel. The Gospel, as defined by the authors, is, “God’s reconciling work in Christ-that through the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, God is making all things new both personally for those who repent and believe, and cosmically as He redeems culture and creation from its subjection to futility” (7,8). Chapter one begins with the claim that the church as a whole has lost sight of what the Gospel really is. The church cannot be fulfilled, or successful, apart from the Gospel; the…