“The Gospel For Those Broken By The Church” by Dr. Rod Rosenbladt Rod Rosenbladt paints a fantastic picture in his presentation “The Gospel For Those Broken By The Church.” He discusses how the church can often push people away from the Gospel, and, by extension, God. He explains how pastors push people away from Christianity and why many of the “alumni of the Christian faith” are feeling how they do: why some of them feel angry, and why some others feel sad about the Christian faith. Rosenbladt’s presentation, in many ways, mirrors Paul's presentation of the Gospel in the first eight chapters of his letter to the Romans. In said letters, Paul explains how we are all God’s apostles, how we try to uphold the law, and even though we fail
The author Ronald Youngblood observed the preface of the Old Treatment in the book, The Heart of the Old Testament by demonstrating the basic outline of the Scriptures is to trace the development of certain key ideas from one end of the Bible to the other. This book serves a great purpose that lays out nine themes that constitute the heart of the Old Testament. The nine themes are monotheism, sovereignty, election, covenant, theocracy, law, sacrifice, faith, and redemption. Dr. Ron Youngblood has achieved his purpose in an admirable layout before us the heart of the Old Testament in a careful and practical manner. Dr. Youngblood links the key theological strands of the Old Testament to the New in a style that is biblically sound, highly readable,
Each of who is seeking new life shed on them. Whether they are searching Christ or not, they are undoubtedly searching for and absence or void in their lives to be filled. Thus sets the plot for this work that guides readers on a journey to what it means to tell the truth and
For Centuries the interpretations of Paul’s letters have been centered on them apparently being of Judaist works and legalistic. Kent L. Yinger’s 105-page book, The New Perspective on Paul: An Introduction, Yinger studies the history of NPP via E.P Sanders 1977 publication of Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A comparison of Patterns of Religion. He details Sanders views and main arguments of NPP in the book since these are what laid the groundwork for the new perspective. He uses historical background and an outline format in each chapter as a method to illustrate new aspects to the perspective of Paul. Yinger, who is pro-NPP, attempts to introduce these topics in lame terms to prevent confusion and create clarity in understanding the new
“Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God”. -The Letter of Paul to the Philippians. Irving chose this quote because he wanted people to have an idea about what the book will be about and also give an important message to readers that can be applied to their everyday life. The message to readers is if you believe in God, there is no need to be worried because if you speak to God and tell him your problems, you will be taken care of.
Being misunderstood is a fear in which many possess. The desire to be understood and accepted by others is human nature. In “Paul’s Case”, the author, Willa Cathur, portrays Paul, the main character, as a young and misunderstood boy. Paul’s desire to distance himself from his father, classmates and teachers stems from their inability to accept him for his true self. It is apparent that Paul is different, but that should not be an issue.
The armor of God has 6 pieces of armor that all Christ followers should clothe themselves with. The armor is intended to help Christians take their stand against the devil and his attempt to separate us from Christ. Clinton describes the point of the armor of God in the book of Ephesians as, “Showing the reader the divine power God gives us so we can defend our faith from all demonic forces.” It is interested that there is a natural shift that helps divide the armor in two parts. The first half of the armor includes he belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, and feet fitted with readiness.
In Thomas Long’s The Witness of Preaching, he aims to urge the reader to become a reliable witness of the gospel by way of ample preparation before entering a pulpit. The text offers to the reader a deeper understanding of the ministry of preaching. A useful component of the text contains informative bits of information that make the reader aware of the lengthy but necessary preparation needed for an adequate explanation of the scripture. Of primary importance is the consideration of the congregation when a preacher is first approaching the text. This point is of vital importance as it signifies that the speaker is a member of the body of Christ and the congregation.
The book of Romans is a letter written by the Apostle Paul to the congregation in Rome during the end of his third missionary journey. Despite his relationship with the people at this time Paul wanted to be a spoke person, to let them know thorough exploration of the doctrine of justification by faith alone. Throughout the book of Roman you see that Paul explains three major themes in Romans: justification of faith, sanctification through the Spirit and ethical implications of the gospel. He explains to the people how each one of these themes connect and explain Gods mission and purpose for redemption and judgment. Justification of faith is one of the themes in the Book of Romans.
In the New Testament, Paul wrote two letters to the Early Christian church of Thessalonica, home of the Thessalonians. However, before Paul sent the first letter, he and his companion, Silas, visited and preached to Thessalonica and converted many to Christianity. Paul developed a close relationship to the Thessalonian church, and he sent Timothy to check on them, and report what he observed. Timothy gave an overall positive report; however, he hinted that the Thessalonians were experiencing misunderstandings of the faith and the soon coming return of the Lord, which disturbed Paul. This report is the reason why Paul wrote the first letter to Thessalonica, to bring them back to the faith.
As God has been working toward reconciling the world back to himself he has also been redeeming and restoring it. In Acts, Peter is recorded as saying, “Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything… (The Holy Bible).” Then, in Revelation, John writes about God creating a new heavens and a new earth, and after this John writes, “He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’ (The Holy Bible).”
In the book of Romans, Paul is writing to the church in Rome. At this point, Paul had been interested in Rome and wanted to spread the gospel there. Expanding his grounds, he went to Rome to teach them about the one true King. This passage itself speaks about how dedicated and connected Paul was to Christ and letting no one get in the way of His purpose which as an apostle was to teach others about Christ. It also exemplifies the trust and faith Paul had in Christ.
THESSALONICA AND ITS CHURCH The precise situations that prompted Paul to write these two letters have been much debated. For our purposes, it is sufficient to say that Paul wanted to encourage believers who were trying to live faithful Christian lives in a hostile pagan environment. In addition to the typical struggles against things such as idolatry and sexual immorality, they were also confused about the end times, the role of everyday work, and the life of faith. WORKING FAITH, FINISHING UP, AND KEEPING THE FAITH (1 THESS.
Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio Rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews by David A. DeSilva Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2000 DeSilva holds a Ph.D. in Religion from Emory University, and is a member of the Biblical Studies at Ashland Theological Seminary specializing in Second Temple Judaism, Social and Cultural Environment of Greco-Roman world, and the Epistles to the Hebrews. In this commentary DeSilva attempts to explain the book of Hebrews in an exegetical perspective, with teachings of the rhetoric and communication styles of the first century. He also digs into the answer of who the author of Hebrews is, and provides abundant background information on the book and it’s time.
Paul’s pneumatology found in his writings has been a matter of interest in recent New Testament scholarship. Gordon Fee has been a great contributor in this area and in Paul, the Spirit and the People of God he outlines the various elements found in Pauline pneumatology giving us greater insight into this subject. In this paper I will highlight some of these elements that are unique to Paul and are not found in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts. The first distinctive of Pauline pneumatology is the way he sees the Spirit as God’s personal presence. For Paul, the coming of the Spirit meant that God had fulfilled the promises He had made to Jeremiah and Ezekiel when He said, ‘I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel’ (Jer. 31:31), and
