The New Testament 's Book Of Acts

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“The Church has always and everywhere maintained, and continues to maintain, the apostolic origin of the four Gospels. The apostles preached, as Christ had charged them to do, and then, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they and others of the apostolic age handed on to us in writing the same message they had preached, the

The first articles, for example, have already opened my eyes to the movement of Christianity’s popularity. It fractured the cornerstone of my stereotypical idea of what a Christian looks like. A Christian may be anybody and, sadly, I was surprised by this. This led me to wonder how much any religion may differ among its followers when the ethnicity and regions are changed. I had not even cared to contemplate the ideas already presented in class but enjoyed the experience of knowledge being thrust upon me. As with biblical heritage, in which, I have used my knowledge of the bible long after the class finished, I am enthusiastic to the idea of learning something that could be applied to my everyday life. This class may differ, though, as the concepts learned may be applied to other religions, whereas, studying the bible was only good for

The book Mere Christianity was derived from a series of radio talks by C.S. Lewis during World War two. The book is divided into four other small books each one providing one of the overall tenants of Christianity within its chapters.

The history of religion continues to play an important role in defining why certain aspects of religion are the way they are today. Understanding religion’s history can also help one appreciate the importance, value, and determination that certain individuals went through in order for that particular religion to gain freedom and acceptance in society. Throughout history, Christianity has shown exactly this. By learning about its history, one can gain an understanding of how it emerged into being one of the most popular religions in the world. Furthermore, better understanding of the religion, both historically and contemporarily, can help dispel any negative preconceived notions about Christianity.

The bible was built on four biblical acts.The first was the act of creation, when God created everything the heavens and the earth including everything within it. The second was the actof fall, when Adam and Eve committed adultery, meaning they theirselves ahead of the one who created them. They want to be more powerful and greater then him, at the result we are paying for they iniquities. The third act was the act of redemption, when Christ came and died for our sins. The fourth act was restoration, after Christ died everything that was old within us became new, everything that was dead came alife, everyone that was lost became found by his blood. To summarie, we continue to make the same mistakes that Adam and Eve did decades ago. We put

Upon reading the chapters written by both Kessler and Martin this week I believe that this will be an interesting course for the seven remaining weeks. Even though I identify myself as a follower of the Christian faith, I think it will be nice to have a fresh outlook on religion from the outsider's point of view. From my time as a first grader through my time as an eighth grader, I spent at least an hour or two each week learning about the Catholic faith in a religion class. Also, I would like to see how this course will possibly change my outlook or open my eyes to different aspects of religion. In addition, I expect to have discussions about several religions from the various regions of the world. I hope that these discussions will help me broaden my understanding and appreciation of other religion and cultural backgrounds

There comes the confusing section. I understand implication and inference. However, explaining it will be difficult. We must know and understand to use these terms appropriately. I never understood Geometry either. Implication can be use appropriately in Acts 20:1-7. The Bible tells us that Paul was traveling to Troas, stayed seven days and on the first day of the week and ready to depart...Paul stay to break bread and in this case it was in a worship setting so the breaking bread is the Lords Supper and not just dinner. We imply and infer that he Lord's Supper is to be completed weekly and it's the only place in the New Testament associated with a time stamp.

In the book of Acts, we see many continuations of different messages begun by other people. The book of Acts brings a connection to the Gospels and Paul's epistles. Luke and Acts were both written by Luke. The book of Acts was written after the resurrection of Jesus. It could be said that book of Acts a continuation of the book of Luke. We see that the purpose of the book of Luke is Luke trying to help Theophilus understand the things of Christ. In turn, l believe the purpose of the book of Acts is to show that the gap between Jewish and Gentile believes has been filled. Because of the new covenant, they could now become believers in Christ without having to fear judgement of not being of Jewish descent. The book of Acts is also very important

Jesus had died, but his words continued to spread all over the world that helped the Church growth. Another important factor in the Spread of the Church was the New Testament Canon. The Canon teaches the life of Jesus and his journey all over the world to save lives. The Canon is a set of books of the Gospel, Revelation, Acts, and Letters that helped the Church expansion. The book of Acts, the expansion also consists of spiritual growth. Holy Spirit, loving relationship with the Father and Christ-centered in the Church helped the growth. The spreading of the gospel from the 12 disciples helped the Church grow. The Book of Acts talks about the life of Jesus and his ministry, death, and

The majority of the information that we have today, describing the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ, is contained in the four Gospels.

Over the past eight weeks my view of theology hasn’t changed much. When I hear the word theology, Immediately I think of God, religious faith, and different belief systems that are developed within one’s self. As I strategically consider what does it really mean to me, after this course, I have been exposed to a more in-depth insight to what Christ purpose was and how significant the books in the bible are today. Now, I know why theology is defined as the study of religious faith, practice and experiences. After completing this last assignment, I will continue to have faith in Christianity, live by the principles in my belief system, and relationship with God will be more intimate

The ministry of Jesus began when Jesus was 30 years old, after his baptism in the river Jordan. Within three and a half years of his ministry Jesus did more miracles than any man in the world could have accomplished. He preached about the ways of changing lives and often gave parables to educate people. Even though he was rejected Jesus continued to spread the gospel in different cities around Israel, including Capernaum and Bethsaida.

The New Testament is a collection of books which contains the writings concerning the significant events in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. These books appeared after the physical death of Jesus Christ. In this regard, Jesus had left no records concerning him, and all that is written about him depends wholly on what other people have written about him. The first four books of the New Testament are part of the several biographies of Jesus which were written by the end of the first century of the era of Christianity. Then before any of these biographies have been drafted, there were Christian communities which were being instructed through epistles on how to live like Jesus and how to solve their problem like Christians. A good number of these letters were written by a man called Paul. After Paul death, some other new leaders of the Christian movement continued to write letters to the churches to encourage and strengthen them. As Christians grew in number persecution arose, and some letters have been drafted to support them and also to counter the false doctrines. These letters are part of the New Testament. The twenty-seven books of the New Testament were selected from the list of writings in that period (Bruce, 1988)

Christian Tradition course exposed me to the Christian Tradition based on Biblical and church history. The course taught me the differences and similarities of Christian Tradition from other major world religions. I learned about the significance of God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the Trinity based on the teachings of the Bible. The course also briefly covered 2,000 years of church history but with emphasis on the impact of the Council of Nicea, Council of Chalcedon, and John and Charles Wesley on Christianity. The professor emphasized the importance of the reformation that sparked a revolution in the church.