The Bible has challenged many people as a piece of literature containing history, poetry, and written letters. Some would argue that the contents of Scripture are inaccurate, however would still agree that it carries significant value as a piece of literature. Conversely, those who ascribe to the teachings of the Bible are dealt with questions about the authority and inerrancy of Scripture. It is becoming increasingly important that Christians understand and embrace the full inerrancy of Scripture
scholastic debate using the various scholars who have debated the heaviest in favor of the Markan priority, mainly Streeter. Even as passionately as McKnight stands on this on-going biblical debate, Farmer gives just as obsessive a plea for Matthean priority as he discusses the Griesbach or “two-gospel” hypothesis. However, Farmer puts his discussion into terms less eloquently than McKnight does. Farmer very succinctly plots his discussion into steps as if teaching to a room of theological second-graders
of this, people demanded that science yield proof of biblical accuracies and so were born atheism and fundamentalism. People were reading the Bible far too literally (which was not nearly as pervasive a thought prior to the scientific revolution), and concurrently the certainty that began being expected of the Bible was too demanding. Interpreters of the Bible began holding up something to the laws of logos, that is intrinsically grounded in mythos Theres a misconception that a scientist cannot be
his 95 theses on a door at the Wittenberg church which he criticized the church for making the people believe they can buy their salvation. The church used to take money from the people so their sins could be lessoned. Luther later translated the Bible for the people, so they were able to read what it said and interpret it for themselves instead of listening to every word the priest, monk or Pope had to say. Luther not only was a talented geologist, but he had a gift of knowing how to communicate
Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He has been on staff at OBU since 1992. Dr. Hays is a member of numerous professional associations including Evangelical Theological Society, Society of Biblical Literature, and Institute for Biblical Research. Prior to teaching, Dr. Hays and his wife Donna were missionaries involved with theological education and water development in Ethiopia. Dr. Hays is the author and co-author of many respected books including The Message of the Prophets and Grasping God’s
other about all these things that had happened over the past few weeks . Just as these men that were walking down the street to the village of Emmaus, and they did not realize whom this Stranger was… until their eyes were opened…, so has the many debates of the Church fathers from the birth of the Church and written Word, and continuing even to this day. Some of the questions that would be asked of the Church fathers may have been: Is the Word or Kingdom future or present? Is it mystical, spiritual
Johann Gensfleisch Johann Gensfleisch, or more commonly known as Johann Gutenberg, created the movable type printing press, by using existing technology. Not much is known about his family, but they have influenced his career. His father, Friele zum Gensfleisch, taught the young boy how to read which exposed his love for books as he grew up. Gutenberg pitied the fact that only wealthy people could afford to own books, so being inspired by his love of books, he decided to somehow create a printer
Is Jesus the Only Savior? Ronald Nash, a prolific writer, and apologist. Nash received his PhD from Syracuse University, and was a professor of multiple theological classes at Western Kentucky University, Reformed Theological Seminary, and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition, he taught Philosophy, Religion, and Spirituality. Nash resume speaks for itself. With his experience, and knowledge he exemplifies this in his great book, Is Jesus the Only Savior? He presents this book
John H. Walton’s Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible is broken up into fourteen chapters. Those fourteen chapters are each part of one of five sections. This book also contains over twenty historical images. Before the introduction, the author gives readers a full appendix of all images used in this published work. The author then gives his acknowledgements followed by a list of abbreviations. Part 1- Comparative studies The
Submitted to Gregory P. Sapaugh, Th.M. Ph.D In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of RS-503: Research Methods, Writing, and Technology by William (Brant) Wallace Houston, Texas February 25, 2015 Contents Introduction 1 General Debate 1 Geography of Galatia 2 Diversity and Strategy 2 Advantage for Missional Activities 3 The North 3 Evidence for the Northern Theory 4 History 4 Biblical Reference 4 Character 5 The South 5