Notes On Experiences With Scripture

Notes On Experiences With Scripture
Experiences with Scripture:
Continually knowledge from the scriptures edifies and strengthens me; the knowledge and the truth
found within the pages allows me the personal witness that God exists and loves me. The scriptures
are the way we find the divinity of Christ, the good message of the gospel, and the ability to find
direct revelation from past prophets and missionaries.
Partially throughout my mission, I relied on the scriptures to lead and guide my teachings in the way
the savior wanted his message portrayed. The ultimate message that Latter–Day Saints share with
foreign lands, peoples, cultures, and socioeconomic groups is the message of redemption and grace;
Christ's grace and the savior's love for all mankind by his gospel comes down to five topics. These
topics that Christ taught come down to faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy
Ghost, and finally enduring to the end.
A question one may ask after hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ, "how can I know for a surety the
truth of this message?" The answer proves simple, open the scriptures and feast upon Christ's words.
Notably, one of the best places to find Christ's words on how to find the truth is found in Alma
32:28–43. Alma 32:28–43 teach how to accept the gospel and find the fruits of Christ's words.
An example of coming closer to Christ by scripture reading is through diligently pondering the
scriptures with an open heart, people will find the ability to accept the gospel. Indeed, people
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Sacred Scripture
Sacred Scripture
Last Friday afternoon, we had class
Some students had other priorities.
Therefore, if you missed class on Friday, you have a make–up assignment.
You must write me a 1–2 page paper for Wednesday.
Question: Who wrote the Bible? You must discuss 1) the traditional evidence for Moses; 2) the
Documentary hypothesis.
This is ONLY for those who MISSED Friday.
The names of God.
Lord: Adonai (Hebrew)
LORD: Yahweh or Jehovah or I am who I am.
God: Elohim (Hebrew).
God Almighty: El Shaddai.
Most ancient Jews thought that Moses wrote the Torah/Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy).
Moses is traditionally thought to have lived in the 1200sBC.
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Read Psalms 2, 19, 23, 51, 110, 139
Moses: c.1200 leads Israel out of Egypt
Joshua: c.1100 leads Israel into the land of Canaan.
David: 1010–970 BC–second king of Israel, brings ark of the covenant to Jerusalem, his new
capital.
Solomon: 970–930 BC–third king, builds temple, places ark of the covenant inside the temple.
Psalm 2: anointedMessiah
Psalm 19: the ten commandments
Psalm 23: the Christological reading
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Psalm 51: Penance (!)
Homework for next week is the
Gospel of Mark 1.1 The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Christ means anointed; anointed with oil. * Prophet * Priest, especially the high priest * The king
Messiah=moschiach (Hebrew)=Christos(Greek)
Christ.

The messiah is destined to liberate the people of Israel.
St Mark's Gospel: the preaching of St Peter (Aramaic) translated into Greek in the city of Rome.
AD 41–44 date of authorship.
Last 12 verses were added later, sometime c.AD 110.
Jesus as the New Moses according to St Mark.
Mark 6.30–46. Jesus multiplies the bread and the fish. Moses gives manna from heaven.
Mark 6.47–52. Jesus walks on water.
Quiz: Jesus as New Moses in St Mark's Gospel.
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St Luke (!)
Who wrote St Luke's gospel?
What other book did St Luke write? Luke–Acts
What was St Luke's profession? Medical doctor
When was Luke–Acts written?

The Reliability Of Scripture Analysis
In our culture there are conflicting opinions and theories about the Bible and its contents. Skeptics,
believers and non–believers either try to defend of debunk the word of God. I believe the two most
convincing arguments for the reliability of scripture are the unmistakable honesty of the Bible and
the Pragmatic test of experience.
First and foremost the Bible tells us that truth is an important and consistent entity in God's
character: the book of John describes God as "the only true God, whose word is truth."(KJV
Jhn17:3)The Bible also tells us that The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth (Jhn.14:17) Jesus, Himself
said "I am the way the truth and the life..." (Jhn14:6)
In the article "Arguments that the Bible is the Word of God" the author makes a very important
observation that when the authors of the scriptures talk about themselves they are honest about their
sins and failures; suggesting their words were inspired by God. (pg. 9) I believe that the carnal man
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The Bible is full of experiences where people encountered the miracles of God. These stories were
not magically made up accounts, as Elmer Towns reveals in his book: "The Bible tells the story of
real people doing real things in normal ways."(pg. 17) The Bible tells us that Jesus is the same
yesterday, today, and forever. When Jesus walked the earth he healed blind eyes, unstopped deaf
ears, cured disease and forgave sin. The miracles are far too many to list. I have also experienced
modern day miracles. When I surrendered my life to Him, He forgave my sins. In my church I have
witnessed a deaf woman get her hearing. Jesus healed my husband's cancerous liver, after He
delivered him from a long life of Drugs and alcohol. I have seen countless evidences of Jesus
touching and interacting with His children. I have been filled with the gift of the Holy Spirit with the
evidence of speaking with other

Value Clarification Report
Values Clarification Exercise #1
My 10 values:
Service
Family
Independence
Challenge
Purpose
Knowledge
Virtue
Spirituality
Hope
Commitment
1. I believe that these values do accurately reflect what is of greatest importance to me. There are
alternate values that perhaps could have landed on this list, but these values ring true to me and are
an accurate portrayal of that which I hold dear to me and use as guidance within my life decisions.
2. The most difficult values to discard were forgiveness, loving, and nurturing. I had an arduous time
ranking items such as God's will and friendship. My predicament with God's will was my ruling on
whether it was legitimately 'very important' to me, or whether I simply knew that it should be. It's ...
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Based on my week, I spend the bulk of my time on school associated activities. This was not a
surprise to me, what I was surprised by was the small amounts of time that I devote to my religion.
Although I attend seminary, read my scriptures, and pray everyday, the accumulative time of all on
these activities adds to just over an hour a day. I am quite aware of how I spend my time, it is very
unusual for me to lay around and waste time of useless tasks.
2. Based on my week, I can only largely identify two main values from exercise #1: knowledge and
service. This makes sense because I spend 32 hours sitting in class a week. This doesn't include time
spent on homework or other corresponding activities. Something that did not make too large of an
appearance was my spirituality. I will admit that my scripture studies and other related activities
were extremely diminished this week. But it is to be expected that my religion isn't quite as evident
within my daily schedule because it isn't practical to spend over 4 hours a day reading scriptures,
there simply isn't enough time. True spirituality is seen through more subtle actions than in
extravagant activities that draw large amounts of attention. With this considered, I do still need to
increase the amount of time I spend improving my

