Titus was an early Christian missionary and church leader,a companion and disciple of Paul the Apostle,mentioned in several of the Pauline epistles including the Epistle to Titus. He is believed to be a Gentile converted to Christianity by Paul and,according to tradition,he was consecrated as Bishop of the Island of Crete.
Paul,commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul,was a Christian apostle who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. For his contributions towards the New Testament,he is generally regarded as one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age,and he also founded several Christian communities in Asia Minor and Europe from the mid-40s to the mid-50s AD.
The Last Supper is the final meal that,in the Gospel accounts,Jesus shared with his apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion. The Last Supper is commemorated by Christians especially on Holy Thursday. The Last Supper provides the scriptural basis for the Eucharist,also known as "Holy Communion" or "The Lord's Supper".
Premillennialism,in Christian eschatology,is the belief that Jesus will physically return to the Earth before the Millennium,heralding a literal thousand-year messianic age of peace. Premillennialism is based upon a literal interpretation of Revelation 20:1–6 in the New Testament,which describes Jesus's reign in a period of a thousand years.
The Pauline epistles,also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul,are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle,although the authorship of some is in dispute. Among these epistles are some of the earliest extant Christian documents. They provide an insight into the beliefs and controversies of early Christianity. As part of the canon of the New Testament,they are foundational texts for both Christian theology and ethics.
The Pauline epistles are the thirteen books in the New Testament traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle.
James Douglas Grant Dunn,also known as Jimmy Dunn,was a British New Testament scholar,who was for many years the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the Department of Theology at the University of Durham. He is best known for his work on the New Perspective on Paul,which is also the title of a book he published in 2007.
Craig L. Blomberg is an American New Testament scholar. He is currently the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the New Testament at Denver Seminary in Colorado where he has been since 1986. His area of academic expertise is the New Testament,including subjects relating to parables,miracles,the historical Jesus,Luke-Acts,John,1 Corinthians,James,the historical trustworthiness of Scripture,financial stewardship,gender roles,the Latter Day Saint movement,hermeneutics,New Testament theology,and exegetical methods. Blomberg has written and edited multiple books.
The gospel or good news is a theological concept in several religions. In the historical Roman imperial cult and today in Christianity,the gospel is a message about salvation by a divine figure,a savior,who has brought peace or other benefits to humankind. In Ancient Greek religion,the word designated a type of sacrifice or ritual dedication intended to thank the gods upon receiving good news.
The conditional preservation of the saints,or conditional perseverance of the saints,or commonly conditional security,is the Arminian Christian belief that believers are kept safe by God in their saving relationship with him upon the condition of a persevering faith in Christ. Arminians find the Scriptures describing both the initial act of faith in Christ,"whereby the relationship is effected",and the persevering faith in him "whereby the relationship is sustained." The relationship of "the believer to Christ is never a static relationship existing as the irrevocable consequence of a past decision,act,or experience." Rather,it is a living union "proceeding upon a living faith in a living Savior." This living union is captured in the simple command by Christ,"Remain in me,and I in you".
Richard Bevan Hays is an American New Testament scholar and George Washington Ivey Professor Emeritus of New Testament Duke Divinity School in Durham,North Carolina. He is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church.
Ben Witherington III is an American Wesleyan-Arminian New Testament scholar. Witherington is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary,a Wesleyan-Holiness seminary in Wilmore,Kentucky,and an ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church.
Peter James Leithart is an American author,minister,and theologian,who serves as president of Theopolis Institute for Biblical,Liturgical,&Cultural Studies in Birmingham,Alabama. He previously served as Senior Fellow of Theology and Literature as well as Dean of Graduate Studies at New Saint Andrews College. He was selected by the Association of Reformed Institutions of Higher Education to be one of the organization's 2010–2012 Lecturers. He is the author of commentaries on the Book of Kings,the Book of Samuel,the Books of Chronicles,the Book of Revelation,as well as a Survey of the Old Testament. Other works include books on topics such as Dante's Inferno,Shakespeare,Jane Austen,and a biography of Constantine. He is also the author of a book of children's bedtime stories titled Wise Words based on the Book of Proverbs.
Roger Eugene Olson is an American Baptist theologian and Professor of Christian Theology of Ethics at the Baylor University.
The conversion of Paul the Apostle was,according to the New Testament,an event in the life of Saul/Paul the Apostle that led him to cease persecuting early Christians and to become a follower of Jesus.
Some Christian denominations place the origin of the Eucharist in the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples,at which he is believed to have taken bread and given it to his disciples,telling them to eat of it,because it was his body,and to have taken a cup and given it to his disciples,telling them to drink of it because it was the cup of the covenant in his blood.
Baptism for the dead,vicarious baptism or proxy baptism today commonly refers to the religious practice of baptizing a person on behalf of one who is dead—a living person receiving the rite on behalf of a deceased person.
Christianity in the 1st century covers the formative history of Christianity from the start of the ministry of Jesus to the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles and is thus also known as the Apostolic Age. Early Christianity developed out of the eschatological ministry of Jesus. Subsequent to Jesus' death,his earliest followers formed an apocalyptic messianic Jewish sect during the late Second Temple period of the 1st century. Initially believing that Jesus' resurrection was the start of the end time,their beliefs soon changed in the expected Second Coming of Jesus and the start of God's Kingdom at a later point in time.
Craig S. Keener is an American Protestant theologian,Biblical scholar and professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary.
An Appetite for Wonder:The Making of a Scientist is the first volume of the autobiographical memoir by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. The hardcover version of the book was published in both the United Kingdom and the United States on 12 September 2013,and covers Dawkins's childhood,youth,studies and early career up to the writing of The Selfish Gene. A second volume,Brief Candle in the Dark:My Life in Science,covering the remaining part of his life,was released in September 2015.
