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After some introductory posts, I posted two of my older books in installments. As the posts are featured in reverse order on the main...

This seems like another good spot to discuss some “end times”-related material before we get to the meat of Revelation. There’s another...

This is a letter to Jewish Christians to warn them about the false teachers that Peter predicted in 2 Peter 2. The flavor of their heresy...

1 Jesus is the Truth (John 14:6). 2-4 Gaius was still preaching Jesus instead of docetism/proto-Gnosticism. See 2 John. 5-6 Gaius was...

1 The Elect Lady seems to be the Bride of Christ aka the Church. Or, it could be a wealthy believer that hosted church services in her...

I recommend reading 2 John and 3 John before reading 1 John; they’re brief and provide context. John had to deal with...

Again, Peter was predominantly an apostle to the Jews, but was also involved with some Gentile Christians (Galatians 2:8,9,12 plus the...

Pete the fisherman wrote this with the help of Paul’s frequent coworker Silas (1 Peter 5:12) in around 62 AD. This letter provides...

This letter is commonly attributed to James the Just, the son of Joseph and therefore the half-brother of Jesus Christ (Matthew 13:55,...

There are many references to the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament that was in common use then, much like a Bible...

Paul wrote this letter earlier than the Pastoral Epistles to Timothy and Titus, perhaps during his first Roman imprisonment. It is placed...

This letter was from Paul to Titus, who had been sent to appoint and supervise elders, making him the Bishop of Crete. Titus is an...

This letter contains Paul’s farewell instructions to Timothy before being executed. 1:6 Laying on of hands is traditional for...

The letters we’ve studied so far have been to congregations. These next few “pastoral Epistles” are to fellow church leaders and provide...

1:2 Again, grace and shalom are ours up front. 1:3 Again, “Believe” and “Love”. 1:4 See 1 Thessalonians 2:14. 1:5 Again, He is the Vine,...

Paul spent a few weeks with this young church in the capital city of Macedonia in Acts 17, and they had some follow-up questions. They...

Did you enjoy Ephesians? I hope so, because this letter is a lot like Ephesians. Paul wrote to a church that was planted by Epaphras (who...

Paul wrote this letter to his first European church during his imprisonment in Rome. To remember how this church in Philippi in Macedonia...

Ephesus was a coastal city that the Romans considered the most important in Asia Minor. See the Acts 18 and Acts 19 notes. It was known...

Galatia was a province in what is now modern Turkey that had been settled by Gauls. Think of the French, Swiss, Belgians, etc., living...