Can Christians be joyous all the time? We might turn in our Bible to the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Philippians to answer that question. The book of Philippians has been known as the Joy Epistle. Actually‚ rejoicing is a recurring theme in all of Paul’s letters. Joy bubbles out of every pore of his life. Even from his jail cell‚ Paul’s soul was overflowing with joy. He encouraged the church in Philippians 1:4‚ that he is praying for them with joy because of their partnership with him in the
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Michael Van Huis BIBL 440.J1 03.11.13 Androgynous Pauline: Queering Gender Expressions in 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Introduction At Abilene Christian University‚ the predominating discourse towards biblical exegesis circulates around two methodologies‚ the synchronic (social-rhetorical) and diachronic (historical-critical) approaches.1 Although both methods are required for valid exegesis‚ the tendency to gloss over nontraditional hermeneutics could tentatively result in detrimental ministry‚
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The Cross Symbol of Love Most often when the Bible attempts to express God’s love‚ it makes a beeline for the cross of Jesus Christ. The cross is God’s statement of just how much He loves us. When we think of the immensity of God’s love‚ the first thing the Bible often asks us to do is to consider the price that was paid. God’s love is very personal toward us. It doesn’t matter where we have been‚ it doesn’t matter what we have done‚ it doesn’t matter what our experienced
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the epistle to the Philippian church‚ will attempt to illuminate the reader to this way of life as it appears throughout the entire book. AUTHOR AND DATE No modern interpreter of repute doubts that the author of this letter is the apostle Paul. Paul identifies himself at the outset of the letter‚ and there is nothing to lead us to conclude that the letter was forged. It is very much Pauline in style‚ drawing several parallels to other books of Pauline authorship‚ none more than the epistle to the
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There are four major literary forms contained in the New Testament. Those four are The Gospel‚ Early Church which also is called Church History‚ Letters which is also called Epistles‚ and Apocalypse. The first one I will talk about is The Gospel. Out of all four of the major literary in the New Testament‚ The Gospel is the only one that the early Christians invented. The English word Gospel translated from the Greek word evangelion‚ which means good news about Jesus. The word Evangelist comes from
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Micah Garman - CPO# 248 Dr. Burke - Greek Exegesis II Exegetical Paper Sexual Purity: A Call to Holiness INTRODUCTION The world in which Christians live today is very similar to the world that Paul taught‚ lived‚ and traveled in. Christians are surrounded by and struggle with the issue of sexual purity that believers struggled with in Paul’s day. Sexual immorality is a result of a much larger problem: the refusal of God’s call to be holy. The pagan Gentiles during the New Testament had a
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only person who had the courage to ask was his fiance Elizabeth. He is asked to remove it but he refuses to do so. It was so strange how everywhere he went he always had that mysterious black veil. ”Not only does he invert the essence of Paul’s epistle‚ but he also introduces various symbolic actions which enhance
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happen before the end. References http://www.ehcweb.ehc.edu/faculty/fkellogg/132u2.htm http://www.freebiblestudyguides.org/bible-teachings/exploring-bible-the-epistles-of-paul-and-you.htm
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status or standing. The essay looks too at historical patterns of leadership within the church‚ including patterns described by Christ and his apostle Paul‚ as evidenced in the pages of the New Testament‚ the Gospels‚ the Book of Acts and the Epistles‚ as well as what happened during the first centuries of the church. It looks also at the role of women in the church‚ Biblically‚ historically and in current practice. It asks about the differences between secular and Christian leadership. It then
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challenged this in comparison to other challenges on epistle authorship. Recipient: The letter was written‚ mainly‚ to Philemon. Date: 60 A.D. is what is thought to be the most accurate date of when the book was written. Place: Paul most likely wrote the letter from Rome‚ while he was in prison‚ although some suggest it might have been elsewhere. Literary Genre: This book of the Bible features characteristics of a letter‚ thus can be classified as an epistle. Summary: Paul greets Philemon and requests
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