Exegesis Essay

The Catholic Church understands that the Bible is not meant to be read as a literal story, but instead to inform the reader. This means the Bible is true, however not always literally true. People should not take some parts literal since the Bible was made very long ago, plus some of the scholars could not write some statements any differently, (For example, Jesus tells people to take the plank of wood out of their own eye before noticing the speck of dust in other people's). Instead the Church teaches

Whilst the plays being performed during the early drama period were primarily tools used by the church to educate the masses, their other basic function was to entertain the people. Whilst a wide variety of the most popular plays at the time, ranging from the morality plays to the York Corpus Christi pageant plays, contained important theological lessons and questions on the nature of the Churches teachings it was those containing humour that the public are thought to have enjoyed most thoroughly

Genesis 32:22-32 Jacob was a man who feared for the safety of his family and himself in Genesis 32:22-32. Therefore, Jacob sent his family and all his belongings across the Jabbok. After this, Jacob spent the night wrestling a man whose identity was not initially revealed. This man realized his incapability of losing the fight, and therefore injured Jacob’s hip muscle and asked to be let go. Jacob refused the man’s proposal until he blessed Jacob which prompts the man to change Jacob’s name to “Israel

he was giving the view of scripture according to John 3:8, which I find an ambiguous scripture, but one Gaffin references more than any other. Gaffin’s defense of his position was based on some theology but mostly philosophy; he attempted to use exegesis but he failed to make sound critiques of the texts presented. He did however raise a few profound questions that we Pentecostal/Charismatics should take notice of. Gaffin raises the question of disunity and ambiguity in the prophetic and speech gifts

material is plausibly the earliest of the Gospels and an influence to the Lukan and Matthean writings. There are 661 verses in Mark, 606 of those verses appear in Matthew, however Matthew is a simple, easy to read style as compared to that of Mark. Exegesis of Matthew 4:23-25 & 9:35-38 4:23 Teaching and Preaching: There is a difference in these two acts that Jesus practiced. The teaching term is in reference to all things present, while preaching is things yet to come (Aquinas 1993, 142). By the

The letter to the Colossians was written by the apostle Paul. It is likely that Paul wrote the letter of Colossians in the late AD “50’s or 60’s,” while he was imprisoned. This letter was written to a gentile church plant located in Colossae, a city of Rome. Paul planted churches in Ephesus which is 100 miles west from Colossae. However, it is improbable that Paul is the founder of the church of the Colossians since he was imprisoned at the time. For example, Paul said, “Aristarchus my fellow

Video 1: Keynote Address at the 2015 Reformation Project Conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbtSdgOC5pI The opening keynote address at the 2015 Reformation Project Conference was given by Nicole Garcia, a transgender Latina Lutheran pastor who is also a nationally certified counselor specializing in gender identity. In her talk she shared some of her background, including her position as a former law enforcement officer, her decision to quit law enforcement and pursue counseling, and her

Isagogics is an introductory study to the literary and external history of the Bible prior to exegesis (Lueker). With the help of isagogics, the ability to understand the passage including historical context, and what the author wants us to know can be easy. The book of 1 John is an epistle that was written by John the Apostle, who was one of the original 12 apostles. His writing style is unique compared to others because it is non-synoptic, written in the form of a letter, and he focuses mainly

In 2012, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, consisting of multiple extremely popular superhero films already, grew with the release of the smash hit The Avengers. The film rapidly became the third most popular film of all time and a huge success in fan circles. On the surface, The Avengers is the story of six superheros overcoming their differences to become a team in order to defeat an alien army, with a Norse God at its helm, from destroying Earth as we know it. Then again, The Avengers’ success and

The religion Christianity is grounded through the wisdom and miracles of Jesus Christ. Many may call him Jesus or Christ but in actuality Jesus is Christ which means anointed one. Jesus Christ was no average person, he is the God the Father who came to this world and fulfilled the Old Testament laws and prophecies, died on the cross, and rose from the dead physically. As savior that came on earth to restore his people he performed many miracles which were recorded in the Gospels by the eyewitnesses