He establishes to the audience several times that he is writing this letter in jail. This shows that he is courageous, resilient, and brave because did not let being thrown in jail stop him from fighting injustice. He uses the teachings and stories of Paul, Jesus, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Socrates to convey to the audience that he is a spiritual, wise, and caring man who is very passionate about stopping unfair inequalities. In the beginning he compares himself to the apostle Paul stating, “Just as the apostle Paul left his village of Tarus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ the far corners of the Geo-Roman world, so am I compelled to carry the gospel of freedom by own home town. Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid (King 499).
Message: Paul’s Final Greetings from the Jail Cell After reviewing the passages in Book of Philippians it was very apparent that Paul had a beginning and end story to tell & write about. The Final Greeting: is the most intriguing part of book of Philippians which depicts the events that lead up to the writing in which he wrote the four (epistles) letters from the jail cell, and the shortest of them all were that of which came from the smaller books listed in our New Testament Bible. The shortcomings of the message had such a powerful influence that one should be able to hear if not see that the message was giving thanks to Philippians Church people.
How Plato’s “Euthyphro” illustrates the toxic relationship between pride and ignorance. I would first like to start this essay off with a parable that was told to me during a fundamentals of communication class a few years ago during my sophomore year here at university. I believe the main philosophical message found in this parable really highlights that of what Socrates was anticipating Euthyphro would eventually realize in their dialogue about the true definition of piety. The story goes as followed one day a very knowledgeable college professor who specialized in buddhism had a guest speaker over to visit and to lecture to the class.
In Euthyphro, Plato’s method of arguing obliviously proves the point that evidence and a clear thought out explanation is needed when trying to describe and explain the difference between two things—especially when involving right and wrong. Although it helps to prove it and make you truly think about the definitions as well as how to describe it, for the person, in this case Euthyphro, on the other side of the argument it can be very annoying; because you explain one thing and then are questioned and have to explain more or then you being to questioned on your own thinking making you have to restart. It is in a way similar to now how little kids go through a phase were they ask “why” to anything and everything; typically the one being questioned
Piety is the quality of being religious and reverent. It is used in a way to refer to win the favor or forgiveness of God. Piousness is an act of doing right things and being the righteous in the eyes of the God and according to Holy scripts, as it is mentioned in Holy Quran “… and whoever respects the signs of Allah, this is (the outcome) of the piety of hearts.” Piety is also a believe or point of view which is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence. The argument between Euthyphro and Socrates started when they met each other at king-archon’s court, where Socrates explained him that he is under indictment by one Meletus for corrupting young and not believing in gods in whom city believes.
King knows that the clergymen have profound sense of the Bible’s literature and attempts to use his biblical allusions to reason with them better. By incorporation the Bible into his letter, King compares them to actions he has upon good faith. He states, “Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid”. In this statement, King is comparing his prediction of freedom with Apostle Paul’s gospel. Another formidable source of pathos is King’s experience of true immoral behavior.
The author thinks that Philippians was written from an Ephesian imprisonment and, therefore, it was one of Paul's first letters. Many think that Philippians is a letter of friendship, but this author thinks that this idea is not very good, although he does not reject it outright. the author combs that Philippians is a single letter and not a mosaic of three letters, as some have claimed. the commentary is very brief. One of its strongest points was the discussion of the rhetoric of Paul's argument.
Without well-grounded knowledge and understanding of God and how He interacts with humankind, any service to and for Him would be ineffective. According to Paul Bernier (1992), it is absolutely imperative to understand who God is, the role of Jesus Christ, and the history of the early church’s formation as these elements “lies at the heart of what church is all about.” Sound theology edifies the Body of Christ and guides the growth of the church, leaving little room for distortion, abuse, misalignment, or confusion about the Word of God. Ministry is service to God; however, how can there be heart-felt service to a God for whom there is no formal understanding?
I don’t ever want to forget him” I took his hand. He held mine with both of his.” Writing from a personal standpoint, Paul must have been the one in a thousand type of man to be nice to a
Historical Background of the Policy America is founded on the ideology of Christianity. Whether one believes in the Bible, or not, society still focuses on similar morals and values portrayed in the Bible. The Bible describes children as blessings from the Lord (Psalm 127: 3-5 New American Standard Version), and it also states not to provoke our children (Ephesians 6:4 New American Standard Version). There is controversy in the book of Proverbs where it is notated that a child is foolish until a rod of discipline removes foolishness (Proverbs 22:15 New American Standard Version). Again, it is mentioned when explaining that disciplining a child will not kill the child, discipline will only correct the child (Proverbs 23:13 New American Standard Version).
In the Bible and Virgil’s The Aeneid, the pursuit of honor and glory is complex, and it does not come without serious consequences and hardships. However, while Jesus and Aeneas both strive to achieve a certain goal due to divine intervention and both overcome certain adversities, their underlying motives and their ultimate outcomes are starkly different. Although it would appear that neither Jesus nor Aeneas would be motivated by personal fame or glory—as they were sent on godly missions, this is not the case in The Aeneid. Jesus acts completely selflessly as he teaches others about the Kingdom of God and how to live their lives, whereas Aeneas is working to win greatness for his ancestors as he was sent by the gods to settle and create an
Paul writes a letter to the Galatians in response to the reports he has heard about what has been happening in the churches in Asia Minor. However, he completely skips the thanksgiving in his letter because he is beyond upset with the direction the people are taking to receive salvation. Christians from Jerusalem traveled to Galatia to share the news that they needed to become Jews and obey the Jewish laws wholeheartedly in order to receive salvation from Christ. Nonetheless, Paul knew this approach was completely wrong. He understands the formula for salvation and uses the opponent’s history and theology to teach them how the formula works.
Heraclitus of Ephesus wrote "Opposition brings concord: Out of discord comes the fairest harmony." Based on Wikipedia Heraclitus of Ephesus was a pre-socratic greek philospher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor. He was of distinguished parentage. Little is known about his early life and education, but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom. From the lonely life he led, and still more from the riddling and allegedly paradoxical nature of his philosophy and his stress upon the needless unconsciousness of humankind, he was called "The Obscure" and the "Weeping Philosopher".
The book of Philippians was written to be one of Paul’s most happily letter in which his biggest concern in writing this letter is to encourage the reader to rejoice in the Lord in all circumstances of life. Paul was also mentioning that the source of their joy is rooted in what Christ has done, that believers are invited into the practice of joyful self-giving that marked Christ’s own life. As believers face different kinds of adversity, there is a stable source of joy that came from knowing Christ Jesus and be found by putting our faith in Him that caused the righteousness of God is given to us as a gift rather than generated by obeying the law. In other words, Paul encouraged the people that whatever the circumstances, whether rich or poor,
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
