Resurrection

During my trip to Ohio, I was also able to view a dress rehearsal of Handel’s Messiah performed by Heidelburg College choir in Tiffin, Ohio. This has always been one of my favorite musical pieces to see performed. I enjoy both instrumental and vocal performances, specifically pieces with a cappela. Heiedleberg college is a Christian institution which only adds to the dynamics of the piece. The conductor began performance by indicating the original performance date of April 1742 in Dublin,…

1. What is sin? Sin is a consequence of human choice. There is personal sin and social sin. According to Fischer and Hart, the biblical definition of sin is the “destruction of our capacity for relatedness and the subsequent need for reconciliation” (Pg. 124). There is also original sin and “sin of the world”, which is the universal influence of sin. Sin can take the form of infidelity, racism, envy and others. Mostly, sin is the denial of love that we should have for ourselves, others, and…

The defeat of people who obey Satan to persecute God's people. One by one we have seen the fall of Babylon, the beast, the false prophet, and the armies they had gathered. What about Satan, the dragon who gave authority to the beast in his efforts to wage war against the saints. And those who were killed by the people of Satan? This chapter reveals the binding of Satan for "a 1000 years". It most likely a long period of time in which Satan is no longer able to deceive the nations as he did…

What the early Christians made of the resurrection can be gathered from the letters of Paul, the Gospels, and the Acts of Apostles. It is quite a complex picture; did they believe that Jesus had undergone a spiritual or physical resurrection? The earliest sources that I could find about this is from the letters of Paul. His belief in the resurrection of Jesus is based on a vision of the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus. But the evangelists…

be baptized many times in their life. Also the creed’s use of resurrection of the dead, only refers to people who have passed away, in our Christology the resurrection of the dead can also mean those who have gotten saved and been washed anew. My Christian fellowship’s departure from the Nicene Creed affects the message of salvation in that we believe that you can be saved while still on earth instead of waiting for the resurrection. Contemporary Christian thinking should not become aligned…

“control” by a mentor. (p. 63) I concur with this perception because the metaphorical understanding of church being a “vessel” is a preliminary requirement of transformation. Since from a theological point of view, death precedes resurrection, the platform and journey of resurrection requires a “molding” work. (p. 63) To experience this travel of molding, a mentor proves his or her role as a a shepherd (p. 54) and prophet, one that is related to the future of a mentee. (p. 62) Dr. Fowler…

all He appeared to me” (The Bible). In an interview, Strobel discovered that this early creed, “is actually a summary that corresponds line by line with what the gospels teach” (Strobel 281). There are many inconsistencies when it comes to the resurrection, but, the inconsistencies are not found in the major details, so they don't actually discredit it. One theory pertaining to Jesus’ body disappearing is that the women went to the wrong tomb, which would lead them to deduce that Jesus had been…

Both the Odyssey and Great expectations involve an adventure to experience through tough adversity that they have to overcome. There is not a lot to know about Homer, but he wrote two stories called the Iliad and The Odyssey. His style of writing is a heroic poetry. Homer sets the story in the town of Troy, where a character named Odysseus- a well known hero of The Odyssey, begins his adventure. Odysseus is very intelligent and knows how to defeat his opponents by outsmarting them. He has to…

Cruncher is a uneducated, gruff, and short tempered man who works as an odd job man for Tellsons Bank by day, and a resurrection man by night. Jerry first helps out our story by accompanying Lucie and Miss Pross to retrieve Dr. Mannett from Paris. Cruncher also aids Sydney Carton in Darnay’s first trial by delivering information on the witness. Crunchers other job as a resurrection man (grave robber) is not quite as successful as working for the bank, when the job doesn’t go as planned. Jerry…

Still equally separate, Christ and the Holy Spirit become unified in a way where the Holy Spirit now becomes revealed to the world. As understood by O’Collins, Jesus, as the divine Christ and by the power of the resurrection, “…now shares in God’s prerogative as sender and giver of the Spirit” (153). Jesus recognized the necessity of the gift of the Spirit to help lead and guide humanity towards salvation. As such, Jesus Christ was able to send as this special gift…