Memorizing Scripture
There is a record of a great spiritual battle that was won only with words. Not angry words, not
hateful or spiteful words. These were words that had been written centuries before this great
incident. These were powerful words, words that carried authority, words that when used properly,
at just the right time, became very effective weapons.
Of course, I'm speaking of the response to Satan by Jesus during the time of his temptation (
Matthew ch. 4 and Luke ch. 4). On this occasion the body of Jesus was weak from extended fasting.
The pressure of Satan was fierce, but the words that Jesus used were more than adequate for
anything that Satan could use against Him. That is because the words that he chose were the inspired
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I know that spiritually cold, careless Christians who seldom even read the bible certainly are not
interested in memorizing scripture. But I'm talking about individuals who are interested and would
like to be able to recall more of the Bible. Could it be that most people find memorization really
difficult? I am a minister of the Gospel with more than thirty years experience and I can promise
you scripture memory is a difficult process.
The greatest problem that I find with memorizing scripture is that most people only know the old
ROTE memory method. That is hard, boring, and not very effective. While some repetition is
certainly necessary, there are very effective methods that can be used to help in the retention and
recall of scripture.
Many years ago, realizing that my ability to retain and recall scripture was poor at best, I set out on a
quest to find methods for reinforcing my memory ability. What I found was that there is quite a lot
of information on how the memory works and how to improve it. Much of what I learned has helped
me tremendously. Over the years I have learned to effectively use my God given abilities like
visualization, imagination, classification, organization, and association to help in the recall of God's

Scripture Research Paper
Christian theology is based upon the beliefs and traditions that Christians have practiced since the
first century. At that time, a continuation and development of Judaism, as Christianity spread
throughout the eastern Mediterranean world, each region began to develop an individualized
approach to biblical interpretation and Christianity. Despite the fact that it started as a movement,
Christianity has emerged into an internationally accepted religion that is composed of several
denominations within the faith. Regardless of their specific set of practices, each denomination
recognize Scripture as collection of God–breathed sacred writings that are contained within the
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Patristic theologians such as Irenaeus of Lyons, from the second century, developed an official
standard for interpreting Scripture. He claim this technique was also used by the first apostles.
However, between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, some argued that questions about certain
beliefs could not be answered by Scripture. Theologians of this era argued that there was a set of
unwritten traditions that was passed down through the generations within the local church.
According to the theologian, the unwritten source of tradition was arranged by God tas a second set
of revelation to supplement Scripture and not replace it. Believing this, the Council of Trent ruled
that Scripture could not though of as the only source of revelation. They argue that any belief not
found in Scripture is justified by the appeal to unwritten traditions. A Scripture–shaped worldview
has many rewards for the Christian. Moving towards a deliberative theology helps the Christian to
process the beliefs that was embedding in them at an earlier time in life. In other words, a biblical
worldview allows the Christian to form a logical understanding of the scriptures, traditions or
practices and how to apply them in a modern day application. For example, having a Scripture–
shaped worldview helps the individual to behave in a manner that is pleasing God as well as dwell
peaceable with others. Also, through a biblical worldview, the Christian will understand how to live
within a paganist world without intermingling or conforming to their

Scripture Summary
The second theme is Scriptures. McMinn (2011) exhorts Christian counselors to consider when it
would be pertinent to use explicit or implicit Scriptures in counseling and with which clients
(McMinn, 2011, p. 118). According to McMinn (2011), "Scripture is powerful and can keep us
focused on timeless truth in the midst of shifting standards of right and wrong" (p. 115).
Furthermore, McMinn confers the importance of considering the client's needs, the therapeutic
rapport, and ethical principles before utilizing Scriptures in counseling (McMinn, 2011). Most
importantly, McMinn (2011) suggests that for Scriptures to have a significant influence in the lives
of both counselors and counselee, it must be internalized and personalized outside of the counseling
session (p. 115).
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McMinn (2011) explains the proper role of confession and how confession is interrelated with guilt
and penance. It is important to realize that Scriptures offer an appropriate understanding of
confession and that confession also involves humility (McMinn, 2011). In essence, counseling is a
representation of confession by which the counselee develops a sense of self and need (McMinn,
2011). Unfortunately, confession is often discounted in the counseling field.
The fifth theme presented in the book is forgiveness and the hostilities to forgiveness in counseling.
According to McMinn (2011), forgiveness is of importance to emotional and spiritual health.
However, forgiveness is perceived as a "danger" if it produces indignity or distress (McMinn, 2011).
The last theme discussed is redemption. By redemption and individual recovers his/her salvation.
McMinn (2011) presents the role of redemption and the redemptive worldview in Christian
counseling. A redemptive worldview conveys that through God's redemption individuals can restore
and gain health and completeness. In other words, God has to power to redeem people (McMinn,

Jesus Vs Scripture
These two books basically walked through the Old Testament giving a very brief overview of what
happened and how it points to Christ, before and after His incarnation. While they both went
through telling a story, Roberts was more concerned with treating Scripture as a metanarrative. He
walked through giving points to show how the story was being developed. His concern was for the
Kingdom of God. Clowney, on the other hand, was not so much concerned with how the Scripture
was connected to itself but how the major characters in the Old Testament foreshadowed how Christ
would be. He basically walked through how each character used by God fell short of their calling,
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His title is literally "The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament". However, as
stated in the title, he does not go into the New Testament or to the future like Roberts does. Instead
of following a storyline, Clowney picks out specific situations that point to Jesus. As stated in the
introduction, he showed how Christ fulfilled all of the callings of the "heroes" found in Scripture.
Going through the Old Testament, from Adam to Jonah, Jesus is revealed and foreshadowed by each
of those used by God, even if it does not seem they could possibly point to Him in any

Greg In Scripture
Greg then launches into the topic of prayer, he says, "The Pharisees were caught up in repeating
ritualized prayers over and over again. They seemed to believe that the longer the prayer, the more
spiritual and pleasing to God. But God isn't interested in eloquence. Not at all. Prayer should come
from the heart. He isn't interested in how perfectly our prayers sound, or whether they rhyme, or
whether we throw in any King James English, or how long they are. He is concerned with how
genuine they are. One of the most eloquent prayers in Scripture comes from a man who said,'God,
be merciful to me a sinner!' (Luke 18:13). Now that is an effective prayer. That is a man who was
honest with God. He said what he was thinking and simply laid it out before the Lord. And guess
what? Jesus Himself said that man's prayer was heard." Greg then goes on to use the Lord's prayer
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He ends his book with a chapter on knowing God, in a one on one relationship. Finally Greg closes
with a section on salvation. And what better a way to close a book on discipleship then with
salvation?
Now lets get down to my opinion on the class. I must say I have been surprised by what passes as a
class on spiritual formation and transformation. Which is not to say that I don't agree with some
things about the class, but all in all I'm very disappointed. When we first started this class I had had
hopes that it was going to be refreshing and full of sound ideas. By week 4 or 5 I had abandoned all
hope of

