Notes, tools and thoughts on studying the Scriptures.
In today’s reading in Mark, out of chapter 7, the Pharisees try to corner Jesus and his disciples about how their eating practices look a lot like defiling behaviors before the law. But Jesus will not let them take him there. From where does personal defilement come? From what is ingested, or from how...
Read more →To study Acts in our small group, the book needs to be divided into chunks that can be handled meaningfully from week to week. The following chunk schedule was made with the help of the good ol’ Halley’s Bible Handbook. Week 1 Christ’s Resurrection, Ascension, and the Upper Room Acts 1 Week 2 Pentecost...
Read more →Location in the Bible Following the four gospels that record events in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, Acts is the fifth book of the New Testament, and it chronicles life in the early church after the ascension of Jesus, in the “Apostolic Age”. Title: “The Acts of the Apostles” A. Acts: A...
Read more →There are a ton of online tools that can help you with Bible study. I tend to just use a few, so I thought I’d share them here. A few great tools are better than a bunch of okay tools. Feel free to add links to your favorite quality tools as well in the...
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