...WEST COAST BAPTIST COLLEGE FOUR-FOLD ANALYSIS OF “ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS’ NAME” A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO JOHN TYLER IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF TE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE MU 403 HYMNOLOGY BY GROUP 2 BOX 672 LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 29, 2015 All Hail the Power Researched Information IMPORTANT: Project Due: Thursday, October 29th, 2015 Email: john.tyler@wcbc.edu Subject Line in Email: “Hymnology Assignment 2” Save Document Name: mu403_assignment-group2.doc Assigned Roles: Hannah Bee: Primary Role: Typist (Outline the paper, Collect ALL relevant information, Type final paper) Secondary Role: Researcher (Collect relevant data, Cite source with Turabian format) Hannah Fieseler: Primary Role: Typist (Outline the paper, Collect ALL relevant information, Type final paper) Secondary Role: Researcher (Collect relevant data, Cite source with Turabian format) Jesse Medrano: Primary Role: Researcher (Collect relevant data, Cite source with Turabian format) Secondary Role: Proofreader (Review the Typist before submitting to Brother Tyler) Jacob Heneise: Primary Role: Coordinator (Coordinate and organize group meetings and discussions) Secondary Role: Proofreader (Review the Typist prior submitting to Brother Tyler) Title: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name Purpose: “The purpose of this study is to bring better understanding to the text and music for the benefit of the congregation.” Theme: “The central theme of this hymn is a direct declaration which exalts...
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...Over 2,000 years ago, Jesus Christ lived in Israel during first century Palestine. In this period, Jesus’ words and actions were revolutionary. In first century Palestine Jesus’ unconditional love and acceptance of women clearly revealed the Kingdom of God and showed us how to act justly in today’s society. In first century Palestine Jesus preached his interpretation of a new Kingdom of God. The Jews believed the Kingdom of God was a symbol of God’s complete rule or dominion over all creation. In Psalm 103:19, “The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all,” (National Council of Churches of Christ, 2011) it shows that Jewish people envisioned a political kingdom, which was to come when the Roman Empire...
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...Jesus Carer of Children ----------------------- Throughout Jesus’ life, he healed many people. He healed those who were vision impaired, those who suffered from debilitating diseases such as leprosy and helped those who were deemed as outcasts. Jesus heals many in all of the Gospels, however in Matthew’s Gospel there are many examples of Jesus being seen as a ‘healer’. Some of these stories include ‘Jesus Cleanses a Leaper (Mt 8: 1 - 4)’or ‘Jesus Heals Two Blind Men (Mt 9: 27 – 31). The actions that Jesus performs in Matthew’s Gospel really accentuate Jesus as being a healer. One way that Jesus is remembered by is being a healer to society and helping many back to good health. Throughout his life, he performed many miracles, most of them helping people through illness. In Jesus time, if you had any sort of health condition, you were considered to be an outcast. Not only did Jesus physically heal them, but healing would mean that they were accepted back into society. Jesus brought many back to good health. Throughout his life, he performed many miracles, most of them helping people through illness. In Jesus time, if you had any sort of health condition, you were considered to be an outcast. Not only did Jesus physically heal them, but healing would mean that they were accepted back into society. Jesus as a healer is relevant to society today, all over the world. No matter what, there will always be those who are ill and suffering diseases, who need to recover. Finding...
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...forced God to send him to the world. However, God was too kind and sent his own son, Jesus, to the world to save man and ensure he will still be guaranteed internal life after physical death. Therefore, Jesus came to the world to fulfill a well planned mission of saving man through extensive biblically based teachings. This was challenging and consequently, it was inevitable to deploy different techniques targeting at ensuring the teachings are tailored towards fitting mans life hear in the earthly world. Throughout the New Testament and the Old Testament, Jesus deployed methods such parables and sermons to ensure his teachings could be related to the world. It is important to realize that most teachings were tailored towards ensuring the fallen mankind transforms his behavior. To achieve this, Jesus relied more on parables and Sermons to emphasize on his teachings. In particular, the sermon in the mountain is considered as the core of Christianity life. It took place early in Jesus live immediately after being baptized by John the Baptist. The crowds followed him and climbed at the mountain and started giving the sermon. The teachings targeted at guiding Christians on various aspects affecting them. It also provided an opportunity for Jesus to teach the crowds how to pray. Most of the teachings presented are popular to most Christians today. Most of the teachings are extremely relevant to Christianity lives today. Though various weaknesses are eminent, the strength of the...
