Jesus was a Jew‚ believed by all Christians to be the son of God. However the Jewish religion does not recognize him as the son of God; why is that? The Jewish religion believes that Jesus was a prophet‚ but not the “Messiah” only because he did not fulfill the messianic prophecies‚ Jesus did not embody the personal qualifications of the Messiah‚ and the Biblical verses referring to Jesus were “ mistranslated”. What was the Messiah supposed to accomplish? Throughout the Old Testament of the Bible
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In their book Lead Like Jesus Ken Blanchard & Phil Hodges encourage readers to ask themselves three key questions: 1) Am I a leader? (pg. 4) 2) Am I willing to follow Jesus as my leadership role model? (pg. 11) 3) How do I lead like Jesus? (pg. 19) The authors try to define who is a leader. They say “Leadership is a process of influence. Anytime you seek to influence the thinking‚ behaviour‚ or development of people in their personal or professional lives‚ you are taking on the role of a leader
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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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Anonymous Rlgn 1302 Mr. Thomas August 6‚ 2013 How my life was changed through Jesus Christ Jesus is the central figure in Christianity. His life and ministry are chronicled in the four gospels in the New Testament. Jesus performed many miracles of healing and deliverance. He called 12 men to follow him and worked closely with them to train and prepare them to carry on the ministry. Jesus Christ was crucified but three days later he resurrected‚ appeared to his disciples in a span of 40 days
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two things did Jesus ask people to do when he announced the coming of the Kingdom of God? He asked people to prepare for God’s rule by turning from their sins and believing in the Gospel. 2. How do the parables of the mustard seed and yeast (Mt 13:31–33) stress both the present and future dimensions of the Kingdom of God? The parable of the mustard seed represents that the Kingdom has both a present and future dimension. The Kingdom begins small‚ for example‚ in the preaching of Jesus‚ but it will
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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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