Galatians 1:1 Who wrote it? Who was he writing to? Why was he writing? What did he say? As we approach any book of the Bible these questions need to be asked of the text if we wish to come to a proper understanding. Often, in the epistles of the New Testament, some of these…

1 Cor. 1:18-25, Hebrews 10:14, Romans 3:21-26, 2 Peter 3:8-11. What is it that defines Christianity? What is it that sets the church apart from the world? How do we live holy?

2 Timothy 2:1-7 Paul exhorts Timothy to be teacher with his mind set on developing other teachers. The role of the pastor/elder is to teach with the goal of building others who will faithfully teach. We are to teach how to pass the baton.

Phil. 1:29-30 God graciously gives to His children, working for their good, the gift of faith and suffering.

Luke 24:48-52 Jesus, after commissioning His disciples to take the gospel to the end of the earth, it carried out of this world, and promised to return.

1 Peter 3:18, Romans 5:1-11, Revelation 20:11-15 Ten out of ten people die! That’s a fact. That means that you and I are headed to a certain end in this life. Death will come! After death, God tells us that the next thing on the horizon for us is Judgment. Jesus made it clear that…

Luke 24:44-49 The great commission as recorded by Luke. Jesus comes to His disciples and after proving Himself to be truly there, He opens His disciples understanding of scripture to both His person and work as foretold in the Old Testament prophecies. Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s eternal plan of redemption, as is the…

Luke 24:33-43 As the two disciples who met Jesus on the road to Emmaus return to Jerusalem to tell the others of Christ’s meeting them, Jesus Himself comes His people giving evidence of His resurrection by offering HIs own body as the evidence.

Luke 24:13-32 Two disciples heading home from Jerusalem after the Passover week talking about all that had happened regarding Jesus. They are met by another who journeys with them whom they don’t recognize. Luke’s first encounter with the risen Savior who opens the scriptures to show that the Christ must suffer before entering His glory.

Luke 24:1-12 Jesus has been taken down off the cross and His dead body wrapped and placed in a tomb. The stone has been set in place closing that grave, a Roman guard has been placed to guard the tomb and ensure Jesus body goes nowhere. He, on Sunday morning, on the third day, as…