Paul Revere

Paul establishes all of his churches based in towns deemed to be Gentile and eventually converts them to Christianity. Paul writes "When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as the Spirit fell on us in the beginning”, referring to the Gentiles receiving God’s word just as anyone else in the Christian…

The book that I have chosen for my book review is entitled, The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul, written by Wayne A. Meeks. The book is an account of what it was like to be a Christian in a Pauline church living in the first century. The book draws upon archaeological biblical and non-biblical literary sources to back up its claims. Since the author is a professor at Yale University, it is written in a scholarly manner and relies on up to date history and…

St Paul St Paul, originally named Saul, was born in Tarsus, Cilicia and grew up in Jerusalem, where he studied the Hebrew Scriptures under Gamaliel (a leading authority in the Jewish religious establishment). Being raised as a Pharisaic Jew, during his early life he was a Pharisee - a group of Jewish people who controlled the law. Saul did not believe in Jesus as the Messiah and thought all these messages about him was rubbish so in his early life, he was a persecutor of the church and also a…

Grudem’s argument is that these scripture texts show that apostles were foundational to the church structure. Thirdly, Grudem stated that Paul was the last apostle (1Cor. 15:3-9). A confirmation to be an apostle is to see the risen Lord, and Paul was the last apostle – as he was the last to witness to the resurrection. So Grudem identifies the twelve apostles plus Paul, James and Barnabas, and might be Androncus and Junias of Rom. 16:17. Finally, he argued that the tense ‘gave’ used in…

Do you have what it takes to be in the NBA? Standards are very high! Did you know players on average are getting smaller, but are actually jumping higher and farther. The NBA playing style has changed in many ways. One reason is that point guards are playing different than they used to, and they are becoming the center point of offenses. Also, the NBA has thrived on shooting three pointers. There even is talk about adding a four point line. Today, big men play different and are less physical…

religious traditions. Paul set up his tent making shop in one of the back streets of Corinth were he could converse with people as they passed. That way he could spread the word of God to people of all different cultures and backgrounds. During the second journey Paul travelled by boat preaching to everyone in Corinth. Pauls message was if you stayed with god and believed he would take care of you. Corinth is a significant location in the life of the early church because Paul overcame opposition…

These agencies and their “varying rules and standards led to certain entities not being regulated at all, with others subject to less oversight than their peer financial firms organized under different charters” (Morrison & Foerster, 2010, p. 6). After the financial crisis, analysts pointed to the “many regulatory failures” and gaps in oversight as the reason unethical and illegal practices were overlooked or ignored (Madrick, 2010, para. 3). As a result, the provisions set out by…

The Beatles mostly sang about peace and love, experimenting with different concepts on the subject and various instruments. George Harrison introduced the sitar in some of their later albums. Originally, they started as a simple pop band and eventually grew and developed into a rock and roll band. Most of their fan base was composed of teenage girls, while the Rolling Stones attracted every one of every age. They would have to think of creative and clever ways to sneak lyrics about sex and drugs…

The Beatles bade their affiliated careers goodbye with the releasing of the album and single “Let It Be” in 1970, shortly following the announcement of the dissolution of the group. For many, the song, “Let It Be”, not only represents keeping hope through difficult times but additionally symbolizes the four members moving on from the group. The mixture of the instrumental and vocal makeup of “Let It Be” formulates to constitute a gospel ambience. With context in mind, the meaning of the song has…

In his essay “What Faith Is”, philosophical theologian Paul Tillich discusses humans and their “ultimate concerns”. These concerns demand a person’s whole being and life, requiring total surrender in order to achieve total fulfillment. They are acts of personality, centered by the human mind, both conscious and unconscious. A true ultimate concern involves the self, whereas a false concern involves an object. Considering Tillich’s definition, I find that there are several values and lessons that…