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  SUMMARY                                                                                                                   Reidar Aasgaard, “Paul as a child: Children and childhood in the letters of the Apostle”. Journal of Biblical Literature 126, No.1 (2007):129-159.          In this article Reidar Aasgaard, from University of Oslo , aims to bring out a systematic presentation of Paul’s language concerning children and childhood and to show the nuance and distinctive features of such usage. Paul’s childhood terminology can be classified by distinguishing between concrete and metaphorical, relational and life stage, and according to semantic field. The last one is more important with respect to this article, which can be further classified, according to Peter Muller, into four field namely kinship, social position, formation and belonging.         1. Kinship: This group reflects a concern in antiquity i.e., producing children for succession and transferring property.

John Knox the Scottish Reformer was a mighty man of prayer. He was an instrumental to bring great reform and revival in Scotland.  Here is an example of how he prayed, “O Lord, give me Scotland, or I die !” After a time of stillness, again the cry, “O Lord, give me Scotland, or I die !” Once more deep silence. Then again the cry with more intense pathos, “O Lord, give me Scotland, or I die.” God gave him Scotland. He saved many from wrong faith to real salvation and pure doctrines. Another powerful example for power of prayer is China. It was a communist-atheist country. The churches were closed down and Christians were eradicated from the land. Bible was destroyed. However, believers from the many nations interceded for China, at present the Chinese churches are fastest and rapid growing churches in the world. We limit our prayer often to our personal needs. However, one of the best ways that we can do our ministry to build the Kingdom of God is prayer. Today we will look i

Introduction This article deals with the Pneumatology of Paul and the influence of the understanding of the Spirit in the Old Testament on Pauline pneumatological understanding. In addition, the paper will explore the interrelationship between Pauline Pneumatology and other aspect of his theology specifically with Christology, soteriology and his understanding of the Christian community. A. Pneumatology: Correlations Between Paul and Judaism Scholars observed at least three strands of influence on Paul in developing his pneumatology: Jewish understanding of the Spirit, Hellenistic understanding particularly Stoic influence and early Christian understanding on Holy Spirit. Schweizer gives more weight for the Hellenistic influence on Paul with respect to the development of Pauline Pneumatology. [1] Davies rejects Hellenistic influence on Pauline Pneumatology and acknowledges the Jewish particularly the rabbinic influence. The scope of this paper here is to explore the possible