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God with us God with us ( Mt1:23 ). How do you put into words about God with us? John tasks himself with a great opportunity and responsibility to reveal to us God with us and the outcome of believing in God with us. There is so much to try to grasp, it can be overwhelming when we try to consider the…

I’m coming your way! Paul had every intention of finally making it to Rome ( Rom15:22-33 ). This letter is a precursor to him going there. For us to get a good understanding of the letter we need to do some background work today. So, for the most part today, and hopefully just for today, sit back and…

Background What do you know about Luke before we even get started? When we finish this series of studies I ask you to look back at the notes you took here at the beginning and see how it changes. As good bible students and that is what we need to be in a bible class we need to be detectives and ask questions,…

Theme: We are blessed when we see how God views things. Intro: To me, one of the striking things about reading the OT profits is that the people had no ability to see what God was doing and why he was doing it. We are about to embark on a study about what God said He would do, the options presented to…

Exodus” means “a going out,” or “departure” (taken from the Septuagint and the Greek noun exodos). The book of Exodus provides the historical account of God’s deliverance of His people from Egypt’s cruel slavery. The narrative captivates and challenges us. In the period of Exodus, however, Egypt was…

Introduction A continued history with the Corinthian church that Paul loved (1Cor1:1-3; 2Cor1:1-2). To understand the place we need to take a minute and do groundwork, lay the foundation of the 2nd letter to the Corinthians. To the Corinthians with love Paul had written to the Corinthians previously…

Our Introduction/Background We start a new journey in the next of what is called the Pastoral Epistles, Titus. We need to lay some groundwork along the way so we can understand the content even more. Author: Paul ( Tit1:1 ; Act14:1-23 ; 1Tim1:1-3 ; Tit1:5 ) 1 Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle…

Setting up the series Paul’s life is drawing to an end. The times have changed and he knew what was coming. We have before us now his final instructions, final appeals to his young protege Timothy. (intro to 2nd Timothy slide here) Paul as certain of his death ( 2Tim4:6 ) and many of his contemporaries…

27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, A Letter From a Disciple-Maker How does Paul view the Philippian…

LOOK OUT! Can you find the book of Jude? A small book with not much popularity among the brethren, but a couple of verses in the doxology ( Jude24-25 ) but yet it is an important letter. I think we can agree that there are several writers that warn about apostates, about false teachers and prophets.…

Life as the Church We were created to worship, fellowship, grow and go together. We start today an amazing journey through 1 & 2nd Timothy, well, Titus after that too. There is so much we can learn about life as the church in these books. Background stuff: Author: Paul (1Tim1:1) Below not on slide at…

1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness, 2 in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. 3 In his own time he has revealed his word in the preaching with which I…

Introduction to Series on the Psalms

The Introduction to the Epistle of James

16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 1 Lord , how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, “God will not…

Introduction to the Prophecy of Ezekiel First section of Ezekiel is addressed to a specific people (Judah) facing a specific crisis (National collapse) at a specific time in history. Ezekiel ministered during the darkest moments in Judah’s history: the seventy-years of Babylonian captivity. Why was Israel…

Intro To Sermon Series through Ephesians.

Why Study Hebrews? Question of Allegiances? What does it mean to have an ‘allegiance’? Paint a picture of someone with an ‘allegiance’? What factors play into someones allegiance to something or someone? What are forces that work against having an allegiance? Ex. Martyrs and hero’s of faith…what forces…

Introduction to Paul's epistle to Titus

Matthew 1:1 The Book Of Matthew 28 chapters, 1,071 verses, and 23,684 words Grade level: 4.8 Author: The Holy Spirit of God by inspiration ( 2 Tim 3:15 ) through Matthew Theme: Christ the Saviour Date Written: A.D. 50 Key Verse: 5:17 Key Chapter: 12 Chapter One Theme: Coming of Christ Key verse: v.1…

Introduction We know that Paul is the writer of the book The book of Philippians was written as Paul was in prison. The Church of Philippi was a church started by Paul. Philippi is a Roman Colony in Macedonia. this city was filled with older and retired Roman soldiers. so it was known as a a very patriotic…

INTRO: This book was written by John between 94 and 96 AD. John was the last surviving apostle and was in exile on the island of Patmos when he received this vision. v.1: THE NATURE OF THE REVELATION: The opening words, The revelation of Jesus Christ, tells us that the subject of the entire book is Christ…

Final installment of the introduction to Revelation.

Church Background Slide – Introducing the new book we will be listening to together In the late 1960’s, great Christian writer John Stott, in a book that is considered foundational and one of the most widely read Christian books – Basic Christianity His opening phrases he sums up the attitudes of young…

Authorship The Apostle John is the most probable author to the book. Date