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New Testament Background Commentary
The New Testament is a fascinating collection of documents that illuminate the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. It contains an amazing number of details in its texts that can easily be lost on the modern mind. This means that the full impact can pass by the reader, yet sometimes that snippet of information has major consequences for the meaning of the passage. Commentaries are of some use, they cannot always pause long enough to develop the detail as they explain the main teaching of the passage. Bible dictionaries are helpful, but they are more interested in expressing the meaning of words rather than the significance of situations. Harold Mare has helped the modern reader by combing the best elements of both in his New Testament... |
Read Mark Learn: JohnA Small Group Bible Study
"These [things] are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." John 20:31 Read / Mark / Learn is a small group Bible study series that is designed to equip people to study God's Word for themselves - and in studying it, know God's purpose for their lives. Each book studies whole books of the Bible and so enables people to understand scripture in context. In an era that claims that the Bible can say what you want it to say it is important to re-establish the truth that you just can't - if you explain the scripture with honesty, fairness and in context. Each Study establishes: the context, aim and structure of the passage. links with the Old Testament... |
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The Trials of TheologyBecoming a 'proven worker' in a dangerous business ~ Brian Rosner, Andrew Cameron Students of theology can find themselves strengthened and renewed while they study, but it can also be a time of trial. This reader shows how to navigate such trials as we study for and then engage in Christian ministry. It... read more |
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Read Mark Learn: JohnA Small Group Bible Study "These [things] are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." John 20:31 Read / Mark / Learn is a small group Bible study series that is... read more |
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RootsLet the Old Testament Speak "The title, Old Testament, creates difficulties of its own. If it is "Old" and we are people of the "New", surely we may properly let it fade away into history? Besides, it seems very unlike the New Testament, even contradictory:... read more |
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Read Mark Learn: RomansA Small Group Bible Study "It is impossible to read or to meditate on this letter too much or too well. The more one deals with it, the more precious it becomes and the better it tastes." Martin Luther Read / Mark / Learn is a small group Bible study... read more |
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Bible CharactersPeople from the New Testament Alexander Whyte's well researched compendium of biographies has been of great use to pastors, study group leaders and others for about 100 years. It is the most comprehensive, and most well respected, source of material for... read more |
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GalatiansA Mentor commentary While Dr. McWilliams' exposition of Galatians keeps in mind the various mischaracterizations of Paul's epistle that have become dominant, his purpose is not primarily polemical. The author sees Paul's paramount concern to be... read more |
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Prayer, Praise & ProphecyA Theology of the Psalms In the Garden of Eden, God walked with Adam and Eve face to face - then the fall separated us. The Psalms are God's gift to us to help reestablish contact, understand his mind and how to connect with him. Geoffrey Grogan seeks to... read more |
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Between the TimesMalachi: God's Last Prophet of the Old Testament The message of Malachi is 'You are loved'. We all have skeletons in the cupboard, and God knows every one of them, yet he still says 'I Love you'. Through the prophet Malachi, however, God doesn't just leave it there - he goes on... read more |
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Grief And Pain in the Plan of GodChristian Assurance and the message of Lamentations Most of us will have faced that most delicate situation of meeting a person who is suffering. We tend to go down one of two different avenues. One is to offer well-intentioned advice - often in the form of well-worn cliches that... read more |
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Matthew Volume 1 (1-13)A Mentor Commentary Matthew's Gospel is the first document in the New Testament - a suitable location considering some scholars' opinions (for example, Theodor Zahn and Ernest Renan) that it is the pre-eminent piece of literature in antiquity. What... read more |