The Apostle Paul called Luke a “dear friend, the doctor” (Colossians 4:14). He was one of the four Gospel writers, whom we remember today. But who was he? He was […]
2 Corinthians, Lesson 8: Being Reconciled with God
October 19, 2015 by
Having just said that “we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,” Paul and Timothy now point to God’s solution for that coming Day: “Being reconciled with God” […]
Titus, Lesson 1: Introduction
October 19, 2015 by
Titus is one of, what we call, the “pastoral epistles.” They were letters from the Apostle Paul to pastors Timothy and Titus, who were under his charge. Authorship In […]
2 Corinthians, Lesson 7: The Resurrection Encourages Us, even in Our Suffering
October 19, 2015 by
Paul and Timothy said that what was happening to them, their suffering and being brought closer to death, made them outwardly seem fragile, like jars of clay. People considered such […]
Genesis 28:10-17: Jesus is the Staircase between Heaven and Earth
October 11, 2015 by
Jacob escapes and flees to what looks like an ordinary place, on a night like any other. But on this night, he’s running away from his brother, Esau, who has […]
2 Timothy, Lesson 7: Conclusion of 2 Timothy
October 8, 2015 by
Throughout 2 Timothy, Paul has been urging Timothy to remain faithful as a pastor. Now Paul bring all of what he has previously written to a climax, all introduced by […]
Matthew 22:34-40: All the Law and the Prophets Hang on Jesus
October 5, 2015 by
A generation or two before Jesus was born, two schools of thought had developed within the Pharisees: the School of Hillel and the School of Shammai. Rabbi Hillel grappled to […]
2 Corinthians, Lesson 6: Life Coming in the Throes of Death
October 5, 2015 by
Last week, we finished with Paul and Timothy saying how all Christians (“we all”) experience God’s glory. Right now, that glory comes to us like an image that we see […]
2 Timothy, Lesson 6: Follow and Deliver the Apostles’ Teaching from the Scriptures
October 5, 2015 by
Paul just finishing describing false teachers in Ephesus, comparing them to Jannes and Jambres, Pharaoh’s magicians who opposed Moses. In contrast to those false teachers, Paul now commends Pastor Timothy. […]
Luke 14:1-6: Jesus is Our Sabbath Rest
September 27, 2015 by
With laser-like precision, they honed in on His every word. They did this, not because they wanted to learn from the Lord of lords in the flesh, but to trap […]
