letter. Churches in Galatia were made up of both Jewish and Gentile converts. Paul’s purpose for writing to the churches was to confirm their faith‚ especially justification by faith alone‚ apart from the works of the Law of Moses. The main personalities in this book are the Apostle Paul‚ Judaizers‚ false teachers‚ fruits of the spirt‚ and Abraham. Paul wrote this book to resolve the problem of circumcision and Jewish legalism toward Gentile believers. It was written as a response to the regional churches
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The Bible and Culture Culture is at the heart of who we are. We interact and react to the world based on the culture we have developed. When encountering cultures different from our own there is an almost automatic judgment. We quickly find differences and disparities and judge that culture against our own; often sitting in judgment of the other culture’s ways of operating‚ not even entertain the idea that our way may not be optimal. We as humans are quick to set ourselves and our ways (our culture)
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(13)‚358-371. Barlett C. P.‚ & Rodeheffer C. (2009). Effects of Realism on Extended Violent and Nonviolent Video Game Play on Aggressive Thoughts‚ Feeling‚ and Physiological Arousal. Aggressive Behavior.(11)‚ 213-224. Muniba‚ S.‚ Anderson C. A.‚ & Gentile D. A. (2012). Effects of Prosocial‚ Neutral‚ and Violent Video Games on Children’s Helpful and Hurtful Behaviors. Aggressive Behavior‚ (6)‚ 281-287. Hasan‚ Y.‚ Begue‚ L.‚ & Bushman B. J.‚ (2013). Violent Video Games Stress People Out and Make Them
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were comprised of both Jewish and Gentile converts. Paul’s purpose in writing to these churches was to confirm them in the faith‚ especially concerning justification by faith alone‚ apart from the works of the Law of Moses. The key personalities of this book are the Apostle Paul‚ Judaizers‚ false teachers‚ circumcision‚ fruits of the sprit‚ 10 commandments‚ and Abraham. Paul writes this book to deal with the problem of circumcision and Jewish legalism toward Gentile believers. It was written because
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Peter. Much of the debate was centered on the Jewish Law‚ customs‚ and how it was to be taught now versus Paul’s version. It was decided‚ and more or less agreed‚ Paul would minister to the Gentiles and St. Peter (a gentleman’s agreement)‚ and the other apostles in Jerusalem would minister to the Jewish converts. James‚ the brother of Jesus‚ likely wrote his book of ‘James’ between 49 A.D.–50 A.D. I would recommend reading the short book
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Introduction Before I touch the given text‚ it is needed to mention generally first the importance of letter to Romans and its introduction. Many Christian thinkers have found that Romans is the key to understand the rest of the Bible. John Calvin called it “an open door to understanding all the treasurers of scripture.” William Tyndale said that it shone “light onto the whole Bible.” J. B. Phillips‚ in his translation of the New Testament‚ called it “the Gospel according to Paul.” M. Luther
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Exegetical Paper of Ephesians 2:14-22 In Ephesians 2:14-22‚ Paul writes a letter to the people of Ephesus both Jews and Gentiles of the time‚ telling them that Christ had broken down the wall of hostility so that they can live in peace and unity. Within this paper‚ there will be an extensive exegetical look at the history of the passage; what the significance of this passage is to the biblical audience‚ and the differences between the biblical audience and today’s audience. By studying this passage
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It details his story from the events of his birth to his Ascension. The purpose of Luke is to write a precise and reliable history of Jesus’ Christ’s life‚ while bringing out the theological significance of the history. He is a Greek and the only Gentile Christian writer of the New Testament. The language of Luke reveals that he is an educated man. We learn in Colossians 4:14 that he is a physician. In this book Luke refers many times to sicknesses and diagnoses. Being a Greek and a doctor would explain
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of his community and he uses his gospel as a vehicle to accomplish his goal. (Bosch: 59) Matthew‚ through his gospel‚ suggests that the differences between the Pharisaic Jews and the Jewish Christians could be bridged through missions to the Gentiles. He desired for his community to transition from a sectarian view to an inclusive one. (Bosch: 60) In Matthew’s opinion‚ a missionary community was one that understood itself as being different from the community in which it lived but also commuted
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Paul of tarsus did much to advance Christianity among the gentiles‚ considered one of the primary sources of the Christian doctrine‚ Jew and roman citizen of tarsus Some argue it was he who truly made Christianity a new religion promoted Christianity throughout the world‚ some say founder of Christianity Early life didn’t support Christianity he persecuted Christians because they said Jesus was the son of god went against Jewish religion‚ believed Christians were blasphemers Believed they were
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