Liberty Theological Seminary Book Critique on Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ Submitted to Dr. Christopher Moody in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of this course THEO530- B02LUO Systematic Theology II June 26, 2015 Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………....3 Summary………………………………………………………………………………………….3 Critique ………………………………………………………………………………………..…4 Conclusion ………... ………………………………………………………………………….…7 Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………………………..9 Introduction In their book, Believer’s Baptism, the authors Schreiner and Wright attempt to incorporate their views on why baptism is essential in the Christian church. Along with its importance they also go further by promoting the believer’s baptism over infant baptism. They begin by attacking the Christian claim found among many that baptism is a trivial issue. They quickly negate this statement with an alternate point of view, that Christians who suffered persecution and martyrdom did not believe it to be so. Summary Placing aside the foreword and introduction, there are ten chapters or sections to this book.
The Fall reveals that humanity is not capable of sin, but that given the opportunity will sin. The fall also reveals that God can handle all of human sin. ------------------------------------------------- Write 2-3 sentences explaining the importance of God revealing Himself through covenants. The importance of God revealing himself through covenants is that by reveling himself to them they could spread the word of God and faith. Also by God revealing himself he gained the trust of humanity.
LIBERTY SEMINARY UNIVERSITY AMERICA’S FOUR GODS A REFLECTION PAPER IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THEO 626 DOCTRINE OF GOD FOR DR. DANIEL MITCHELL BY KELLY ZELAYA 21 OCTOBER 2013 Froese, Paul and Bader, Christopher, America’s Four Gods. New York, New York:Oxford University Press, 2010. I found this reflection very difficult to write. Understanding the different levels of God and applying them to my life took a lot of inner analysis. The question posed for the assignment asked students to reflect on the question, “Why God?” Specifically, the question is related to the general understanding of the biblical God and how God is perceived in your personal experience, church, and community.
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Research Paper: The Role of Culture in Gospel Communication Submitted to Dr. Fred Smith in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of GLST 650 Intercultural Communication and Engagement By Jermaine Ramsey May 10, 2015 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………….1 What is Culture………………………………………………………………………2 Communicating the Gospel…………………………………………………………..3 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………5 Bibliography………………………………………………………………………….6 1 Introduction When we evaluate the manner in which Christ entered into the cultures where He ministered to the people; he took into consideration the “cultural norms”. This is not to say He agreed with it or took part in it; He did not; however, He was still aware of the norms within the culture. We as missionaries, evangelist, or anyone reaching out to a culture, should practice the way Christ demonstrated to us. Christ demonstrated to us when you walk through a culture it is vitally important to share the Gospel with them in the cultural context. However, this requires some familiarization with the culture one is interacting because there could be some cultural hurdles to overcome.
If you believe in god and you participate in sinning you will be punished when you go to heaven but you wouldn’t be considered one going to hell. In 2 edwards states, “Yea, on the contrary, justice calls aloud for an infinite punishment of their sins. (Edwards 2) What Edwards is really trying to say in this quote is that on justice day god will know what you have done in life and in what situations you have sinned in. But if you do sin it doesn’t mean you’re a person from hell. God will always be open to hear your prayers and the problems that you need help
4-MAT Review: Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling By Mark R. McMinn, Ph.D. Angelique Lawhenore, Student ID 130818 Liberty University COUN 506 August 6, 2009 Author: Mark R. McMinn Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, IL Date: 1996 Abstract This book was written by McMinn (1996) to directly address “two secret places in counselors’ lives.” The first place is in the counseling office and the second place is the spiritual life of the Christian counselor (p. xi). The main issue, or challenge, at hand for the Christian counselor is to learn how to integrate not only psychology and theology, but to also include the aspect of spiritual formation in the counseling process.
LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Celebration of Discipline Book Review Submitted to Dr. Barksdale, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of the course, PLED 520 Spiritual Formation By Todd Dale McGill October 13, 2011 Introduction The book Celebration of Discipline is invites Christians to discover what is missing in their relationship with God, it also gives the tools such as solitude, fasting, prayer, submission that help the Christian seek a deeper life with God. This books points out to specific things that hold each other together here are the four disciplines the author speaks of joy, simplicity, prayer, and celebration. According to the author, the materialistic base of our age has
Module 1 Writing Assignment (DSMN 500-CO3) Submit an essay on the definition or description of "discipleship. " What does it take to be one of Jesus' follower ("You cannot be my disciple unless...?)" Refer to the statements that reflect his perception of the conditions and cost of discipleship (comparing the documents in the Instructor's Notes folder with Chapter 2 of Barna), and conclude the essay with a one-paragraph definition/description of a disciple. George Barna defined discipleship as, “becoming a complete and competent follower of Christ (Barna 2001, 17).” This simple definition provides a complex framework in which to look at. Discipleship is simple to explain in terms of the uncomplicated invitation Jesus gave to those who encountered him, “Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men (Matthew 4:19).” The complexity emerges when a person is confronted with the implications or meaning of a lifelong commitment to following Jesus.
(112) How is it that he can make a reference to one little piece of the Bible and not take a look at the rest? Over and over again in The Holy Bible it mentions forgiveness and mercy. If this is true, then how is it that the wrath of God is right above us, ready to strike without giving us another chance? The Almighty God is there to help and comfort us when we do wrong, not to condemn us the very second we mess up and never offer another opportunity to fix everything we possibly can. Edwards’ mind was so clouded with trying to scare these people witless, that he just contradicted himself.
Because of Adam and Eve disobeying God they lost their original righteousness (disposition to do right) which has traveled down through the generations all the way to you and me. To “counteract” our sinful nature we must go through justification. When we trust Christ and establish a true working relationship with God and he declares us righteous and we express this faith in God, this is justification. It’s not just saying the words and continuing as you were before, you must feel it in your heart and soul and with Christ’s help we can overcome sin and temptation. Romans 8:4, 5 states “in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.