and communicated through the worship arts, including devotional books, musical compositions, plays, visual arts, poetry, pilgrimages, interpretive dance, and so forth. The history of interpretation often incorporates all of the gospel accounts even when interpreting one gospel in particular. We will not endeavor here to reflect on the full scope of the related scriptural material or multimedia forms of communication; however, it is important to note, that the passion narrative is often interpreted
The gospel of Luke portrays a distinctive theme as it interprets the story of Jesus to an intellectual audience. Luke tries to relate his writings to other ancient Greco-Roman and Jewish historical narratives of that time-period offering interesting details of what actually took place in the life of Jesus. One particular topic within the text is the sadness Jesus shows concerning the rich and the poor, which is presented several times throughout Luke’s gospel (Mueller 71-73). Recorded only in Luke
the scriptures the feminists are observing how gender is represented and the effect of this representation upon helping or hindering a ‘right relationship’ between the genders. To recap, Proverbs illustrate Wisdom as both teacher and as a personified woman, whereas in John, Wisdom is incarnate in the Being Jesus. Matthew is similar to John in that Jesus is presented more like, as Dunn explains, ‘the embodiment of divine Wisdom’ (Dunn, 1980) This is due to Matthew seemingly deliberately editing Q
wholeheartedly believe this to be completely false, and even a heresy. In John 3:16 God uses the phrase “panta ta ethne” which means “all the nations.” There are other places in scripture, for example, when Paul says in Romans 1:16, “I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes…” He clearly says ‘everyone who believes’ not leaving anyone out. There are places in scripture, such as Ephesians 1:11 that talk about things which are predestined for believers
Introduction When Jesus called His disciples, His invitation was simple. He invited them to follow Him. The same is true today. In Matthew 28, Jesus gave His last charge to His disciples, and the charge was simple. He called his followers to go and make disciples. Much effort has been placed by Christians to fulfill this charge, commonly referred to as the Great Commission. Jesus chose to fulfill the implementation of the New Covenant through 12 men who He called, appointed, and commissioned, and
is achieved through finding serenity and using it to benefit others. For Christians, the Bible, in particular the New Testament, guides adherents to a life that is with God, which can only be achieved by finding peace with those around them. The Gospels state the importance of peace with those around them as expressed through the ‘Ten Commandments’ and ‘Beatitudes’. The Islamic faith teaches through the Qur’an, Sunnah and Hadith that by submission to Allah, adherents are enabled to live peaceful
restoration and miracles would not have been possible. Working with Jesus was the Holy Spirit, in whom Jesus was led by in His life. Many questions exist on why Jesus needed to be baptized in order to start his ministry, or could any of the events of the Gospel take place without the Holy Spirit? From the beginning of Jesus’ life it was seen that He would not be an ordinary messenger from God. He would not be like an ordinary prophet who existed before him. John the Baptist was the forerunner to Jesus who
restoration and miracles would not have been possible. Working with Jesus was the Holy Spirit, in whom Jesus was led by in His life. Many questions exist on why Jesus needed to be baptized in order to start his ministry, or could any of the events of the Gospel take place without the Holy Spirit? From the beginning of Jesus’ life it was seen that He would not be an ordinary messenger from God. He would not be like an ordinary prophet who existed before him. John the Baptist was the forerunner to Jesus
leap of faith. He had kept the Ten Commandments since he was young. All he needed to do was sell all his belongings, give the money to the poor and follow Jesus. But he was very rich and did not want have a great enough faith. Jesus told Levi (Matthew) to follow him and he did. Jesus chose twelve men and they came to him. They were chosen to share in Jesus’ mission, to bring others into the community and to continue the mission when Jesus was gone. The disciples were given a three-fold mission;
of God, why did Jesus command it in Matthew 28:19? And why did Peter follow up by saying, "Be baptized every one of you," and by commanding the Gentiles to be baptized (Acts 2:38; 10:48)? We must remember two points about the importance of water baptism. First, whatever Christ definitely established and ordained cannot be unimportant, whether we understand its significance or not. Second, Christ and the apostles showed the importance of this ordinance by observing it. Jesus walked many miles to be