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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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    interest‚ prompting the reader to question Lewis’s theories and consider the views offered by the world‚ the bible‚ and in some cases‚ science. When the inquiring mind probes these different fields‚ they will find that they differ almost religiously‚ often to the point of being complete opposites. However‚ the Christian reader finds truth only in one of these sources‚ that being the bible‚ the very word of God. Therefore to find whether author C.S. Lewis’s theological views are sound and to be

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    Addy Moncrief Job Theological Synthesis Since Job is the earliest book written‚ the prequel to the Bible‚ we must look as the book as incomplete. Not incomplete in away where the author‚ God-inspired‚ missed information‚ but in a sense that Job’s questions are answered in the Old and New Testament canon combined‚ specifically Romans. Job is the epitome of biblical questions. There is no mention of tabernacle‚ Israel‚ priesthood‚ no worship system‚ or central place for worship. So‚ the theological

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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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    Student: Alyssa Kilcrease Student ID: 26760548 Class: Bible 105 Biblical Worldview Essay Introduction What is a biblical worldview? A biblical worldview is how one would view the world from a biblical perspective. For example‚ it is how one would view these sorts of questions. Is God real? How can I tell right from wrong? Is there life after death? Who made us? What is our purpose? As Ed Hindson and Ergun Caner put it “Scripture is the grid through which believers view existence‚ truth‚ sin‚ salvation

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    In The Bible Cause‚ John Fea explores the American Bible Society (ABS) and the plucky Christians who built and sustained it. Published to coincide with the ABS’s 2016 bicentennial‚ the book offers a chronological institutional history peppered with quotations from letters written by supporters (and occasionally critics) and tales from agents working across the United States and the globe. At its heart‚ this book argues that two motivating commitments have driven the history of the ABS. Since its

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    The final part of the introduction claims that the trustworthiness of the theological issues is contingent upon the trustworthiness of the historical claims. CHAPTER ONE THE BIBLE IN ITS WORLD In the first chapter it is told that there are many contributors that the Western world has of looking at reality. The Bible is the single most important of these contributors. The Greeks brought a type of thinking that had an impact on society. Three of their significant contributions were: the belief

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    Biblical Support for Capital Punishment In the Bible there are many verses that support using the death penalty. One of the core verses to see the support of capital punishment in the Bible is Exodus 21:23-25. This verse states one of the most iconic revenge phrases: “an eye for an eye.” Also‚ earlier in the passage it states says “whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.”(ESV) There is a common Biblical principle that is accepted in society. That principle is that you will reap

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