Discrepancy Vs Scripture
In approaching scripture as a completely divine and human work, there is opportunity to understand
how this is demonstrated through scripture. One now seek to reconcile the discrepancies instead of
overlook them or let scripture prove itself. As Porter explains the main approaches, "The two articles
by Blomberg and Grudem are, I believe, fairly typical approaches to the major issues raised
regarding the authority of the Bible. One is the attempt to answer all the issues raised by such a
position by refuting attempts to find errors within the Bible (without the original documents) and the
other is to marshal all of the Bible's own comments regarding itself, in effect to make the Bible a
self–authenticating document. Neither has proved to be successful, virtually by the proponents' own
admissions". This assumes that discrepancy in scripture is only being worked out from a specific
and modern context. It is only from the view of the interpreter. This shows the importance of
viewing biblical narrative not only from the modern–day context, but also from the historical one. ...
Hermeneutics is distinct from interpretation in that the role as interpreter is accounted for. He
furthers this idea saying, "There is a dynamic relationship that takes place between the object of our
understanding and ourselves, such that we as interpreters must always bring ourselves, our pre–
understandings, and even our prejudices to interpretation". In using hermeneutics three perspectives
are to be considered: the context or period of that scripture, the way interpretation has changed over
time, and the interpreter/modern

Migliore Scriptures Summary
Christian life and faith is primarily based on scriptures and the words given by god in scriptures. It
has been a controversial issue since the beginning on the authority of scriptures has on a Christian.
Scriptures are very difficult to understand and interpret. Migliore explains the primary role
scriptures plays in the life if a faithful Christian. He believes in and argues about the incomparable
god and his love for his creation. Scriptures are the witness of god's life and his actions. Migliore
implies the scriptures as the message of god done through his son Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit.
The super natural origin of the scriptures has been an argument subject from the beginning since
now. Reformers have always crossed limits interpreting about the super natural origin of the
scriptures. The scriptures are the book in which word of god has been written. Our belief and trust in
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The main two divergent group beliefs in Christianity are conservative and progressive. Conservative
believes are what early Christians used to believe. As the time goes, world develops, people will
become more developed and they will start thinking and interpreting things different. The other
belief group among Christians is progressive thinkers who beliefs that scriptures are opinions of the
authors who wrote it.
The main problem of the authority of scriptures in modern culture or with the progressive thinkers is
that they believe scriptures contain some errors and fictional material. They also approach the bible
in a more of a historical context. The bible is read simply as a historical source in the modern
culture. They interpreted bible literally, historically, or even some interpreted it as a religious
advertising. The bible is the essence of god's love and actions of humanity towards his creation.
Christians do not believe in the bible, they believe in the living god attested by the

Catholic Explanation Of Scripture
The Catholic approach attempts to find the truth by the interpretation and explanation of Scripture
includes three exegetical methodologies which are: reading, interpreting, and understanding.
Specifically, exegesis takes into account a thorough critical analysis of the meaning of biblical
scriptures in terms of their historical and literary context. These methods play a role and contribute
to our understanding of Scripture and this includes: 1) ideological criticism, is the examination of
bias, assumption, or strongly held beliefs which may influence biases; 2) literary criticism, which
focuses on context of the written text including the author, language, time it was written, genre, plot,
characters and symbolism; 3) sociohistorical criticism, explores the "conditions of life" (i.e.
geography, customs, traditions, religious practices, cultures, social norms, and family life. For
example, ideological and sociohistorical criticism is evidenced in the letter to the Ephesians about
morality of slavery. This letter reflects the time it was written as slavery was accepted and
considered to be the "norm" in those days. However, the author suggests to the Ephesians that they
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For example, the author (John) is illustrating that Jesus is the anointed one by depicting the woman
as not a believer at first. But, when Jesus describes the "living water" that springs eternal life she
starts to believe in the "truth" that Jesus is the Messiah and the anointed one who "will tell us
everything". Jesus goes on to persuade the woman about worshiping God the Father because all
people are united by God's truth. The author's strongly held belief in Jesus as the Messiah is
interpreted as the power of persuasion. That is, Jesus accepts everyone into his kingdom no matter
where they are from, who they worship, or who they

Good Scripture
The Lord lifteth up the meek: He casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Psalms 147:6
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before
ordained that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10
But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this
age has blinded, who do not believe.
2 Corinthians 4:3–4a
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
Psalms 48:14
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it
yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Hebrews 12:11
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2 Peter 3:9, 13
"And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If
you ask anything in My name, I will do it."
John 14:13–14
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23
Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.
Exodus 14:13
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will
not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the
way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians 10:13

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Numbers 32:6
We know that all things work together for good to them that love God.
Romans 8:28
And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the
same shall be saved.
Mark 13:13
Watchman, what of the night?
Isaiah 21:11
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I
walk through the

Beliefs In Scriptures
Everyone has a different viewpoint on the world. If I ask my manager about life, he would tell me
his point of view through his life's situations. If I asked a mathematician, he would tell me his
viewpoint on the world through math. Everyone's life has an interesting story. Every day our stories
are being written because each day is a gift from God. Mine is different from my best friend and
peers which is why I cannot compare my story to theirs. This fact is what makes life so interesting.
What a person's life comes down to is their belief. Belief is like air, I may not be able to feel it but I
know that it is there in my heart. The question becomes, what is a person's truth? In The book of
Drama, Scriptures written by Craig G. Bartholomew and Michael W. Goheen. The six acts are
centered on beliefs. Throughout the course of the book, it is divided amongst six acts. The acts go
through a phase that starts off with Creation, "Genesis" and stops at salvation. I compare these acts
to the life of a human. A human goes through several cycles such as birth, adolescence young adult
and adult then eventually dies. The six acts are Gods Established His Kingdom, Rebellion in the
Kingdom, The King Chooses Israel, The Coming of the King, Spreading the News of the King, and
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In this act when Jesus resurrected, and it restored the kingdom. God does two things (1) Jesus is
about the Kingdom of God (2) Jesus talks about loving his antagonists. In this act Jesus, says that
God is coming to restore his creations. He has a relationship with God as his father. Here Jesus has
been praying frequently. Here Jesus gathers his twelve followers or apostles. Jesus welcomes the
people who are outsider in society. Here Jesus comes up with the word parables. I compared this act
to the person finding their purpose. When a person finds there purpose he or she is getting clarity to
their existence to being on

