INTRODUCTION Dr. David Falconer Wells was born in 1939. He is Distinguished Senior Research Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is a Council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. He is also co-signer of The Cambridge Declaration, which came about in 1996, due to his 1993 book No Place for Truth, or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology? “This book was highly critical of the Evangelical church in America for abandoning its historical and theological roots, and instead embracing the philosophies and pragmatism of the world.” In his 1994 book, God in the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams, Dr. David Falconer Wells presents suggestions to remedy the present problem of modernism in our churches by calling for reform in the evangelical churches.
America’s Religious Illiteracy Stephen Prothero is a professor in the Department of Religion at Boston University. He has written many books on religion in America, including one titled Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know – and Doesn’t. He has been on National Public Radio and television to speak about religion. He has also written articles for many well-known newspapers, including USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. Prothero has argued for mandatory courses on religion in public schools.
Other than him, one of the most regarded scholarly piece of theology today, St. Thomas was written on the commentary of the Gospel of John. In addition to that, St. Augustine contributed to more than 124 tractates in the commentary of gospel of John. These are just but a few scholars who studied that book and wrote about it (Chesterfield et al 1800, 163-177. There are so many details in the Synoptic Gospel of Mathew Mark, Luke and John that are either present of absent in the book of John and vice versa. The fact that the author of the book did not identify himself as he wrote the book refrain to himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” has brought a lot of conclusion to the author of the book along the years.
Jewish rituals and customs would be abandoned and Christianity would become a ‘religion’ in its own right. This was a radical change and it was incidents like Stephen’s speech which made it possible. In his speech, Stephen mentions four important periods of Israel’s history. The Sanhedrin would have been as familiar with it as Stephen was, but he drew lessons from it which they had never learned or noticed before. Stephen emphasises that long before God had chosen a special place he had chosen special people, Abraham and his descendants.
Critique of Competent to Counsel Wendell Otto Dr. Mark Cook PCC 610 Nouthetic Counseling 3/1/2012 One area of Christian ministry that has the greatest need for the influence of biblical theology is counseling. Counseling both in the world and within the church has neglected to study and apply sound theology from the Scriptures. Instead, for at least a century (especially, since the rise of Freudian psychology) the Church has been taking its cues from the “world,” rather than from the inspired Scriptures. As a result, much of the teaching, instruction, and practice of “Christian counseling” has been deficient because it has embraced the “wisdom of this world [which] is folly with God” (1Cor 3:19-20). When it comes to counseling,
This he achieved by promoting and translating the Latin Bible into English. Pope John XXIII condemned this work, referring to Wycliffe as “this pestilent and wretched John Wycliffe, of cursed memory, that son of the old serpent.” Arnold 2008 pg 46 Wycliffe was born around the year 1324. He went to Oxford in 1345 to further his studies, and later became lecturer, earning a reputation as the most “brilliant theologian in England’s first and highly prestigious university.” Miller & Huber, 2004, pg 154. He showed interest in natural science and mathematics, but it was in theology, ecclesiastical law and philosophy that he excelled. He had a firm knowledge of Roman and English Law and became well known at theological debates.
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Book Critique: Share Jesus Without Fear An essay submitted In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course Evan 565 Bibliographical Entry Shepherd, William Fay with Linda Evans. Share Jesus Without Fear. Nashville, Tenn.: B&H Books, 1999. Author Information William ‘Bill’ Fay is a nationally renowned evangelist who has written many books on contemporary evangelism. Seen as a modern day Paul, his criticism of Christians resulted in a saved soul and a converted character.
9 I. INTRODUCTION As a believers and followers of Jesus Christ it is crucial to know the history of Christianity and of one of his most important actors, Martin Luther. Roland H. Bainton’s book, is an amazing biography of Luther were he clearly explains his personal life and theology vision in one of the most crucial moments in the history of Christianity. The first portion of this book in centered in Luther's days as a monk, his crisis of faith, and his break from Rome that caused the start of the Reformation period. The central part of the book deals with the conflict with Rome, and particularly what it was referred as to “The Diet of Worms”.
James P. Byrd took a chance of trying to answer the question when he wrote Sacred Scripture, Sacred War; which is a monograph that explores how American colonists used biblical texts to justify the Revolution and inspired those who fought in it. The bible was the most read and respected book in the colonies as well as in the new nation, and Byrd as well as many others observe that biblical authority was more important than any other source in endowing the Revolution with meaning. The author of this book James P. Byrd is an Assistant Professor of American Religious Studies, an Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research Graduate Department of Religion, and a Fellow in the Center for the Study of Religion and Culture, at Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville Tennessee. He has obtained many credentials, graduating from Gardner-Webb University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in Historical Studies, from Duke University with a Master of Divinity in theological studies in 1991, and graduating from Vanderbilt first in 1997 with a Master of Arts in American History, then again in 1999, with a Ph.D. in Philosophy. Byrd offers an “analysis of how American revolutionaries choose defended their patriotic convictions of war through scripture” felt by the Christianity Today Review, 2013.
This story has caused many academic debates due to all the symbolism, both Christian and pagan. The story has many contradicting religious themes in the story. Many scholars maintain the belief that Beowulf was altered in an attempt to help the Christian church spread its beliefs, turning the epic into conversion propaganda. When the Beowulf story was thought to have originated, the Anglo-Saxon culture was still a pagan society. Christianity had yet to grip it's stronghold on the region.