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...The benevolent way in which Jesus respected and valued women in first century Palestine, significantly revealed the Kingdom of God and highlighted how society can be a more inclusive and compassionate place today. This essay will explicate the Kingdom of God, exemplify the ways Jesus demonstrated the Kingdom of God with women and express the importance of Jesus' teachings in today's society. • Linking sentence to Paragraph 1 The central message of Jesus's teachings, the Kingdom of God, is the conceptual spiritual realm where God reigns as king in the lives of his people. According to Zanzig, Jesus saw the Kingdom of God as the reign of God’s love over the very hearts and lives of people. This delineates that the Kingdom of God is already present among us, thus it is the saving presence of God within us and our...
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...Old and New Testament Exegesis The author of Daniel intended to restore hope to the nation of Israel during a time of horrifying persecution. This was done through a combination of narrative stories and apocalyptic revelations, both involving the wise and religious character known as Daniel. The lessons of faithfulness and obedience throughout the book transcend generations and still affect readers today. The setting of Daniel takes place during the “Babylonian exile” within the “courts of Babylonian, Median, and Persian kings” (Collins 33). This exile took place the around the sixth century B.C. Contrary to the setting, though, “critical scholarship has established that the book actually comes from the 2nd century B.C.” (33). During this era, the Jewish population was persecuted by Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who went so far as to desecrate the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem by constructing a statue to the Greek god Zeus, much like King Nebuchadnezzar does in chapter 3 (Porteous 57). The biggest clue that Bible scholars notice when questioning the authorship is how accurate the succession of kingdoms is mentioned throughout the book. The author’s ability to hint at events that occur centuries after Daniel’s lifespan lead scholars to suspect an alternative author (Jeffrey 349). The book of Acts seems so straight forward as a mere history of the early Church that one can hardly imagine the controversy behind the tedious details in the critical examination...
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...moving forward, and any number of missteps could lead us to fall off one side or the other. Misguided claims abound. Here's a prominent example. How often do we hear these days, with passion and approval, the famous dictum attributed to Francis of Assisi: "Preach the gospel at all times. Use words if necessary"? In this saying, the word-versus-deed question rears its head, stressing in this instance how important it is for Christians to "preach the gospel" with their actions. Let the gospel be seen rather than spoken, it's implied. Words may serve a useful backup role, but our actions must take center stage if we are to make a difference in the world. At first blush, this sounds right. Except that it isn't. According to those who know the relevant history well—the Franciscans—Francis never uttered these words. But more important, on its face this dictum represents a significant error. It's simply impossible to preach the gospel without words. The gospel is inherently verbal, and preaching the gospel is inherently verbal behavior. But perhaps we should lighten up, we may say. Let us view the phrase as a mere aphorism and avoid pressing its language too literally. According to this reading, the...
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...and states that “Slavery proved as injurious” to both mistress and slave. Douglass describes how his kind mistress who had been instructing him in the alphabet became “even more violent in her opposition that her husband himself”. The Mistress became violent after Douglass had learned the alphabet, and also been told to stop learning. Douglass’s eagerness to read triggered his mistress’s violence. This theme is made relevant because of the time period. Slavery was apart of Douglass’s daily life, which lets Douglass’ point out his first theme, that slavery hurt both him and his...
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...Jesus' teachings and character we're disliked and considered disruptive to the religious and social norm because, they didn’t follow the rules and laws of Judaism. They thought he wanted to just make up his own religion and rule the world. But, that’s not true at all. He taught about loving one another, and being kind and friendly towards everyone regardless of status. And this was a big shock to everyone at the time. He was also able to do miraculous things like, turn water into wine and healing the blind, and most importantly being resurrected which is really unheard of; so much that no one has ever been able to do it before. These are just to name a few of the things he was able to do. No one liked this idea, because it did not fit the...
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...The Christian World View used to be universal to the idea that Jesus was the only way to salvation but this has been under attack by those who would believe that there are many ways to be saved, they would be known as Pluralist. Ronald Nash confronts these claims and defends the orthodox Christian beliefs in his book “Is Jesus the only Savior?” An analysis of the first six chapters of the book “Is Jesus the only Savior?” by Ronald Nash will be given by the author in two parts, the first will analysis the arguments given by Nash on the topic of Religious Pluralism, and the second part will be a personal conclusion on the topic. Ronald Nash served as a professor for over forty years in the areas of theology, apologetics, ethics, world view and history. Nash had a doctorate in Philosophy with a Christian world view. Book Analysis In the first six chapters of the book “Is Jesus the only Savior?” Nash defends Christian Exclusivism and argues against “Religious Pluralism” specifically John Hicks modern view on the topic. Nash in his logical arguments never strays away from fundamental biblical foundations and presents a clear and logical defense of his view and rebuttal towards Hicks and Religious Pluralism on a whole. Nash starts the book with a very clear and concise definition for Christian Exclusivism, “Christian exclusivism can be defined as a belief that (1) Jesus is the only Savior and (2) explicit faith in Jesus is necessary for salvation.” As Nash argues against Pluralism...
