Category: Scripture

This week we finish our chronological reading of the Bible with 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, and Revelation. The end of the New Testament (and the Bible) is written by the apostle John (son of Zebedee), one of Jesus' twelve disciples. While Luke wrote the most Greek words (37,933) of the new Testament [...]

This week we'll consider the books of Hebrews, 1 Peter and 2 Peter. The two letters to churches from Peter were written shortly before Peter's execution. Both Peter and Paul were executed during the reign of Roman emperor Nero. Both Peter and Paul ran the race that God had set before them, preaching and contributing [...]

We only have three more weeks to complete our one-year journey through the Bible. This week we'll look at Philemon, Philippians, James, 1 Timothy, Titus, and 2 Timothy. These letters (excluding James) will complete the writings of Paul. It is around A.D. 62. Paul is in his late 50's and in prison in Rome. He [...]

Our readings this week were Acts 21-28, Ephesians, and Colossians. In the passages of Acts we read about Paul's completion of his third missionary journey, including three years in Ephesus, then travel north to Troas, across the Aegean Sea to Macedonia, south to Corinth, and then by sea back to Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, Paul is [...]

This week our texts were Romans 9-16, 2 Corinthians, and Acts 20-21. I've titled this blog (and will publish a related travel blog soon) "Telling people about travel plans" because I find an interesting parallel between Paul's letters to the church in Rome, his second letter to the Corinthians, and our own travel plans. In [...]

This week we read 1 Corinthians 4-16, Acts 19-20, and Romans 1-8. I want to focus this week on the church in Corinth and Paul's relationship with it. I'll talk next week about the church in Rome. When Paul was on his second missionary journey, he traveled to Achaia from Macedonia. You'll notice that Corinth [...]