Bible Questions

One of the major differences that A.J. Jacobs illuminates as major differences between the world of the Old Testament and our recent society is that the hundreds of laws listed on the 5 first books of the Old Testament might no longer apply to our contemporary society. Some of the reasons these laws are irrational is because they were harsh and basically impossible to achieve. However, I disagree with him in picking and choosing the right parts of the Bible. This is a dangerous statement because it opens the door to pick and choose what fits our model; therefore justification to sin might occur as a consequence. Nevertheless, these laws were given to one group of people, the Jews.

What can happen when people approach the Bible without any concern for the historical-cultural context, Well cultural context is really important when you are discussing the bible. In order to fully understand God's revelation, we have to gain knowledge of the culture and the truth that is given in his word cullturally at that given time. When one misinterprets or does not grasp the true meaning, that person misses the importance and information that the context was given in. You can pretty much say it creates a mess of things and if not corrected it can be passed along to others and then people will walk around thinking one way and not know the correct and true word from God as it was written and meant to be interpreted!

As you read this week’s textbook reading assignments, take notes in response to these questions and statements. This study guide will help you to prepare for your quiz.

As a person throughly studies the Words of God found in the Bible, one would find that there are many topics and doctrines contained within. One of the major doctrines or teachings found in Scripture is prophecy. Around 28 percent of the Bible is classified as prophecy. The men who wrote these prophecies did not write based off what they thought would happen. Neither did they write them after the events that were predicted took place as some critics of the Bible would claim. These men were inspired by an omnipotent, omniscient God Who knew the events that would take place in the world. After all, “Prophecy is written foreknowledge of the omniscience of our omnipotent God”

This idea, became a way for the church to intrigue young people and to attract new members. It made the idea of Christianity seem more relaxed and welcoming. The growth that came from implementing

My understanding of the bible is very limited at this point historically, but I hope to gain a lot of clarity from this class. The bible is a mystery that goes back many years although I believe and agree in the inspiration of the Bible, there are many questions that remain to me to be answered.

I called the patient's guardian ( Margaret) and left message, asking to return call to discuss the patient's condition and plan- awaiting call back.

God chose the nation of Israel as an act of Sovereign Grace. God did not choose them because they deserved it or because they were special group of people but simple because of His sovereign Grace. (Routledge page 261). God selects prophets to warn His people of their fate if they continue to stray away from God. The pre-exilic prophets warned the Israelite nation of their impending judgement due to their apostasy (Routledge, page 263). Amos prophecies to the Northern Kingdom and warns them of the disaster coming because of their social sins of oppression and corrupt justice (Routledge, page 264).

A friend and godly brother whom I respect asked for comment from Christians as to whether President Trump's executive orders temporarily limiting immigration from certain areas is in keeping with biblical principle. His view was that these restrictions are in opposition to what we find in the Bible. Since I often hear it said (or implied) that love for others means it is wrong to be selective as to whom we allow in the country, I wanted to address this issue and answer my friend's question. If you're interested, here is my answer:

Jeanne, I was thinking like you, I was confused, it took me long time to understand that, the four Gospels were writing for different audiences. I always taught the Gospel was inspire by God but the New Testament write by the Apostles who were with Jesus. Like you said, the reading from this week make me learn more about those four Gospels and the audience they were addressed to according to the time they and the people who reading it.

The human race has always looked to a higher power, or explained the events of the world through some outside force outside of their own. There have been many organizations thank can thank their existence to these higher powers. Religion was formed from superstitious practices, and offered an explanation for that which was unknown. One of the largest and most accepted of theses religions is Christianity. The Christian faith follows the teachings of the bible, which holds the Old Testament in the first section, and the New Testament in the second section. The Old Testament is essentially the same as the Jewish Torah, but it’s the New Testament that really defines the Christian religion since it teaches what they believe the last messiah,

The way a person is raised tends to have a very big impact on how he or she lives life. Although I was raised in a community full of Catholic churches and people, my family was never much of a family to go to church frequently. While we did attend on a sporadic basis, the lack of consistent attendance never afforded me the opportunity to read or understand the stories of the Bible. Being an adult when I read the stories of Matthew, Mark, and Luke for the first time has afforded me what I believe to be a different outlook on the stories. Not only am I working on understanding the stories for their face values but I am working to continually question and dig deeper into what the authors want us to know. Through

There are many great teachings in the Bible, but here are 10 of the most important, or fundamental beliefs of the Christian faith. Within each of these broad categories there are many other doctrines that could fill whole books and bookshelves. This is just a quick overview of what Christians believe.

The most important thing that I have learned about the Bible this week is Bible contradictions and discrepancies. In my textbook it states that the Bible is the only book we can wholly trust (Taylor,2009 ,p.52). What caught my attention to this topic is the apparent upright of former believers in Christ no longer believe in the Bible. Social media has changed many people’s thoughts and belief in God. I have seen full debates on a status that a Christian has posted and an unbeliever commented to tell the Christian that the Bible was untrue and they have evidence of the Bible being false.

There are infinite interpretations of the old and new testimony, as the words are to be taken by the reader in a sense in which it can be interpreted. My interpretation of the Old Testament however, consists of the fact that numerous writers, several languages, origin of creation and the ever growing history of the bible are all still under speculation. It is said that the Old Testament considered up to thirty authors, some of which are undocumented. Believers of the Old Testament declare that Moses, a character in the Bible, wrote the first five books of the Bible, further named, the "Torah". A separate being, known as David, is considered the most notable author of another book in the bible titled the "Psalms". Though these authors are portrayed as rather significant, scientists look beyond the broad spectrum of what was written and or who had written it, and have expanded into speculating what language the bible had been written.