Matthew Shepard

In the Gospel of Mark, believed to be written around 67-73 AD, it shows many connections to Peter and what he preached at the time. In this book, Jesus is focused on more based on his deeds, rather than the words he preached, he is seen as being a vivid person through this Gospel. Mark’s writing were believed to target the audience of non-Jewish and Gentile-Christian groups. One of the central themes located within Mark’s Gospel is that following Jesus was often meant that Christians must suffer…

In the book The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity, Peter Brown discusses in detail the role of “dead human beings” in Christian life in the time between the third and six centuries AD (p.1). These departed human beings were a direct connection between heaven and earth in the minds of early Christians. Brown also discusses the existence of a theoretical “two-tiered model” of religious practice between the elites and the vulgar throughout the book. By minimizing…

Christ has called us to go and make disciples in His name; he wants us to go and share the saving the Gospel of His name so that others may find eternal life. Our job does not just stop at showing others the Gospel, but stretches far beyond sharing and into the realm of discipling new believers in their walk with Christ. It is my philosophy that when discipling a new believer, you will have to develop personal specific plans for the new believers. There are some basic principles to fallow when…

lives. As we go through the our lives our view of him changes and grows. We learn about him, we develop a relationship with him. Every person has their own unique relationship with him and we all view him in different ways. As you read the gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke and John we see that there point of view of Jesus focuses on different aspects of who Jesus is. All these views give us a unique portrait of Jesus. In the book of Mark, Jesus is presented with great authority. Even before Jesus…

From a historical point of view, Mark, being the oldest of the Gospels, not merely closer in point of time to the events that it records but also concerns the meaning of these events with less interpretation (Telford, 1999). The Gospel of Mark records the main events of the life and teachings of Jesus, which kind furnished evidence to support the belief that Jesus was the true Messiah; by believing in Jesus, people could obtain salvation. While the mysterious Sermon in Parables responds to…

The Events Leading Up to Jesus’ Birth When did man, as we know man, really start? Our faith tells us it started with Adam and Eve. God gave instructions to Adam and then to Eve. However, temptations set upon them and they made a bad choice. The angel Gabriel, said to Zechariah, “Don’t be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer. Your wife Elizabeth will have a son, and you will name him John” (Luke 1:13, NIV). Zechariah was told that his wife Elizabeth, who was unable to bear children,…

As we get closer to the end of Jesus’ life we acknowledge Jesus’ last meal with his disciples, “The Last Supper”. Matthew 26:17-30 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’ “ 19 So the disciples did…

Recitation Six: Jesus, Nicodemus, and the Samaritan Woman As we continue to study and probe the Synoptic Gospels it is more and more obvious that further investigation is needed to uncover the distinctive emphases of each author. Therefore, we have been using certain methodologies such as redactional criticism to help examine these emphases. This particular methodology is meant to determine what's important to authors by understanding how they used their sources. Although this proves effective…

Christianity Icon jesus- Jesus’ Life- Most information of Jesus came from his followers. In History Alive!, a textbook on the ancient world, it explained that there were four followers that wrote four gospels, or good news. Their names are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These gospels connect to events in Jesus’ life such as healing the sick and working miracles. Open bible- Jesus’ Teachings In History Alive!, it explained that although Jesus built his teaching on Jewish beliefs, he emphasized…

They follow him some because they stand in need of healing, others because of the miracles they have seen him perform. While the multitude is making its way, Jesus arrives in Tiberias, goes up to the mountain, sits down and begins to talk with his disciples. Here is where we notice our first major difference in John’s account of this event in comparison to the other gospel writers. All the other writers talk here about Jesus having compassion on the crowd because they are like sheep with no…