Epilogue To Jesus

“Only in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist.” -Lee Strobel in The Case for Christ. This to me is a very interesting and profound quote. To the best of my ability I try to thinking logically. For in a world filled with people who are driven not because of reason, logic, or coming to a conclusion, more people need to be more intentional rather than the focus on just being louder. This 46 letter quote has challenged me more than most of the book.

In the book Simply Jesus, N.T. Wright makes three different claims throughout. N.T. Wright's first claim is about the “perfect storm”. The “perfect storm” takes up a large section of the first few chapters, and in those chapters N.T. Wright writes about that to enter the “perfect storm” you must step out of your own storm that is happening in your life, you must jump back into the “perfect storm” just as Jesus did in his own life. N.T. Wright fails to fully support the idea of the “perfect storm” throughout the book. Wright writes about the two myths that create the “storms”, the first is “… the high-pressure system of conservative Christianity” and the second is “... the new classic modernist myth…”. N.T. Wright loses his credibility to his claims by never giving evidence that disproves they myths. N.T. Wright states that the stories in the bible “...’really did happen’. And there the matter ends…. Facts or no facts”. N.T. Wrights claims are never fully

The novel “Under the Feet of Jesus” is written by Helena Maria Viramontes. The excerpt that was read mainly focus on the protagonist Estrella. When analyzing the excerpt, some of the information that the reader received was that Estrella loathe not knowing things and she continued to ask about the chest that everyone was harvesting for and no one ever answered her. Also that Estrella is in school and some of the teachers had a problem with her hygiene. The author used literacy devices so the novel could be understood better. The three literacy devices that were used were selection of details, figurative language, and tone.

The more I seek you the more I find I find you. I want to sit at your feet drink from the well in your hand Lay back against you and breathe and hear your heart beat. This love is so deep. I melt in your peace. “Mat Gilman”

Art is everywhere and in everything that we do. God’s work and His vision is the best artwork that we could ever imagine and all we can do is try to live up to His word. In this paper, I will be writing about the Art and the Bible and talk about what points that I found interesting and what new insights that I have in background of this book. I will also identify three perspectives on art that is believable to me and why I feel this way. How are The Lordship of Christ and The Christian Life as a Work of Art are these related and what view do I have in my own life and what is my own thinking with the arts and what personal growth am I thinking.

“The Jesus I Never Knew” by Philip Yancey is a book that breaks down Jesus’s life. This book opens up eyes that were once closed to certain situations. This book makes the bible relatable and actually makes the reader to think about the time when Jesus was born. Instead of reading the bible word for word, this book allows you to think about what actually happed during the time period. “The Jesus I Never Knew” puts the bible in modern time and put the bible in our eyes.

The painting was very thought provoking and sprouted many ideas in my head,however, their was one idea that stood out more than the others. I listed the thoughts below in the bullet points.

As for the painting, the viewer notices that Jesus in

Jesus was the founder of Christianity. Christianity explains the messaage of Jesus. A Christian is a follower of Christ. Jesus Christ is a central figure of Christiantiy.

She didn’t complete the sentence. Levi sent a volley of threatening invisible arrows in her direction. Her recipe for intimidation -- she aborted.

Chapter 5: The Resurrection of Jesus Facts you should know #1. Give two arguments that a Jewish person who heard Jesus’ disciples preaching that God had raised from the dead Jesus of Nazareth—a person crucified by Pontius Pilate—might give against the Christian claims. A. The Jews would argue that the resurrection was only an innovation. Even if they did believe in the resurrection, the Jews would argue how could God have raised Jesus, a person of their own time, since God had not yet judged the world (Perkins 93)? The Jews would argue that God had not raised Jesus, for Jesus’ death implied a curse, not a salvation (Perkins 93).

Additionally, Jesus tells, “Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened… if your child asks for bread, will give a stone? Or if the child asks for a fish, will give a snake? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!” (Matthew 5: 7-11). Jesus explains to Zako that she needs to live by faith and ask God to support her in order to support those who work for her then she will receive what she needs.

Good morning brother and sister, I pray all is well with your soul... as we continue on this series on “Get thee Behind Me, Satan”…here in Luke we see a different biblical story of Jesus fasting and praying for forty days in the wilderness and Satan came to tempted Him…oh brother and sister we sometimes think that Jesus temptations were not real because they were not exactly like ours. There was never a sinful pull or a sinful memory inside of Jesus, like in us. But in many ways, Jesus temptations were more real and more severe. For us, often times the pressure of temptation only relents when we give in - and Jesus never did. He had to withstand a much greater pressure of temptation than you or I ever will….

2. This is the very powerful painting where we see Jesus’s dead body surrounded by his families, friends and people who loves him. Jesus body is removed from the cross and is carefully and gently held by his loved ones. There are numerous people around Christ, some are sitting, and some are standing. There are five figures who held Jesus body. There are three females which are wearing long gowns and have halo around their head. Then we have other two figures which have their back towards us, so we can’t identify if they are males or female figure. Jesus body is not touching the ground. The female figure who is cradles around Jesus is more likely his mother, Mary, who is mourning his son’s dead. Mother Mary have her arms around his son and have very sad face. There is a female figure in red hair who is mourning and touching the Jesus’s feet. Two of the figures holding Jesus’s hands. There is young man who symbolism St. John. He has short haircut and halo around his head. He bends towards Christ and his arms stretched outwards. He looks in very deep pain. Behind his are two men who are patiently standing and morning the Christ. There are group of people to the left of the painting who is looking at Jesus in sense of deep

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more. 2 For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus. “In verse 1 and 2, begins the introduction to where the paraenetic division of the letter starts.” (Clark, 78). 3 For this is God’s will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality, 4 that each of you know how to possess his own body in holiness and honor, 5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God. 6 In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly. 7 For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. 8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.