A sermon should have the following in whatever order. The acronym is THECIA RESEARCH OR FACT FINDING SKILL 1. THEME/TEXT (Caption of the message) 2. HERMENEUTICS: Meaning of the theme or text 3. EXEGESIS: Other Related Bible references 4. CHRISTOLOGY HOMILETICAL OR ELOCUTION SKILLS 5. ILLUSTRATION 6. APPLICATION 1 THEME OR TEXT The theme or text is the caption of the sermon which runs through all the parts of the message. A THEME is the main thought or the idea that runs through the sermon
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Cornelius Van Til has been regarded as one of the most influential Christian philosophers in apologetics. He is well known for revitalizing the traditional method of apologetics to a presuppositional method for defending the faith. Although he was born in the Netherlands, he grew up on a farm in Indian. In 1922 he graduated from Calvin College, in 1925 he graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary with a ThM, and in 1927 he received his PhD from Princeton University. He later taught at Westminster
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QUESTION: THE VERBUM INCARNATUM ON THE JERUSALEM STREET IS THE SAME WITH THE LOGOS OF FAITH. DISCUSS? BY JOSEPH ONYENWMADU O. CHIBUOGWU COURSE TITLE: THE QUEST FOR HISTORICAL JESUS. DATE: MAY, 2016 It is worthy of note that the first four centuries of the life of the Church was nearly marred by the Christological heresies. Argument about the person and work of Jesus Christ. Arguments abound concerning the Historicity of the Christian religion, while many has maintained that Jesus had
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Christian Worldviews According to Paul’s Letter to the Romans Introduction Paul’s letter to the Romans is one rich in content that deals directly with sin, grace, salvation, baptism, the Holy Ghost, faith, and tolerance. Because of its range, it has been referred to as an occasional rather than systematic theology. (Moo 2000) Paul’s letter is purely theological in its entirety, but the content of this one letter is not the entirety of Christianity in itself. With the main idea of Romans being
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Thesis An analysis of the books or Romans chapters 1-8, I will cover these areas of interest; the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and culture. (1) Paul wrote the book of Romans because of a fault line, a crack in the Roman culture and society that Paul would use to frame the book of Romans. Dr. Jimmy DeYoung states in the video, “Romans: the letter that changed the world” that, Paul saw this fault line in the society of Rome and uses this as the base for his writing the book
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when directed toward God, has traditionally been termed “faith.” Many more philosophical ideas developed in the 90 years of Hick’s life stemming from religious language, religious epistemology, the problem of evil, Christology, and of course, religious pluralism. As pluralistic ideas have expanded throughout the world and many Universities and College campuses embrace its suggestions, Christian exclusivists find themselves in an awkward position, defending
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THE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY OF EAST AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY TOPIC: Contribution of African Instituted Churches to the growth and rapid spread of Christianity into the interior of Africa. Submitted to LECTURER: REV. DR. HEZEKIAH MURAYA By STUDENT: SAMUEL RIUNGU MURATHA(V30/34302/2014) Being partial fulfillment of COURSE: AFRICAN CHURCH HISTORY 1 (TCH 102) On DATE: 31st March 2015 OUTLINE 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THE BEGINNINGS 3. ITS PRACTICE: AVENUE
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GETTING TO KNOW THE CHURCH FATHERS An Evangelical Introduction JoHanna Gilyard-Woodward History of Christianity 1 CHHI 520 July 20, 2012 Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction By Bryan M. Litfin: BrazosPress, 2007, pp301 softback. Bryan M. Litfin at the writing of this book states that he earns his living as “a professor whose academic expertise is the early church fathers” (p.7). He is a husband and an associate professor of theology at Moody Bible Institute.
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Running Head: JESUS 1 Jesus History, Character, Purpose, and Plan Armon Q. Parker English 1300 Composition II National American University August 2012 JESUS 2 Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..4 History……………………………………………………………………………………………..5 Character……………………………………………………………………………………..........5 Purpose…………………………………………………………………………………………….5 Plan………………………………………………………………………………………………
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2. Theology Proper: The study of God. Without it, we would have no way to view God. To understand His nature. We would not know who God is. We would not understand the personality of God. The wisdom of God, the love of God, and so on. 3. Christology: The doctrine of Jesus Christ. Need I say more about this? 4. Pneumatology: The study of the Holy Spirit. 5. Angelology: The study of angels. 6. Satanology: Yelp, the study of Satan. There are more, but you get the idea of how much
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