Scripture Essay
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly
equipped for every good work (2 Tim. 3:16–17). Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a
worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Tim. 2:15).
Ask God to help you understand His intent. Study God's Word properly ... carefully with sound
hermeneutics and respect. Prepare the lesson with the purpose or aim of changed lives. Therefore,
we have not stopped praying and asking God to fill us with the knowledge of His will through
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Arrange types and lengths of methods to connect truth appropriately and use suitable language also.
Associate with requirements and interests, applying lessons that connect truth to life.
The treatment of the lesson should strengthen how they can put God's Word into practice. The
introduction of the lesson should grab interest and help understand why the lesson is important to
life. The introduction should be written after studying and developing the most important content of
the lesson and application. To design an appropriate introduction, along with the development of the
lesson, the truth needs to be understood.
Integrate an assortment of methods and visuals to strengthen the possibility for addressing the
numerous learning styles, to develop interest and keep their attention. Make sure the methods used
develop out of the content, instead of structuring the lesson around

Trible's Scripture
To continue, what I think Trible was trying to get at when she was asking that people that interpret
scripture must reread rather than rewriting scripture and religious texts is that reading critically is
more important than reading with preconceived notions and trying to prove that the text is in fact a
piece of work that puts men over women, women over men, men dominating women, and or women
dominating men, but seeing women and men as equal with one another. When scripture is rewritten,
it loses its context just as the story of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden and peoples
interpretations have twisted the meaning and the story behind the creation of woman and man, the
earth, and all else that inhabits it. She ends by saying that the scripture ... Show more content on
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Her the interpretations of biblical texts and the sexism that isn't at al blatantly stated in the scripter,
but brought into the text by those interpreting according to their own ideas was pretty interesting.
Interesting in the sense that it questions, not the text, by the reader and their understandings of sex,
gender, and how the text is read by many through a patriarchal lens rather than taken for what it is.
When Trible brings up Yahweh as being an androgynous being that, from what I took from her
piece, was that God is more closely spoken of and more closely associated with a mother figure; the
seamstress, the nurturer, the care taker, the housekeeper, and the mother. Trible even goes as far as
referring to God as a "maternal Deity". So while she discusses Yahweh; the God of Israel, as
androgynous they're also seems to be a more feminine leaning interpretation coming through in how
she's read the text and based on the tasks done by God. Those tasks were known as task commonly
done by women during the time. Over all this was an informative text, it really makes you question
what it would be like if social stereotypes weren't built on masculine dominance and patriarchy; how
would religious text be interpreted

Shleiermacher Scripture Analysis
THE AUTHORITY AND NATURE OF SCRIPTURE
Christian phrases dominate the local Church and often spawn from core doctrinal beliefs. Employed
by two different groups, such slogans often lack the backing of intellectual understanding. The first
group repeats Christian colloquialisms in a desperate attempt to exhibit a fake intellectual
understanding to his or her peers. The second group mindlessly recites Christian expressions
because of tradition and expectation of the church body. Thus, if a person merely conveyed inquiries
regarding core doctrinal statements, both groups would dogmatically argue for the view, which their
church tells them. However, when questioned as to the foundation of such a claim, both groups
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One major concern with the Evangelical view of the authority Scripture resides not within doctrine,
but rather their methodology. Charles Finney, although an important flare in early Evangelical
revivals and stalwart supporter of the authority of Scripture, often forced individuals into repentance
through various means–such as alter calls. Finney, thus, subsequently replaced the authority of the
Bible with his own. Although Evangelicals carry flaws, the Evangelical view of the authority of
Scripture parallels that of early Christian thought and doctrine, thus providing an expansive lineage
of authenticity of the Scriptures. Furthermore, such validity of Scripture's authority cultivates a heart
of acceptance in the Christian. Thus, Scripture holds authority not only in its pages, but also in the
Christian's heart. Additionally, from the start, Evangelicals have sought to uphold the authority of
Scripture by examining it in its full context, while contemporaries of Evangelicalism–Liberalism
and Neo–Orthodoxy–exploit certain sections of the Bible, without proper exploration of it as a
whole. Such evidence, grounds the Evangelicals' view of the authority of Scripture and thereby
shows its' superiority over Liberalism and

The Canon of Scripture Essay
Most Christians do not think about the canon of scripture or know what it is or means in theology.
Most take for granted the Bible they have and never question how it came into being. Today, we
have 39 books of the Old Testament and 27 books of the New Testament. There was a time,
however, that we did not have a canon. Bruce defines canon as books of the Bible that were
recognized to be considered scripture (p. 17). The importance of the canon and how it was
developed was intriguing to professor and author F.F. Bruce. He dedicated his book The Canon of
Scripture to explore and explain the formulation of the canon we have today. Bruce taught in
universities, including the University of Manchester, where he began to lecture students on the ...
The third section dissects the formation of the New Testament with more historical context and
views of other writings defined as Gnostic writing. Bruce explains the spoken words of the apostles
carried as much authority as their written words and gives an in depth explanation how the Gospels
and Pauline writings were viewed by the Church Fathers. The rest of the section demonstrates the
Church Fathers and their views of what was to be considered scripture and the councils that affirmed
the inspired scripture. Bruce concludes by explaining the criteria used for writings to be considered
canon. He goes into more depth on the inspiration of the scriptures – an integral part of how the
canon came together. The close of the book is appended by two lectures that explore the "secret"
gospel of Mark and the Primary Sense and Plenary Sense of scripture. Bruce offers a solid
explanation of the formation of the canon chronologically starting with the Hebrew scriptures (p.
21) until the 4th century where church councils started to present the first spoken finished canon (p.
97). Bruce shows the importance of the Old Testament scriptures, but writes most about the New
Testament. He not only shows how the New Testament came to be a canon but offers a deep analysis
of non–canonical scripture called the Apocrypha (pp. 48, 90–93). Bruce offers impressive
observation into the Gnostic writers as it regards the

