Historical Jesus

are and how ‘credible’ they are. Through the credibility of text, understanding the time period in which the accounts in scripture are written and the historical accuracy of these encounters proves challenging (Morreall, 2012). A majority of encounters were written after they physically took place, a prime example of this is the Resurrection of Jesus: it became a significant important part of Christian doctrines, specifically the Nicene Creed (Morreall, 2012). Belief in religion causes people…

SIM #9 Acts 4:32-5:11 The genre of Acts is both a Historical Narrative and a Hellenistic History. The prelude to Luke through Acts provides context of Acts. This context helps the reader to better understand why these books were written and what was happening at the time. Acts 1:8 provides an organization of the book. This verse is like a mission statement that the disciples follow throughout the entire book. A principle to remember is that this book is more appropriately called the Acts of the…

scriptures accessible to the general public who didn’t understand Latin. He translated the Old Testament and the New Testament in 1383 and the Church forbade any further translation. The Church feared the Bible being read by ordinary people. Two historical events ensure that the Bible would find a large reading public in English were Johannes Guttenberg’s invention of type which occurred in 1455 and the Protestant reformation in 1517. The Protestant reformation began in Germany and then the…

Greek and Celtic Pantheon and they all very (pathos.com). People or cultures of primitive or ancient thought believed there is no one God and that Paganism evolved from mythology. Christians believe in only one god and pray to Jesus, where as pagans do not believe in Jesus and strongly believe in earth itself. Pagans believe if you are good to the universe, the universe will be good to…

Secondly, although Hegel believes the common understanding of the God-Man to be inherently contradictory, there is the practical representation of God’s appearance through Jesus Christ. By having such a representation, the idea of God, an infinite and pure spirit, is brought to human consciousness. As with the activities of Jesus Christ who preaches for truth in relation to God, Christianity, in essence, argues that humanity must pursue a higher order of consciousness. In accordance to the…

Revelation, an apocalypse, is one of the most misunderstood books of the Bible. In this book, John describes heavenly wisdom he received from an angel. Readers often have a difficult time understanding this book because John depicts the supernatural world through many strange events and symbols, and scholars debate the legitimacy and context of John’s vision. Upon further reading of the text, it appears that stories in Revelation should be taken literally and that the events are predicting…

The timing of the rapture in relation to the tribulation is one of the most controversial issues in the church today. The three primary views are pre-tribulational (the rapture occurs before the tribulation), mid-tribulational (the rapture occurs at or near the mid-point of the tribulation), and post-tribulational (the rapture occurs at the end of the tribulation). A fourth view, commonly known as pre-wrath, is a slight modification of the mid-tribulational position. In eschatology, it is…

eschatological kingdom of God is both apocalyptic and historical. That is, this world is not opposed to an invisible perfect world as is in the Neo-Platonic frame of reference. On the basis of the resurrection of Jesus, the core thrust that penetrates every part of Moltmann’s theology is that God faithfully fulfills in this world the universal reality of the resurrection as an eschatological reality that God promised in the resurrection of Jesus. Moltmann affirms that this hope is “the…

makes in life, however the greatest commitment an individual can make is to commit their life to the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Within this committal, profound and essential changes occur bringing new and contrary opportunities. However, one of the most challenging and overwhelming is His call to Servant leadership. There are many definitions for a Servant Leader, however Jesus being the ultimate model defined a servant leader by stating, "Whoever wants to become great among you must be…

Chapter 3: Theology of Community and Ministry Leading the people of God in the field of ministry and in the body of Christ can sometimes become an extremely difficult task. Thus each Christian leader must play our part in the history of theology of community and the Christian communities. Each worship leader and congregate has a character to portray in God's theology of community and ministry. As a spiritual leader and counselor it is my duty to help execute and carry out those roles by…