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Paganism and the Christians at Corinth – The Mystery Religions
Because Christianity regularly found itself within arms length to other religions within gentile territory it most likely affected the lives of many Christians.[1] Even a brief understanding of religions extrinsic to Christianity will lend to a better understanding of scripture and what the early church had to contend with.
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Continuity From Jesus to Paul Part II
Although the risen Lord made himself known to the Apostle Paul on the road to Damascus, he did not experience the same walk with Christ as the other apostles did. One then would expect a breakdown to occur from Christ’s teachings from those who walked physically with Christ to the…
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Continuity From Jesus to Paul – Part I
Have you ever tried to find the parallels from the teachings of Jesus Christ to Paul’s teachings? Is there continuity between the two? Do they agree? Odd questions, right? Unless you really think hard on them, and actually do a search for the parallel teachings between the two, you’ll never…
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A Gospel Apology for the Bodily Resurrection
Belief in only the spiritual resurrection places us back in the hearts of the doubting disciples before Jesus proved them otherwise. I’m going to use Luke 24:36-43 to support my argument. I’m also quoting directly, so that the scripture can remain in its full context.
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Strongholds to “The Way”
It is of great importance for us to consider why some early converts to “The Way” had strongholds that Paul needed to address. Moving from one dogmatic belief towards a new standard certainly was cause for their apprehensive behavior, which is not easily dismissed, especially during a time when new…
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Saul and David – Contrasting Foundations
A lack of spiritual susceptibility was at the root of Saul’s failures. His ingenuous character, only at introduction, provided tremendous growth potential towards serving God through kingship over Israel, but he clearly fell short of the task.
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Biblical Study From Storyline to Plotline
A common interpretive pitfall readers fall into, in approaching biblical study, is placing the “story-line” over the “plot-line.” This approach, often times, shifts the focus away from God and places it onto the people, places and events first.
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What is a Biblical Worldview?
A worldview defines how a person interprets their surrounding reality. Interpretation of the world around, leads to attributes that make up a person’s character. It is the cause of being and the reason for behavior. Ultimately, it can be thought of as how a person understands, interacts then responds to…
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Pluralism – Applied Worldview
Pluralism is a multiperspectival worldview. It suggests that there are many ways to explain the world, universe, purpose, and existence. Pluralism is the most enticing treatment for a worldview because it embodies tolerance. Pluralism, it seems, acts as a cradle for all of the other “isms.” In doing so it…
Kendell Healy 