New Testament Essays

There are many important events that took place throughout Jesus’s life which have been presented to us in the New Testament, mainly in The Gospels. All of Jesus’ movements were important but the most important events were the birth of Jesus, John the Baptist baptising Jesus and Jesus being tempted …

Judge Whom? All religions must deal with the idea of life after death. Whether their belief is that there isnit life after death or they simply believe that everyone continues life somewhere. Two of the major religions in the world believe that there is life after death and that you …

If only we had more time to cover all the books in the New Testament! I have said forever that the New Testament class needs to be broken into two semesters; after all, that is the basis for our faith as Christians! Alas, with the number of classes required of …

Similar to the parables and metaphors used by Jesus in His teachings, the scriptures of the New Testament are scholarly in nature. Most of the scriptures have a direct meaning making the book simple to read. The book consists of scriptures written by apostles to churches (Chilton & Good, 2011). …

Dr. Carter’s The Seven Events that Shaped the New Testament, was an excellent and informative book on why the New Testament turned out the way it did. All of the events in the book were important and interesting, but I think that the most interesting events were the first and …

I Corinthians, the seventh book of the New Testament, was written by Paul to get across that Jesus is alive (15:3-18) and that we will be resurrected (15:35-38), among other things. Today there is no dispute that Paul is the author of I Corinthians. “Both external and the internal evidence …

The teachings of the Old and New Testament and the Epictetus’ statement have two main themes. They agree on the fact that the body is just a shell that limits the soul. What matters on the inside of the body is what the bible and Epictetus agree on. What they …

Every passage of Scriptures in the New Testament arises in the field of history, which is the reason to read and interpret the Bible within context, we need to read it within its historical context that accounts for the author and the original readers. When considering the primary and initial …

Introduction: Pax Romana, based on the context of Bruce W. Longecker’s’ The Lost Letters of Pergamum, characterizes the clash between two kinds or facets civilization and codes of morality. Underneath the extensive interlude of relative peace during the centuries-old reign of the Roman Empire was an evolving new face of …

Matthew Matthew is written in the form of a gospel. The book of Matthew proclaims that God is Emmanuel, that Jesus is the Messiah, with all power and authority, and the promise he will be with them forever. Some key issues in Matthew include tracing Jesus’ family line to Abraham, …