Reflection Paper Philippians I chose to write my reflection paper on the book of Philippians. Before writing this paper I was not entirely familiar with the life of Paul or his teachings. It was an interesting book once I understood the background and reasoning for Paul’s writings. Paul wrote Philippians while in prison. His priority was always on the advancement of Christ. He was completely unconcerned about his lack of comfort or the situation he was in while in prison. His thoughts
Premium New Testament Writing Gospel
BIBL 104 10/13/13 Summary of the books of the New Testament Books Matthew The Book of Matthew is of gospel genre. It is the first book of the New Testament and the first of the four gospels. Matthew is sometime referred to as “The Sermon on the Mount”. Matthew begins with the descent of Jesus. Matthew is a book that was wrote by the Jews for the Jews retelling the story of Jesus’ birth. King Herod orders all male babies ages two and under in Bethlehem and surrounding towns to be killed
Free New Testament Jesus
The gospels of the New Testament are regarded as some of the most sacred and important text in Christianity. They are included: Mark‚ Matthew‚ Luke‚ and John. It is accepted that Mark was written first and then Matthew and Luke were written afterward around the same time. They are called the synoptic gospels because they all view the events of Jesus’ life in a similar way. They are very similar however they all have significant differences. Those gospels give important insight into the life‚ death
Premium New Testament Jesus Gospel of Matthew
Harris calls Paul “the most influential apostle and missionary of the mid-first-century CE church and author of seven to nine New Testament letters” (H G-33). It would be quite an accolade to receive such recognition‚ but what makes it even more remarkable is that Paul‚ or Saul‚ (Saul was his Judean name and Paul was his Roman name (footnotes B 1943)) originally persecuted the ekklesia or “church”. Paul went from persecuting the ekklesia or “church” to being its “most influential apostle and missionary”
Free New Testament Jesus
References: Luke‚ 14‚ 2005‚ Catholic Good News Bible‚ 3rd edition‚ UK: The Bible Societies/Harper Charpentier‚ E.‚ 2007‚ How to Read the New Testament‚ 15th edition‚ London: SCM Press
Premium Narrative Jesus New Testament
Minor essay 1: Old Testament Covenant Introduction The idea of covenant is central to the Bible’s story. “Covenant presents God’s desire to enter into relationship with men and women created in his image. This is reflected in the repeated covenant refrain‚ “I will be your God and you will be my people” (Exodus 6:6-8). Covenant is all about the relationship between the Creator and his creation. The idea may seem simple; however the implications of covenant and covenant relationship between God
Premium Bible Jesus New Testament
Salvation Reflection Paper The doctrine of salvation is at the core of the Christian faith and is a the heart of the work of Jesus. This paper is going to summarize the doctrine of salvation from two authors that the author of this paper read and studied and then give his subjective view or opinion of what each author presented in their explanations of the doctrine of salvation. The first of these authors is Alister E. McGrath from his book Theology:The Basics. The second author is Dr French
Premium Jesus Christian theology Christianity
There are many themes throughout the Old Testament and the New Testament. These themes comes in couples. One theme that I am going to talk about is God of Israel vs. God of the world. They are the same God but God does things for Israel that he does not do for the world. A recurring theme in the Bible are conditional and unconditional covenants. A covenant is a promise that is made with God. A conditional covenant is a promise with a condition to man or to the people. While an unconditional covenant
Premium Bible Old Testament Judaism
The Cost of a Christ Centered Life Towards the end of David’s life and reign as King of Israel‚ he did something that God didn’t like. He counted his men. People warned him not to count his men. But he did it anyway. So what. He counted his men. What’s the big deal? At this point in his life David had not only outlasted King Saul (when he spent years chasing David around the middle east trying to kill him)‚ and out fought the giant Goliath‚ but David and Israel under David’s leadership
Premium Jesus New Testament Salvation
Your Faith Has Made You Well (St. Mark 10:52) “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen”. Hebrews 11:1 Respected fathers‚ judges‚ teachers and dear friends. Today I stand before you to share my views on the topic given to me “Your Faith Has Made You Well (St. Mark 10:52).” What is faith? Faith is an attitude as well as a statement. It is an attitude of trusting God fully like a little child‚ trusting his or her mother without question. Faith is a statement
Premium Jesus New Testament Trinity