Refer to the GCU Academic Writing Guidelines in the Student Success Center. Give a brief summary after each passage listed below. God: Matthew 3:13-17 – Jesus came to be saved and to publicly claim his place as Son of God. He was to identify with the people he came to save. The Holy Spirit flew in like a dove and God the Father’s voice was heard. Matthew 28:16-20 – Jesus was the authority of all the Heavens and Earth. Jesus appointed the disciples to go to the mountain. Then sent them out into
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“A Good Man is Hard to Find” How old does one need to be to die and how old is too old to profess one’s faith and receive salvation? What does it take to have salvation and eternal life and how does one show that in a work of literature? In the process of all of the chronological references and religious symbolism, Flannery O’Connor in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” addresses this and draws a parallel to the modern moral dilemma of what it takes to be saved. Written in 1953 and based upon her Roman
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May 29, 2016 Centrality of Christ in Christian discipleship Christian discipleship is to follow Jesus, to be his disciple, doesn’t mean community involvement and the veneer of tolerance. It means, mainly, first and central, to worship him — with joy at the heart. Making disciples of Jesus means gathering his worshipers. Discipleship starts with the heart, it is to have Christ at the center, to have His love, His Holy Spirit fill you, and guide you. To have Christ as the centrality of Christian
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Family Life Worship Center is an officially chartered, full member church of the Missionary Church USA. We held our chartering service on March 14, 2004 with East Central District Superintendent, Joe Wenger, presiding. The denomination voted to accept us as a full member church April 16, 2004.The planting of FLWC has truly been a work of God. It was not my original intent to plant a church at all. I started a musical group, RECONCILED, with the expressed intention of, "using culturally relevant music
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Heaven to make manifest the Father. God, the Father, sent His only begotten Son, so that whosoever believes in Him should have eternal life. Jesus `earthly mission was to preach the gospel to the poor, heal the brokenhearted, preach deliverance to the captives and recovering the sight of the blind. Love, mercy and compassion were revealed in every act of His life. He became a man of sorrow. Before sin, man held a joyful communion with God but after sin he could no longer find joy in holiness. There
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Essay 3 The book of Hebrew describes Jesus as God. It explains that Jesus is the ultimate power and authority in the universe, superior to any and every other leader in history. He is the full and complete revelation of God to us. And Jesus is the one who can forgive us for our sins. Christ is the center of our hope and trust, and for that reason he is our only real hope for us. Jesus Christ, the son of God, is God’s final and most perfect revelation. The writer of Hebrews reminded his readers
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Introduction Religion is a sacred entity in many cultures. Throughout the history and even today we see the practice of religion in all the places of the world. Religion is defined as an organized system of belief, ceremonies, practices and worship that centers on one or more gods. Religion continues to be a dominant force around the world, affecting everything from what people wear to how they behave. There are thousands of religions in the world and from that Judaism is the religion of more than fourteen
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Who do you say that I am? When Christ walked the earth he let people discover for themselves who he was. Similarly, our discovery of Christ must be personal. This knowledge cannot be second hand. It is difficult to describe Jesus with our human categories, they seem inadequate. Savior, Teacher, Prophet, Lord, Judge, Liberator, Healer, and Protector, each title is contextualized based on differing cultures or specific needs, each having a valid perspective and understanding. I will always remember
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assumption of reality * Have faith of seeking understanding * Fulfill the human design of loving relationship * Ask questions about Jesus What are the goals of Christian theology? With explicit assumption of reality * Have faith of seeking understanding * Fulfill the human design of loving relationship * Ask questions about Jesus What does Christian theology have to do with orthodoxy, orthopraxy, the Bible’s Story? * Orthodoxy means the right idea of reality
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people of this world like Jesus would have, humbly and with love. In Mark 10:45 says: “For even the Son of Man did not come to be: served, but to serve, and to give His life —a ransom for many (HCSB).” Servant evangelism is believers following the life of Jesus by acting as he did, a
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