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...The Mystery of God can be identified through an array of forms. This complex notion can be unveiled and examined by looking at the Gospel. The Bible can help humans develop their understanding of the Mystery of God by providing them with a diverse range of representations of the ‘other’. As, these representations can assist the readers to explore the complex mysterious nature of God. Although, God is a Mystery as we cannot see him, we can still feel his existence and presence within our daily lives. The Bible exemplifies two juxtaposing representations of the Mystery of God, throughout the Old and New Testament. The first one is a Shepherds Staff and the second one is a Teacher. These two depictions are still meaningful and applicable to a...
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...In the Beginning, God The first lesson from the Book of Genesis is that from the beginning, actually before the beginning, there was only God (Gen 1:1; John 1:1-2). Theologian and author R.C. Sproul said that “If there ever was a time that absolutely nothing existed, all there could possibly be now is nothing.” God’s existence cannot be refuted by empirical knowledge. It is impossible to disprove His existence. Many will say that the burden of proof for His existence is on the believer but there is nowhere in the Bible that believers are told to defend the existence of God for the creation is evidence in itself that it had a beginning. What in the universe did not have a cause? For anyone to say categorically that, “There is no God,” is to make an absolute statement for which cannot be proved. The universe did not create itself and we know that there was a beginning in space and time for the universe. Without concrete evidence or proof, how can the atheist declare with absoluteness that there is no God? The Book of Romans says as much when Paul wrote “For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their...
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...“Many pastors today...are struggling in isolation without a pastor to nurture their souls.” The need for all spiritual leaders to have others discipling them is crucial. Smither deeply desires for his readers to gain an understanding on what it truly means to be a disciple. Mentorship starts with a Jesus based plan, Augustine uses this plan in his forty year ministry and Smither captures Augustine’s life with diligence and precision. Smither’s study of Augustine is thoroughly and chronologically sound and filled with numerous early church spiritual leaders but he fails to apply how Augustine and his principles can be used in shepherding the Lord’s flock. Short summary Smither’s text is focused on mentoring spiritual leaders. He does this first by describing mentoring in the first century. With a sincere focus on how Jesus mentored the Twelve and how Paul mentored his coworkers in the mission field. How Jesus mentored is summarized in the following eight mentoring strategies: the group context, mentoring as a disciple, the selecting process, the mentor-disciple relationship, sound teaching, modeling and involving in ministry, releasing to ministry, and resourcing leaders. Jesus’ example of mentorship showed the example in which many third and fourth century church leaders used to guide the spiritual leaders in that generation. Smither uses an extensive list of letters from presbyters, bishops, and finally focusing on Augustine to illustrate how this eight point structure was...
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...all, as we can often do still today. Luke decided to write an authentic and orderly account of Jesus’s ministry to be shared with the Gentile Christians (Harris, 2014). A major theme and concern throughout Luke, and further into the Book of Acts, which is by the same author, is that of proving God did indeed keep His promises to his people. The Gospel of Luke focuses on the work and role of the Holy Spirit throughout Jesus ministry twice as much as the Gospels of Matthew and Mark combined (Harris, 2014). Prayer is also a significant theme throughout the book of Luke and the author is sure to include prayers spoken during significant events that were taking place, such as John the Baptists birth (Harris, 2014). The inclusivity of Jesus preached among all people, including women, the poor, the diseased, and those who were thought of as outcasts, is also a major theme and concern found throughout the Gospel of Luke. ReferenceHarris, S.L. (2014). The New Testament: A Student’s Introduction (8th ed). Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Education. Correct Answer:...
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...I am a rule follower. At an early age, I learned there are certain things about God that you’re not supposed to ask. Therefore, I never asked anything. I just accepted whatever I was told or perceived as absolute truth. For example, I never questioned why I had to wear a long lacey dress and frilly itchy gloves to church. I never asked why when my grandmother told me only men could be preachers. I grew up Baptist which meant long, loud, fiery sermons. It meant a rollicking roiling gospel choir. It meant accepting that every Sunday somebody was going “catch the holy ghost” and dance, shake, and shimmy through the sanctuary. This was church and I loved every minute of it. Everything about church, God, and Jesus made perfect sense as long as...
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