Christian Book Distributors vision is very clear at stating where the company wants to be in the next few years and its hopes of growth and advancement into the online market. This vision falls short of being perfect because it does not depict how or where the company wants to expand its stores and other business aspects. Online sales are a very big opportunity for Christian Book Distributors and it is striving to gain market share in this highly competitive market. The competitive market has caused the company to shift focus…
2. What is a Nazirite? set apart, no hair cut, no wine, touch nothing unclean…
The Poisonwood Bible is a book about the reactions that can be made with the burden of collective guilt; to be specific, to our complicit guilt as citizens of the United States for the misconduct by our nation in the Congo. The Poisonwood Bible is an allusion of an event that triggers the life of a family to be burden with guilt in the Congo. The title of the book is what describes the whole book. The Poisonwood Bible is an increased prosecution of Western colonialism and post-colonimalism, an expose of cultural arrogance and self-indulgence.…
In considering “The Faithful Preacher: Recapturing the Vision of Three Pioneering African- American Pastors.” I will assign this book two strengths.…
This is the third edition of, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth; by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart. This book stress that the Bible should be read by all people and not for just clergy, scholars,…
In their book, A Trinitarian Theology of Religions: An Evangelical Proposal, Gerald R. McDermott and Harold A. Netland construct a Trinitarian theological framework to help Evangelical Christians to Scripturally engage religions and religious others. McDermott and Netland recognize that the rise of globalization prompts the need for a proper theological framework to help understand other faiths. Theological framework is necessary for Christians to live among neighbors and friends belonging to other religious paths.…
One clear similarity involving both the 1925 Baptist Faith and Message and 1963 Baptist Faith and Message is the preamble. Both architects took great care in wording the preamble content. Herschel Hobbs called the 1963 preamble "as important as any other part." In both the 1925 and 1963 the preamble clearly states the document is not a Southern Baptist creed and both chairmen were adamant about emphasizing that point. Both viewed their respective documents as a guide rather than a conscience authority.…
Samuel, a judge for Israel, saved them from the Philistines, and led them back to God. When Samuel grew old, the people did not want a new judge. The tribes of Israel had many problems working together. Each tribes had their own leader with different rules to follow. The people of Israel demanded a King to be like the other nations. Samuel attempted to answer the concerns of the people by appointing his sons to be judges over Israel, but the Elders was not happy with Samuel’s decision. His sons were not keeping God’s commandments and had none of Samuel characteristics. They were not a good candidate to be their leaders.…
Holy Bible: The new King James version, containing the Old and New Testaments. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Bibles, 1982.…
One aspect of having an abiding walk with Christ, that led to the naming of this ministry, is educating people on the Word of God. We live in a time where knowledge is freely available. Every time you look at your phone you hold access to more knowledge than ever could have fit in the famed Library of Alexandria. Yet we also live in one of the most Bible illiterate times. People know less about the Word of God today than ever before. Dr. Albert Mohler points out in his article, “The Scandal of Bible Illiteracy: It’s Our Problem,” that less than half can list the four gospels. This is elementary, this is basic. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Less than half can do that. So, how can the majority then claim to understand the gospel message enough…
The Holy Bible, King James Version. New York: Oxford Edition: 1769; King James Bible Online, 2008. http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/…
4. Define the "canon" and describe the basic criteria and chronology behind the formation of the New Testament canon. What evidence exists in this area? Why did early Christians feel a need to establish an authoritative list? Which elements in the criteria are the most and least important? State your reasons for choosing these elements. How would you respond if someone claimed that the canon of the Bible should still be open?…
Marcus J. Borg is a Professor of Region and Culture at Oregon State University. Including Reading the Bible Again for the First Time, he has written the following books: The God We Never Knew, and Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time. Borg has been studying and teaching for 35 years at various universities. His specialty is Jesus and the Gospels, but expresses an interest in the Hebrew Bible. Borg has taught both subjects, and much of his book comes from teaching undergraduates. He describes himself as a “nonliteralistic and nonexclusivistic” Christian who lives “within the Christian tradition”. Many of his ideas flow out of life experience. For example, when he was studying the prophet, Amos, in college, Borg says that is a turning point in his faith. He claimed to function as a “closet atheist” before learning of the extremes to which the prophets would go for their cause; he compares them to protestors in the 60’s. Therefore, studying the prophets allowed him to take off his “childhood lense” of the Bible, and see the people of the Bible in a more realistic way. By taking off that “lense”, he became more immersed in the Bible which encouraged him to go to seminary. Throughout Reading the Bible Again for the First Time, Borg calls his audience to also take off their “childhood lense”, or way of seeing the Bible, and begin reading it in a different way.…
Judaism is one of the oldest religions on earth, dating back almost 4000 years. It started as a very peaceful and family oriented religion. The Jews encountered some very hard times, such as being enslaved by the Egyptians and built the pyramids. But after being freed by Moses they traveled the earth for awhile. The town of Jerusalem is the center of Jewish religion for over 3000 years. The town has the largest Jewish population since 1840. Moses revealed the Torah to the Hebrew people. The first five books of the Bible is what makes up the Torah, which contains all the guidelines to the Jewish way of life. But the Hebrew Bible doesn’t include the New Testament. Even though there are around 16 million Jews world wide they are very dispersed…
2. The English Standard Version Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments with Apocrypha. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2009…