Download or read book The Divinity of Jesus Christ Revisited in the Third Millennium written by Leopold Sarr and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biblical Christianity is challenged today by other religions such as Hinduism, Islam, Mormonism, Buddhism, Jehovah s Witness, Scientology, to name a few, including atheists and agnostics, who claim that Jesus was simply a man, a great teacher or guru, or a prophet of God who worked his way to godhood. Are such claims supported by the evidence? Can we trust the Bible to tell us the truth about Jesus? Is Jesus Christ truly God? Can we find evidence of his deity in the Old Testament? Does the New Testament affirm unequivocally that He is God? Are there reliable non-Christian sources that back such claims of deity? This book aims at addressing these fundamental questions while providing solid internal and external evidence of the divinity of Jesus Christ. In this age of plural spirituality, thirst for truth, and in need of an evidence-based dialogue among various religions, the book makes a compelling case for a closer scrutiny of prophecies contained in the Bible.
Download or read book Christianity Revisited written by Arthur Opmeer and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004-12-03 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Third Millennium written by David Walsh and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative meditation on the turn of the millennium explores the significance that a celebration of Christ's birth can have beyond the Christian community. Writing from the perspective of Christian philosophy, David Walsh ponders the emergence of modern civilization from the medieval Christian past, concluding that Christian theology grounds the dominant ideas of modern society. He professes the importance and promise of Christianity while rejecting the Gnosticism, advocated by Harold Bloom and others, that places the divine within the self. Affirming Christ's place at the heart of civilization, Walsh argues that the Christian faith has relevance beyond its own boundaries for all traditions that find their common ground in reason. This contemplative book asserts that the Christian millennial jubilee has meaning for all and that it points the way toward the fullness of life in this world as well as in eternity.
Download or read book The Third Millennium Gospel of Jesus Christ written by John WorldPeace and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Reorganization of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John into the Third Millennium Gospel of Jesus Christ. This Third Millennium Gospel of Jesus Christ is a consolidation of the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John with the addition of a few verses from the unofficial Gospel of Phillip and the Gospel of Thomas with regards to Mary Magdalene. Matthew and Luke both incorporate the Gospel of Mark. I have eliminated the repetitions and when the same verses appear in Matthew, Mark, Luke or John, I have chosen one for my gospel. Matthew and Luke also both copied verses from the Gospel of "Q" (a gospel constructed based on the repetitions in Luke and Matthew) and I have eliminated the repetition with these verses as well. 30% of the unofficial Gospel of Thomas is repeated in the official gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. I have kept the chronological order from the Annunciation of the birth of John the Baptist to the Sermon on the Mount and from Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to the Resurrection. I have grouped the miracles, healings, raising from the death, exorcisms, parables, teachings, and conflicts with the Pharisees together in categories and have not tried to keep them in chronological order. The purpose of this gospel is simple; to make the story of Jesus more readable, more user-friendly. In this gospel, you can read the story of Jesus from beginning to end without starting and stopping with each traditional gospel and without the repetition. I feel the awesome power of the miracles, healings, and teachings, etc. are more inspiring when read together. If I have chosen Luke's rendition of certain verses over Matthew and so if you prefer Matthew's rendition, then substitute in Matthew. My goal is to increase the reading of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Download or read book Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond written by Craig A. Blaising and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1999 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are these the last days? Could Jesus return at any time to establish his thousand-year reign on earth? What is the nature of Christ's millennial kingdom referred to in the book of Revelation? What must happen before Jesus returns, and what part does the church play? Three predominant views held by evangelicals seek to answer these and related questions: premillennial, postmillennial, and amillennial. This book gives each view a forum for presentation, critique, and defense. Besides each contributor's personal perspective, various interpretations of the different positions are discussed in the essays. Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond lets you compare and contrast three important eschatological viewpoints to gain a better understanding of how Christianity's great hope, the return of Jesus, is understood by the church. The Counterpoints series provides a forum for comparison and critique of different views on issues important to Christians. Counterpoints books address two categories: Church Life and Bible and Theology. Complete your library with other books in the Counterpoints series.
Download or read book A Case for the Divinity of Jesus written by Dean L. Overman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether Jesus was really the Son of God or not is a central question for Christians—and one that has provoked heated debate since the time of Jesus' birth. Dean L. Overman examines the earliest Christian records to build a compelling case for the divinityof Jesus. Overman analyzes often-overlooked evidence from liturgies and letters written in the years immediately following Jesus' death—decades earlier than the Gnostic gospels or the New Testament gospels. Addressing questions raised by books such as Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus and Elaine Pagels' The Gnostic Gospels, Overman presents powerful evidence from the earliest Christian communities that will be new for many modern Christians and builds a carefully reasoned case for Jesus truly being the Son of God.