Understanding Scripture
When one attempts to understand Scripture, taking the context of it into account is a vital part of that
process. As Margaret Nutting Ralph observes "When we consistently ask questions about the
context as part of our process of understanding Scripture, we act as contextualist. When we fail to
consider context, we act as fundamentalists." (Nourushed by the Word; Catholic Basics, "the
Catholic Approach to Scripture" p 27). When studying the story of Genesis, it is evident that taking
the context into account is vital part of that Scripture and therefore understating it we must act as
contextualists. In William P. Loewe article 'Kingdom of Deeds' he discusses the importance of
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Loewe in his written article 'Kingdom of Deeds'. In this article he discusses in depth, the importance
of understanding the era of which Jesus lived and how this context influences His actions and the
writing of the Scriptures. The arctic 'Kingdom of Deeds' explains the importance of understanding
this point so that one can attempt to fully understand the importance Jesus actions during in his life
time. It is well known that Jesus was often seen in the company of the undesirables of his time,
especially the poor. Loewe stated that the poor where socially identified

Summary : ' The Scripture '
The Scripture
Esther 7:1–6, 9–10, 9:20–22 – Esther saves her people
Sermon All countries have various holidays. In holidays, people can get rest for themselves. Maybe,
when we are in holidays, we would be rest without any thinking, or we can shop in shopping mall.
You know, there are huge holiday sail during holidays like Labor day and Black Friday. However,
holidays have particular meanings even though we would be busy to enjoy our life without the
meanings. Think about Thanksgiving Day which has a meaning that give thanks to God who gives
us everything.
Like this, Every country that has various holidays, the Jews also have several holidays. Most their
holidays are enacted by God in the Bible, such as the Passover, the Feast of Tabernacles, and
Shavuoth. The meaning of these are different, but they have a common denominator. This is
"remember!" What should it remember? These holidays make the Jews recall 'their hopeless past
without God' and God's salvation. Today, I would like to introduce another holiday of the Jews. This
is Purim. Although this is not enacted by God, it is enacted for remembering something. Purim
means a lot. The Book of Esther chapter 10 verses 24 to 28 introduce the background of this holiday.
Why did the Jews enact Purim? After the fall of Judah, a substantial number of the Jews was taken
into Babylon. Even though many Jews came back to Jerusalem after the fall of Babylon by Persia,
there were still many Jews in Persia. These are the Jews in

Scripture Analysis
"How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth" (Psalm 119:103, NIV).
Such a glorious description of God's Word as one meditates on it. Engaging one's senses and
savoring the sweetness of the Spirit's gentle calling, it envelops the individual as they seek to hear
God's voice. Formative reading of Scripture awakens the soul as it anticipates a conversation with
God, and a deepening of their personal relationship with Him (Issler, 2012, p. 124). This journal
entry will reflect on the practice and evaluation of spiritual reading of Scripture, and its affect on my
approach to meditating and reading Scripture in the future.
Ignorant to the knowledge of multiple ways to read Scripture, Muto's evaluation of formative versus
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Ironically, several things occurred. First, it was awkward as I began the process, its unfamiliarity
made it difficult. Second, I felt as though I was not doing it right because the results seemed forced
and unimaginative. Finally, I realized I had no clue as to how to discern the Spirit's nudging and
transformative work that was taking place. Over time, and with God's grace, I soon found that my
conversations with God became opportunities to listen and hear as I asked God to "Search me and
know my heart" [Psalm 119:23] Issler, 2012, pp. 119–120).
There are benefits to both informative and formative reading of Scripture. Analytically dissecting
the Word lets the reader use their God–given mind to gain the knowledge to understand God's truth.
As well, formative reading of Scripture enables the reader to converse with God as they ruminate
slowly on the words of the text, using sensory images to receive God's message as it applies directly
to their life and as the Spirit works to transform and awaken their soul (Issler, 2012, p. 119). I will
continue to read Scripture in both modes, only now with much more

The Ancient Scriptures
These ancient Scriptures use a variety of genre or style to convey a coherent message. By employing
what seems to be every distinctive genre of the ancient world, the authors present God's actions
through events and personalities. The message itself features God as the main character. God is
presented as working in the arena of human history. Key figures appear in the collection: Adam,
Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David, to name a few. The events of creation, flood, famine, plague,
opening beds of water, and other natural phenomena become the avenue through which Yahweh
works. Not only is he superior to these forces, he uses them in his actions. It is the interpretation of
these events that makes the Scriptures unique. Beyond the story of events

Authority Of Scripture
In this paper I will discuss the Authority of Scripture and how it has a role in the way the Bible is
taught in Christian Education. I will discuss and tell what the Bible is. I will discuss different
interviews on what other people think the role of the Bible is in the Christian faith and what I
believe the role of the Bible is in the Christian faith. I will also discuss how I will teach the Bible in
Christian Faith after having listened to others and having completed this class.
Authority of Scripture
What is the authority of scriptures? Let me first start by defining the word authority. Authority is
"the power to influence or command thought opinion or behavior" (Webster Ninth New Collegiate
Dictonary, 1990)
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The Bible is used to help us identify the Bible characters and helps us to understand our own
feelings and responses to God's activities. The Bible is the inspired Word of God that has been
passed to his people. The Bible is an historical account of events through which God seeks to make
God known to us today. The Bible offers a means that we can see God's presence. The Bible tells of
interactions between God and creation. The Bible reminds us what God has done for the people
though out history and into our own present lives. (Baker) (Rev. Baker developed the worksheet The
Bible Is......).
The Bible is a primary source of information about God and his journey through life. It has 66 books
which consists of an Old and New Testament. The Old Testament is a crucial part for us to have a
true understanding of this Great Book and God's love for us. The Old Testament consists of creation
stories, love stories, and stories to help us in building our character and morals. These stories are
about History, The Laws, Prophecy, Wisdom Literature, Poems and Songs which are all found in the
Old Testament. The New Testament is centered on Jesus Christ, and give us a divine human
encounter with Jesus Christ. The New Testament consists of stories of Narratives, Parables,
Sermons, Letters and Apocalyptic Revelation and the New Testament fulfills the stories of the Old

Scripture Observation
The details that I discovered after thoroughly observing the text was Paul desire for unity among the
Philippians as they obtain his way of thinking, and the possession of humility that would assist them
in their Christian walk. This procedure (Observation Text) has allowed me to focus more on detail
rather than extracting a thought from a particular text without information to support it. Duvall
proclaims, "If you move straight from your initial reading of a passage to the application of the
passage, you will remain tied to your previous understanding of the text."1 It is very challenging to
discard old habits that has invaded our theological comprehension because of a lack of knowledge
concerning Scripture, yet in order to properly exegesis

