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    Maddie Piner Final Bible Paper: Galatians Paul begins his letter by saying he is an apostle not from men nor through man, but Jesus Christ. He sends grace and peace from God and Christ, stating the deliverance made possible by Jesus' death for our sins. As a servant of Christ, Paul is seeking to please God not man. The gospel preached by Paul was being twisted by those false teachers. Paul proceeds to defend both the gospel and his apostleship by showing that his gospel

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    Paul did not become an apostle in the same manner as did the rest of the apostles. He is first encountered as Saul at the stoning of Stephen in Acts 7. Acts 8:3 says, "But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house; and dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison." Acts 9, however, tells of his dramatic conversion after seeing Jesus while on the road to Damascus. In Acts 9:15, the Lord said to Ananias regarding Saul, "He is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name

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    The Life of Jesus Christ and Paul the Apostle The Survey of the New Testament course covered a vast amount of material. A person with no knowledge of the Bible could absorb a wealth of sacred information. Jesus Christ and Paul the Apostle covered a great amount of material in the New Testament. Throughout this paper, I discuss the life of Jesus Christ and the life of Paul the Apostle and their extraordinary missions they accomplished that led to faith in Christianity. The Life of Jesus Christ

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    St. Paul the Apostle Choosing a confirmation saint is important to the Catholic faith. I didn’t want the prettiest saint or the one closest to my age. I looked for someone who spoke to me through their words. Someone who helped me through my toughest times. Which is why I chose Saint Paul the Apostle. Paul was not always a preacher or strong in the Catholic/Christian faith. He was originally a jewish man named Saul and hated the christians demonstrated through the actions of prosecuting them. Later

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    excellent coach in the Bible: The apostle Paul is my choice for numerous reasons. I was reading I Corinthians 6 this morning and it leaped off the pages, Coach! At first, when I read this discussion I was going to choose Paul coaching Timothy, but after reading our assigned reading, Paul may have mentored Timothy more than he coached him. However, this morning I realized Paul is definitely a coach in I Corinthians to the church in Corinth. It starts in chapter 1:10 as Paul writes to the church “Now I exhort

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    The arguments of apostle Paul in the book of Romans is foundational to the Biblical/Christian Worldview. He acknowledges what God is uncovering to the Christian World. Most Christians do not comprehend the results of not complying with the ethical laws and values. Often, Christians are prejudiced by different religions in view of the absence of understanding the desires and the reality of being responsible for what they do. Recognizing that the book of Romans does not contain all the basic truths

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    cultures had various rules for head covers for men and women. Head coverings were varied due to religious ceremonies, cultures, and social class. The Apostle Paul created a discipline that people in Corinth were to follow. Paul begins to address the head covering problem by first commending his readers for following the traditions he delivered. Paul then creates a hierarchy for Christ, men, and women, which he uses to make a contrast between men and women. He asserts that both are subordinate of Christ

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    Complacent Christians do not see, or they do not want to see, that love has no abstract existence. Love is a series of concrete attitudes and acts. “Love is patient and kind,” says the Apostle Paul. first evidence of a seminary’s glory: namely, that with spiritual conviction and firmness of moral purpose the seminary strives to preserve and propagate the theological distinctive that inhere in the institution itself. Observe how vapid and

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    The entire book of Ephesians in the Bible is a letter, written by the Apostle Paul, to the Gentiles of Ephesus. Ephesus was a Roman provincial capital in Asia Minor. It was smaller than the cities of Rome and Alexandria at a mere population size of 250,000. It was, however, one of the richest regions in the Roman Empire, being that is was a major port for merchants and cargo, and that one of the more notable accomplishments of the city were is silver smiths. Its primary language was Greek. The switch

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    to convey what was expected of the early church leaders and how those expectations can relate to modern leaders. I will analyze Titus 1 a Pastoral Epistle written by Apostle Paul through the process of Social and Cultural Texture analysis. Then, the analysis will explore the virtue and ethical leadership ideas of the Apostle Paul. Lastly, this paper will highlight how the ethical concepts are applicable to modern leadership practices. Social and Cultural Texture Analysis The Social and Cultural

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