Elwell notes therefore that "the gospel is the joyous proclamation of God's redemptive activity in Christ Jesus on behalf of man enslaved by sin... Barclay notes that (1) originally, it meant "the reward given to a messenger for bringing good tidings." ... Interestingly, Thayer notes that from the Hebrew it often meant the fee given to a teacher.# It is a word that was primarily secular yet began to carry some religious meaning by the first century AD. ...

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Introduction This paper will discuss the principles of understanding and interpreting the concept of Christian "hope." Hope is the triumph of the love of God over all hate, of the justice of God over all injustice, of God's freedom over all bondage of community with God, over all separation of life. But Christian hope is not limited to the fulfillment of individual love only but to communal fulfillment too. As individuals we know that our lives are intimately entangled with those of friends and neighbors near and far. When by grace we rise above our egocentricity, we realize that there c...

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Nevertheless, one must note that this most precious message has been built upon a foundation. ... " It would probably be worthy to note that Culver's rejection of 1 John 3:4 as a definition of sin probably stems from his own presupposition of what sin actually is. ... " Peckham, correctly, notes that this doctrine of man lays the foundation of Luther's soteriology. ...

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