The Bible Essay

confusion regarding what I consider to be one of the major contradictions in the Bible, God’s view on homosexuals. I have always struggled with the idea that God loves us all but that He considers some of His creation to be an “abomination,” for being born a certain way. And I am glad to report that I feel that my questions were answered during the week that we learned about the different methods of reading the Bible. Now, through a historical-critical perspective, I no longer believe that God…

If you look and read through the bible, it displays the holy spirit as a person that has the same equality of the father and jesus. The spirit is also referred to one of the three personalities of the trinity which are the father the son and the holy spirit. the divine characteristics of the holy spirit can be seen in the process of the creation of the world in the book of genesis. In genesis 1:1 it obviously says god created the heavens and the earth but the holy spirit was there in the…

In chapter twenty nine Hendricks mentions the importance of five literary genres that God uses throughout the Bible. Exposition is a common literary genre that is seen in the Bible. Hendrick uses Paul's letters in Roman as a representative of exposition. Since exposition means an argument or an explanation of truth. Therefore, Hendrick believes Paul's letters represent the exposition genre. Simply because paul uses many conjuction words like and, but, and therefore. The usage of those words can…

In the section titled “The Heart of the Method: Topic and Theme” found in chapter six of Effective Bible Teaching by Wilhoit and Ryken, the authors argue for a unity of the theme of the message with a focus on the larger idea. They present the concept of a theme (thesis) which is the general overall idea of a biblical passage. They explain the need for the creation of a topic (subject) to describe what the passage covers. Then is the discovery of what the author intends to assert about the…

According to the video of Women in Catholicism, all of the 12 apostles were male and there for made it unjust for women to be ordained. Why must you be male, which all the apostles were, in order to be ordained? Is there support for women from the Bible, that we can interpret to eliminate sexism in Christianity? As our society changes, how must the Christian religion adapt, and if they aren’t adapting how can this harm the religion? Response: Many people are too afraid to speak up for…

Is the Bible infallible? In order to answer this question we must first understand the word infallible. The definition of infallible is “incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.” I believe one hundred percent the bible is incapable of being wrong. It is God’s word and God is never wrong. We as humans continually make mistakes but our Creator never does. He never does something wrong. He is perfect. We can not comprehend God’s power and ability to do anything, His power is so large we can…

Throughout the Bible, one of the identified themes is on valuing relationships. A demonstrable scenario of two individuals valuing their relationship was Moses and Jethro, his father-in-law. The Old Testament, Exodus 18: 13-27 outlined an account of the relationship: Moses was called to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt into the promise land. Having answered the call of God upon his life, he experienced some difficulties among the people. Jethro observed Moses, his son-in-law…

What is biblical leadership? What should a biblical leader be like? These are questions any student of God’s Word should ask if they want to discover what the Bible has to say about biblical leadership. This paper will attempt to show from the Bible what biblical leadership ought to look like primarily in a church atmosphere. While doing, so the terms “good shepherd” and “biblical leader” will be used synonymously. But before we define and elaborate on biblical leadership it is important to…

of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1) This sacred writing from the New Testament characterizes what faith is. In the Hebrew Bible, New Testament and the Qur’an, faith is a focal topic and this is to stress how steadfast Abraham was to God. The relevance of this in these sacred books was present the character of Abraham in which they are all considers a prophet. In the Hebrew Bible, God already knew that Abraham was a faithful individual. God knew this when Abraham confided in God for his…

Proverbs is one of the books, in the Bible, that teaches Hebrew wisdom. Furthermore, it helps explain the teaching of wisdom in regards to marriage, family, relationships and many other things. It says, in The Essence of the OldTestament: A Survey, (2012), that “it is important to remember that the consistent thematic emphasis throughout the book of Proverbs is the praise of wisdom in all of its manifestations” (Hindson & Yates, 2012). Now, it is important to note that the book of Proverbs…