Scripture Persuasive Essay
Over 33,000 Protestant denominations – I had no idea there were so many! At first glance, it would
seem that the Roman Catholic authorities were right. However, when freedom is allowed and we do
not persecute those who disagree with us, different perspectives naturally develop. Having different
denominations is understandable, even expected, as people are free to think through the truths of
Scripture. Admittedly, 33,000+ denominations is a bit excessive.
Who (or what), then, determines what Christianity is and what Christianity is not? Where does the
authority to decide come from? Like having a strong foundation for a house, there needs to be a
standard to discern truth from error. The early church leaders used Scripture and estab–lished ...
However, if everyone is deciding for themselves right from wrong, that can lead to confusion. That
is the same thing that got Adam and Eve in trouble in the Garden, they wanted to determine right
and wrong for themselves, rather that submit to God's standard of right and wrong. Everyone ends
up doing what's right in their own eyes, then defining Christianity any way they want. Individuals
will claim that God speaks to them directly and that they have no need for Scripture (González p.
38).
Someone said once, "Jesus healed two blind men. With one He used mud, and with the other He
didn't use mud. Thank God it didn't happen in our day because we'd have two denominations, the
muddites and the anti–muddites." The good news is that unity does not have to mean uni–formity,
especially when uniformity is forced for the sake of unity. What ultimately defines a Christian is not
what denomination one belongs to, but rather if they have a relationship with Jesus Christ. We can
find unity in this. If we bicker over our doctrinal pet peeves, we most cer–tainly will be fragmented.
What is Christianity exactly? Having an objective standard that is upheld by those in authority can
help define Christianity. Certain beliefs make one a Christian. Beyond that, differences in doctrinal
details can be respected, and different denominations can be allowed to worship as suits their
conscious. After all, the whole point of the New

Christianity And The Scripture Analysis
While reading the text and the scripture this week I was enlightened as to how much Christianity
and the church has changed from the it's beginning. "At best all our versions of Christianity are
inadequate; but we would be saved much inadequacy if we did not test them by our own prejudice
and presuppositions or by agreement with this or that theologian but set them in light of the New
Testament and above all the light of the cross." What a thought provoking statement! Digging into
the text and the scripture this week many things have been brought to my attention; the first and
foremost is that Christianity has become a watered down version of what it was meant to be. The
church has allowed the world to take the scripture out of context and twist it into something that
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Many Christians and unfortunately many churches have become complacent when it comes to sin.
Barclay states "An easy going attitude to sin is always dangerous. It has been said that our one
security against sin lies in our being shocked at it." If this is the case why are we not shocked by
what goes on in our churches? Why are we not following the biblical steps that were laid out in
scripture? The early church showed, for lack of a better term, "tuff love" as referenced by the
practice of excommunication to bring someone back to

Hebrew Bible Scriptures
Hebrew Bible Scriptures is proven to be significant and is interpreted in as many ways as there are
numbers. However, according to Gene M. Tucker, Hebrew Scriptures has endorsed a suspicion of
nature. Yet, in my opinion, Genesis 1:28 summarizes the main argument upon this reading
assignment and involves the natural environment of the world according to Hebrew Scripture.
Moreover in addition, Lynn White initiated a modern debate in terms of a 1967 article he wrote "The
Historical Roots of our Ecological Crises." Discussions arose concerning the Biblical perspective on
the world amongst biblical scholars and theologians, claiming that rape of the earth had been
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The debate over the roots of the ecological crisis focused on whether the bible authorized
environmental despotism or stewardship of the world. Both historical and contemporary rhetoric
shows that it is possible to read "Subdue ...... have dominion" as a license to exploit. In the
assumption that humanity stands over the world. Therefore "have dominion" and "subdue"
particularly when read out of context, can give aid and content to a despotic interpretation in the
human relation to the rest of the world. Nevertheless, Theodore Heibert explores the Yahwist
understanding of the environment and informs us that the major key to the interpretation of Yahwist
is Genesis 2:5b "For the Lord had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was no one to till the
ground." and goes on to argue that the role of human beings is to serve the land, turning it into that
which can support life, and God's role is to provide the rain. These two argue Heibert are "the most
fundamental facts of existence." the absence of which signifies the state of the world before

Scripture In Jonathan Edwards
Introduction Backdrop Many preachers within contemporary Christendom take license when dealing
with Scriptures speaking of judgment and eternal damnation. Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) was
no such preacher, for he unashamedly proclaimed the judgment of God upon unrepentant sinners.
The "fire and brimstone" preaching Edwards demonstrates the sagacity of a true man of God; for he
did not take exception to difficult passages of Scripture simply because they are uncomfortable, or
might offend some of a more than holy opinion of themselves. The first half of the 18th century
found many preachers declaring the punishment of God upon wicked and unrepentant sinners, with
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In the 18th century, the demise of individuals was routine given lack of advancements in medicine
both preventative and as a cure for disease; therefore, people tended to be concerned with where
they might go when death visited them. What many might view as hat rhetoric and scandalous, those
of this period in history tended to appreciate and sought to learn more about. Indeed, what Edwards
did was to "prepare the lost for what was sure to come quickly, if not today, then

Tradition And Scripture Of The Church
Properly understood tradition is no rival to scripture but its necessary complement. Tradition and
scripture have been part of the church from its conception, honouring the memory of Jesus is in
itself a tradition as we try to live in his image. Celebrating and reflecting on this in the church
gatherings is how we define our beliefs and ourselves. There is tradition all through the scriptures
and why they will always complement each other. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church states
"Sacred tradition and Sacred Scripture, then are bound closely together, and communicate with one
another. For both of them, flowing out from the same divine well–spring, come together in some
fashion to form one thing, and move towards the same goal." Each of them makes present and
fruitful in the Church the mystery of Christ, who promised to remain with his own always, to the
close of the age. Being one of the oldest religions Catholicism has been very close to the scriptures
and over time has developed many traditions, and over the centuries has also be the centre of
controversy for those very traditions, as the origin was questioned. Theologians have deliberated the
topic of Tradition and Scripture for centuries. One of the major clashes was the reformation when
Luther challenged the Catholic church on the practices of indulgences and purgatory. He declared in
one of his Theses that ' The true treasure of the church is the most holy Gospel of the glory and
grace of God", although

Scripture Verse
The Scripture verse I chose was Genesis (1–4). I chose this scripture verse because the creation of
this world is important to us and our religion. I chose to do an I with flowers around it because
flowers were created on day 3 of the creation of this world. The joys of doing this project was to
read this scripture verse and to reflect on what this verse means. When I reflected on this verse I
thought about how amazing it is to see the little flowers and trees and streams that I run through on
my trail system in my neighborhood so that's why creation is so amazing and mind blowing to me.
The challenges in this project were reading my handwriting and trying to write neatly that is very
very hard for me because I have a hard time writing

