Gospel of Thomas

Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi is a fourth-century Latin poem arranged by Faltonia Betitia Proba after her conversion to Christianity. A cento rearranges verses written by other poets; this one repurposes Virgil to tell stories from the Old and New Testament of the Christian Bible. Much of the work focuses on the story of Jesus Christ. The poem was widely circulated, eventually being used in schools to teach the tenets of Christianity, often alongside Augustine of Hippo's De Doctrina…

Many scholarly opinions have different opinions on when the Gospel was written. Ranging from the early sixties to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, are the most common held views. “Since Luke contains 350 verses of Mark is must have been written after Mark” (Summers 10). Furthermore, verses like Luke 19:43-44 give an indication of the disastrous Jewish-Roman war. Another reference found in Luke 21:20 gives a clear picture of the destruction of Jerusalem, factual knowledge that the author…

The Lord Jesus not only began recruiting his disciples by finding those who shared some common ground, but also calling those of differing character. Take for example, Matthew the tax collector for Rome and Simon the Zealot. The make-up of these two individuals shows how Jesus can build relationships. Matthew worked for Rome in the collection of Roman taxes while Simon the Zealot was an ardent Jewish nationalist. For the Simon the idea of paying taxes to Rome went against everything he believed.…

The four Gospels written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John work together to present Jesus. An in-depth look that reviews structures, themes, authors, setting, and date of each Gospel, are ways to shape each Gospels contribution to the portrait of Jesus. By doing so, this pinpoints how they are similar and different from each other. What some referred to as, “memoirs of the apostles”, are not considered to be a biography of Christ, rather, the same information arranged and written as their…

Jerusalem. St.Mark wrote the second gospel, probably in Rome sometimes before 60 AD. Mark presents the life of Jesus within a framework which is made up of certain themes: the Messiahship of Jesus; his preaching of the Kingdom of God; the miracles of…

We must fall in love with Jesus all over again listen to what He is saying and stop listening to sugar coated words from false ministers that will lead people into the lake of fire, they aren 't preaching the saving gospel of Jesus Christ, but their own desire and opinions telling fish stories while real people are losing their lives and going to a real place called hell cause they don 't have the blood of the lamb on the doorpost of their hearts. The solution is very…

connection and credits them for their religiousness. Among Epicurean and Stoic philosophers, Paul uses his intellectual heft to gain credibility which lays the foundation for him to share the gospel. Paul concludes his apologetic by talking to them about resurrection and uses it pave the way to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ’s resurrection. This is just one example of the many times Paul practices apologetics in a successful…

The author of Living the Cross-Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing is C.J. Mahaney. Mahaney is currently the pastor at Sovereign Grace Church in Louisville, and formerly held the position as president of Sovereign Grace Ministries, a mission which focused on church planting and growing. He also served as pastor for 27 years at Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland. His 30-plus years of experience in vocational ministry are what qualify him to write this book. Summary of…

Daniel – Reflection Every biblical character seems to have qualities that are good and bad, we can derive those qualities to apply it in our lives now. We all know Daniel for interpreting the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, and for his faithfulness demonstrated when was thrown in the lion’s den. But we need to understand the underlying qualities of Daniel, which made him the prophet he was. One of the main qualities of Daniel that caught my attention was that: - Daniel knew where to go for answers…

Although neither the Greek word for "forgiveness" (charizomai) nor the Greek word for "reconciliation" (apokatallasso) appear in the letter of Paul to Philemon, they are major themes carried throughout the letter. In Philemon, Paul's sentiment is to usher in forgiveness and restore relationship between Philemon and Onesimus (Plm. 1:8-10, 16-17). After having explained what forgiveness and reconciliation is in terms of Christ (2 Cor. 5:18-12; Col. 1:19-23) Paul shows us what it might look like…