lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture. The film Jesus Camp shows Evangelical Christian people and what their lives are like while being with this religion. Evangelical Christianity is a worldwide movement within Protestant Christianity maintaining that the essence of the gospel consists in the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. In the film it showed that these people say the world is sick and they need to fix it with the
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God of reason and does nothing without a reason. Jesus was sent to earth by God for a reason‚ which He began and completed. A comprehension of this reason will help you to admire the happening to Christ and His main goal on earth. Also she will yield a Son‚ and you might call His name Jesus‚ for He will spare His kin from their wrongdoings." Matthew 1:21 (NKJV) Presently everything is of God‚ who has accommodated us to Himself through The Jesus Christ‚ and has provided for us the service of compromise
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argues in his book “The King Jesus Gospel” that the true meaning of the gospel has become distorted by a culture that is focused on salvation rather than the gospel itself. Throughout the book‚ McKnight points out the discrepancy between a culture that is focused on salvation‚ and one that is focused on what McKnight defines as the true meaning of the gospel. McKnight defines the gospel as “the saving Story of Jesus completing Israel’s Story. . .” and argues that Jesus himself preached this gospel
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Another observation within this section is from Romans 12:14‚ “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse”. Not only are believers not supposed to curse those who hurt them‚ they are supposed to bless those who hurt them. The interpretative question from this observation is‚ “How do believers bless those who have hurt them?” Praying for the hearts of our enemies to soften to the Lord‚ as well as‚ being kind to the enemies rather than repaying their actions are ways we can bless our enemies
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Should the resurrection of Jesus be considered one of the "signs" of the Gospel? Why or why not? This by far is a very controversial debate and is tossed to and fro with the theological community. The Gospel of John does not state that the resurrection is a “sign” even though the event was miraculous in and of itself‚ there is no biblical evidence to back up the event as a sign. The purpose of the resurrection was not to prove that Christ was who He claimed to be rather it was necessary. A sign
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In his article Dinner with Jesus & Paul: The Social Role of Meals in the Greco-Roman World‚ Dennis E. Smith explores what must have been like during Jesus’ life in importance. In his introduction‚ Smith refers that “throughout the Gospels‚ Jesus is portrayed as teaching while at the dinner table‚ performing miracles at feast and sparking controversy by his choice of dinner companions
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teaching of Jesus Christ. Kong Qiu‚ better known as Confucius‚ focused his teaching on history‚ law‚ poetry‚ and spiritual writing. The Biblical teaching of the Old Testament also provided similar structure of teaching. Like Confucius‚ these teachings included the books of Genesis and Exodus to provide history‚ Leviticus‚ Gods law which included the Ten Commandments‚ and Psalm which is focused on songs and poetry. Even though Confucius lived hundreds of years before the time of Jesus Christ‚ his
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Fredriksen’s book‚ Jesus of Nazareth‚ King of the Jews‚ she writes of piercing the image of the historical Jesus together. She states the issue of the concept of who Jesus was is still unknown. The Gospels portrayed him as a teacher or an apocalyptic Messiah. From information received from different sources‚ they still represent a different image for each historian. Jesus’ death is one of the most accepted aspects of him. It still brings issues‚ as Pilate could have killed Jesus swiftly‚ but his crucifixion
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Jesus’ powers of being able to perform miracles started spreading between the people so when Jesus arrived in Jewish territory‚ a huge crowd had formed (21). The large crowd shows how well the word had spread and how many people wanted to see Jesus and his miracles. One person in particular‚ Jairus‚ was in urgent need of Jesus’ miracles‚ and he came to beg for Jesus’ help (21-22). Jairus was a Jewish leader‚ and during this time‚ Jewish leaders tended to be suspicious of Jesus. The leaders were angry
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journey. We have to change the mindset that only mature disciples are equipped to lead others. God will equip the willing. 4. There is a finish line to discipleship. As long as we are in these earthly bodies‚ we will be striving to be more like Jesus. We all want a certificate on the wall that says we have accomplished the goal‚ but as Paul says in Philippians 3:13-14‚ "I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what
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