The Life and Times of the Early Church

A verse-by-verse study of Galations 3:6-14.  Paul offers the example of the patriarch, Abraham to support his claim that justification (right standing with God) comes by faith alone.    May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of Galations 2:15—3:5.  Paul opens the theological section of his letter with an explanation of the vital biblical concept of justification and the nature of salvation.   May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of Galations 2:2-14.  Paul concludes the historical section of his letter with an account of the highlights and challenges of his early ministry, which included conflict with Peter about how non-Jews were to be received into the church.  May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of Galations 1:10—2:1.  Paul recounts his journey toward Christ and his call to become an apostle to the Gentiles.  May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

An introduction to Paul’s Letter to the Galatians and a verse-by-verse study of Galations 1:1-9.  After a brief greeting, Paul gets right to his point: the churches in Galatia have been deceived by a false gospel that is taking them away from Christ.    May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of Acts 14:1—15:2. The Lord leads Paul and Barnabus to the pagan city of Lystra, where they are mistakenly identified as the gods, Zeus and Hermes. The final stops of Paul’s first missionary journey yield mixed results—great advances are made among the Gentiles, but there is fierce opposition from Jewish religious leaders who have rejected Jesus as the Messiah. May the Lord...

 A verse-by-verse study of Acts 13:32-52, which provides us with a deep theological explanation of the coming of the Messiah. May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of Acts 11:25-30 and 12:24—13:31.  We will look at several significant events that took place in the years AD46-49.  During this time the first Gentile church was established and Paul set out on his first missionary journey, a trip that had great success, but was filled with near-death experiences for the missionaries. 

A verse-by-verse study of James 5:12-20. We conclude our study of the Letter with a study of 5:12-20, where James teaches us about integrity, prayer, and how to heal relationships.

A verse-by-verse study of James 4:13—5:11. We will look at three subjects that all of us deal with every day: how to prepare for the future, how to use the wealth God has entrusted to us, and the value of patience.

A verse-by-verse study of James 4:1-12 on a subject all of us are familiar with: conflict . We’ve experienced it with others and even within ourselves. James explains the source of conflict and how to respond when it happens.

A verse-by-verse study of James 3:1-18, which offers invaluable counsel on wisdom and how to attain it. In vv 1-12 he talks about a subject all of us get in trouble with from time to time: our words. Then in vv 13-18 he talks about two kinds of wisdom: the wisdom from above and the wisdom from below.

A verse-by-verse study of James 2:14-28 and what James says about people who say they have faith in Christ but have no evidence of it in their lives. This passage has created lots of confusion and heated debate because many people assume that James is contrasting faith and works, but that is not what he is doing it all.

A verse-by-verse study of James 2:1-13 James talks about the sin of discrimination and the value of disconnecting from the world’s pecking order and living under the “Royal Law.”

A verse-by-verse study of James 1:19-27.  James admonishes his readers to move beyond being “hearers” of the Word and become “doers” of the Word and partners with God in what He is doing in the world.  He then points out three characteristics of those who are doers of the Word: they have a controlled tongue , a caring heart , and a clean mind . 

A verse-by-verse study of James 1:12-18. James discusses two kinds of tests that all of us have to go through. Tests that come as the result of external circumstances are called trials; tests of character that take the form of inner desires are called temptations.  In verses 2–12, James discusses external trials and explains how they can help us become spiritually mature.  In verses 13–18, he turn...

A verse-by-verse study of James 1:5-11

An introduction to the Letter of James and a verse-by-verse study of James 1:1-4

A verse-by-verse study of Acts 11:1-24 & 12:1-24

A verse-by-verse study of Acts 9:32—10:48

A verse-by-verse study of Acts 9:1-31

A verse-by-verse study of Acts 8:9-40

A verse-by-verse study of Acts 7:51—8:8

A verse-by-verse study of Acts 7:2-50.

A verse-by-verse study of Acts 6:1—7:1.