As one looks at the nature of his letters‚ one finds that the letters to the Churches in Corinth and Galatia attempt to address conflict and false teaching; Philippians‚ Ephesians and Colossians are written as letters of encouragemen;‚ and the letters written to Timothy‚ Titus‚ and Philemon serve as mutual encouragement and requests for prayer. “Paul’s overriding concern is the edification of the community‚ and much of his energy is spent restoring unity to the church” (Rosner‚ 2003‚ p.217). His
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Ed Hindson and Elmer Townes describe the book of Ephesians as “personal and pastoral‚ theological and practical” (p 451). The book of Ephesians was a letter‚ written to the people of Ephesus‚ by Paul. It was packed with advice and encouraging tones‚ on what a Christian church should look like and how the Christians should behave. Paul writes this letter during his Roman imprisonment which was around AD 61-62. Because of the lack of personal greetings‚ many speculate that the message was intended
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY EXEGETICAL PAPER EPHESIANS 6:10-20 A PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. LUCAS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE NBST 652 HERMENEUTICS LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY KELLY TODD LYNCHBURG‚ VIRGINIA FRIDAY‚ MARCH 9‚ 2012 CONTENTS OBSESERVATIONS 1 MAIN IDEA 3 OUTLINE 3 INTRODUCTION 4 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTENT 5 LITERARY CONTEXT 6 CONTENT 7 The Offensive Comes From God 7 The Defensive Comes From God 7 The Battle is Vast 8 The Armor
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The Letter of Paul to The Ephesians The apostle Paul was a missionary who strived to spread the word about salvation through Jesus Christ. During his travels‚ he would often visit the surrounding churches. While in the church he would observe misconceptions about Christ‚ spirituality‚ or behaviors of people within the church. Paul was displeased with what he had witnessed going on in the churches. So‚ he began to write letters‚ 14 of them. Each letter was written explicitly to a church regarding
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I. Introduction Predestination is a Christian doctrine‚ which falls under the larger philosophical rubric of determinism. Calvinists especially adhere to the doctrine of predestination. There are two aspects to the Calvinist belief in predestination. The first declares that God basically has ordained everything that occurs‚ or will occur. In regard to salvation‚ the Calvinist code of predestination is more specific: Scripture teaches that there are certain people – ‘the elect’ – who are chosen
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Reflection Paper #1 Introduction: The two topics I’m going to talk about are unconditional election and the gospel. These two topics are really important to me as a follower of Jesus Christ. I’ve learned a lot more about my faith and these topics as well‚ over the past few weeks in this class. I will go in-depth with these topics and back up with scripture‚ how they are biblical and essential to know about in the Christian faith. What is unconditional election? Before the foundation of the world
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“Wise and Spirit-Filled Living” An Exegetical Paper on Ephesians 5:15-21 By Demetris McAdoo Interpreting the Bible Doug Nykolaishen Spring 2014 Ephesians 5:15-21: Paul’s original thought was that we should walk carefully and wisely‚ brimming with the Holy Spirit‚ and shouldn’t be drunken in wine. Paul issues a warning to his readers (5:15-16) Paul tells his readers to live carefully and wisely (v. 15) Make the most out of every opportunity (v. 16) Paul advises his readers not to
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Ephesians is a letter listed within the Pauline tradition that resembles Colossians and is disputed regarding Paul being the true author. Although it closely resembles Colossians‚ Ephesians is not as highly doubted that Paul wrote it. The reason for this is because Ephesians differs in vocabulary‚ literary style and theology. However‚ despite its similarities with Colossians‚ Ephesians presents a different view on the union between the Church and Christ. In this letter it is heartfelt and loving
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L. Lecture 12 –Ephesians Word Count: 549 1. What data lead many to say that the author of Ephesians seems to have only second-hand knowledge of at least some of his audience? Ephesians has three unique features or “anomalies” that have lead some scholars to doubt Pauline authorship. (1) Fairly general nature of the content of the letter and seemingly second-hand knowledge of the audience. In verses 3:2 and 4:21‚ the author uses language that may suggest that the audience is unfamiliar with Paul
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discussed a myriad of topics about theology and Christianity. Our instructor asked us to pick two topics to discuss in depth. Two of the topics that I have really been interested in studying further are the ideas of grace and spiritual gifts. In this paper I will discuss both of these topics in depth‚ including giving a theological definition of each concept‚ giving some biblical foundation of each concept and lastly I will explain some ways I can apply these concepts to my own life. What is grace?
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