The Africa Bible commentary further assesses the historical reality of the Levites pursuing their ministerial responsibilities at the age of thirty. In the light of cited resources and their arguments, it occurs that Jeremiah might have assumed his age to be an obstacle…
instance, the story of biblical mothers such as Sarah or Rebecca shape the history of their people; while heroines and protectors such as Pharaoh’s daughter, without whom the infant Moses would surely have perished, and the beautiful Judith, whose violent act brought respite from war to the Israelites. These are a few examples of the many stories that God used as teachings for others. Through these women, many people were blessed in different ways. Sarah was a woman who did not believe she would…
There are many people and religious sects that resemble the Scribes and Pharisees from when Jesus was walking the earth. Even though there is plenty of evidence of the events that took place some two thousand years ago, people and religious groups do not believe they had taken place. Some groups that could resemble the Pharisees and Scribes of today lack some of the attributes of the teachers of the past. When Jesus was dealing with the questions of the different religious sects of the day, He…
Although this verse gives me peace, it also serves to confuse me. If we are specifically told not to murder, then why are Christians still doing it? Why are Jews still doing it? Why do Muslim’s follow the Qur’an and The Bible if they both contradict each other? Especially on this topic. This is only one thing that has served to confuse me. Another is, why are these three religions, which come from one source, so different? Why do the contradict each other? Why is there…
MBTS class U-CE405: Making Disciples CCC. I became a Christian in my early twenties after a year long process of reading my Bible. It was a tremendous journey full of unbelief, discouragement and finally faith. A year later the Lord called me into full time ministry. In the fall of I995 I was enrolled at Baptist Bible College in Springfield, MO. It was here at Bible College that I not only learned of the deficiencies of most people’s view of discipleship, but I began a long journey in…
includes the input of each student on which of these seven models seem to be the strongest. In this paper the case for why a particular model is the most effective is reasoned with corroborations derived from a multitude of discussions, class notes, the Bible, and Entwistle’s (2015) and Johnson’s (2010) books, both about the integration of…
In addition, mankind was given dominion over all things of the earth. (Fisher, 2014, p. 371) For Christianity fundamental beliefs are based upon the Hebrew Bible known as the Old Testament within the Holy Bible also referred to as an old covenant between God and mankind. However, considering Christianity is based upon “the life, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus,” the scriptural writings known as the New Testament or…
The Jewish believe in God but not in Jesus Christ. There are three different type of Judaism which are orthodox, conservative and reform. Torah is the first five books of Moses and is the most important document that the Jewish use. It is written in Hebrew ant they believe that Torah was given to Moses for the Jews on how to live (Salmon 2012). Jewish view death as God’s plan and part of life. Death is an expected part of life and part of God’s plan so death isn’t view as tragedy no matter how…
The Arabic jār were a socioeconomic subgroup of the Bedouin people who were free people but retained no political rights within the group. Based upon the philological similarity, his studies of the Bedouin people, and his understanding of the Biblical text s concluded that the gēr and the jār were the same. These jār live permanently within a tribal area where they have no ties or kin…
original, audience, setting) Psalms was written by King David. Originally, there are five major sections of the book in the Hebrew Manuscripts. Book 1 contains Psalm 1 to 41, Book 2 has songs 42 to 72, Book 3 has songs 73 to 89, Book 4 contains songs 90 to 106 and Book 5 has 107 to 150 .It is for the people who seek comforts and for the ones who…