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Questions: Researched response paper to three of the four following essay questions. In the paper, you must integrate information gained from all previous assignments. Utilize and reference at least six biblical references, At least four academic references to support your response (you may use your textbook as one of your resources and the Bible as another). Please use the CCU library website to assist you in finding more academic resources. This is an open note, open textbook, and open Bible final.

1. Drawing on the entire New Testament, list five names and titles used to identify Jesus. Discuss the meaning of each name or title, the person(s) using it, and the place in the New Testament where you found the usage. Discuss how the title helped explain some aspect of Jesus' character or role and why that would be attractive to the writer's audience. After this, choose two names or titles that you find most helpful or impactful to you. Explain why you chose these names or titles and their personal significance.
2. Having studied and read about the expansion of the early Christian church and movement, discuss the factors (personal, religious, political, etc.) which contributed to its spread. List and explain the essential factors that you have discovered throughout this study. Explain why you chose the people, events, or cultural issues that helped Christianity spread through the Roman world.
3. Explain why the Johannine literature is important to a student of the New Testament.
4. Discuss the New Testament assertion of Jesus as "God the Son." What are the implications? How did Jesus and His followers communicate this unique relationship between "God the Father" and "God the Son"? Explore, specifically, both the incarnation and the attributes of God in Christ. Draw specific textual support from John 1, Philippians 2, Colossians 1, and other New Testament reading, and from all previous assignments.