What we know today as the New Testament was compiled over a period of many decades. It was first referenced as the “New Testament” by Clement of Alexandria. It is believed that the books that comprise what we know as the New Testament canon were in existence no later than the end of the first century. The included books varied by different sources until the fourth century when the Bishop of Alexandria‚ Athanasios‚ included them in a letter to his flock in AD 367. His list was approved by councils
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Module 2 - The Old Testament Give an outline of your own personal reasons why you think that a study of the Old Testament is useful The Christian Bible has two sections‚ the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament is the original Hebrew Bible‚ the sacred scriptures of the Jewish faith‚ written at different times between about 1200 and 165 BC. I believe there are many reasons to study the Old Testament. The Old Testament lays the foundations for the teaching and events which occur
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Before introducing evidential particularism‚ Four Views on Salvation in A Pluralistic World provides a forum for the worldview of Inclusivism and its worldview of salvation. Presented by the esteemed late Dr. Clark Pinnock‚ former Professor of Systematic Theology at McMaster Divinity College‚ Dr. Pinnock advocated that salvation is universally available for the masses‚ but is importantly established by and leads to Christ. Dr. Pinnock explains his worldview by saying that because God is present
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New Testament Final 1.1 What challenges did the Jesus-following movement encounter in its expansion from its original Jewish circles to the Gentile world? whether or not the Jewish law will be applying to the gentiles. 1.2 What major question grew out of the expansion of the early church to include gentiles‚ beginning with Cornelius in Acts 10‚ but building into a full-blown controversy between Paul and other Jewish Christians? Where in the New Testament can we turn to see Paul’s teaching
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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”
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In most people’s lives‚ there comes a point in time where their perception changes abruptly; a single moment in their life when they come to a sudden realization. In Langston Hughes’ "Salvation"‚ contrary to all expectations‚ a young Hughes is not saved by Jesus‚ but is saved from his own innocence. "Salvation" is the story of a young boy who has an experience of revelation. While attending a church revival‚ he comes to the sudden realization that Jesus will not physically come save him. In the
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Jack F. Baines‚ Jr. - #1468350 HOMI501_D06 LUO My Salvation Experience As of September of 2011‚ I will have been a born-again Christian for 41 years. My journey to faith in Christ began with the conversion of my father‚ Jack Baines‚ Sr. in 1967. Dr. Melvin Worthington was the pastor of the First Free Will Baptist of Amory‚ Ms and he invited my father to attend a Revival service in Tupelo‚ MS where his brother was the guest evangelist. The first night‚ my dad went to the altar
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Turley Writing 150 Section 5 25 September 2012 The Pressures of Finding Salvation Langston Hughes’ story “Salvation” is one that raises many questions about his life and childhood experiences. Hughes patterns this story to portray the pressures that caused his faith to be lost. Hughes sat on the mourners’ bench waiting for God to save him but‚ due to these pressures‚ he chose to stand and pretend that he found his salvation. Pressure is the influences of outside sources that convince you to conform
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Langston Hughes- Salvation Salvation‚ how many people actually know what it truly means? Better yet‚ how many times do citizens hear that salvation is the answer to all problems? This‚ yes‚ is true‚ but how many times are Christians encouraged to accept salvation without knowing what they are doing. Langston caught in the middle‚ sits on the ‘mourners’ bench’ waiting to hear Christ‚ waiting to feel The Lord‚ and waiting to somehow see Jesus. In Langston Hughes’ short story Salvation‚ one is reminded
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A look back at “Salvation” by Langston Hughes Our story begins like many other stories with a setting‚ main character‚ and a catchy introduction. Like many other stories it attracts the reader’s attention with something vague‚ making the person reading the story want to continue on further into the piece. This reading is like many other’s which portray real life situations‚ and show a different culture coming from a first person point of view. In the story‚ the main character‚ Langston‚ is a
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