Posts with the tag “new-testament”
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Discovering 1 Peter
December 8th, 2024
Background InformationPeter wrote this letter from a place called Babylon.We know that Peter wrote this letter because he identifies himself as the author (1 Pet 1:1). This is the same Peter whom Chri... Read More
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Paul's 2nd Letter to Timothy
December 1st, 2024
Background InformationPaul wrote this letter from prison in Rome.The details of Paul’s ministry work and travels following his release from his first imprisonment in Rome, up until his second and fina... Read More
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Paul's 1st Letter to Timothy
November 17th, 2024
Background InformationPaul most likely wrote this letter while he visited churches in Macedonia (northern Greece, incl. Berea, Thessalonica, Philippi, etc.). This trip would have occurred after his fi... Read More
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Paul's Letter to Titus
November 11th, 2024
Background InformationPaul wrote from an undisclosed location. Possibilities include Nicopolis (3:12), Ephesus, and Corinth.Paul’s ministry activities and travel itinerary after his release from his f... Read More
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Paul's Letter to Philippi
November 3rd, 2024
Background InformationThis letter was written from Rome after Paul’s third missionary journey and subsequent imprisonment in Caesarea (Acts 28:30-31).Though Paul wrote four New Testament (NT) letters ... Read More
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Paul's Letter to Philemon
October 13th, 2024
Background InformationThis letter was written by Paul from prison in Rome.As we’ve learned in our previous looks at Ephesians and Colossians (and soon Philippians), Paul wrote these four letters durin... Read More
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Paul's Letter to Colosse
October 6th, 2024
Background InformationThis letter was written from Rome after Paul’s third missionary journey and subsequent imprisonment in Caesarea (Acts 28:30-31).Paul wrote four New Testament (NT) letters during ... Read More
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Paul's Letter to Ephesus
September 29th, 2024
Background InformationThis letter was written from Rome after Paul’s third missionary journey and subsequent imprisonment in Caesarea (Acts 28:30-31).Paul apparently wrote four New Testament (NT) lett... Read More
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Paul's Letter to Rome
September 22nd, 2024
Background InformationThis letter was probably written from Corinth at the later end of Paul’s third missionary journey.Since Corinth marked the furthest west Paul’s travels had taken him thus far and... Read More
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Paul's Second Letter to Corinth
August 18th, 2024
Background InformationPaul (1:1; 10:1) apparently wrote this letter from somewhere in Macedonia, possibly from the city of Philippi. It would have been written not long after 1 Corinthians (2:9; 12:21... Read More
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Paul's First Letter to Corinth
August 4th, 2024
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Paul's Letters to Thessalonica
July 28th, 2024
The Epistle of First ThessaloniansBackground InformationThis letter was probably written by Paul (1:1, 2:18) from Corinth, during his second missionary journey.Paul wrote to the church at Thessalonica... Read More
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Paul's Letters & Travels
June 23rd, 2024
Of the twenty-seven New Testament books, nearly half (thirteen) are letters which were written by the Apostle Paul.The General Structure of His LettersThough this structure occasionally varies in one ... Read More
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The Book of Acts
June 9th, 2024
The Background of the BookThe author was Luke.Two lines of evidence support this.The same person wrote the Gospel of Luke (Lk. 1:1-3, Acts 1:1-2).Evidence indicates that he is present in the “we” pass... Read More
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The Four Gospels
June 2nd, 2024
The Gospel of MatthewBiographic InsightsLevi was his original Hebrew name (Mark 2:1).His Christian name was Matthew (9:9).He was a publican by profession.He collected taxes for Herod’s district in the... Read More
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New Testament Backgrounds
May 19th, 2024
The Intertestamental PeriodApproximately 400 years span the gap between the end of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament. We call this the Intertestamental Period. The following mat... Read More
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The Loveless Church in Ephesus
February 25th, 2024
Revelation 2:1-7Have you ever been surprised? Have you ever been rudely awakened or jolted out of sleep? Has anyone ever jumped out of a corner to scare you or has anything ever happened around you as... Read More
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An Empowering Vision: John's Commission to Write
February 18th, 2024
Revelation 1:9-20We rarely stay close to people from early in life. That’s why we go to high-school reunions, to reconnect with people we haven’t seen for a long time. Though these times of regatherin... Read More
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The Prologue to Revelation
February 11th, 2024
Revelation 1:1-8We call the first eight verses of Revelation a prologue, which serves as a foreword that sets up the rest of the book. This introduction divides into two halves: the first gives the so... Read More
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The Origin and Organization of the Bible
March 21st, 2023
Scripture was provided for us by God through inspiration. (1 Tim 3:16) The words themselves carried a “God-breathed” quality.God provided his inspired words to us through prophets. (2 Pet 1:20-21)OT –... Read More
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