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what does gospel mean

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teaching or revelation of Christ

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define miracles

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miracles are real events that happened. Miracles demonstrate that the power of God was truly manifested in Jesus

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define good news

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the word Gospel means good news

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parables

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Parables invite us to make comparisons between a story from familiar everyday life, to some other less evident reality

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innerancy

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When the scriptures are free from error in knowledge concerning spiritual or religious matters.
This is true because what was written was that which God wanted to communicate with us.

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exegesis

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careful investigation of the original meaning of texts in their historical and literary contexts.

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covenant

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a solemn promise between God and humaity

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synoptic

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From the Greek “sunoptikos” meaning “seeing together” or “having the same view of”

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