Social Gospel

This is evident from his quotes within the Lost Gospel Q, and it reveals that compassion was the heart behind his message and ministry. My passage from the Lost Gospel Q about showing compassion to one’s enemy without expecting anything in return is important to the overall understanding of the Lost Gospel Q because it illustrates the repetitive idea of unreciprocated compassion in Jesus’ message that set Him apart from other teachers. The Lost Gospel Q is shrouded in mystery, and the identity of

Christ and his teachings. After reading the parable from the Gospel of Luke helped, it helped further each of our understandings by seeing the connection that each of the Gospels have to each other. According to Powell, a large part of the parables included in the Gospel Luke have similarities to the Gospel Mark, even though this particular parable is only found in Luke (Powell, pg. 151). This helped each of us learn that all of the Gospels used each others information to portraying the teachings of

The Purpose of Suffering: A Christian Perspective The concept of suffering plays an important role in Christianity, regarding such matters as moral conduct, spiritual advancement and ultimate destiny. Indeed an emphasis on suffering pervades the Gospel of Mark where, it can be argued, we are shown how to “journey through suffering” (Ditzel 2001) in the image of the “Suffering Son of Man” (Mark 8:32), Jesus Christ. Although theologians have suggested that Mark was written to strengthen the resolve

I. Unity and Gospel Advance (2:1-2) “So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy […],” Paul lays out the conditions for what he is about to ask. If we have the God who actively participates in our lives, and you have experienced His goodness, as I know you have, then “complete my joy.” For Paul, the “if-then” clause was more clearly understood as Gordon Fee notes, “The ‘if’ clauses turn out not to express supposition

towards the risen Savior. Often times, Christians lead their lives without much consideration about sharing the gospel with anyone other than their immediate family members or close friends. Event then, Christians aren’t too sure of what they should say or how it should be said. Christians have become extremely sensitive of not offending another individual when it comes to the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is often considered that evangelism is the responsibility of the senior pastor and staff ministers

the word of God, our standards, or our integrity. This course allowed me to think differently about ministry and observe it from a different perspective. Ministry is any platform and opportunity made available to you by God in order to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. We must

To look at Jesus as simply a good man who had a philosophy of doing good and showing compassion to others is safe but we already know that Jesus is not a mere man. He is so much more than a man; we can see this by looking at the way the gospel of Mark begins: "This is the Good News

not only to identify with the received tradition but also truthfully to appropriate the message and to be a faithful recipient of the gospel for the present age. It is always best to first define and understand the context of the content in order to further the knowledge of it. This helps understand the way by which the canon has affected the message of the Gospel and the Church throughout history. The early Church could not have been able to decipher between right and wrong claims without a process

Jesus came as the Savior to Israel and the world, the supreme leader of Heaven. In the three and a half years He ministered, He performed and accomplished astonishing feats. He preached life changing sermons, and taught captivating parables that remain to test today’s most educated scholars. He healed hundreds of incurable diseases, provided food for thousands extraordinarily, calmed storms suddenly, walked on water confidently, brought people back to life, and selected just a dozen men, eleven of

The word gospel is derived from Old English meaning “good news” or “glad tidings”. The Greek word euangelion which means good message is the the source for the word evangelist. 1. Mark’s Gospel, now considered the first of the synoptic gospels makes no delay in the identification of who this man, Jesus, is. He is the Messiah, the anointed one, from the Greek word Christos. From the very first verse of this Gospel, the evangelist knows and proclaims who Jesus is: “the Messiah, the Son of God. 2.