... brings us to the question of scripture interpretation. Alvin F. Kimel cites Mathew 28 as evidence that Jesus commanded his disciples to baptize in the name of " Father, Son, Holy Spirit-. Some of the best early manuscripts read "baptizing in my name-. Why doesn't Kimel, in his very scholarly article, admit this evidence? As ... Christian faith and history, Trinitarian confession is not a relic from the past but a central aspect of Christian identity. The phrase "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit- points to the reality of God with us. The doctrine of the trinity affirms that Christians have co...

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... barrenness is highlighted by the nature of God's covenant with Abraham. In addition to the promise of land, God promises Abraham that he will be the father of many descendants, saying, "You shall be the ancestor to a multitude of nations.I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you ... earthly conceptions of dynasty and inheritance. Essentially, the fact that Mary's pregnancy is virginal and thus divinely meditated makes her son divine. As Gabriel explains, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child...

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... true God's love and blessings. The Mosaic Covenant With the establishment of Abraham's seed came the necessity of preparing it to become a special people-the holy nation that God had promised. The covenant was made with Israel, the descendants of Abraham, through Moses, mediator between the great I Am and His people ... God, and Israel, to reciprocate, agrees to be faithful to God alone, establishing monotheism. In their pledge to God, Israel commits itself to living holy lives according to His law and to serve Him, but would they be able to meet the standard of their agreement? God's sys...

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... offers those who believe in him redemption from sin, and its consequences."1 For Christians he is the savior of humanity and part of the holy Trinity. The idea of God as a trinity comprising the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is unique to Christianity. "Christianity posits that God is a trinity; in this view God exists as three distinct persons which share a single divine ... essence, or substance. In those three there is one, and in that one there are three; the one God is indivisible, while the three persons are distinct and unconfused."3 In this tradition, the Father ... the G...

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... it does not condemn homosexual love and marriage, just as it does not condemn heterosexual love and marriage. Therefore, homosexual love is not a sin according to the Holy Bible. Maybe the French and the Americans have more in common than just french fries and good wine. What is homosexuality? A homosexual may be your best ... , both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. 12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: 13 For we will destr...

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... uplifted hands to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession" (Exodus 6.8). In the final plague, Pharaoh's son died so he finally relented and let the Israelites go. Egyptian pursuit was thwarted by God. Moses parted the Red Sea with God's help and the Israelites were ... Bethlehem. Ruth, in caring for her mother-in-law, met a man named Boaz, who later became her husband. They had a son named Obed, who was the father of Jesse, who was the father of David. God used this unknown woman, who was willing to do God's will, in the story of deliverance. Her grandso...

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... to the Bible, the origins of the Jewish people can be traced all the way back to Abraham, who is considered to be the father of Judaism. It is believed that Abraham circumcised himself, all male servants, and all male descendants by God's commandment and in return he and his ... The Christian doctrine has always been connected with the faith that the life of Jesus was a peculiar revelation of the character of God the Father. The earliest Christian community saw itself as a continuation and fulfillment of Judaism and it interpreted many texts of the Hebrew Scriptures as an accurate ... go...

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