Jesus Seminar

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 certainty about the future born from the trust that God will remain faithful to his…

Genres and Figures of Speech Overwhelming for many, the Bible presents challenges as one begins to read it. Written by multiple authors, and inspired by God, it displays a variety of genres and figures of speech sprinkled throughout for the reader to experience. Becoming familiar with several of the different genres and figures of speech within the Bible, a person’s understanding of it will increase. Genres Apodictic Law One of two major types of legal material present in the Old Testament,…

Spiritual formation can be an overwhelming process. As the Lord begins to mold us and shape us into His image, the process takes us out of our comfort zone, and pushes us to live by blind faith. It is a process that brings forth a lot of tears, frustration, pruning, and sadness. The process can be extreme, but it births true happiness, joy, servanthood, and the authentic person we were created to be. This paper will discuss reconciliation, transformation process, spiritual formation in the…

passage Luke summarizes the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, including his teaching, miraculous deeds, and calling of his first disciples. Jesus declares that the time has come for God’s promises to be fulfilled. The hopes revealed in the Old Testament start becoming true through his life and ministry. Luke emphasizes that Jesus is Messiah, who is sent by God the Father to proclaim and demonstrate the Good News. We see that not everyone is open to this, as Jesus meets some opposition straight from…

Mike was brought to Earth via spaceship which is different than most people who are just born on Earth to two parents and Jesus came to Earth through a woman that was impregnated by God, which is also unusual. Mike had to be brought to Earth from Mars because he was born during the first ever expedition to Mars. Similarly to Jesus, he was technically the child of three parents because he had a biological father who was not the man that his biological mother was married to.…

The first experimental assignment took place at Thomas Road Baptist Church it was the Nuevo Amanecer Spanish ministry it started at 9:15 am, we did little fellowship and got to meet other members of the ministry. Dr. Fabio E. Freyre was the one who taught the lesson that Sunday and we talked about the Holy Spirit and how we should react to certain situation that we may deal in our life. Dr. Fabio E. Freyre gave quite a few examples on how we should handle a situation and how we should ask God…

How can a group like the Vatican keep such a large population of the church together and so strong for over 2000 years? The Vatican and the church rely on four key factors to keep itself together; those factors are the strong words, One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. By incorporating these four words the church is able to stay so magnificent and in unison with itself. Each of these words has a separate and well-built definition that helps the church stay as great as it is. As the result of one,…

be the apostle John) - “But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name” (John 20:31). John’s Gospel differs from the Synoptics in form and perspective - but not, of course, in the basic storyline. He is born as prophesied, to much fanfare. John opens with echoing back to Genesis- “In the beginning…” and goes bigger with the point of Jesus being the fulfillment of prophecy. In John- He is God’s Word. He 's…

link to faith in Jesus Christ. That is why it is so important to determine biblically who Jesus Christ is. Is Jesus God in the flesh? Or was he just a man? The Book of Acts contributes many things to help support the deity of Christ, such as he is worshiped, He bears the names and titles of deity, He has the same life giving power that God has, and he shed his own blood. Jesus Christ bears the name and titles of deity in the book of Acts in by showing that God made Jesus Lord and Christ.…

Christianity there were followers who had experienced different things with Jesus and at different times, they had to come together to write their experiences into Scripture so that could have caused confusion within the Christian community. When it comes to determining the "right belief" there is…