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Leaders of House Churches in the New Testament
The early church did not have an official place to meet. Instead they met in the homes of local believers. Check out this chart of different house church leaders. The Greek word for "church" (ekklesia) means "assembly" or "gathering." The first churches met in the homes of Christians to pray, sing hymns, read the scriptures, and share "love meals" together.…
READ MOREPeople of Faith Mentioned in Hebrews 11
Hebrews 11 is often mentioned as the "Faith Hall of Fame," because it contains a list of the faithful throughout the Old Testament. Check out this list of these giants of faith and see where they appear in Scripture. PERSON DESCRIPTION ACT OF FAITH SCRIPTURE PASSAGES Abel Adam and Eve’s second son, younger brother of Cain. Cain killed Abel when…
READ MOREWhat Is Easter
Dig beyond giant bunnies, egg hunts and pastel-colored candy to find what Easter is really about. Christians around the world consider Easter to be a time of joy and celebration. Little girls and boys receive chocolate eggs and bunnies, while adults pick out their Sunday best - but what is the true meaning of Easter?Easter is the celebration of Jesus…
READ MOREWhat Was the First Easter Like?
Christians have celebrated Easter for thousands of years. Learn more about the first Easter. The first Easter was a very exciting day. The apostle Paul tells us what happened in 1 Corinthians 15:3-8:"I told you the most important part of the message exactly as it was told to me. That part is:Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say.He…
READ MORERupturing the Empire: Reading Women in Mark’s Gospel as Postcolonial Subjects
How should we understand the role of women in Mark’s Gospel? Check out one view on this subject.by Seong Hee Kim, PhD.Postcolonial feminist biblical interpretation is a new brand of hermeneutics that brings into feminist biblical studies the postcolonial theory of thinkers like Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak.The term "postcolonial" implies that the phenomena of colonization persist in…
READ MOREPharisees
They weren’t priests, but they weren’t commoners. So who were the Pharisees and what was their role in Jewish life? Find out here. By Jesus' day, it was common for Jewish people to meet in private homes for worship and to study the Scriptures. This practice had begun in the later second century B.C. and continued in the first century A.D. One group…
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