New Testament
epub |eng | 2017-03-13 | Author:Gary M. Burge [Burge, Gary M. and Andrew E. Hill]

Locusts, such as the one pictured in this Egyptian tomb painting, will swarm when environmental conditions are right, leaving devastation in their wake (Joel 1:4). The allusive nature of Joel’s ...
( Category: New Testament February 27,2020 )
epub |eng | 2009-01-27 | Author:Linda Belleville & Jon Laansma & J. Ramsey Michaels

With regard to this seventh point, that to which the potential elder holds fast is “the trustworthy message he was taught.” The phrase “trustworthy message” (ho pistos logos [TG4103/3056, ZG4412/3364]) ...
( Category: New Testament March 8,2019 )
epub |eng | 2009-02-19 | Author:R. Alan Cole [Cole, R. Alan]

c. Who is under the curse? (3:10–14) Paul must now swing around at once to meet a flank attack, real or expected. The Judaizers will have been fuming with impatience ...
( Category: New Testament April 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 2009-06-18 | Author:Michael Green [Green, Michael]

e. The emptiness of the false teachers (2:17–22) 17. After his excursus on Balaam, Peter returns to the attack. The seducers are described in two brilliant metaphors. They are springs ...
( Category: New Testament April 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-07-04 | Author:Colin Kruse [Kruse, Colin]

Theology In 4:7–18 Paul juxtaposes statements about present sufferings in the carrying out of his ministry that contribute to his outward wasting away with the inward renewal that enables him ...
( Category: New Testament April 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 2009-06-08 | Author:N. T. Wright [Wright, N. T.]

ii. Therefore, do not submit to Jewish regulations (2:16–23) a. These things were mere preparations for Christ’s new age (2:16–19). As often with Paul, the most significant word is the ...
( Category: New Testament April 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 2008-05-15 | Author:Leon Morris [Morris, Leon]

4. Paul’s self-control (9:24–27) Athletic contests were common in the Greek world, and the Isthmian Games, second only to the Olympic Games, were held every two years at Corinth. Paul ...
( Category: New Testament April 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 2008-01-15 | Author:Francis Foulkes [Foulkes, Francis]

d. Renewed prayer (3:14–21) 14. Now Paul takes up again the words with which he began in 3:1, For this reason, and this time he utters his prayer. It has ...
( Category: New Testament April 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 2008-08-14 | Author:I. Howard Marshall [Marshall, I. Howard]

f. The return journey to Antioch (14:21–28) Derbe marked the easternmost extremity of the missionary tour, lying as it did on the east border of Galatia. After evangelism there the ...
( Category: New Testament April 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 2008-07-06 | Author:R. Alan Cole [Cole, R. Alan]

iv. The Pharisees demand a sign (8:10–13) This is an account of a mission to Dalmanutha (or Magadan, Matt. 15:39) apparently on the opposite shore of the lake (10). It ...
( Category: New Testament April 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 2008-04-17 | Author:Colin G. Kruse [Kruse, Colin G.]

v. Before Abraham was I am (8:48–59) 48. The evangelist now introduces other opponents. In 8:31–47 Jesus addressed the ‘believers’ who by their response to his teaching showed they did ...
( Category: New Testament April 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 2008-11-09 | Author:Ralph P. Martin [Martin, Ralph P.]

Later discussion has suggested a modification of this arrangement, but at the cost of removing certain phrases from the text in the interest of metrical harmony. Jeremias’ reconstruction emphasizes the ...
( Category: New Testament April 4,2017 )
epub |eng | 2010-01-01 | Author:Warren W. Wiersbe [Wiersbe, Warren W.]

QUESTIONS FOR PERSONAL REFLECTION OR GROUP DISCUSSION 1. How would you compare current society to the Pharaoh who said, “Who is the LORD, that we should obey his voice?” 2. ...
( Category: New Testament February 23,2017 )
epub |eng | 2009-01-02 | Author:Warren W. Wiersbe [Wiersbe, Warren W.]

We receive God’s best in our afflictions (vv. 75–78, 80). Life is difficult, and we must accept from the hand of God both the pleasant experiences and the unpleasant (Job ...
( Category: New Testament February 23,2017 )
epub |eng | 2009-05-31 | Author:Warren W. Wiersbe [Wiersbe, Warren W.]

QUESTIONS FOR PERSONAL REFLECTION OR GROUP DISCUSSION 1. Who were the only two parties who could change the covenant God made with Abraham? Why is this important to know? 2. ...
( Category: New Testament February 23,2017 )