Historical Jesus

What is worldview? Worldview is the core principles, guiding beliefs, structures or schematics which shape the most basic understanding and perception of an individual’s view of life and the state of existence. These often take the shape of creeds, values, philosophies, ideologies, or dogmas by which the individual shapes the reality of their purpose or presence within the world. A person’s worldview develops over the course of their life and can change through circumstances, experiences,…

Why is it called Maundy Thursday? The word Maundy is derived from the Latin word ‘mandatum,’ which means command. This refers to the command that Jesus gave his disciples to love each other during the Last Supper: ‘A new commandment I give you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.’ (John 13:34, Revised Standard Version). How is Maundy Thursday celebrated…

If anyone ever doubts the story of Jesus Christ and the accuracy of the New Testament The Case for Christ is the book I would give them. Never have I heard such compelling evidence supporting the Christian faith. Having been a Christian my whole life, raised in a Christian home and going to a Christian School, I have never had reason to doubt the Scriptures. As Christians from birth I believe that we merely accept that the New Testament is true and there are no more questions. We never had to go…

of what one may label as American are contradicted. In the article, Bill McKibble represents the fact that if someone wants to call the United of America a Christian nation, the citizens here need to reevaluate the way our society is established. Jesus taught his disciples primarily to be generous. Part of the generosity act includes, sharing wealth. America's perception of wealth explains that the richer they get the better they will live. Americans have always contradicted, tracing all the way…

Arias, Mortimer. Announcing the Reign of God: Evangelization and the Subversive Memory of Jesus. Fortress Press (1984). Arias finds a crisis in modern evangelization concerning its credibility, motivation, and definitions. Arias advocates for a “holistic” approach to evangelization considering the "whole" body of evangelism, not its individual parts. This comprehensive approach allows one to see a greater picture using a scripturally based and theologically sound approach. One considers the…

being the words of man to God to the very word of God to man. This was a theme that captivated me in both Bonhoeffer and in Several chapters of Firth and Johnston, whose book I would argue was the most well rounded of the three, giving attention to historical context, literary styles, Christian application and Holy Scripture containing the very word of God. Though these books had different approaches and foci, they all agreed that the Psalms not only played a role in Ancient Israel, but they…

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 historical religion mainly based on the life of Jesus, a Jewish carpenter. There are many similarities between Catholicism and Christianity, but there are few key differences between Catholicism and the other denominations of Christianity. Those differences are very…

The important words in the text would be “greet, Caesar’s and Grace”. The word greet is important, for it means to receive joyfully, wish well to or bid welcome. For historical reasons Caesar’s household is important to the text, as it gives not only a time period but a location of where Paul is writing from. It also gives indication that members of Caesar’s household had been converted to Christianity. These family members are thought to be not of the mediate family of Caesar. Paul closes his…

All of humanity was created in Adam thus giving man and woman special status; all races, creeds, colors, and both genders were created with this special status. Survey of the Biblical Doctrine of Image of God A brief analysis of the biblical, historical and theological approaches…

them for the ministry in Sierra Leone. This book is the amalgamation of three movements, and the book has three parts. In the first part the author describes about a reflection on the nature of the Christian faith, from the point of view of its historical transmission. In part two, we can study about the Christian faith transmission process of the Africa and the third part is the about of missionary movement from the West as a model of what was happened to both partners the west and Africa as…