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ABBREVIATIONSFOG Feasting on the Gospels printed bookA Year A 1 volume 1FOWO Feasting on the Word online essayB Year B 2 volume 2FOWP Feasting on the Word printed bookDeuterono. Matthew 6:16-18. How to Fast. Topic not many of us have lots of experience of. What fasting is or isn’t. How . to and how NOT . to fast. What does fasting achieve?. What Fasting isn’t. This is NOT what fasting is. Matthew. Mark. Luke. John. Note on Notes:. Look for keywords in each bullet. Write keywords, but make sure your notes make sense. Don’t leave out any important info.. Write quickly, but legibly. What are the Gospels?. Preliminary Summary. What does Gnosticism seek to provide? . What spiritual help does it offer?. www.gnosis.org. Preliminary Summary. Gnosticism is the teaching based on . gnosis. , the . knowledge. of transcendence arrived at by way of interior, intuitive means. . The Story of the Good News Revealed to the World. Why the Gospels Were Written. The speed of the spreading of the Word. The extent of the spreading of the Word. TRUSTWORTHY. Took place while those who had known Jesus were still alive and the information could be traced back to them.. Faith and Reason. The Bible. Definition: The Word of God, revealed in history, used as a historical document of our faith, to instruct, and to inspire.. Inspiration. : God formed and shaped the author to write exactly what he wanted written though the author expressed himself through that which was available to him.. Matthew, Mark, Luke . Introduction. Christianity based on historical facts . Good News – witness of others. Gospel is news – derived from witness of others. Puts a different face upon life. It’s the . In the beginning was the Word. Jesus Christ . Teacher & Lover . Reading Scripture in Light of the Cross . Sole and Universal Key . Our Textbook is the Crucified One. Painted in red the great Page separating the two Testaments! At once all doors open, all conflicts vanish, . The term “canon” has its origin in a family of Semitic words that referred to a reed or a rod. . In ancient times a straight rod might be marked for the purpose of measuring. . The word came to refer to a series of marks used for measurement. . Three Criteria for Interpreting Scripture. Look closely at the content and unity of the whole Scripture. How does the rest of Scripture help me understand what I’m reading?. Helps to avoid “cherry picking”. The . Bible Course. Document # TX001081. © Saint Mary’s Press. The Gospels. The Gospels are the heart of the Scriptures.. The four Gospels are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.. The Gospels bring the Good News of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. . Wayne . Grudem’s. Systematic . Theology: Chapter 4, . and other sources. I do not think half as much of this beech tree as yonder squirrel does. . I see him leap from bough to bough, and I feel sure that he dearly values the old beech tree, because he has his home somewhere inside it in a hollow place, these branches are his shelter, and those beech-nuts are his food. He lives upon the tree. It is his world, his playground, his granary, his home; indeed, it is everything to him, and it is not so to me, for I find my rest and food elsewhere. . In . an article from 2007, a well-known theological writer, Luke Timothy Johnson, coming out in acceptance of same-sex unions, admitted that such a position demands "intellectual honesty.” He also said, for himself, that he has "little patience with efforts to make Scripture say something other than what it says, through appeals to linguistic or cultural subtleties. Cephalic Index. The cephalic index is a measure of the width of the skull in relation to its length. . It is calculated by dividing the width of the skull (measured from the parietal bones) by the length of the skull (measured from the glabella to the occipital protuberance) and multiplying by 100. . Introduction. The Scope of Scripture Interpretation. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness”. .