Mathew‚ Luke‚ and Paul; a Comparison Christianity is a mission bound religion; every players in the bible had a mission stipulated and placed upon them. General‚ the ‘’mission’’ in Christianity have a long history from the early creation days finding its way through the law‚ kings‚ prophets‚ and getting its fulfillment in the new testament through Jesus Christ mission to save the world. However‚ Christianity to laymen and many other theology scholars is a complicated religion today. Many people give
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The four Gospels are the accounts at the beginning of the New Testament about the saving work of God in his son Jesus Christ. The writers of the four gospels introduced a new literary category into literature. The gospels are not exactly biographies‚ because apart from certain events surrounding Jesus’ birth‚ (Matt. 1-2; Luke 1-2) and one from Jesus’ youth (Luke 2:41-52)‚ they record only the last two or three years of Jesus’ life. Moreover‚ the material included is not written as an objective historical
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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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What are the significant theological themes in the Gospel of john and how may I apply these themes to my contemporary setting? The major theological themes in the Gospel of John are faith‚ eternal life‚ resurrection‚ the relationship between God and his son Jesus and discipleship. In my post for week 5 I talked about how in John the relationship between God and his son Jesus was immediately explained in the first Chapter. They did not go over his birth account in John rather what his purpose and
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Luke Swanson is the new athletic director of Plymouth High School. He is a familiar face seen around school because he was a history teacher in the IB program and the activities director of Plymouth. Being the activities director of Plymouth High School is hard work. The activities director (also known as the congress advisor) is in charge of helping the students run events like homecoming‚ pep rally‚ tailgate‚ snowcoming‚ Mr.Park. These events require months of planning and preparation for it to
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The Gospel of Mark is the oldest known surviving account of the ministry of Jesus Christ that exists today. Written approximately in the year 65 CE in Rome by an unknown writer‚ people have attributed the name Mark to the author‚ although this may not have been his actual name (I will use the name Mark to refer to the author of the gospel of Mark). As the oldest record of Christ’s ministry‚ it is believed that through other pieces or fragments of Jesus’ teachings and sayings‚ as well as stories passed
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exam.) Gospel Studies & The Synoptic Problem -Be able to explain clearly the two most common source theories. Two Gospel Hypothesis: The hypothesis states that Matthew was written first‚ while Christianity was still centered in Jerusalem‚ to calm the hostility between Jews and Christians. After Matthew‚ Luke was written as a gospel to the Gentiles. But since neither Luke (nor his patron Paul) were eyewitnesses of Jesus‚ Peter gave public testimonies that validated Luke’s gospel. These public
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Greenberg 12/06/2013 Comparing the Gospel of John vs. Mark We can analyze the similarities and divergences between the Gospel of John and the Synoptic Gospel of Mark with Christology‚ Anthropology‚ Soteriolgy‚ and Eschatology. Even though many of the passages could refer to more than just one theology‚ it is achievable to separate the different theologies into the four categories. Regardless of how different the Gospel of John is to that of Mark‚ Matthew‚ and Luke‚ it can be concluded that John does
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In Jean Luis Borges’ short story "The Gospel According to Mark"‚ we see the main character Baltasar Espinosa in subtle yet powerful comparison to Jesus Christ. Borges uses the formal aspects of setting‚ symbolism‚ & tone to explore a main theme of Christianity and the influence it has on those who don’t fully understand it. He puts his main character in a setting that allows him to become Christ like in the eyes of the primitive Gutres family. There are many examples of the theme throughout
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community‚ and they become more and more like Jesus through a life of faith and obedience. Jesus taught that the life of a disciple must be like his own‚ which is a journey to the cross: a disciple must take up his cross and follow’ (8:34-35). St Mark’s Gospel helps us understand the nature of discipleship through various stories concerning the disciples. Jesus required a tremendous amount of commitment in order for anyone to be accepted as a disciple‚ which is why he only ended up with a few deeply committed
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