Download or read book The Meaning of the Millennium written by Robert G. Clouse and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 1977-04-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert G. Clouse brings together four scholars to debate various views on the millennium: George Eldon Ladd, Herman A. Hoyt, Loraine Boettner and Anthony A. Hoekema.
Download or read book Christology Revisited written by John Macquarrie and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here Macquarrie challenges extreme views of many kinds, criticizing those theologies that over-emphasize the divine side of Jesus to such a degree that they almost ignore his humanity. In addition, he criticizes those "adoptionist" views, ancient and modern, that threaten to take away the very notion that Jesus is the "God-man" (this paradox is the subject of his first chapter). Finally, he criticizes modern New Testament scholarship, arguing that even if we knew vastly more about the historical Jesus, the mystery of his person would remain.
Download or read book Belief in the Divinity of Jesus Christ written by Henri Didon and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Love S Lure God S Project People written by John Ford and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We were created, designed, in Gods image, but God will always be a mystery to our minds, bound as they are by time and space. By attempting to achieve atonement with God, a state of harmony and oneness, we can realize our true purposesharing in the boundless love with which God has bequeathed us and with which he provided the spark for our evolution to begin. Our evolution continues as we move into the future, and we can no longer afford to let our faith and our thinking be influenced by ancient beliefs. In Loves Lure: Gods Project People: A Third Millennium Vision, author John Ford seeks to bridge the gap between theology and science by examining how Gods Word speaks to us in the present and transforms our modern understanding of truth, spirit, and love. With his intimate knowledge of Scripture, Ford helps us explore the nature of Godhead and Jesuss life and teachings as they contribute to the redefinition of faithtruth lies in what God says to us now, and in following his loving example. Every disaster and mishap should be regarded as an opportunity for the outpouring of love and represents a chance to work tirelessly for positive change. We are all engaged in Gods ongoing venture to create beings in harmony with him, but how we let his work touch our hearts is always up to us.
Download or read book That Messiah from Qumran written by Ed Tenhor and published by Author House. This book was released on 2006-03-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Tenhor's first book, That Rabbi from Nazareth, now has a companion volume, That Messiah from Qumran. Both of the volumes address the related themes of the humanity and divinity of the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith, Tenhor takes a look at how the Church confessed Jesus as divine through enormous struggles in the early centuries of the Church and shows how doctrines developed through complex interpretations by various different parties of thought. Ed introduces Ebyonites, Docetists, Marcionites, Dynamic and Modalistic Monarchians, Sabellianist Patripassionists, Apollinarians, Monothelitists, Monophysites, and many more interpreters from every century, producing a church history volume for a local church study group, or for personal reading. Along with theologians from every century introducing themselves in the first person, Ed introduces quite a number of Christian thinkers from the present day, many of whom are outstanding women leaders of the Church. While looking at two thousand years of interpreting Jesus, Ed asks if it could be that Jesus was who he was and is who he is, and perhaps not necessarily who the Church, or interpreters, say that he is. That Messiah from Qumran is provocative and unconventional. Yet, it is a way of meeting the Jesus of history and of faith. It is a way of catching a glimpse of the reality of God present in that life. Expand your mind, learn some church history, understand something about theology, and grow in your faith. Pick up both volumes for your church library.
Download or read book Tomorrow s Catholic written by Michael Morwood and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tomorrow's Catholic offers a fascinating outline of contemporary cosmology that connects the message of Jesus and the spirituality of Pentecost to the world we live in today. A special focus is on expressing ancient truths in contemporary language.
