LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMNARY BOOK CRITIQUE John MacArthur - Pastoral Ministry: How to Shepherd Biblically Submitted to Dr. David W. Hirschman‚ in partial fulfillment Of the requirements for the completion of the course‚ LEAD 635 Pastoral Ministry By Paris Marshall-Cole October 4‚ 2013 SUMMARY John MacArthur and a team of authors from the staff of the Masters College and Seminary combine their pastoral expertise and resources to publish the book‚ Pastoral Ministry:
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A Christian Perspective on Nudity in Art By: Matthew Clark - Article Source from: The Association of Classical & Christian Schools John is a Christian who enjoys the arts and finds them edifying. He is particularly fond of the art of painting. Desiring to expand his art history knowledge‚ he visits the best‚ closest art museum he can find. Going from gallery to gallery‚ John begins to become discouraged and more than a little embarrassed because of all the nudity shown in the paintings. He finds
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Although there are several different functions and areas that make up Christianity and the Church‚ they can all be narrowed down to five basic ones: Worship‚ Proclamation‚ Fellowship‚ Edification‚ and Ministry. One of the most influential and impacting functions of the church rests upon the area of worship. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ worship is defined as “a form of religious practice with its creed and ritual.” However‚ their definition does not begin to touch on what worship
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thirty-four years. The Reformation was born. During his theological studies‚ Luther is above all passionate about the epistles of St. Paul and the theme of divine salvation. But he also inherited the Augustinian pessimism‚ it increases to an almost Gnosticism. While in Catholic theology‚ it is above all the nature of the relationship between man and God that has been altered‚ corrupted by Adam did misuse his free will in Lutheran theology‚ c is human nature itself that is irredeemably corrupt. For Luther
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The traditional account of Tertullian’s life is based upon Jerome’s Lives of Illustrious Men and Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History. According to this tradition‚ Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullian (c. 155-c.225) was a native of Carthage where his father served as a centurion of the proconsular cohort (centurion proconsularis). Educated in literature‚ rhetoric‚ and jurisprudence‚ Tertullian went to Rome where he practiced law. Some historians equate him with a jurist‚ Tertullianus‚ whose opinions
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Zeitschrift fur die neutestametiche pg. 52 10. I.bid 11. I. Bid Simon the Father of Gnosticism is a title bestowed upon him by many Scholars. 12“The language of heresy was developed in order to exclude troublesome philosophies like Simons. “There is a passage that warrants further study‚ it relates to how Simon was able to continue to minister
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” (Metzger‚ 1987:127). The early church was dealing with many challenges internally and externally. There were movements that were within the church that questioned the orthodoxy and the New Testament canon. One of the movements included the Gnosticism‚ with its claim to esoteric knowledge that supplements and basically alters the outlook of the writers of the New Testament: the attempt by Marcion to sever the connection with Judaism by discarding the Old Testament and reducing the authoritative
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Saint Augustine of Hippo delved into a life of deep‚ philosophical thinking‚ challenging the very way of life to it’s minute existence. He struggled with his inner being after leaving home to pursue intellectualism. He broadened his views after converting from Christianity to Manichaeism‚ devoting his thought to Neoplatonism. He eventually returned to Catholicism in A.D. 387‚ when he began to re-establish his Christian doctrine. As the Western Roman Empire came to a decline‚ St. Augustine developed
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What we know today as the New Testament was compiled over a period of many decades. It was first referenced as the “New Testament” by Clement of Alexandria. It is believed that the books that comprise what we know as the New Testament canon were in existence no later than the end of the first century. The included books varied by different sources until the fourth century when the Bishop of Alexandria‚ Athanasios‚ included them in a letter to his flock in AD 367. His list was approved by councils
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adopting the monastic lifestyle. Monasticism developed due to the prevalent acetic culture that was already present in the Roman Empire. This came about from the Christian community being impacted by Hellenistic beliefs and practices. Specifically‚ Gnosticism and Greek philosophy contributed to the cultural emphasis of acetic living. Another influence was Christianity becoming legalized after Emperor Constantine’s “conversion” to the faith. It served as a catalyst for Monasticism’s rapid growth.
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