Pentecost

NT302 Essay Evluate, "Peters visit to Cornelius was a major turning point of the Acts narrative" Intro In evaluating this statement I will detail what I believe is Luke's particular bias in desribing the expansion of the early church from a mainly Jewish population centred in Jerusalem, to a predominantly Gentile population that expanded geographically and socially outwards. In Acts 1:8 he quotes Jesus, "....you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends…

Losing one’s life is to follow Christ to the cross and die with Him, gaining one’s life is to follow Him out of the grave into resurrection. Again, the word “for” is used as a transitional word, stating the second reason for discipleship as well as expanding on the previous statement (Chouinard 306). In verse 26 Jesus says “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?” Here, Jesus used two rhetorical…

Explaining Luke Chapter 15 explains the seeking and uniting. God seeks to unite humanity to himself. In this chapter we see three main examples; seeking/finding the talent, finding the lost sheep and finally the unity of the prodigal son with his father. In the following verses, Jesus presents three parables to help the Pharisees and scribes understand the relationship He has with sinners. Jesus is speaking with two groups: The tax collector and sinner, and the Pharisees and Scribes, who had a…

NT2200-Week Two-Perspectives on Paul Paper The “old perspective” or “traditional perspective” that Timothy G. Gombis presents in our textbook can be summed up as a human effort to make oneself righteous in the eyes of God through works of the law. According to Timothy G. Gombis (2010), “When Paul critiques “Law,” “works of the Law,” and “works,” he is opposing an implicit Jewish legalism; the assumption that one’s status before God is earned through merit gained through good deeds” (p. 83).…

The medieval university, rich in Christian tradition, differs greatly from the free-minded modern university. But what caused this monumental shift in the first place? The answer to this question is rooted in the expansion of academic freedom. Medieval universities, controlled by clergy, ran universities like a religious institution. It was only with the decline of papal power that universities began to embrace academic freedom. The shift can be further understood in three acts, the era Church…

“O eternal Word, Word of my God, I wish to spend my life listening to You, I wish to make myself wholly teachable so as to learn all from you… O Consuming Fire, Spirit of Love, descend upon me so that there comes to be in my soul as it were an incarnation of the word… And you, O Father, stoop down towards Your poor little creature, cover her with Your shadow, see in her only Your Beloved Son in Whom You have been well pleased.” -Excerpts from a prayer of Bl. Elizebeth of the…

in the Holy Spirit is a special experience following salvation that empowers believers for witnessing and effective service. 6. We believe the initial evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues as experienced on the Day of Pentecost. 7. We believe sanctification initially occurs at Salvation, but is also a progressive lifelong…

could add the three times a year every Israelite male was presented before the Lord (Exodus 23:17); the triple priestly blessing (Numbers 6: 22-27); the three great annual feasts in the Jewish tradition/holyday: "Pesach" ("Passover"), "Shavuot" ("Pentecost") and "Sukkot" ("The Cabin" or "Tabernacles"); the animal sacrifices which are three years old, that are “pleasing to the Lord” (Genesis 15: 9); the three times a day Daniel knelt and prayed to God (Daniel 6: 10-11); the three parts of the…

The Paleolithic Period, which occurred about 40,000 years ago, was a time of hunting and gathering. Their major inspiration came from their surroundings, so most of their works were of the animals in their everyday lives, such as buffalo and horses. Their belief is that these drawings would bring the spirits of these animals into their hunting rituals, and this would bring them good luck. The Chauvet Cave in France is the earliest painting we have, which is estimated to have been created around…

In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the arrival and described the character of the new aeon when he read from Isaiah in the synagogue in Nazareth. The new aeon now coexists in tension with the old in the period between Pentecost and parousia. In fact, Yoder says, they may better be called “present” and “coming” aeons, rather than “old” and “new”, because their distinction is not temporal; it is directional. The present aeon points backward to the human condition outside/before…