Download or read book When Jesus Became God written by Richard E. Rubenstein and published by HMH. This book was released on 2013-08-16 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] panoramic view of early Christianity as it developed against the backdrop of the Roman Empire of the fourth century” (Publishers Weekly). The story of Jesus is well known, as is the story of Christian persecutions during the Roman Empire. The history of fervent debate, civil strife, and bloody riots within the Christian community as it was coming into being, however, is a side of ancient history rarely described. Richard E. Rubenstein takes the reader to the streets of the Roman Empire during the fourth century, when a fateful debate over the divinity of Jesus Christ is being fought. Ruled by a Christian emperor, followers of Jesus no longer fear for the survival of their monotheistic faith. But soon, they break into two camps regarding the direction of their worship: Is Jesus the son of God and therefore not the same as God? Or is Jesus precisely God on earth and therefore equal to Him? The vicious debate is led by two charismatic priests. Arius, an Alexandrian priest and poet, preaches that Jesus, though holy, is less than God. Athanasius, a brilliant and violent bishop, sees any diminution of Jesus’s godhead as the work of the devil. Between them stands Alexander, the powerful Bishop of Alexandria, who must find a resolution that will keep the empire united and the Christian faith alive. With thorough historical, religious, and social research, Rubenstein vividly recreates one of the most critical moments in the history of religion. “A splendidly dramatic story . . . Rubenstein has turned one of the great fights of history into an engrossing story.” —Jack Miles, The Boston Globe; author of God: A Biography
Download or read book The Coming of the Millennium written by Darrell J. Fasching and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-01-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the last two millennia Christianity understood its divinely mandated mission to be "to conquer the world for Christ." Too often this proclamation led Christians to imagine that their goal must be the elimination of all non-Christians from the world through conversion or, when that fails, through coercion and violence (e.g., the Inquisition, the Crusades, anti-Semitic persecution, Western colonialism, etc.). At the beginning of the third millennium and an age of global diversity, Darrell J. Fasching argues that it is time for Christians to reject this view of their mission, along with the trail of prejudice and violence it has created, and replace militaristic metaphors of conquest with the biblical message of hospitality to the stranger. When we welcome the stranger, according to biblical teachings, we welcome God (Genesis 18:1-5), the Messiah (Matthew 25:35), or an angel of God (Hebrews 13:2). Fasching takes us on a journey through the stories of the Bible to show that diversity is God's covenant intention for humanity. Consequently, the mission of Christians must not be to convert or eliminate non-Christians but rather to welcome them as strangers, for a world without strangers is a world without God.
Download or read book Janus Revisited written by Rev. Ellen Wallace Douglas and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through her own life experiences, Reverend Douglas presents the unaltered truth of humanity from Creation to the present as provided by Archangel Gabriel from 1987 to 1999. Jesus the Christ also channeled wisdom about the Holy Bible for our enlightenment from 1995 to 1999. May this eternal wisdom bring comfort, solace, and joy to all who accept it and live by it.
Download or read book The Divinity of Christ written by Msgr Emile Bougaud and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter IGeneral features of the physiognomy of Jesus Christ.- His mind. - His heart. - His influenceChapter IICertain special features in the physiognomy of Jesus Christ. - General agreement of all great minds that this physiognomy points to an unique characterChapter IIIThe miracles of Jesus Christ. - How they must be studied, and how their truth and beauty may be verifiedChapter IVThe perfect holiness of Jesus Christ. - The spotless and absolute perfection of His lifeChapter VJesus Christ plainly asserts His Divinity.- He is the Son of GodChapter VIJesus Christ claimed and received the worship and the love of mankindChapter VIIA wonderful counterproof. - Jesus Christ prophesied that He would be persecuted with an unquenchable hatred. - He was thus persecuted, and He is still thus persecutedChapter VIIIThese facts cannot be denied. - They cannot be explained if Jesus Christ be only manChapter IXThe new life, and the transformation of the world, cannot be explained if we reject the Divinity of Jesus Christ. - Jesus Christ regenerated the world by stamping His likeness upon itChapter XHistory is inexplicable and faith impossible, unless we believe in the Divinity of Jesus Christ
Download or read book The Divinity of Christ written by Msgr Emile Bougaud and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imprimatur.Translator's Preface6Prefatory Words8Introduction13Chapter I15General features of the physiognomy of Jesus Christ.- His mind. - His heart. - His influenceChapter II24Certain special features in the physiognomy of Jesus Christ. - General agreement of all great minds that this physiognomy points to an unique characterChapter III35The miracles of Jesus Christ. - How they must be studied, and how their truth and beauty may be verifiedChapter IV43The perfect holiness of Jesus Christ. - The spotless and absolute perfection of His lifeChapter V52Jesus Christ plainly asserts His Divinity.- He is the Son of GodChapter VI62Jesus Christ claimed and received the worship and the love of mankindChapter VII70A wonderful counterproof. - Jesus Christ prophesied that He would be persecuted with an unquenchable hatred. - He was thus persecuted, and He is still thus persecutedChapter VIII76These facts cannot be denied. - They cannot be explained if Jesus Christ be only manChapter IX84The new life, and the transformation of the world, cannot be explained if we reject the Divinity of Jesus Christ. - Jesus Christ regenerated the world by stamping His likeness upon itChapter X89History is inexplicable and faith impossible, unless we believe in the Divinity of Jesus Christ
