In the Gospel According to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, repentance and forgiveness are discussed explicitly. These acts serve as our attempt to become better Christians. Only in repenting our sins and working for their forgiveness are we able to embrace the workings of God. Additionally, it is only through the word of …
In the beginning stood four men. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the Synoptics of the Bible. Men with a vision, to conceive a living testimony of their Lord and Savior Jesus. But today many followers of Christ as well as scholars are skeptical about the origins of the Gospels and the true authors of the …
Matthew’s Christology is one that emphasises to a Jewish audience the Jewishness of Jesus. It will be the purpose of this paper to argue that the raison d’etre of Matthew’s Christology is to portray Jesus as entirely compatible if not with the Judaism of his day then with ancient Judaic tradition, namely the Old Testament. …
Luke, Gentile Physician and companion of Paul wrote this Gospel in the mid 60’s A.D. Luke wrote both the Gospel of Luke and Acts making him the largest contributor to the New Testament. These writings both begin with dedications to Theophilus, perhaps a potential or recent convert or patron who sponsored the circulation of Luke …
Mark is most likely the first of the Gospels to be written because it is the shortest and tells of the ministry of Jesus. Mark stresses Jesus’ message about the kingdom of God and how it is breaking into human life as good news and that Jesus himself is portrayed as the “gospel of God.” …
The gospel of Matthew and MarkThe term gospel, in Christianity translates as good news. A gospel is one of the four canonical books in the New Testament that describes the life, ministry, teachings and the death of Jesus (Achtemeier, Green & Thompson, 2001). Four gospels are officially recognized by the New Testament out of …
Thomas A. Dorsey and the Gospel Sound Gospel music, the infusion of traditional spirituals and hymns with the rhythms of jazz and blues, was born in the early 20th century with the African American church as its birthplace. It is a musical genre which varies in flavor as well as style and differs according to social …
The Didache and the Gospel of Matthew The Didache’s authenticity, since its inception, has been a centre of controversy and debate among religious and philosophical scholars. This is in large part, brought about by the timelines of authorship among Jewish and Christian literature. Likewise, more specific examples are contained within recent theories, publications, and journals …
The gospel of john St John the Evangelist, the beloved Apostle of Jesus, was the son of Zebedee and brother of St. James the Great. John was the youngest of the apostles, and he defined himself as the disciple whom Jesus loved. According to tradition, in 49 AD, John settled at Ephesus, where the witnessed …
“And he said ‘whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not experience death. ”” It was an intriguing opening. Marvin Meyer, in The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus, p. 68, suggests that Sirach 39:1-3 means the same as Thomas’ first line: ” The wise men will seek out the wisdom of …
Introduction: Coming to Terms with the Problem Most everyone who reads the Synoptic Gospels observes similarities that exist among them; their passages are very similar in content and structure which would make one think the authors borrowed material from each other or perhaps at all the same sources. However they are equally different in content …
