... teachers by reminding them of the lessons they learned from the gospel which asserted the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He reminds them by saying, "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he ... no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain" (12-14). Jesus' resurrection was so important because it meant that he followed through wit...

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... was called Saul the persecutor of the Christian church. As a Jew Paul saw the uprising of the Christian movement of men and women that followed Jesus Christ. He then received permission from the High Priest at that time to persecute all that we found worshiping the Lord. (Acts 9:1-2 KJV) There is not a lot of information about Paul's ... Antioch. At first, their method of evangelism was to preach in the town synagogues. But when many of the Jews rejected Christ, the missionaries recognized God's call of witnessing to the Gentiles. Those who rejected his message of salvation through Jes...

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... at the cross and the first at the tomb. After his resurrection Jesus appeared first to women and gave them the task of telling the good news to the disciples (Matthew 28:7). The newfound freedom and role of women in Christ is clear also in the writings of the early Church. The book ... . The issue with regard to women is clearly within the context of the disruption of the worship service. The new-found freedom of women in Christ no doubt caused difficulties in the Corinthian church and elsewhere, as passages like this and 11:2-16 show. Apparently married women were disrupting the service...

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... the dead. If this were the case, then we would be misrepresenting God, in as much as the Christian message is the word that Jesus Christ has been raised from the dead. Paul goes on in this passage to say what the end result of denying the resurrection is. If ... his spirit, or a part of his nature, but Jesus himself completely) has been raised from the dead. In verses 12-19 there is an emphasis on the fact that future resurrection of the dead is a consequence of Christ being raise. God's faithfulness assures this and therefore death will be defeated. Verse 12 poses the confusion ... are...

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... is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus." However, Paul still claimed that there was a difference between men and women and it was to be maintained. In Paul's view, "to eradicate that difference ... was perhaps a bit like a female. This was not all that common but it did happen. In the Gospels of Mark and John, women's role in Christ's ministry is portrayed significantly differently. Mark does not include the influence of women perhaps as heavily as he should, while John makes their role centr...

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... being a condition. Any attempt at correctly and completely identifying sin's true nature or definition must allow for sin to occur without action. In the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery. But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has ... for our sinful transgression in the fall. Being a loving and merciful God he also provided an opportunity for redemption. He gave us His son Jesus Christ. Jesus" crucifixion provided the only perfect sacrifice to God and served as payment on our behalf for the sentence ...

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... was like any other Pharisees persecuting Christian. On his way to Damascus for persecuting the Christian church over there, he confronted the vision of risen Jesus Christ himself, was converted to a Christian, and was given a commission by Christ in person to preach the massage of salvation to the gentiles. Then, Paul's life turned over, he became an apostle of Christianity. During his apostle ... career, Paul insisted his missionary practice as Jesus Christ commanded, to preach the Godly massage to the gentiles, under the up rising tensions between Jewish and Gentile Christians of his ...

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... God's love, and blah blah blah. But anger and hatred so powerful would bring its consequences. On a road to kill more Christions he met Jesus Christ, and Jesus took his sight (wow, at least my mom just got blurry-eyed). A few days later, a CHRISTION gave him his sight back in the power of the Holy Spirit, and well ... back to that "C" word, you know, content. He was content, but he couldn't find it on his own. Christ gave it to Paul. Christ is the him who gives the strength Paul was talking about. Paul was content because his strength came from Jesus Christ, Son of God. Paul had passio...

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... is that of "justification". Paul goes to great lengths to remind his readers of the unmerited salvation made possible through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. There is no effort whatsoever in which man can undertake to place himself in right standing with God. Unholy man is eternally separated from a just ... reached down and shown mercy to man, we now have the ability (through the Holy Spirit) to live a sanctified life. Until the resurrection of Christ, justification was thought to be earned through strict obedience to the Old Testament Laws and regulations. Jews based...

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... go to them and share the good news of the gospel. Then after that person has received the gospel of Jesus it is then up to them to accept it and return the love by giving their life to Christ. "Ministry is the first stage of this exchange of love." (Bell, Pg 11) The second question is: ... tell them or show them on a regular basis. Often times this can lead to neglect of the other person sometimes without intention. Even in our relationship with Christ we should learn to express our love for Him in more ways. We could volunteer more for projects in church; be more faithful in our giving;...

