Essays on Gospel

Pros and Cons Essay Tanner Morel John Brown University Authors Note Miracles: Pros and Cons paper is to share integrative analytical thinking about religious philosophy accompanied by biblical knowledge and basic scientific facts showing an insight of the writer’s main conclusions. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Professor Stephen McClain, John Brown University,…

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…

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…

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…

esus is true and not just made up?There are several ways in which we can be assured that what we are taught about Jesus is true and not just made up. These are called our faith sources. These sources, like the Bible and other sources of information about Jesus have accounts of Jesus life. The…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

The Synoptic Problem is the term used by New Testament scholars to describe the “study of the similarities and differences between” the three Synoptic Gospels “in an attempt to explain their literary relationships” (Goodacre 16). Of the four gospels contained in the New Testament, three, namely Matthew, Mark and Luke are known as the Synoptics….