¶ … Gospel Message
The Christian gospel is perceived very differently among the many different members of our culture. Some accept it gladly, others question it, and others subscribe to their own specific gospels. Therefore, it is not perceived the same way by everyone, or accepted 100% by the entire culture. Even different Christian sects subscribe to different ideas of the gospel. However, most Christians agree with this account of the gospel message, and accept it.
Many people reject the Christian gospel because they have different religious beliefs. For example, Jews and Muslims have their own gospels, so they reject the Christian gospel in favor of their own. However, others who reject the Christian gospel do so for moral, emotional, and intellectual reasons. The intellectual rejection comes from different beliefs about science, the Earth's formation, and the literal Christian view of the creation. Some do not believe the Bible is a true recount of history, and some do not believe in organized religion. Morally, some people believe large Christian organizations, such as the Catholic Church, are based on business rather than faith, and they reject the gospel, too. Emotionally, people may reject the gospel because they react to situations in the Bible and do not believe them, or they do not believe in miracles.
If Christians want to overcome these objections and communicate the gospel, they should be sensitive about the way they approach people. Many people do not want to discuss religion, and they do not want it shoved down their throat constantly. Christians should remember that not everyone has to have the same beliefs, and that moderation is the key to effective communication about any subject, especially one as volatile as religion. To overcome objections, they should answer them with true conviction and examples from the Bible, but they should not rant, cajole, or push non-believers to come to any decisions. Like most life choices, they must choose to reach these decisions on their own.
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Worldviews and Christianity What practical steps could be taken to build a relationship with a follower of this worldview who might be a co-worker, neighbor, etc. One of the first steps, in my opinion, would be to build an understanding of the individual's worldview. This would include the doctrines and dogmas of the religious beliefs that this worldview holds, but also the information about why this individual is affiliated with that worldview.
Gospel of Luke According to early church traditions, Luke was a Jewish, Greek-speaking physician who accompanied Paul on his three journeys, and was chosen to write the third Gospel because his knowledge of Greek was better than most of the other writers in the church at that time. Even his use of language gives a hint about his social and cultural origins since it was composed in the same style as
Also, according to Luke, the "poor" may fall under a spiritual category, referring to individuals who are committed and humble and depend solely on God (Bartholomew, Green and Thiselton). Because Jesus ministry had no boundaries, Luke wrote that the church should also have no boundaries and should include the rich and the poor. One of Luke's greatest desires may have been for the church to include the rich and the
" (Kysar 27) Scholars at times forget that the bible is not only a work of theology but also a work of literature. Barnes also believes in this interpretation and its New Testament expression of the Trinity, "I am thinking, in particular, of the pivotal appeal to John 1:1-3 at de Trinitate 2.2.9, which resembles Tertullian's (and Hippolytus's) use of the Johannine prologue as the paradigmatic expression of the economy of
There are seven letters by Paul and it is accepted that they were written by Paul, but no one knows clearly who wrote the rest. A critical enquiry into all this started only in the 18th century as there was no critical study of the matter. The accepted authorship of Paul is regarding the Epistles to Romans, First to Corinthians, Second to Corinthians, to Philippians, to Galatians, to Thessalonians
Gospel of John was written already after the disciple's death in the first century CE. It was time when there was coming a vivid schism in Christianity teaching, as Christian philosophy was influencing changes caused by the impact of Gnosticism of Greeks, and it was time when some Christian religious leaders rejected the Devine mission of Christ. In gospel, John comes to the original language used by Jesus Christ,
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