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Reflection Paper on the Book of Philipians Name : Naomi Fortuna What are the key verses? Why? Key verse 1 “Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel.” Phil 1:12 Paul's Situation How we still can rejoice in difficult situation? There are many reasons for Paul and the Philippians have a difficult time to rejoice because of the situation they faced internal and external circumstances. He saw the positive impact of his circumstance in the prison. His affairs of imprisontment gave progress for the gospel of Christ. At least two implication of his imprisontment to the advance of the gospel. First, the whole palace guard and everyone else clearly know that he is in chains for Christ. Second, most of brothers and sisters became confident in the Lord and dare to preach the gospel boldly. He accepted and are not to be ashamed of his suffering in chains. He sees from a different perspective about hi...

34 The end of the life of Moses Preparation for future : Keep the Covenant The death of Moses; Moses as a great prophet of Israel 33 The blessing of Moses to the children of Israel 32 Moses' song; God tells about Moses death 31 Leadership regeneration to Joshua; Command to read the law every seven years; warning of Israel's rebellion 30 Altar of stone of renewal covenant with the LORD Returning to God; Appeal for obedience; The choice of life and good-death and evil 29 Renewal of the Covenant 28 The blessing and curse; obedience & disabedience 27 Obligation to build an altar of stones & burn offerings on Mount Ebal 26 Moses Set the Law Before the Israel Present:Setting again the old laws and the regulations Offerings of first fruits and tithes; remembrance of the Covenant 25 Concerning dispute and fighting; levitical marriage; perf...

The Unique “Logos” in The Gospel of John Name : Naomi Fortuna I. Introduction Some of the questions raised when we read the first chapter of the Gospel of John are “Why the writer used the word Logos, which is from Greek Philosophy, to address Christ?” , “What is the meaning of Logos in the context of the readers and the writer of this Gospel?” . There is a unique concept of Logos which made this term used by the author as the opening idea of the Gospel. Through this writing, I want to explore the uniqueness of the meaning of Logos (in the context of the readers and the writer) as the contact point of proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the Son of God . The purpose of the author writing this Gospel recorded in John 20:31 “.. but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” . The purpose of the Gospel is make people know Christ, the Son of God, and believe in Him. The aim ...

Journal Reflection On Hebrews 1:1-4 "Long ago,   at many times   and in many ways,   God spoke to our fathers   by the prophets,   but   in these last days   he has spoken to us   by his Son,  whom he appointed the heir of all things,   through whom also  he created the world.  He is the radiance of the glory of God  and the exact imprint of his nature,  and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins,  he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,  having become as much superior to angels  as the name he has inherited  is more excellent than theirs."  (Heb 1:1-4) God has spoken to us.. One of the difficult questions to answer in Christian life are “How we could know God? How we could know His voice? How we could understand His will?” Most of Christian will say that we know God through His word in the scripture. Then we will find that t...

Reflection on Liberation Theology.  Name : Naomi Fortuna Salvation is the central theme of the Christian History. It is a cure for our sin and embraces all men and the whole man through liberating act of Christ which changes human history and destiny. God in the bible is God who reveals Himself through historical events. He is a God who saves His people. God send His son in the flesh to liberate all men from all slavery of sin to become His own people. Christian life is a passover, a transition from sin to grace, a changing life, a liberation from the old life to a new life in Christ. God's plan of salvation in human life is before the creation of the world. God's plan of salvation is interlink with the creation account and the history of human life. God the Creator is God of Redeemer. The bible is the story of God who save the fallen world. God who liberates His people from the bondage of the death of sin, bring them into a new life as His people who live under His...

Celoteh di hari Sabtu. Kembali lagi berceloteh di hari ini.. kali ini memikirkan tentang "self centered life". Ya, setelah aku pikir-pikir setelah sekian lama libur di kampung halaman, akhirnya aku berpikir bahwa salah satu masalah manusia adalah "self centered". Pemuasan diri yang tidak akan pernah habisnya. Keegoisan, kepentingan diri yang pada akhirnya mengorbankan kepentingan orang lain demi mendapatkan kepentingan diri. Demi memproteksi kepentingan diri, kepentingan orang lain dikorbankan. Salah satu contoh yang aku angkat adalah tentang eksploitasi alam oleh manusia-manusia rakus. Demi mendapatkan uang, manusia mengekploitasi alam secara gila-gilaan. Emas, minyak, batubara, hutan, dst, dieksploitasi sedemikian rupa. Di dekat kampung halamanku, penduduk mendulang emas dengan melepaskan Mercuri ke sungai-sungainya. Untuk membuka perkebunan sawit, hutan dibabat habis diganti dengan pohon-pohon kelapa sawit yang tidak bisa dihuni oleh binatang penghuni hutan s...

Christian Tradition about Creation Care Biblical Foundation for Creation Care Human role toward creation: Subdue and Rule; Serve and Keep Genesis 1-2 God gives commandment in Gen 1:26-28 for man to “ subdue the earth and rule over the rest of creation”. God made man and woman in His image with all the skill, intellectual, emotional capacity and capability. The meaning of subdue in Genesis 1:26-28 does not imply to “abuse” or “violence”. And the meaning of rule over in the verse is a responsibility of human beings entrusted by God to exercising authority and dominion over the rest of creation. Men and women exercise the authority with wisdom, power, goodness, grace, compassion, faithfulness, provision, protection, justice and and love 1 . Another mandate that God gave to human is in Gen 2:15 “to serve it and to take care of the creation”. The word “to serve” means doing hard work in order to serve so that it would persist and flourish. The words “to take care of it...