The Gospels portion of the Bible is made up of the books of Matthew‚ Mark‚ Luke‚ and John. The time period in which these four books were written is speculated to be sometime between AD 40 and AD 100 according to the authors of Encountering the New Testament. The main reason these books were written was to spread the gospel. The book states that the essence of the gospel is “God’s offer of salvation; the life‚ death‚ and resurrection of Jesus; and the call to faith in light of coming judgement”.
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the gospels. One particular verse‚ Mark 11:17‚ is part of a story about Jesus using a fig tree to teach his disciples about the present happenings pertaining to the nation of Israel. To understand the story it’s first important to understand the background of the book it is found in before thinking about the interpretation. The gospel of Mark is believed to have been written by John-Mark. He was Peter’s disciple who wrote down what Peter preached. Some say that Peter specifically told Mark what
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Throughout the Gospel of Mark‚ Jesus is seen performing miracle‚ which can lead the reader to believe Jesus was a magical and flawless figure. With this‚ the reader holds Jesus to a higher standard of character. In reality‚ Jesus was just like every other human‚ but it is easy to allow the human identity of Jesus to escape the mind. The few instances in the Gospel where we see Jesus angry serve to remind the reader that he his human. In Mark 11‚ we see Jesus overturning the tables of those selling
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The Gospel of Luke was written prior to 70 A.D. This is certain due to the fact that Luke never mentions the destruction of temple from 70 A.D. Luke wrote his Gospel after his removal from Greece to Rome. (Reicke‚ 1964) Luke himself wrote the authorship of the Gospel of Luke. Luke’s name was only mentioned three times in the Bible‚ therefore there are not a lot of details about who Luke actually is. Luke is a very uncommon name in the Greek language. (Hayes‚ 1913 )The three accounts of Luke mention
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in blues and gospel music. Identified in early times‚ blues and gospel music has been considered the anchor of many genres of music and the hope of African American’s during their times of oppression. Blues‚ established in the secular world of heartache and pain‚ is sometimes considered “feel good music”. Past and current personal struggles are significant in shaping the lyrics for a blues song. With the sound of its heavy blues guitar and its relateable lyrics‚ blues‚ just like gospel can open up
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Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary The Role of Culture in Gospel Communication (The Gospel in Missions) GLST 650 LUO Vernon L. Langley Dec. 14‚ 2012 Introduction: The Bible says‚ “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men‚ who hold the truth in unrighteousness.” (Romans 1:18 KJV) Now let’s hear what Martin Luther utters concerning this verse of scripture‚ “Do you hear this general judgment against all men that
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not remember when I first heard about the gospel of John‚ but I do remember when we had a big argument about the four gospels. I was born in the Philippines and maybe around seventy to eighty percent of the people believe in Jesus Christ. I was in second year high school then when we had the biggest discussion among my friends. I got four friends and we all have different religions. As much as possible‚ we tried not to talk about religion until we talked about how common the name John was. One
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concerning their existence on earth and post death. Christianity answers these questions through the person of Jesus the Christ. In the day of Roman rule‚ with despotic leaders‚ and half of the roman population living as slaves‚ the message of the gospel answered the questions of life and gave hope of eternity. The centerpiece of Christianity is Christ Jesus‚ whose considered‚ to be the greatest
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Qn. Luke’s gospel depicts Jesus as being concerned for the marginalized. Identify three classes of marginalized people in our communities and discuss with specific examples how your church or community how your church or community has been dealing with the issue. To marginalize means to relegate to a lower or outer edge‚ of specific groups of people. Marginalized people in society are people who are considered as outcasts in the society‚ they are referred to as those
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Is John Written to a Jewish Audience? While there is certainly debate about whether or not Jews were the primary audience for the gospel of John‚ there are many who do believe that John is the most Jewish of the four gospels. For example‚ Steve Wertheim‚ of Jews for Jesus related the following observation: “Not only is John ’s gospel written for evangelism‚ it seems to be written particularly for Jewish evangelism. From the beginning‚ the book of John is geared to Jewish thinking. John 1:1
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