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that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). In this letter, Paul...
poses some significant questions, including the question of what is salvation, the role that faith plays in salvation and how fait...
born to Mary, a virgin, lived among men, preached for three years, was crucified and rose from the dead. He did this to save human...
Jesus was and what He did (citation). Many documents were written during the first couple hundred years after Christs death. The ...
does not have a split hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you." As this suggests, only animals that chewed its cue and possessed ...
I chose you" (Willmon 7). Harold Quinley conducted a study in the 1970s that explored what factors contributed to making pastors...
"unclean spirits knew who Jesus was" (Davies 94). Jesus method of exorcism was to "cast out demons by the spirit of God" (Davies 9...
by a monarch entailed certain secular dangers, such as possibility that a king might become oppressive in his rule or lead the peo...
by humanity, without turning to any other body of factual information or knowledge. In other words, it is possible for people to c...
know that it is only through total submission that they will gain peace and joy. In Acts 13:52, we read that the "disciples were f...
angels lost their original holiness and became corrupt in nature and conduct.5 In 2 Peter 2:4, it tells of how some were cast into...
the creation of the universe. Genesis says that at first the earth was covered by water. Scientists claimed, even at that time, th...
Reformers to disseminate information so quickly (Kreis, 2007). That dissemination include the Bible translated into native languag...
people who are now facing the consequences of rashly made decisions. In this fiasco, Wall Street and the large portions of the A...
"Each individual book only becomes biblical in the light of the canon as a whole" (Pontifical Biblical Commission, 1994, Canonical...
seeming "errors" in scriptural passages. The position of Charles A. Briggs on inerrancy Briggs maintained that neither the Scrip...
and people were referred to as sheep: "When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless,...
for this reference becomes clear, as Luke is writing "in a social context where marriages arranged for socio-political benefit bet...
of editorial activity (Brueggemann 7). However, scholars have yet to reach consensus over the extent to which each layer of litera...
it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness...
and worship. The function of food for enjoyment is seen at Ecclesiastes 2:24 where it states " Nothing is better for a man than th...
Christian but it was a Western culture. East Asians are from a complex culture, one that is based in Confucianism and then, Christ...
(Dearman, 1998) and we often hear that phrase being used to describe the relationship between Israel and God. He was the living Go...
painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...
way to be part of the community.3 Each person had a role - the host would extend a graceful welcome to the guest and the guest wou...
author explains, based on this belief, "slavery of Africans became religiously justifiable."iii Proslavery advocates based their c...
as his twelve disciples, and the authors of the books of the New Testament, as well as the vast majority of the earliest Christian...
mentioned again so we might assume that first man was not willing to follow without having a secure bed. In that case, a permanent...
This research paper/essay offers an overview, summary and comparison of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, which both pertain to the Dec...
Reformers argued that Gods grace changes or transforms lives. Calvin consistently wrote and preached about the Holy spirit through...