Resurrection of Jesus

Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is, explains what Wright's intent and purposes were for writing this book. Wright's purposes for writing this book was to show who the real Jesus was, what his teachings meant and how they can be applied to the modern society. Wright presumes that Christians go Sunday to Sunday repeating scripture and repeating the same things over and over, not fully analyzing what the text is saying. He claims that people need to analyze who Jesus really was…

is one of the religions that was formed out of this belief. Christianity claims that Jesus, God the Son, came to earth to reveal the Father to us and then save us from our sins by dying on the cross about 2,000 years ago. Salvation, which is basically the deliverance from our sins, involves transformation. This transformation is from an average human being to becoming a son or daughter in Christ. We refer to Jesus as God the Son instead of Son the God because it emphasizes his divinity. By being…

the subject, Jesus Christ has many names though one name is Christ or Messiah. The definition of Messiah is a King who will be sent by God to save the…

message out about Jesus to everyone that would listen, mainly the unbelievers. The Early Church fathers understood the people were the church, not a building. The Early Church obligation was to contact individuals who didn't know Jesus. The Early Church commitment was to contact people who didn't know Jesus. Evangelism was what the first fathers were taught, The Great Commission, The Ten Commandments, and the Trinity. At the point when Jesus met the woman at the well, Exactly when Jesus met the…

Mark has a particular style of setting the scene of Jesus death. We are going to examine how Mark puts a dramatic emphasis in the death of Jesus Christ. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the climax of Mark’s dramatic narration. In addition, Mark tells the story in such an ambiguous way for the purpose of the reader to make their own inferences. In the gospel of mark, the narration mentions that there were bystanders provoking Jesus to drink the sour wine while mocking him. Notice,…

doctrine to them about Jesus and the resurrection. How does Paul practice apologetics in this scenario? Led by the Spirit, he uses a cultural connection and credits them for their religiousness. Among Epicurean and Stoic philosophers, Paul uses his intellectual heft to gain credibility which lays the foundation for him to share the gospel. Paul concludes his apologetic by talking to them about resurrection and uses it pave the way to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ’s resurrection. This is…

The church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints believe that their book of Mormons as one of their most valuable possessions. The Book of Mormon is the word of God; teaching parables and the belief in God like the bible does in the Christian faith based religion. Both the Bible and the Book of Mormon contain Gods guidance as revealed to the prophets as well as religious histories of different civilizations. While the Bible is written by the people of the land of Israel and surrounding areas,…

commandments to being burned alive by the order of King Noah, Abinadi never denied the spirit nor the power of God. Throughout the few scriptures of Mosiah, we are taught detailed information from the Law of Moses, ten commandments, and Jesus Christ’s atonement and resurrection. Abinadi prophesied that Christ is both the Father and the Son; salvation does not come through the law, but through the atonement; and having eternal life is redeemed by the Lord are the doctrines that are embedded in…

example, the beliefs on many topics like the eternal pre-existence of Jesus, the Virgin Birth, and many more topics. Both of these are religious ideas but they are very different in their views and points. There are many things that are different and similar about these two views. The Christology of the two is similar. One of the ways the two are similar is the belief of the virgin birth. The Jehovah Witness believe that Jesus was born of virgin birth. The Orthodox Church believes in the…

youngest of Jesus’ apostles. The gospel of John was written around 80- 90A.D in the city of Ephesus. Ephesus by that time was the center of commerce and culture. The majority of John’s audience was no longer Jewish converts but rather people who lived in a world dominated by culture and thoughts of Greece and Rome. Apostle John sought to appeal to their reasoning power to for them to reflect on who Jesus claimed to be. The main purpose to why John wrote the gospel is that “you may believe that…