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... punished Adam and Eve, and one way of punishing humanity for what they did was to set up male dominance along with slavery to sin. As Christ sets us free from the bondage to sin, God is now finally getting around to setting us free from the bondage of male dominance (http:// ... Christianity They believe that Galatians 3:28 tells us there is no such thing as male or female in God's eyes but that all of us are one in Christ Jesus. Therefore it doesn't matter if a pastor is a woman or a man. Secondly, some would argue, admonitions in Scripture for wives to submit to their husbands ... its c...

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... role of woman is as a source of strength and support. In the letter to the Ephesians, Paul states: "For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. . ." (Eph. 5:23) This is an important analogy. If a person wants to understand the Christian authority of a man ... over his wife, he must consider how Christ demonstrated his leadership as head over the Church. Primarily, he gave his life for his church, not using force or coercion for her submission. When considering mens and ... 3 verse 28, Paul states: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor...

• Word Count: 1918
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... stated, "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that, I'm right and will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus Christ now. I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them that twisting it that ruins it for me." This quote caused many parents ... . John decided to apologize to the public, and did so at a Chicago Press Conference. "I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm...

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... the 100-level religion course I took freshman year, we talked about Christianity considering itself a "new shoot, grafted onto the branch of Jesse". Jesus was a Jew. Jesus" father was a Jew. They practiced the Jewish customs of Passover and other holidays in the church. However, when the Christian movement was adopted ... in early A.D., following the teachings of Christ, a slightly different route was chosen. Less interest was paid to the old testament teachings the Jewish ... really participate in worship, and only the papacy was allowed to interact with God. After the Reformation, mo...

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... , women were the property of their fathers later their husbands. However, in early Christian culture women are held in higher regard than the previous two cultures mainly because of Jesus and Paul. Jesus teaches equality, but Paul spread his message and popularized Christianity. In early Hebrew history, the emphasis on details of purity law to keep the chosen people separate reduce women ... Torah be burned than entrusted to a woman whoever teaches his daughter the Torah is like one who teaches her obscenity" (qtd. in Metzger 817). Jesus used terminology which treated women as equal to m...

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... small churches to consolidate the faith. Movements When we talk about movements within the concept of mission, we are talking about the progress of the church from paganism to christianity. Jesus' final commission was fulfilled through the movement throughout Jerusalem, Judea, Sameria, parts of europe and eventually the "ends of the earth", symbolically, Rome. The movement in Ireland was ... blood..." With this comprimise made Paul began his first missionary journey. Paul undertook three missionary journies. In these he concentrated on four Roman provinces and finally travelled to Rome, ...

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... that while considering the cultural background of the passage, it is apparent that during this time, women had just found their new identities in Christ. Realizing that Christ does not distinguish between male and female, the women felt emancipated and stood up in church to lecture their husbands about domestic matters that ... been misinterpreted, but when presented in light of the historical and cultural context, one can tell Paul is reprimanding the women for reasons outside of Christ-ordained leadership roles in ministry. (Saucy, 308). Not only does the scripture people use to protest...

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... that there is a threefold purpose for the gift of tongues the overall purpose would be that they were to confirm the message that apostles were bringing to the world about Christ and the freedom from the bondage of sin that you could have. "Speaking in tongues thus fulfilled the purpose of confirming the oral message of the New Covenant as it ... our faith on just plain experience or the thrill of the sensation felt then we are no better than those that followed Jesus for a dinner and a show. Our faith has to be based upon that which desire to do for Christ and His kingdom and not what ...

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... , that one person plants, another waters, and God brings the increase. The New Testament affirms that new birth is an important step but only the beginning of a bigger process. Jesus commissioned his followers to make disciples but did not restrict their work to baptizing; it also included "teaching them all things."" The cross-cultural missionary and the local church are ... cultural workers in your fellowship. 2. Maintaining accountability in ministry. 3. Confirming and encouraging spiritual growth. 4. Managing business affairs. 5. Attending to personal details. D. See Paul's account of...

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... has the Edict of Claudius lifted, which had expelled Jews from Rome due to what were probably heated or perhaps violent arguments in the Jewish community over Christ. While the Jews were exiled, the Gentile Christians remained in Rome, and things began to change. When Claudius dies and the ban is lifted in ... "For the kingdom of God is not a matter of food and drink, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy Spirit; whoever sees Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by others (14:16-18)." He goes on to tell the Jews not to make the Gentiles follow ... For, in their...

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... , who is circumcised on the eighth day of his life. The eighth day could be in reference to the story of Jesus" circumcision. According to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus was circumcised on his eighth day of life. Paul argued, "in Christ Jesus neither circumcision or uncircumcision count for anything (Holy Bible.)" According to the book of Romans, "he received the sign of circumcision ... ...

• Word Count: 1720
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