Historical Jesus

which is the same directive that Christians are protesting, outside of the courtroom, during the trial. An additional song played during the movie, also written and performed by The Newsboys, is Guilty. Guilty asks when did it become wrong to speak of Jesus, Heaven and Hell. The song also states that even if it gets them imprisoned, they will praise God and speak of his son. The lyrics say they will “stand right before the jury”, which directly describes what Grace is doing. The soundtrack…

grace given from God. Salvation is completely by grace because it has to be.2 Salvation is the work of God that delivers us from sin and its penalty, restores us to a right relationship with him, and imparts to us eternal life.3 The question of who Jesus is and the question of what faith means cannot be answered apart from each other, only in conjunction with one another.4 Once a person…

I am glad that there is evidence that many events are historical fact in the bible. It is hard for me to put words on my feelings for this book and I mean no offence. I have had much conflict and argument throughout my childhood and life, so that is maybe why I am almost angered that the bible has to be argued…

learned by the Christian faith in the aftermath of the crucifixion. In his book, I See Satan Fall Like Lighting, he first expands his reasoning for mimetic desire based upon his readings of Christian scripture, archaic religious traditions, and historical events. Girard then takes the themes that defined human behavior in each case to extrapolate what causes man to sin. His work then comes full circle when it defends the importance of the Christian faith based on what the Passion…

The Lausanne Covenant Review The Lausanne Covenant author starts of by telling the reader their beliefs. They believe that God’s good news for the whole world is the Gospel. More than 150 nations were involved in the International Congress of World Evangelization. They proclaim that they are “deeply stirred by what God is doing in our day, moved to penitence by our failures and challenged by the unfinished task of evangelization”. By reading the introduction of The Lausanne Covenant you notice…

Baptism is a Christian sacrament of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally. The canonical Gospels report that Jesus was baptized—a historical event to which a high degree of certainty can be assigned. Baptism has been called a sacrament and an ordinance of Jesus Christ. In some denominations, baptism is also called christening, but for others the word "christening" is reserved for the baptism of infants. Baptism has also given its…

mysticism in their theories of salvation. While the West focused on explaining salvation through original sin, the East focused on the fallen nature of man and how it is reconciled through Christ. The Eastern Fathers speak on the work of Christ’s historical events as having an impact on man’s salvation, but they also introduce mysticism into their theories. Their main focus tends to focus on the redemption of man as a whole and his deification. This overarching theme is apparent in the theories…

known to us through the created world and providing care through the goodness of God’s mercy. (2) Splendid theatre, the picture of creation and the natural world testifies on God’s goodness as a caring Father with His creation. (3) God’s care and cosmological order, represents God’s care and who upholds as the ultimate ruler of our world and lives. (4) God’s providential care in history, portraying the image of “God as Father and Judge, and the terms ‘righteousness’ and ‘judgement’ in humankind…

Historical Context The book of James was written by James, who was the half-brother of Jesus. It was written in Jerusalem, where James lived at the time, and was written around 40 to 50 AD. It is assumed that the book was written before 50 AD, because James did not talk about the Jerusalem conference in the book, which took place in 50 AD. The book was not written for a specific group of people, as stated in James 1:1 –“James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes…

For by grace we have been saved through faith (8-9) Salvation is not our work for salvation was freely given to all, who believed through faith. 2.4. For we are God’s workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works. (10) God created us for a purpose to love and serve him, it is not our work that saved us. 3.0 Introduction Redemption: Paul elaborate what is implied in it, through the work of Christ, by divine act, God has cleaned the ground upon…