Scripture And Cosmogony
The Sacred Scripture and Cosmogony of Islam and Christianity In every religion around the world,
there are very important scriptures and beliefs on how the universe came into being. Christianity and
Islam are no different than any other religion in those aspects. They have similar thoughts on things
in the sacred scriptures they have, and they also have opposing views. Also, these two religions have
different views on the creation of the universe, both of these topics will be discussed here. It is
important to understand the views on the following topics by these two religions for a number of
reasons. Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world, with approximately 1.9
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Much of the New Testament talks about the life of Jesus, and these books were written by Jesus'
disciples. The original texts that made up the Bible are gone or lost, and have been copied various
times to preserve the teachings. The Bible is broken down in ways like the Qur'an. First, it is broke
into two "Testaments", one is called the Old Testament, which was originally written in Hebrew. The
Old Testament talks about the creation of the world to the laws a person should follow. The second
half is called the New Testament, was written in Greek, and much of this talks about the life and
teachings of Jesus Christ. It also has "letters written by leaders of the early church" (Geoghegan,
14), and also has the end of the time prophecies. In each of the Testaments there are books (think of
the chapters of a novel), here are a total of 66 books in the Bible that we have today, in each book
there are also verses like in the Qur'an. The contemporary expression of the Christian Bible is just as
import as the Qur'an for a Muslim. There are a few slight differences though. Many people go to
church to praise and worship God and a pastor gives a lecture about a subject in the Bible, Muslims
would read a passage from the Qur'an and then explain how it applies to their lives. A Christian
could (and does) do this, but typically it isn't as rigid of a structure. However, there are many
different "branches" of Christianity from Baptist to Catholic, and they each have

The Bible and Understanding Scripture
The Bible and Understanding Scripture
The Bible is God's word to His people. Christians are taught to read and study the Bible daily. A new
person in the body of Christ would understand reading and studying just as one reads a regular book
or study material. Often Christians are not taught how to read and study, instead they internalize
reading and studying as memorization of the Bible because most Christians can remember the word
of God without a complete understanding of scripture. When Christians are taught the history of the
Bible and how the Bible should be interpreted, they will be able to understand the message God is
relaying to them. Understanding the Bible was written as an entire literary book will unfold all the
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A systematic study of the Scripture to discover the original, intended meaning called an exegesis. An
exegesis is to hear the word of God as the people in the Bible heard the word of God to find out
what was the original intent of the words of the Bible. (Stuart, 2003)
Most Christians unknowingly do exegesis by explaining how people lived in the Bible days and why
we do not do those same things today. Although anyone can do an exegesis it is recommended to
seek the help of an expert when attempting to do a reputable exegesis if needed. Anytime Scripture
is read an exegesis is the first step in interpretation. There many tools to help develop a good
exegesis, but the main elements are to read Scripture carefully and ask the right questions. (Stuart,
2003) The two basic questions one should ask while reading Scripture are: those that relate to
context and content. A good translation, a Bible dictionary, and good commentaries are great tools
for one to use on a quest to developing a good exegesis. The second task is hermeneutics.
Hermeneutics is basically explaining or interpreting biblical concepts, theories, and principles from
the Bible days into today's society. Hermeneutics is necessary to prevent people from interpreting
their own philosophy of the Bible. A solid exegesis is included in hermeneutics. The exegesis is the
first task to ensure the
The Bible and Understanding Scripture reader stays

The Canonization Of The Scriptures Essay
Determining what exactly influenced the official canonization of the Scriptures that we have today
is debated among many Christian theologians and scholars. It is important to understand how the
books that are found in the Bible today, where Christians receive their foundation of belief, were
selected and what encouraged the church to actually close their canon and make it official. The
church began with a canon, the Jewish Scriptures, but as the Gospels were written and the apostolic
writings were located, published, and recognized, the need for a closed canon became imperative.
The church was beginning to expand quickly, and with the expansion of the church, different and
somewhat false beliefs were soon to follow. Some of these beliefs became stretched to their full
extent and were recognized as heresies. One heretic in particular drew a significant amount of
attention from the church, and we know him as Marcion and his heresies as Marcionism. The
Marcion heresy greatly influenced the official canonization of Scripture by drawing the church of
Rome's attention to the need of a sure and solid closed canon. Marcion's History and Heresy
Marcion of Sinope was born around 100 AD. He was brought up in the apostolic faith and his father
served as a leader in the church, so he came from a very religious background. As Marcion grew up
in the church, the apostle Paul's teaching appealed strongly to him, but somewhere in life, Marcion
detached himself from the traditional

Scripture Passage
This parable in this scripture passage has been one that has troubled me every time I hear it or read
it. It brings up more questions than answers for me and I think I am safe in saying I am not alone.
Why would Jesus tell his followers that you have to bother and pester God to get your prayers
answered? Why would God be worried what would happen to him if he does not answer my prayer?
Why would the Catholic Church make it seem ethical and morally acceptable to think that I can tell
God what is best for me? Finally, the toughest question for me, why would God use a dishonest
judge to represent God?
The way I usually reconciled this was to focus on the phrase "praying always" or as St. Paul says
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I would only listen or show up when it fit in to my schedule. I would make decisions to benefit me
and me alone, when it came to God working in my life. I had decided that I did not need organized
religion to tell me how to live my daily life. By removing my faith from my thoughts and decisions
it was easy to forget and ignore God. I was slow to respond or acknowledge the calling of the Divine
Widow. However, when I judged that God needed to respond to my needs I expected an immediate
answer. If I did not get a response or got an answer I did not like I would not go back to God and ask
again, I just did what I judged was best for me. There were times when I gave in and graced God
with my yes just like the judge out of concern that God will strike me down. It was 16 years before I
came back to church, my faith and God when I walked through the doors here at Sts. Peter and Paul
with my then girlfriend who is now my wife, Gloria. I must be honest though my intentions were not
pure, the only reason I came back was to see if this church would be a good spot to get married.
However, once the door closed behind me and I sat down in this quiet and Sacred Space, I felt I was
home. It was a feeling I had not experienced since I was a kid, when I would be at church with my
family. God calls us through others back to him, in my case it was through my

