... attention will be given to (1) an etymological examination of the word itself, (2) applications of the word's usage from the Biblical text, and (3) modern implications of the word's role in our salvation. The goal throughout this study is to foster better insight into such a meaningful word that we ... good news message contains information which is intended for all, relevant to all, and even necessary for all. In past ages, and even the modern one, some have mistakenly limited the content of the gospel to the first four books of the New Testament. Some even render these biographical book...

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... by Jesus to do the following, first of all they had to preach the old and New Testament. This showed the right path of living. People in those days weren't perfect, some did robberies just like today, but the disciple's jobs were to show the right path. Another authority the disciples had was to cast out demons. Jesus gave this authority ... to a disciple so it is possible for people to be good Christians and help the poor. I disagree and think it is possible to be disciple in the modern. There are some distractions in the modern world but they can be avoided. There are many religious p...

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... Hebrews, Jude, and Revelation soon joined the book of James. Martin Luther detested these books so much that he did not list them in the table of contents. Even the modern editions of the German translation still has these books at the end, only now they are included in the table of contents. Even today, the book of James is still ... needed it. Tamez gives an overview of the chapters of James; I will only list a few, as some of them are long. Chapter One: a) Greetings b) Joy, testing, tested faith c) Patience, suffering, perfect works, integrity d) Prayer, wisdom e) Vacillation, lack o...

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... believed to be the revelation of God to Moses. While, conventional Judaism teaches that God revealed the Torah to Moses, eccentric forms of Judaism recognize the insights and approaches of modern biblical scholarship (Rosenberg pg.32). The Torah tells the story of the foundation of Judaism. More importantly, Torah consists of the defining cornerstone on which Judaism is built and will ... as his reason told him was right. Since contemptible man could not save himself, out of pure love, mercy, or grace God sent His Son to save man. Jesus was a perfect man, the only without sin; yet he su...

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Baptism: A Comparison of the Biblical Tradition with Modern Denominational Practices. One of the main reasons for the different denominations is their core, or fundamental, difference of belief concerning baptism. I hope to show many of the individual beliefs that ... Immersion baptism and claim that is nothing more or less than, the outward expression of an inward faith. Out of all the above stated opinions and facts we of the modern world have come up with our traditions of baptism. Each branch of Christianity supporting their own beliefs with scholars and the works that these scholars hav...

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... . Similar to this, these days, so many people think that keeping the law is more important than spending time to grow their faith. However, even they try to be the perfect law-keepers, they sin and get discouraged by their sin. As a result, they deny Christianity because they think that Christianity doesn't make sense, because they tried their best to be ... important than the law. He says that through His body and blood, everything has changed and law is not the most important thing. This also includes us who live in modern days, believing that keeping the law is the only way to be save...

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... , by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation." 1 Peter 2:11-12 Man is fallen. That is a simple fact to anyone that observes modern society. Humans were once perfect but since the fall of man, we have become so wretched, so much different than how God originally created us. And the worst part of it is humanity ... ...

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... show why I believe Jesus" teachings will survive well into the new millennium. First, Jesus at age 12 was able to amaze all the teachers of scripture who's biblical knowledge was perfect and all of those who heard him speak. This in according to Luke 2:46-47: "Three days later they finally discovered him. He was in the temple, sitting among the ... motion and furnished more themes for more sermons, orations, discussions, works of art, learned volumes, and sweet songs of praise than the whole army of great men of ancient and modern times. Born in a manger and crucified as a malefactor, h...

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... everyone was receiving the same wages. It did not matter how long they had worked. We may take from this that God rewards everyone equally. This runs counter to our modern concept that the longer one works, the more he or she is entitled to receive. Martin Luther promoted an idea about work based on Ephesians 4. That is the idea of ... to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself...

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