Interpretation Paper Luke 15 1. First Impressions What are your first impressions of this text? * Forgiveness‚ repentance‚ and diligence * In the Prodigal of the Lost Son the farmer celebrates the return of his son from a life of sin. Son’s sins are not what is celebrated rather his acknowledgement of his own sins and his repentance to his father. His father (the farmer) with a celebration forgives the son. * Both the Parable of the Lost Sheep and the Parable of the Lost Coin
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Gospel music has been around for a hundred of years. Gospel music is highly emotional evangelical vocal music that originated among African American Christians in the southern United States and was a strong influence in the development of soul music. (Gospel Music) Gospel music quite evolved from the songs slaves sang on plantations notably work songs‚ and from the Protestant hymns they sang in church. However in the 19th century‚ spiritual hymns transfer into gospel music‚ which started the golden
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The Social Gospel Movement The Social Gospel Introduction In the early days of the Reformation‚ the quest to discover new land was really the beginning of the Social Gospel era. This was the early stages of the concept of territorialism. According to Koester (2015‚ p. 2)‚ territorialism was a strategy for dealing with the religious differences set loose by the Protestant Reformation. Another name that is associated with Reformation was freedom of conscience to “obey God rather than man” (Acts 5:29)
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Don king Professor Samuel Young New Testament 10/14/2014 Matthew and Mark The books of Matthew and Mark are two gospels in the New Testament. There are four total gospels although. The definition of a gospel is referred to as either “good tale” or “good news” and these four gospels are autobiographies of Jesus of Nazareth. Matthew and Mark are similar but‚ they also are revealed contrarily in numerous ways. Matthew trusted on a lot of Mark’s wisdoms in this book about the life of
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The Gospel of Matthew was written anonymously. Early church elders believed that Matthew of the twelve disciples was the author‚ but the apparent dependence on the Gospel of Mark has caused modern day scholars to abandon that theory. This gospel represents a testimony to Peter. It is believed to have been written between AD 50 and AD 80. There are many things that lead historians to believe that Matthew was writing to a Jewish or Jewish Christian audience. The nature of Matthew’s writing suggests
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The Lindisfarne Gospels are masterpieces of early medieval European book painting. “The book represents the golden age of design and craftsmanship in Northumbrian‚ and has survived wars and the ravages of time for over one thousand years in almost perfect condition” (Tyne 2014) This is an important artwork in the culture of the North East. Another place where it is a very popular artwork is in the Christian heritage. The Lindisfarne Gospels was mainly produced for the ceremonial use‚ as a representation
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SOCIAL GOSPEL MOVEMENT The Social Gospel Movement was a religious movement that came about in the second half of the nineteenth century. Christian preachers and ministers led liberal Protestant progressives in retaliation to the abrupt change in society with urbanization‚ industrialization‚ and increased immigration. Many of these Christians lived in the cities and witnessed for themselves the social conflicts of society. This brought out of those a liberalist attitude and an ambition to honor
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If this gospel had a specific purpose statement it would be “that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ‚ the Son of God‚ and that by believing you may have life in his name” (20:31). The word “believe” appears over 100 times and ties in belief with having eternal life. The most famous or at least the most familiar verse in all the Bible may be John 3:16 where belief is open to anyone who chooses to believe and all those who believe can inherit eternal life. This gospel contains some of the
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Matthew‚ Mark‚ Luke‚ and John Theocentric Studies-Part I February 2‚ 1996 The four Gospels are neither histories of the life of Christ nor biographies. They are portraits of the person and work of the long promised Messiah‚ Israel’s King and the world’s Savior. As portraits they present four different poses of one unique personality. Matthew by the Holy Spirit presents Christ as King‚ Mark as Servant‚ Luke as Man‚ and John as God. Although featuring Christ as King‚ Matthew sketches His role
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