Inerrancy Of Scripture
There will be a point within any christens life where they will be asked to defend why they believe
in the Bible and the Word of God. Peter even states that we should "always be ready to make a
defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you..." In this particular
case the jogger is questioning if the Bible is authoritative. I would explain to the jogger that the
bible is authoritative because of the divine inspiration and the inerrancy of the scriptures. These
simple truths are the basic presuppositions of the Christian faith. The first presupposition, Christians
must believe is that the bible is an inspired text from God to men. 2 Timothy 3:16 states that "All
scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching,..." Therefore, as Christians we accept the
truth that the scripture is inspired by God supernaturally. Even though, men created the bible we
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As Christians we accept the truth that the scripture is without error and is accurate and truthful
through the scripture. There are four basic arguments as to why the scripture is without error. The
first argument is the biblical argument. This argument is where scripture reinforces the inerrancy of
scripture. An example of this is how in the beginning God gave the criteria for Israel to determine if
a scripture came from Him or is from a false prophet or prophecy in Deuteronomy 13:1–5: 18:20–
22. The lord tells his people that if a prophet gives a prophecy to unknown god or gods they are not
to be followed. The second argument is the historical argument. The basic premise of the historical
argument is that this is what the church has accepted a believed since the beginning of the church.
Therefore, since the church has held the belief that the Bible is without error since the beginning of
the church. There is more credibility that the bible is without

Canon Scripture And Canon Of Scripture
Canon of Scripture When we talk about Scripture, we have to discuss the source of our revelation. In
fact, without an understanding and personal standpoint/beliefs on the canon of Scripture, one is not
able to build a solid foundation in other matters regarding Scripture, including the authority of
Scripture, the inerrancy, the clarity, the necessity, and the sufficiency. Often the canon of Scripture is
a prevalent topic in the Christian faith among believers as there is a debate which books of the Holy
Bible are considered to be part of the canon. However, although there are other books that have been
added (including the Deutro–Chronical Books in the Roman Catholic church), there are in fact only
66 books in the canon of Scripture. There are 39 Old Testament books and 27 New Testament books
that are included in the canon of Scripture. While some churches (including the Roman Catholic
Church) believe that the church should determine what books are in the New Testament canon, God
is responsible for the canon of Scripture. The Old Testament canon includes the Pentateuch Books
(Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy), the Historical Books (Joshua, Judges,
Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and
Ester), the Poetical Books (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon), and the
Prophetical Books ( Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah,
Jonah, Micah, Nahum,

Borg's Scripture Analysis
By: Charmaine Warford
Winter 2015
A Reflection on Borg who writes "the Bible is not to be interpreted literally, factually, and
absolutely"
Borg proposes a new form of Christianity 1. that he calls the "emerging paradigm". According to
Borg the Bible is a human product and should be interpreted metaphorically and understood
sacramentally. However, Paul said that all Scripture is "inspired by God" (2 Tim 3:16). 2. The Greek
word for "inspired" literally means "God–breathed". Peter called Paul's writings "Scripture" (2 Pet.
3:15–16) and said that holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. 3. Borg uses
what he calls "historical–metaphorical interpretation", which emphasizes metaphorical rather than
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Borg insists that faith is not very much about believing facts at all, but about "beloving God and all
that God beloves" Borg says that faith is not a condition of salvation, but is rather "about seeing
what is already true–that God loves us already."
Saving faith involves the truth of certain facts, such as the deity of Jesus, and He died for our sins,
and He Jesus physically rose from the dead. It is not faith itself that saves us, it is Jesus who saves
us. 7. Paul teaches in 1 Cor. 15, faith that is not founded on facts is useless. 8.
Borg is adamantly against the idea that Jesus is the only way to God. Borg believes that we have
misunderstood passages such as John 14:6, in which Jesus says, "I am the way, and the truth, and the
life; no one comes to the Father but through me." According to Borg, "the way" embodied in Jesus is
the path of death and resurrection", which, he says, is an idea common to all religions. In context,
however, John 14:6 is not discussing some abstract philosophy of "the way" as the path of
metaphorical death and resurrection. The passage asserts, rather, that Jesus Himself is the way. The
text says that no one comes to the Father "but through me".

Scripture On Conflict
Conflict. It surrounds and permeates every part of humanity. Everyone deals with it. Nations,
schools, churches, families, and individuals all must handle conflict from time to time. So, with all
this conflict, how are we supposed to know the correct way to handle it all? Scripture is full of
various kinds of conflict. Within the Bible, examples of how to and how not to manage every kind
of conflict lines the pages. Scripture provides the ultimate basis for God's plan to resolve conflict.
An Example of Cessation of Proximity In Acts 15:36–41, an interesting conflict sparks between two
of the greatest missionaries in the New Testament. Paul and Barnabas had traveled together on
Paul's first recorded missionary journey. If the results written in Acts 13:4–12 are any indication, the
two men appear to have made quite the team. What could have caused a conflict so great that the
only way to resolve it would be separation? Also going along on Paul's first missionary was
Barnabas' cousin John Mark. However, when Paul, Barnabas, and John Mark reached the city of
Perga in Asia Minor he left the group and returned to Jerusalem. Scripture does not cite any reason
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Fortunately, a wise town clerk had the courage to address the massive throng. Following a lengthy
speech, the town clerk "dismissed the assembly" and the conflict was terminated. Because of the
council of Paul's companions (who insisted that Paul should not address the angry crowd), Paul was
unharmed and the town clerk's speech reminded the people that conflicts ought to be handled
through legal channels rather than riots. The Bible records no damage or injuries from this conflict.
Basically, a terrible situation that could have gone south in a hurry ended with no evidence that it
had ever occurred – all because of a town clerk's wise

Interpreting Scripture
Billings expresses "I want to introduce readers to the practice of interpreting Scripture in the context
of the triune activity of God, the God who uses Scripture to reshape the church into Christ's image
by the Spirit's power" (xiii). His humble demeanor shows that he isn't writing this book to gain a
profit but to open the minds and the hearts of the everyday believer. Billings wants to show that the
word isn't just a flat tune, but a musical instrument that flows with the harmony of the spirit. As the
music flows so does the change in our behavior, our attitude in everyday life and it all starts within
the scripture. The author discusses the need for a rule of faith as Christians approach Scripture. It is
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Some mainly focus on their own theory and there own beliefs towards what they can get out of it for
themselves. We look at Taiwan for example; the number one selling book a few years back was Joel
Osteen's 'Prosperity Gospel' book. They used that book and his beliefs as a way to get rich with God
mindset. Sadly some of those in that country has used Jesus as a checklist for their other gods so
they are good to go. I'm not saying Joel Osteen is a bad preacher but we can see that his intentions
can be questionable to say the

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