Although I am a pastoral ministries student, I found taking a Worship Leadership class to be essential, in spite of where my personal musical talents may lie. What I particularly found most useful was learning about the pastoral (shepherding) heart of a worship leader/pastor. Related to this, I also found the worship leader/church pastor relationship to …
Month: August 2014
Why Do the Gospels Not Mention More About the Childhood of Jesus?
Ever wonder why there’s not anything mentioned about Jesus’ youth? Here’s a look from thinkapologetics.com
This past week, I was engaging some Muslims in the downtown area where I live. They were part of a new evangelistic group called Ask a Muslim. During our discussions, we started to discuss the differences between Mohammed and Jesus. One of the Muslims asked me “How do you know what Jesus did in his early years? Perhaps he did sin on several occasions and the Gospel authors left that out?”
I have often heard the objection that the Gospels should have mentioned more about the childhood of Jesus. In other words, why can’t we know more about the early years of the life of Jesus? Several years ago, I was reading about this issue in Ben Witherington’s work. In relation to the objection, he says the following:
“Finally, in regard to Mark’s somewhat rough Greek or John’s somewhat simplistic style, it must be borne in mind that…
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