Author: W. Harrison DanielPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 332
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River Road Church, Baptist
The Baptist visitor
Author: Messenger and Visitor
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Author: John the Baptist in History and Theology
Author: Joel MarcusPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1611179017
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
An analysis that challenges the conventional Christian hierarchy of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth While the Christian tradition has subordinated John the Baptist to Jesus of Nazareth, John himself would likely have disagreed with that ranking. In this eye-opening new book, John the Baptist in History and Theology, Joel Marcus makes a powerful case that John saw himself, not Jesus, as the proclaimer and initiator of the kingdom of God and his own ministry as the center of God's saving action in history. Although the Fourth Gospel has the Baptist saying, "He must increase, but I must decrease," Marcus contends that this and other biblical and extrabiblical evidence reveal a continuing competition between the two men that early Christians sought to muffle. Like Jesus, John was an apocalyptic prophet who looked forward to the imminent end of the world and the establishment of God's rule on earth. Originally a member of the Dead Sea Sect, an apocalyptic community within Judaism, John broke with the group over his growing conviction that he himself was Elijah, the end-time prophet who would inaugurate God's kingdom on earth. Through his ministry of baptism, he ushered all who came to him—Jews and non-Jews alike—into this dawning new age. Jesus began his career as a follower of the Baptist, but, like other successor figures in religious history, he parted ways from his predecessor as he became convinced of his own centrality in God's purposes. Meanwhile John's mass following and apocalyptic message became political threats to Herod Antipas, who had John executed to abort any revolutionary movement. Based on close critical-historical readings of early texts—including the accounts of John in the Gospels and in Josephus's Antiquities—as well as parallels from later religious movements, John the Baptist in History and Theology situates the Baptist within Second Temple Judaism and compares him to other apocalyptic thinkers from ancient and modern times. It concludes with thoughtful reflections on how its revisionist interpretations might be incorporated into the Christian faith.
The Milepost, 1994
Author: Vernon PublicationsPublisher: Vernon Publications
ISBN: 9781878425263
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Invasion America!
Author: Alan WingPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595376614
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The invasion of America was easy. There were no amphibious landings; no paratroopers fell from the sky. They numbered not in the thousands, but tens of thousands. We worked with them, trusted them, loved them. Behind their serene exteriors beat hearts filled with hatred. The death of every American, young and old, was their goal. We made it easy for them. "If you strike their cities, their strength will be exhausted and their spirits will break!" -Sun-tzu, The Art of War Ryker nodded to the members of the press standing before him, "Ladies and gentlemen, over the past forty-eight hours there have been four horrific and evil terrorist attacks conducted against the innocent members of this community and this country. These attacks have resulted in the deaths of one hundred and forty-seven American citizens, and that number will no doubt climb further, though we all hope and pray that it does not. The killers made no distinctions between man, woman or child. They attacked without provocation our homes, a place of worship and those among us who are the most vulnerable," the crime scene photos from the group home still glaringly fresh in his mind. "I believe these targets were specifically chosen for the severe emotional impact they would wreak on us as a nation. The attacks were meant to rattle our state of mind and destroy faith in our way of life. We, as a people, must unite and refuse to allow that to happen."
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