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.
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY The LIFE AND MINISTRY OF PAUL THE APOSTLE A RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO Dr. LORNE A. MCCUNE IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE NBST 522 LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY BRYON GROSVALET LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 SAUL OF TARSUS 3 The Early Years 4 Saul Receives Rabbinical Training 6 Saul is Zealous to Defend the Jewish Faith 7 SAUL'S CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY 10 Jesus Disciples Saul 12 Saul is Zealous for the Christian Faith 13 God Prepares Saul for the Work of the Ministry 14 Saul Ministers to the Believers at Antioch 14 PAUL’S MISSIONARY JOURNEYS 16 Paul’s First Missionary Journey 16 Paul’s Secord Missionary Journey 19 Paul’s Third Missionary Journey 20 CONCLUSION 24 BIBLIOGRAPHY 25 INTRODUCTION Paul the Apostle was a very important man in the history of Christianity as a theologian, missionary, and writer of the New Testament. Ordained by God, he was one of the major interpreter’s of the teachings of Jesus Christ. During 30 years of ministry, Paul wrote 13 epistles of the New Testament while under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The epistles address the life, death, resurrection of Christ and its implications for all humanity. In His divine wisdom, the Lord foresaw that Paul would best fulfill His plan to spread the gospel of the resurrected Christ to the entire known western world in order to reach His people with the story of redemption.
Liberty University THE ROLE OF BAPTSIM IN SALVATION ACCORDING TO ACTS A research paper submitted to Dr. R. Wayne Stacy In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements For The course NBST 522 Liberty baptist Theological seminary By SULEIMAN ABBA Lynchburg, Virginia SUNDAY, MARCH 03, 2013 Table of Contents Introduction 2 Baptism 2 Types of Baptism 3 Baptism with Water 3 Baptism with the Holy Spirit 4 Importance of Baptism 6 The role of Jesus’ Baptism in Christianity 8 Baptism according to the Book of Acts 9 Way to receive baptism 11 Purpose of Baptism 13 In order to empower them to teach 13 Power to work miracles to confirm the Word 13 Power to impart spiritual gifts others 13 Branch to establish, conduct and discipline to church 14 Baptism in relation to Christian’s Salvation 14 Conclusion 15 BIBLIOGRAPHY 17 Introduction Considering the question of baptism in the New Testament, we are confronted with two apparently different statements that have helped to determine both theological and exegetical positions. The issue of baptism plays on the missionary command of Matthew 28:19 "Baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit" and the 4 citations of Acts where the Baptism is administered in the "Name of Jesus." It is interesting to address the issue of Christian baptism as scholars, from a point of view exegetical, theological and historical, define it. The believer's life is characterized by the fact that receives salvation in Jesus Christ. Baptism is part of this process of salvation, and not merely in a ritual and symbolic, but something much deeper, as it has to do with the conversion and the choices you make in the Christian follow Christ.
Hazel buys a car, the Essex, to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and preach from the hood of it. Hazel and his grandfather believed two different things. Hazel’s grandfather preached about Christianity, while Hazel preached about there being a new Jesus to appear and reveal his face. Essentially Hazel’s car and his church, the Church Without Christ, both symbolize the soul in a state of sin, and Hazel is the example of a person whose
It is similar to John Cotton’s Spiritual Milk. Essay question: What other common religious doctrine can you find that many church’s use daily, that is similar to John Norton’s? How? Answer: The Nicene Creed is similar to Norton’s work. For example, Norton’s answers walk you through Christ’s birth, redemption, sacrifice and ascension.
Liberty Theological Seminary Share Jesus Without Fear A Paper Submitted to Dr. Jeddy Kaleli In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course Personal Evangelism EVAN 565 By Lamar Stapleton Jr. 2 September 2009 Bibliographical Entry William Fay and Linda Evan Shepherd. Sharing Jesus Without Fear. Nashville, Tennessee: Brandman & Holman Publisher, 1999. Author Information Fay, graduate from the Denver Seminary in 1987, he has shared his faith with more than twenty-five thousand peoples. Staring 1981, he has taught many churches around the world his no-argument approach to witnessing others to Christ.
Apart from other sects of Christian faith, seen within the baptism with the Holy Spirit that enables them to live an empowered life. The empowerment is derived from applied subsets of the bible, which similar acts were often noted during the first five books of the New Testament (Apostles), they describe their “movement” as Apostolic. A described by Peter Adair(1967) the members of the Holiness Church in Scrabble, West Virginia are related in a manor of doctrine and worship, sharing a literal interpretation of the bible and an informality of approach. Meetings were held several times a week, lasting between four and six hours long. Durkheim’s views of “concept of the sacred” and “religious functionalism” of the social institution can be understood through the ritual of worship.
It is a handbook of worship and Church practise, from which we learn of the views of the early Christian church, and how they interpreted Scripture. It shows us how our primitive Church was structured, and what the ancestors of our Church deemed to be of importance. From reading the Didache, one may get the impression that it could perhaps be directed at a non-Christian, that is intending to join Christianity, for it seems to be laid out almost like a set of guidelines, or a handbook of instructions. St. Athanasius the Apostilic, a Church father, and
His appearances in this article includes His visit with the eleven apostles. Mary Magdalene and He proves to His apostles that He has a body and makes the apostles realize that they need to understand the Scripture of the Messiah and that they need to spread it throughout the rest of the World. Ascension Atkins, B.P. (2000). Ascension Now: Implications of Christ's Ascension for Today's Church.
Introduction In this article, William sets forth his observations on Paul’s work and writings revealing his dual responsibilities firstly, as a missionary on a mission for Christ and secondly, as a pastor preaching to the church of Christ. In the first half of this article (Initial five pages); William describes Paul as a missionary of Christ. He begins with a few examples of Paul’s sermons that were preached at Antioch, Lystra and Athens. His main focus and references were mainly based on the book of Acts written by Luke. In the second half of his article, William describes Paul as a church preacher.