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Fee completes his writings with his own conclusion: “The Spirit must be reinstated into the Trinity, where he has never been excluded in our creeds and liturgies, but has been practically excluded from the experienced life of the church.” Moreover, he argues that the very nature of the Triune God, as being three yet one, must become the character of the church both in its oneness and in its function, by the very application of the Spirit’s threefold work of the Trinity. Without this experience, the witness of the churches to the Resurrection today will remain generally ineffective in comparison with the witness of the early Christians, though they lived in a culture very similar to ours. As the title of Fee’s book emphasizes, we are meant to find God’s Spirit empowering for us in the present era while at the same time awaiting the consummation of Christ’s final return.

The book first shows the misconceptions that today’s Christians have placed on these two concepts by placing them into two different classifications. After dispelling these arguments the authors present the biblical relationship between these two concepts. The authors spend the majority of the book expounding the idea of what they call “the Great Commission Worshiper.” (5)

Over the centuries, Christianity has organised its beliefs into a systematic theology that draws from its sacred writing and tradition. While the main beliefs of Christianity are shared by all Christian variants, there are degrees of different in the interpretation of these beliefs and how they are lived out in everyday life. This can be seen in the important of sacred text, principle belief of the concept of salvation in John 3:16, principle belief of divine and humanity in ‘John 1:14’, principle belief of resurrection in ‘Mark 16:1-8’, principle belief of revelation in ‘1 corinthians14:6’, and beliefs through the Trinity in ‘2 Corinthians 13:14’. This essay will explain the important of the sacred text and the principal beliefs of Christianity.

“One has to consult the sayings of the Fathers of the Church, as well as other ancient writers. This helps us understand the historical changes which have occurred over the years. Reading the Fathers can give meaning to many of the rubrics, many of which are not carried out properly because of lack of understanding of their meaning”.

The book then addresses the Church and discipleship and looks at some basic questions, baptism, the body of Christ and the visible Church-Community. The book also covers Saints – members called by God. Included in this chapter is sanctification

“Those who contemplate a rare and excellent object are pleasantly surprised by the astonishment and admiration they experience at the first sight of the object, even before they recognize in detail the particularities of the subject they are contemplating” (pg 114). And this seems to become the weakness for the soul but it actually becomes the strength and energy. The soul gets its strength from its weakness, elevating itself to a higher standard or greater light. Due to the sacred mystery of Incarnation we are touched by the great importance of this and we, according to the author, believe that we have to lift ourselves to God and praise him in the unique work of his and to take in the secrets and the depth of the mystery. In the same way, we leave the earthly things and contemplate the “true sun of the world” the one that enlightens us. “For the sun is the image of God, the Father of nature, the universal source of life.” (pg 115). And through this Jesus is his image in both natures divine and humanity. The sun was formed in the midst of days set aside for creation. The sun became the source of light for both heaven and earth similar to the eternal

Each chapter has three or more subsections except for his Conclusion. Finally he has included an excellent Select bibliography with 100+/- references and a very extensive Index of Biblical References.

The big question or concern that is initially raised is simply the correct concern that “many

This first volume contains 39 books, and 929 chapters: almost identical to the Tanakh or the Hebrew Bible. Interpretation of the scriptures are more about God ‘The Father’, himself, but lays the foundation for the second volume the New Testament. Originally written in Greek about 45 AD, this volume contains 27 books and 260 chapters. Its scriptures tell the story of the life of Jesus, believed by Christians to be the Messiah, Son of God in human form, and sent by God to fulfill the promises and prophesies of the Old Testament.

The Institutes for the Christian Religion consists of four books. Book one is the knowledge of God, the creator; book two is the knowledge of God the redeemer, in Christ, as manifested to the fathers; book three is the the mode of obtaining the grace of Christ and book four is the external means to which God allures us into the fellowship of Christ and keeps us in it (Smith, 2003).

Ancient-Future worship is a fascinating and challenging book because Dr. Webber does a great job making the reader understand that worship is so compartmentalized and fragmented, that we miss the mark when trying to convey God’s narrative. Through Webber’s description of the Creation, Incarnation and Re-Creation I began to understand his passion for the God’s story and why he felt compelled to state and reiterate his thoughts in various ways throughout the book. I appreciate his reflection on how we lost our way because it helped me realize how God’s vision has shifted throughout time and why we need to bring back it.

This paper will analyze the "Divine Purpose" as it appears in the various "highways of prophecy" in the New Testament, and show how those "highways" may be followed to a deeper and fuller appreciation of God's message.

Was that verse stating that each of us is held responsible to be actively praying and studying the word in preparation for the worship service?

The first point is the prominence and greatness of God in our world. The second builds off of the first, questioning the lack of respect, worship, or simple acknowledgement of God by the human race. The third point continues Hopkins's thinking process by expressing hope in the Holy Ghost and his never-ending existence in the world.

This paper will provide an understanding the theories of theology of the history of the church, the celebration of the atonement; Jesus Christ being the vicarious substitutionary lamb slain for the sins of mankind.