the event and other surrounding issues. In the modern church, Pentecost is often overshadowed by holidays celebrating the birth of Christ or His death and resurrection. This is unfortunate, because while these days have great significance to the Christian, Pentecost is just as important of an event to the church. Luke’s presentation of the events of Pentecost in Acts 2 will be described. Attempts will be made to resolve several contextual issues in this chapter of Acts including the location of the
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Nicholas Patrick Markoutsis Mentor: Chuck Dexter Favorite Bible Passage: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 Confirmation was something I didn’t think would be as fun as I thought and it wasn’t it was even more fun, but it wouldn’t be as fun without my fellow confirmands, Pastor Mike, and my mentor Chuck Dexter. This year I learned more about God, Jesus, The Holy Spirit, the Church, and myself
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What is Christian Eschatology? Subscribe to our Question of the Week: Christian Eschatology Question: "What is Christian Eschatology?" Answer: Eschatology is the study of what the Bible says is going to happen in the end times. Many treat Eschatology as an area of theology to be avoided. Of course, Eschatology is not as crucial as Christology or Soteriology. That does not mean, though, that it is unimportant to a Biblical worldview. How we understand Eschatology has an
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The author of the writing of the Transfiguration belongs to John Mark, his original audience of the writing was directed to the Gentile Christians in Rome. The writing of Mark was written to give account upon the life and ministry of Jesus. The Transfiguration was a preview of what the Lord Jesus will be like when He comes back to set up His Kingdom. Jesus was showing that although there was suffering, gloriousness is the final outcome to His Kingdom. In this passage concerning the Transfiguration
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Lourdes documentary Sacramentality is the belief that everything is a sign of God’s presence in the world. God can be seen through a baby’s toothless smile, the mottled wings of a butterfly, the generosity of a stranger, or in the brave sacrifice of a soldier. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims travel to Lourdes, France every year. A pilgrim is a person who travels to a sacred site. In the 1800s, a poor girl was visited by the Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France. The people of the town, including the
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In James Weldon Johnson’s publication of God’s Trombone, he includes several sermons, as well as illustrations provided by Aaron Douglas, a leading artist during the Harlem Renaissance. Johnson and Douglas revamp the way readers, specifically African Americans of the South, viewed God. One particular sermon, “The Creation,” tells the story of creation from a different viewpoint. Throughout this sermon, Johnson provides his readers with humanistic qualities of God. In lines 1-4, Johnson uses words
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John Calvin (1509 – 27 May 1564) was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. Calvin insisted the doctrine of predestination and the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation. Puritans are English Protestants in the late 16th who wanted their church, the Anglican church, to follow the Calvinist model more closely and give up the remnant of Catholicism. Among
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Feminists do not always agree, as Judith Plaskow a Jewish feminist proposes that by Christian’s claiming Jesus’ importance, it rejects and disparages Judaism. Feminist scholars also focus on Mary Magdalene and the women as the predominant witnesses to Jesus’ resurrection . Paul’s letters provide historical evidence for the leadership roles of women in the early church. In the New Testament there is the mention of women in leadership such as Phoebe, Priscilla, Junia, Euddia, Syntyche, and in the Old
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of winning people to Christ must be at the core of any theology of mission that hopes to remain true to biblical orientation” (8). This theme pops up time and time again throughout the book. In part one the authors emphasize that a case for Christian missions can be made not only in the New Testament but the Old Testament as well. They write, “The fact that the word mission does not appear in the Bible, then, does not mean that the Bible is not a missionary text through and through”
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The one who is the confused is not of the Light, but portrays to the wicked world, “And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light” (2 Cor. 11:14 NASB). This wicked world is in need of strong, mature Christians to make aware the ways of the devil, “in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes” (2 Cor. 2:11 NASB). “The sounds of the world that cannot see truth or refuses to see it, believe that homosexuality is a status
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