emphasizing Jesus’ kingship and royalty. Luke offers his audience the priesthood of Christ as well as proclaiming Christ as the Savior of the world. John however‚ reveals the position of Christ‚ and Christ’s equality with God. There are several important theological concepts that Christians‚ especially missionaries‚ must thoroughly know and believe. First‚ Christians must understand that Jesus proclamation
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I Introduction First Christian communities appeared in Jewish Palestine and Diaspora after the death of Jesus of Nazareth‚ called the Christ‚ around 30 CE. Not only Jesus himself was a Jew‚ but also his followers and very first members of the new growing community were mainly Jews. They all shared the Jewish belief‚ the Sacred Scripture that Christians later started to call the Old Testament (OT)‚ and were not aware of founding a new religion. A closer examination of Jewish worship will let us understand
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* Questions in Christianity Today The Christian population is growing every day. With the economy today people are starting to turn to God for answers and pray for help with their problems. Since so many people are starting to look to God for answers I decided to talk about the following three topics: “Did Jesus Claim to be God?”‚ “Did Jesus need to be born of a virgin?”‚ and “What can your local church do to better communicate Gods love to your community?” There are many questions and concerns
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Pamela Castaneda CWV 101 – Christian Worldview 9/16/2012 Dr. Scott Hovater My Sons Role Model - Clay Matthews III In thinking about writing a paper on a good role model‚ I asked my 12 year old son who he saw as a role model. He told me “Clay Matthews III‚ linebacker for the Green Bay Packers.” (Jovanni‚ 2012) So‚ I have chosen to write about this man. To see if holds and teaches the values that I also believe in. Is he a good and upstanding person that young people can look up too? I
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Ethics Melissa S. Nash Liberty University Abstract The present paper provides an in depth comparison and contrast between two types of Code of Ethics: the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). A brief description of the “Code of Ethics” is defined as a standard that differentiates between right and wrong primarily pertaining to the professional counselor‚ while maintaining a mindset of keeping the best interest of the client. Code
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The Essential Elements of the Christian Worldview The Christian worldview provides some essential elements that need to be understood‚ in order for this worldview to be accepted. These elements consist of God‚ humanity‚ Jesus‚ and being able to analyze what you understand about these elements. In this essay I will help you understand who God is and some of some of his characteristics. I will also let you know who Jesus is and why he died for the sins of the world. I will tell you why God created
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I think that a real Christian teaches others the way of Christ‚ but also realizes that they themselves also have room to grow. They also are not hypocritical to what they are teaching. A verse that I think helps support this is 1 John 4:20: "Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister‚ whom they have seen‚ cannot love God‚ whom they have not seen." If someone tells you to love your neighbor‚ and yet they turn around and do
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books are the same whether the writer was Christian or Pagen ("Christian Reflections" 1). If the process is the same‚ both genres would be the same. They both have a topc and storyline that is easy to follow‚ no matter that the topics are different. If all genres are the same in the bones of literature‚ then nonreligious books also have a religious code embedded in them. Lewis wrote that everyone has an ethical code‚ no matter religious or otherwise ("Christian Reflections" 51). A book does not have
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In John 18‚ Jesus told his disciples: "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were‚ my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place." Since the beginning of the New Covenant‚ as introduced by Jesus‚ a complex dual has risen between the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of this world. While believers throughout the ages have taken various positions on different aspects of the two kingdom theory‚ the issue of government and the Christian’s
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The Purpose of Suffering: A Christian Perspective The concept of suffering plays an important role in Christianity‚ regarding such matters as moral conduct‚ spiritual advancement and ultimate destiny. Indeed an emphasis on suffering pervades the Gospel of Mark where‚ it can be argued‚ we are shown how to “journey through suffering” (Ditzel 2001) in the image of the “Suffering Son of Man” (Mark 8:32)‚ Jesus Christ. Although theologians have suggested that Mark was written to strengthen the resolve
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