The Life and Times of the Early Church

Grace and peace! Episode 89 of The Life and Times of the Early Church is up on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, etc. 

A verse-by-verse study of 2 Corinthians 4:1-15. 

Paul moves from the general experience of all Christians to his own particular experiences, and he talks about how Satan blinds the minds of unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel. 

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of 2 Corinthians 3:1-18. 

Paul explains what doing ministry under the New Covenant looks like and compares himself (a minister of the New Covenant) with Moses (a minister of the Old Covenant). 

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

Grace and peace! Episode 87 of The Life and Times of the Early Church is up on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, etc. 

A verse-by-verse study of 2 Corinthians 2:5-17. 

An explanation and an example of how Satan thinks and reasons in planning his attacks on Christians and how the power of forgiveness disarms him. 

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of 2 Corinthians 1:12—2:4. 

Paul begins his defense of his ministry by answering three complaints his opponents commonly made: the letters he wrote were obscure, he was fickle, and he had a domineering attitude.

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

Grace and peace! Episode 85 of The Life and Times of the Early Church is up on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, etc. 

An introduction to Second Corinthians and a verse-by-verse study of 2 Corinthians 1:1-11. 

Paul’s opening words prepare the church for the key issues he will address in the letter.

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of 1 Corinthians 16:1-24. 

Paul brings his letter to the church to a close with some parting exhortations and an example of what love in action looks like in the Corinthian setting.

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of 1 Corinthians 15:44-58. 

Paul brings his teaching on the resurrection to a close by revealing a mystery—he has explained what happens to the dead when Jesus returns, but there will be many Christians who are still alive when that event takes place. 

What happens to them? 

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of 1 Corinthians 15:35-43. 

Paul has made his case for the reality of the resurrection in the first part of chapter 15. In verses 35-43, his teaching shifts from the fact of the resurrection to the nature of the resurrection body. What will it be like? 

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of 1 Corinthians 15:20-34. 

Part two of Paul’s teaching on the resurrection. 

When Jesus returns to earth, God’s people, both living and dead, will be transformed and receive new, eternal bodies.

But this is just the beginning, Paul says. Christ will destroy all opposition to his reign in the universe—both human and demonic. Then death itself will be destroyed. 

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of 1 Corinthians 15:1-19. 

Part one of Paul’s teaching on the resurrection.

The Corinthians accepted the fact that Jesus had been ressurrected from the dead—they just didn’t see how that would be possible for the rest of us.

So Paul begins with a subject he and they are in complete agreement about: Christ was raised from the dead. Then from that fact he builds his case for the resurrection of believers.

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!