Old Testament saints

There are only two stories in the New Testament that recount the birth of Jesus as the most extraordinary event of history, Jesus birth was the cause of worship, for God dwelled with us. At first glance it can be determined that the two gospels present Jesus childhood in different ways, in fact Saint Matthew does not present with details the childhood of Jesus. Saint Matthew presents a genealogy of all the descendants of Jesus. Matthew places fourteen generations from Abraham and David, another…

No : F01 Name of Lecturer : Ms. Stella Law Compare and contrast Paul’s teaching about Christian giving (2 Corinthians 8-9) with the OT practice of tithing. The Old Testament, the Old Covenant, has indeed a lot to say about tithing (this word is used 36 times there), but not the New. In contrast, the New Testament says a lot about giving. To see what the Word of God says for us - who live under the New Covenant, under this present administration of grace –we will start from 2…

The old testament of the bible is notoriously marked by the number of deaths it contains. Outside of those who are struck down by God, or who die as a result of various conflicts, there’s a unique description of life and death in Genesis. The long, and rather dry, lineages that are present in Genesis are put in between longer biblical stories and serve as a tool for relating stories together, as well as providing a timeline for the events in Genesis. These lineages are rarely addressed in…

picture of God. Therefore, the church should equip saints with theological knowledge and teach complete character of God, not just his “positive” sides. I. Biblical Analysis Packer’s first argument is that numerous Christians know about God, although they do not know of God (Packer 23). If we knew God, then we would have a great…

hindsight bias as to the position of the deuterocanonical books and although Shea makes a compelling case as to why these myths should be dispelled, the Apocrypha are not inspired. While the Apocrypha have been undoubtedly alluded to in the New Testament, this does not correlate with inspiration. The Apocrypha also have contradictions…

The Adaptation of Old Testament Titles by Disciples of Jesus: Evolution through New Eyes In a 2012 letter to my siblings, I informed them that I’d be hiking the 540 mile Camino de Santiago in the north of Spain because I needed to spend time talking to God. I’d lost my nineteen year old son and frankly, I needed some answers. If saints and mystics had heard His voice, then I most certainly deserved to. As I trudged up and down the French Pyrenees and through the eucalyptus forests on the…

the Church hear the Word of God and offer a sacrifice. McNamara touches on an impactful point of Old Testament architecture, “Understand the meaning of the temple instructs us how to build churches” (48). In stating so, he claims that the buildings in the Old Testament perfect those in the New Testament, as the proper structure and meaning is added to the beauty of the building. Even in the Old Testament, the significance of building components symbolized bigger meanings towards the presence of…

The Old Testament is filled with the history of ancient Israel. It relates to us stories and facts of what the people of Israel endured, as well as what their way of life was like. In Genesis we find out the lifestyles of many people. For example, we read about Abraham and Sarahs hospitality, the Sodomites and Gomorites, who did not please God, as well as how to people acted in the times of Noah. The book of Exodus is filled with the history of Israel when they were slaves in Egypt, and led to…

The New Testament of the Holy Bible is a collection of twenty-seven writings that have been deemed as canon by the early church. The term canon comes from the Greek word kanṓn representing a carpenter’s rule. The current list of books first appeared in a festal letter from Athanasius, the bishop of Alexandria, in 367. Athanasius wrote this letter in an attempt to clarify the true writings that defined the true message to the Christians of his period. Other Christian schools and sects followed…

The story goes on to say he blames God for a long time for his mishap, and he would still go to church in his wheelchair because he refuses to wear prosthetic legs. He was just going through the motion of worship, until one Sunday morning, 10 years-old little girl got up in church and gave her testimony. She was hit by a drunk driver, and loss her right arm, she stated that God loves her so much that he gave her another year of birthday to spend with her mom and dad. This young girl was the…