The Bible is the most important book in all of history. It is written by God and filled with true stories. It covers the entire history of the world, from creation to the end of time. A Christian’s life should be based on the Bible’s teachings and how it says life should be lived. In Matthew 5:8, Jesus taught, “Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.”(NKJV). Not all people see the Bible as it is, but as just another religious rule book that Christians have to follow. People doubt the
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In completing a hundred percent of my reading for session two, I have learned about the important factors of having the four Gospels in the New Testament. "The books called Gospels deal with the life and ministry of Jesus." P.150 Though each of these books hold a significant value of information on thier own the unity of four gospel books multiples the quality of its value. Having the four authors of Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) be a narrator of who Jesus was and what he did, allows us
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Being a Christian in the workplace is very hard with an ever present changing society. However, having a Christian worldview is important in any field of study and workplace. In this essay I will seek to show how the belief that mankind is created in the image of God is Foundational to the Christian faith, and explain how this belief affects the way I interact with people within my chosen vocation. To begin, a person who has a Christian worldview perceives the world from a biblical standpoint
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"Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it," Luke 8:7. This passage from the gospel of Luke about the Parable of the Sower can truly relate to my relationship within my faith. Other gospel writers just as Matthew and Mark mention the same ideas and concepts, but in my opinion, Luke explains it in a way that is more understandable. He puts the parable in words that are concise and to the point. The way this gospel is written assists me in understanding how it correlates to
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As a Christian, I know that I came from Jesus. In Jeremiah 1:5, Jeremiah describes an encounter with the Lord. Jeremiah writes, "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations." God formed me and created me because He has a specific purpose for my life. Genesis 2:7 says, “Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils, and the
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The chapter starts with a quote by Tolstoy. At the end of the quote, Tolstoy said, “The degree to which we draw near this perfection cannot be seen; all we can see is the extent of our deviation” (Yancey 73). Those two lines stuck out to me than the other lines for some reason. In my interpretation of the quote Tolstoy said we cannot see if we are nearing Jesus in his perfection, yet we can see our own deviations from Jesus’ perfection. This quote reminded me that most people will always remember
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a. Paul of St. Pere attempts to display the Pride of these intellectual heretics by telling a story of Arèfast going to Orèlans to learn from two clerks Stephen and Lisois (p. 67). In doing this Arèfast is curropted by sin and heritic beliefs. b. The heritics believed that “Christ was not born of the Virgin Mary, he did not suffer for men, and was not really buried in the sepulchreand did not rise from the dead” (p. 68) unlike the Orthodox that beilieves that the Virrgin Mary gave birth the Christ
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Throughout Jesus’ recorded time on Earth, his miracles are a focal point of his ministry. Even his enemies at the time agreed that Jesus possessed superhuman abilities. The purpose of his miracles become clear as one moves through the gospels. Jesus shows the world who he is by the miracles, not solely by the superhuman abilities he possessed, but the particular ways he chose to use his abilities and the symbolic nature of these miracles. In the gospels, there are at least five recorded instances
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When studying the Gospel of Mark there are several things to consider in reference to Jesus. Jesus began his ministry, confronted the domination system, died, and was resurrected. Throughout the Gospel of Mark, Jesus performs miracles and teaches his disciples. During his ministry, Mark portrayed Jesus as possessing several distinct character traits and virtues. According to the Gospel of Mark, Jesus’ ministry appears to begin at the time of his Baptism. “Mark was the earliest Gospel to be written
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There is a great need for all Christians to be able to back up and defend the very material that they center their lives upon- to be able to explain why they study the word and how they can believe it to be authoritative. In 1 Peter 3:15, Christians learn the necessity of being able to defend ones faith. The ability to do so lies in having a solid understanding of foundational topics such as biblical authority, inspiration, and inerrancy. This essay will deal with such topics and give implications
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