High standards
Paul’s letter to Titus: Titus 1–3 Being an elder of the church was a serious business. The standards were set …
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Widows and families
Paul’s first letter to Timothy (Part 2): 1 Timothy 4–6 Paul saw the church as an extended family, and he …
Men, women, raising hands, teaching and childbearing
Paul’s first letter to Timothy (Part 1): 1 Timothy 1–3 Paul gave Timothy some specific instructions about how men and women …
God is the only judge
James’ letter to Jewish believers everywhere (Part 2): James 4–5 James warned against judging others, casting it as judging God’s …
Faith without works is dead
James’ letter to Jewish believers everywhere (Part 1): James 1–3 James gave the challenge. It wasn’t enough to just believe: …
Christ the humble servant
Paul’s letter to the believers in Philippi: Philippians 1–4 Paul instructed believers to have the same attitude of humble servanthood that Christ …
The slave is ‘one of your own’
Paul’s letter to the believers in Colossae: Colossians 1–4 Along with Paul’s letter to Philemon, Paul sent a letter to …
Your slave is your brother
Paul’s letter to Philemon In a society where slavery was normal, an escaped slave who had stolen money (probably to …
Keep the unity of the Spirit
Paul’s letter to the Ephesians (Part 2): Ephesians 4–6 We don’t know when Paul wrote his letter to the Ephesians. …
It’s a gift: salvation by grace
Paul’s letter to the Ephesians (Part 1): Ephesians 1–3 Paul had a deep understanding of God’s grace, quite possibly as a …
Two years in Rome, and then …
Paul travels to Rome, surviving a shipwreck at Malta on the way. He’s placed under house arrest in Rome for …
Demanding rights leads to Rome
Paul languishes in prison, appearing before the governors Felix, then Festus, and then King Agrippa: Acts 24–26 The Jewish leaders …
Rash vows and hungry conspirators
Paul appeals to the Jews, starting a riot, appeals to his Roman citizenship to avoid a flogging, then the Roman …
Paul: bound by the Spirit to go
Paul goes to Jerusalem and gets arrested when the Jews riot: Acts 20:13–21:36 Paul knew this would be his last …
Jews and Gentiles to live in peace
Paul’s letter to the believers in Rome (Part 5): Romans 15–16 Paul instructed Jewish and Gentile believers to live in …
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