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    Surprisingly‚ he develops this hermeneutic‚ not by focusing on comments related to mission in the Bible‚ but by looking at the action and purpose of God as narrated in the biblical story. God’s purpose‚ as Bauckham empathizes‚ results in the kingdom of God or "the achievement of God’s purposes for good in the whole of God’s creation." Bauckham desires one to read the Bible‚ "in a way that takes seriously its missionary direction." Therefore‚ one can call this hermeneutical framework

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    The Bible For thousands of years‚ a collection of books called “The Bible” has affected humanity in several ways. It has changed the course of human history‚ is ever changing the present state of the modern world‚ helped shaped politics we know today‚ and affect social‚ moral and ethical behavior among all men. The Bible is a collection of books; First is the Torah‚ which is the first five books of The Bible. After the Torah is the Talmud which is the remaining books within the old testament. These

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    “enlargement”. The Bible never told us that Noah ever said bless the Lord God of Japheth‚ but he only said bless the Lord God of Shem‚ which means through Shem’s offspring the Messiah “Jesus” will descent. Jesus was an offspring of a Semitic Arab‚ and not from the offspring of European Japheth. So‚ why‚ does the Europeans claimed that Jesus was a Caucasian white‚ when the Bible told us that He was a descendant of Semitic Arab‚ who were dark to brown olive skin. In the amplified Bible‚ we came to the

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    Nebuchadnezzar. Can you all say that name for me? Other than the fact this guy had a unique name‚ king Nebuchadnezzar. lived a long time ago when there wasn’t any T.V.‚ cell phones‚ or even ice cream! We can read of this king’s story in the middle of the Bible. Can you turn to Daniel chapter one with me? King Nebuchadnezzar was a very mean and rich person. He ruled over the country of Babylon and way back then Babylon was one of the richest and most powerful nations in all the world. But this king did not

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    good human being is all about. This holds true to all people who go to church; most‚ if not all‚ excerpts from whatever religious text is being studied have some significant meaning whether it be literal or metaphorical. In King James Version of the Bible‚ there are three main excerpts that stand out without a doubt. To begin‚ psalm 137 shows that some of these excerpts have multiple ideas that are taken in the heart of the beholder. This short story tells of somebody that is essentially told that

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    Book Titles Genesis Just like the first book in the Bible‚ the first book of The Poisonwood Bible is named Genesis. As well as the beginning‚ Genesis can also mean rebirth. When characters arrive in the Congo they realize the things they brought with them are changed by Africa and can no longer be as they once were. In this way‚ Genesis symbolizes the process of becoming their new selves. For instance‚ the first chapter in The Poisonwood Bible‚ narrated by Orleanna‚ strongly shows the guilt that

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    Simply put‚ salvation refers to the deliverance of suffering or danger. It can be said to correlate with the idea of self-preservation. The Bible makes mention of the term “salvation” in respect to physical deliverance from danger or suffering. I find myself thinking about Paul‚ and his deliverance from a prison (Philippians 1:19). At other times‚ the term “salvation” refers to spiritual deliverance. As in when Paul was witnessing to the jailer and explaining what he had to do in order to be

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    amongst believers. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth seeks to guide its readers to a better understanding of God’s eternal message through a methodology of proper exegesis and hermeneutics. As seminary professors‚ both Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart have given their lives to the study of God’s Word‚ and through their experiences in teaching and guiding‚ they have come face to face with many of the misinterpretation pitfalls that have trapped students of the Bible since the Word was first made accessible

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    When someone reads the Bible they probably don’t expect to read about a prostitute.But‚ when that prostitute ends up pleasing God and risking her life to save others‚ the story sounds more appealing. . Surprisingly‚ Rahab does both of those things. She sells her body to men but she has a special purpose in the bible. Rahab is so important in the Bible that she is also a Feminine Genius. She defied the odds of being a prostitute and then saving people’s lives and then in return‚ God saved her and

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    The New Testament of the Holy Bible is a collection of twenty-seven writings that have been deemed as canon by the early church. The term canon comes from the Greek word kanṓn representing a carpenter’s rule. The current list of books first appeared in a letter from Athanasius‚ the bishop of Alexandria‚ in his festal letter of 367. Athanasius wrote this letter in an attempt to clarify the true writings that denoted the true message to the Christians of his period. Many different Christian schools

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