But what was the good news or gospel of Jesus, originally? Look how “Matthew” (
5:13-14) understood those Messianists who neglect, forget, or abandon the “gospel.” To him, they were
This video presentation and the following essay dive into that question
Gospel Nextology
For both John the Baptist and Jesus, God was about to inaugurate
theocracy ( = kingdom of God) for Israel. Therefore, the gospels of both John and Jesus concerned Israelite theocracy. Since this was “coming up next,” neither John nor Jesus was “
eschatological” (meaning “last things,” a German category coined by 19th-century theologians).
Ancient agrarian peasants scratched out subsistence survival and viewed time very differently than we post-industrial Western people do. They didn’t speculate on the possible or imagine long-scale, distant future times. Hence, Jesus wasn’t anything like Washington Irving, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Gene Roddenberry, Isaac Asimov, or Frank Herbert.
Author: Gary R Gromacki PhD Category: General Apologetics Created: 01 May 2021
And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty, and your faith is also empty (1 Cor 15:14). For Christians the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the foundation of our faith. Apart from the resurrection, there is no gospel, no good news for a despairing world.
This article was first published in the Spring 2002 Journal of Ministry and Theology, published by Baptist Bible Theological Seminary, Clarks Summit, Pa. It has reproduced here with permission of the author.
One of the strongest arguments for the historicity of the resurrection is the resurrection appearances of Jesus to his disciples and to unbelievers who then became believers.
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Early in 2020, the First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses (FPCU) received a triple whammy. In February, Pastor Cheryl Peeples and her husband, John, accepted a calling to a church in Martinsville, WV because they wanted to be closer to their family. In March, the pandemic caused the church to completely shut down and in-person services could not be held. Finally, longtime music and choir director Alice Ploss retired around Easter.Â
According to church historian Ginny Miller, FPCU was founded on Jan. 10, 1803 by four families who met at the home of David Atwater and were guided by Jedediah Chapman. The first building was built in 1811 in the Updike settlement near the intersection of Podunk and Perry City Roads. FPCU was incorporated on Sept. 4, 1813. In 1817, the church bought a lot on Main Street from Abner Tremain. Hermon Camp joined the church in 1831 and architect Thomas Judd of Geneva was hired to plan the new church (1849). In 1999, the First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses wa
Andrea Ayvazian: Wearing a cross but violating basic Christian values
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, in Washington. AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Published: 12/18/2020 4:00:12 PM
Everything that comes out of the White House today the lies, the false claims of election fraud, the absurd lawsuits makes me retreat and recoil. But I feel a particular sense of dread whenever I am watching the TV news and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany steps up to the podium in the White House briefing room.
Even before Ms. McEnany says her first word, I cannot help but notice the gold cross she wears around her neck, right at her throat, highly visible to the camera. The cross, I believe, is intentionally obvious and is deeply upsetting to me. As if to provide her with some degree of legitimacy, Ms. McEnany wears a cross to make sure viewers know that she is a Christian and to wrap her pronouncem