Organizes it in geographical pattern. Luke

 makes up a speech, based on best guess, good chunk of acts are speeches.

Luke writes ACTS, he goes into first person plural every now and then, which means he was there!! 

Paul says that he did not go to Jerusalem to consult with the apostles after his conversion, ACTS says that he did

Paul says that the church leaders in Jerusalem endorsed his law-free mission to the Gentiles and added nothing to it, ACTS says that they assigned Paul the task of promulgating a list of legal requirements for Gentiles to keep. 

AND MORE (only 2 examples)

      He was Jewish who tried to kill Christians, then became a missionary, went on three missionary journeys.  His 3 missionary Journeys: get thrown out of synagogue (trying to convert jews until he got kicked out), going in and talking to people about God, set up a shop (sale maker) and get to know people and talk about Christ. 

Also was known for shouting about God wherever he went. 

1. Jesus died on cross for our sins

2. Reason being able to do so is God let Jesus rise from dead -reason we know true-

•  one of the largest and most prosperous cities of the ancient world. 
• Adriatic sea lay to the west and the Aegean sea to the east.
•  Corinthians established ports on either side and a road between them. Ships could unload at either port and have its cargo and crew transferred by land to another ship just nine miles away.
• City produced a metal compound hosted annual competition called Isthmian Games
• Tolerant of diversity

Church was divided into Paul's Party and Apollos.

Pauls Party: Paul does not side with this party, but condemns all fractions for placing too much attention on mere human beings, which leads to jealousy and quarreling. "you can do whatever you want and God will forgive you"

Apollos Party: Into greek philosophy. Trying to put this philosophy into christianity. 

"The temple of God" Paul thinks congregation should know this is what the church was for. 

Gods Holy spirit dwells in the community as a whole. There is only one spirit, given to all.

Second, "church is the body of christ" and the individual members are like various body parts, everything/everyone different but all needed and important. 

"when one part of the body suffers the whole body is affected"

they pervert the Gospel of christ

prevent Galatians from telling the truth

their real motivation is avoid persecution from jews.

They are hypocrites who don't obey the law themselves

Boast about their success of circumcision

Southern Galatians: written earlier, around 48. Written possibly from Antioch in Syria, to which Paul returned at the conclusion of his first journey.

Northern Galatians: written later, around mid 50's. Possibly written in Ephesus.

Northern:

• would have to have been composed after the council (since paul did not visit the northern part of the province on his first trip to the area.) 
• Scholars believe that the meeting that Paul describes may have been a different event that happened before the council. 
• Conference takes place in Jerusalem
• He writes to churches in northern Galatia.
• Southern:
• Meets with church leaders in Jerusalem
• if written this early than it would have to have been written to southern due to him visiting on his first journey.

"power of god for salvation tp everyone who believes"

• Believes jesus died for our sins.
• God raised jesus from the dead
• Jesus is now at the right hand of God in heaven, where he intercedes for believers
• He will come again
• Those who confess that jesus is lord and place their trust in him will be saved
• after death they will live in a glorious realm that renders and the troubles of this present life insignificant by comparison
• new age of god has already begun

to be in right relationship with god

closely related to forgivness

people are justified or put in a right relationship with god by faith 

hardly talks about what Jesus did and does not use any parables.

Maybe, Paul didn't know much about the historical Jesus and was not interested in the historical person. Paul was more concerned about Jesus' crucifixion and his resurrection. Paul also, didn't mention Jesus told parables, or that he worked miracles, or that he had numerous arguments with the Pharisees over various matters of the law. His main Focus : crucifixion and him rising. 

• Extinction, going to heaven (sheol is where they went when they died)
•  Resurrection (living in heaven with Christ somewhere.)
• Hades (another place you went to after death, underworld)

• Literal Authorship: a church leader writes a letter in his own hand
• Dictation: A church leader dictates a letter almost word for word to an amanuensis.
• Apprentice Authorship: church leader dies and disciples who had been authorized to speak for him continues the letters years or decades after his death
• Forgery: Church leader forges letters under his name, presenting him as a supporter of their own ideas

• Clergy (seperation between pastors and lay people)
• Creed (formulated expressions of what you believed)
•  Canon (list of authorized scripture, what is inspirational, whats worth writing down.) 

• Women accompanied Jesus to Jerusalem, were at the crucifixion, first on scene at easter, and first to be told to go out and tell about rising.
• Large number of woman were deeply involved in christianity 
• Known as weaker sex
• when christianity moved from synagogues to houses women had larger say, because women were in charge at their homes, but not outside of their homes.

  Jews think of Christianity as a cult, they think we were stealing their scripture.

·      Pagons: thought of as atheist. 

·      king and priest, that no one heard of.  High priest, leader, and jesus was better. 

·      Jesus was both human and divine, he had to be human or his walking on earth didn’t make any sense. But he had to be human also because he wouldn’t of actually died. His human part had to be divine.

• Addressed to persons experiencing suffering and persecution
• seeks to motivate faithfulness in a time of crisis
• Heavy use of symbolism, including numbers and colors
• engagement with otherworldly beings angels, demons.
• Radically dualistic outlook: Clear distinction of good and evil 

·      not a gudeline for 2010 or 2011.

Written to people who have no hope

• Peter made these changes: omits Jude's allusion to a story from Assumption of Moses and omits his quotation from 1 Enoch
• Is explicit that the opponents are false teachers, not just false believers
• adds allegation that opponents twist scripture to their own interpretation
• adds emphasis on the danger of backsliding