Love is better than sacrifice
Jesus heals a man with leprosy, a paralysed man, calls Levi (Matthew), and explains why his disciples don’t fast: Mark …
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Surviving an angry mob
Jesus reads from Isaiah and angers everyone, then he heals people and casts out demons: Mark 1:14–15; Matthew 4:12–17; Luke …
Judgement is based on this fact
Jesus talks to Nicodemus and the Samaritan women at the well; John the Baptist says Jesus is greater: John 3:1–4:45; …
Jesus quotes Deuteronomy to resist Satan
Jesus repels Satan’s efforts to tempt him, gathers his first disciples, turns water into wine at Cana, and overturns the tables …
John calls the Pharisees a brood of vipers
John the Baptist baptises people and Jesus grows up—he gets a visit from the magi, flees to Egypt, returns to Nazareth (all as …
Simeon’s and Anna’s long wait rewarded
John and Jesus ‘meet’ and then are born; Simeon and Anna see the promised messiah: Luke 1:39–80; Matthew 1:18–25; Luke …
Jesus’ ancestry
It’s impossible to miss the differences in Jesus’ ancestry as listed in Matthew and Luke: Matthew has three sets of 14 …
Law through Moses and grace through Jesus
Prophecies of the birth of Jesus and John the Baptist; two genealogies for Jesus: Mark 1:1; Luke 1:1–4; John 1:1–18; …
Shut the gates and keep the Sabbath
Foreigners are cast out of the assembly. Nehemiah returns to Babylon, only to hear that the tithing and offerings system …
The time of Malachi
Malachi calls on the people to return to God, and for the priests to serve Him according to the Law: …
The joy of tithes and offerings
Volunteers move to occupy Jerusalem, the finished walls are dedicated and the tithe and offering system is re-established: Nehemiah 11–12; …
Celebrating the rediscovered Law
Ezra reads the Law; the people celebrate the Feast of Shelters, confess their sins, and promise to start observing the …
The wall is finished
Nehemiah defends the oppressed and finishes the wall of Jerusalem: Nehemiah 5–8:1 Despite the opposition, threats and intimidation, the returning …
To rebuild a wall with weapons
Nehemiah goes to Jerusalem and finds the city wall in a bad way. His rebuilding program meets with some opposition …
Shivering with cold and guilt
Ezra goes to Jerusalem with the support of king Atarxerxes, then he needs to reform local marriage practices with the …
Switching sides
Esther asks for mercy for her people, exposing Haman in the process. Haman dies on the gallows he’s prepared for …
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