New Testament

Barton provides detailed and carefully deliberated comments regarding the spiritual focus of the gospel of Mark. His attention to the obvious motifs in the gospel seems to be legitimate. While he does use the Gospel of Matthew to give illumination to Mark, I believe he did a masterful job at using the Markan episode to advance his thoughts. In terms of how this plays out in the life of the church, Barton’s work provides a rich array of relevant topics and themes for preaching in the…

Even amongst the most conservative christians, one cannot dismiss the fact that there were a myriad of women in the Bible who not only had leadership positions amongst God’s people, but there were those who were gifted and capable of teaching and preaching the Gospel to all people. First, we must clarify what the text means in reference to women being “silent”(1 Tim. 2:11) and what Paul refers to when he says; “I do not permit a woman to speak” (1 Cor. 14:34). According to Duff, In 1 Timothy…

churches are prominent ones of reference. Everywhere from Boston to Minneapolis, Catholic churches have closed or been into regional cluster. The chief reason is declining Mass attendance. In New York, Mass attendance has fallen to European levels, around 15 percent on an average Sunday, according to The New York Times. In Boston, it is even lower, around 12 Nationwide, only twenty-four of Catholics go to Mass average Sunday, down from 55 percent in 1965. Several Catholics churches throughout…

Paul met Jesus after the resurrection on the road to Damascus. Luke’s version of the event is much more dramatic than Paul’s own version. Luke’s record contains supernatural images such as a heavenly voice and blinding light (Harris, 2014, p. 295). Paul began a journey to Damascus verbalizing threats against disciples of the Lord. Paul was accosted by the risen Lord and for three days after the encounter he abstained from eating and drinking, and suffered from blindness. Paul…

The book under critique, Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ, was written by Shawn D. Wright. Wright is a theology professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a member of the Evangelical Theological Society. With this book, Wright teams up with Thomas R. Schreiner, the Dean of the School of Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Together, they co-edit a collection of scholarly and scriptural essays on the history and truth of baptism. Using…

Personally I really enjoyed Jeremy’s message and I believe he did an excellent job of connecting the points made in the book of Joshua to our day and age. He started his talk by sharing a story from his life where things were a little unexpected and this began to lead him into connecting the need to recognize that we serve a God who does things unexpectedly. Then he went into the story of how Joshua had to step into some pretty huge shoes and to fill those he had to trust God. Joshua was Moses’s…

Eschatology is the study of what is commonly referred to as the “end times.” This era in history was foretold by the book of Revelation in the New Testament. This field of study can have both good and bad come from it. An example of a good thing from it would be to recognize signs of Christ’s second coming and to let those signs strengthen one’s faith. A bad result that could be pulled from studying Eschatology would be a person attempting to pick a date for when Jesus comes back to retrieve all…

“In its intransitive form, to hump meant to walk, or to march, but it implied burdens far beyond intransitive.” This quote by author Tim O’Brien explains the effect each character from his story, “The Things They Carried” felt during the Vietnam War. O'Brien uses the items to provide a glimpse into each character’s desires throughout the war. The men carried items for necessity, superstition, and by rank. Not only did O’Brien describe the physical items and burdens these men endure, he also…

Introduction The Bible is made of 66 books and it is divided into two major sections, the Old and the New Testaments. Both the Old and the New Testaments contains the narrative of how God’s reveal himself to humanity and his continual redemptive goal to transform our fallen human nature. Thirteen of the books in the Old Testament are attributed authorship to the Apostle Paul. In this lecture will discuss the Apostle Paul his life’s work and why it was was so crucial to the Christian faith.…

Christianity is the major religion that educates us about the life, teachings, and death of Jesus Christ and is the largest of the world’s religion (Encyclopedia Britannica Website, 2017). Jesus Christ was not a rich and powerful teacher, but his teachings and lessons were talked about from the Roman world and even beyond (Matthews, Noble, & Platt, 2014). Historians are able to explain the history and affect of Christianity with dates such as BC (Before Christ) and AD (in the year of the Lord).…