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What is the Book of Daniel all about? How can we find encouragement and strength from Daniel's story, God's faithfulness toward Israel, and all He accomplished in the Christ? The Book of Daniel | Books of the Bible Outline | YouTube Conversation

How did Paul conclude his Second Letter to the Corinthians? What happened afterward? How can we do well to apply what Paul taught the Corinthian Christians? Set Things Right | 2 Corinthians 13:1-13/14 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | YouTube Conversation This is the third time I am coming to visit you. By the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter will be establish...

How did Paul prepare the Corinthian Christians for his arrival? How can we well consider wanting "not yours, but you" and to be willing to be spent for others in the name of Jesus? Spent For You | 2 Corinthians 12:11-21 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | YouTube Conversation I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by...

How would Paul boast regarding visions and revelations? Why should we meditate and reflect on Christ's grace as sufficient for us, and His power as made perfect in weakness? Power Perfected in Weakness | 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | YouTube Conversation It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and r...

What is the Book of Ezekiel all about? How can we gain encouragement from Ezekiel's critiques and expressions of hope? The Book of Ezekiel | Books of the Bible Outline | YouTube Conversation

Why would Paul boast in his weaknesses? Do we think and speak of ourselves like Paul...or like his opponents? Boasting in Weakness | 2 Corinthians 11:16-33 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | YouTube Conversation I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. What I am saying with this boastful...

Why did Paul share in a "little foolishness" in 2 Corinthians 11:1-15? How can we resist the servants of the Evil One and maintain pure and sincere devotion to Christ? A Little Foolishness | 2 Corinthians 11:1-15 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | YouTube Conversation I wish that you would be patient with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you are being patient with me! For I...

How did Paul address some concerns about his appearance and speech? How would Paul boast in the Lord? What should we make of 2 Corinthians 10:1-18 in our lives of faith today? Boasting in the Lord | 2 Corinthians 10:1-18 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | Conversation Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I who am meek when present amo...

What is the Book of Lamentations all about? How can the Book of Lamentations inform how we can, and should, lament before God? The Book of Lamentations | Books of the Bible Outline | YouTube Conversation

Why are gifts animated by the spirit of the giver? Why are we uncomfortable with the idea of God materially blessing those who materially bless others? How did the Corinthians share in the grace of God in Christ, and how can we share in the same? A Cheerful Giver | 2 Corinthians 6:9-15 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | Conversation My point is this: The person who sows sparingly...

How and why did Paul commend Titus and other Christians to the Corinthians? What can we learn from how Paul encouraged the Corinthian Christians to give for the needs of the saints? Titus Commended | 2 Corinthians 8:16-9:5 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | Conversation But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you, because he not only acc...

How did Paul encourage the Corinthian Christians to give liberally for the poor Christians of Jerusalem? What can we learn about God's grace and giving from 2 Corinthians 8:1-15? Grace to Give | 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | Conversation Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia, that durin...

What's the Book of Jeremiah all about? How can we gain encouragement from Jeremiah's faithful witness before Judah? The Book of Jeremiah | Books of the Bible Outline | Conversation

Why did Paul go on so long to the Corinthian Christians regarding what he had experienced? How might we display godly grief and resist worldly grief? What can we learn from how Paul encouraged the Corinthian Christians so far in 2 Corinthians? The Downcast Comforted | 2 Corinthians 7:2-16 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | Conversation Make room for us in your hearts; we have...

Did Paul exhort the Corinthian Christians to avoid being "unequally yoked" to unbelievers? How should we well understand and apply Paul's teachings? How can we resist abusing Paul's instruction? Unequally Yoked | 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | Conversation Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is...

How are Christians a new creation in Christ? How did Paul view and defend his ministry? Why must we all open our hearts toward God and one another? Living as New Creation | 2 Corinthians 5:17-6:13 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | Conversation So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come! And all these things...

What was God's message to Israel in Isaiah 40:1-66:24? How does Isaiah 40:1-66:24 differ from Isaiah 1:1-39:8? How did God's message through Isaiah find its fulfillment? Isaiah 40:1-66:24 | Books of the Bible Outline | Conversation

How did Paul live for the Crucified and Risen Lord? Why should we understand ourselves as held together and constrained by the love of Christ? Living For the Crucified and Risen Lord | 2 Corinthians 5:1-16 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | Conversation For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by...

Why did Paul consider himself as an "earthen vessel" or a "clay jar"? What sustained Paul despite his distress and pain? Earthen Vessels | 2 Corinthians 4:1-18 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | Conversation Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged. But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not b...

Where might one find Paul's letters of recommendation? Why should we participate in the ministry of the Spirit over the ministry of condemnation and death? The Ministry of the Spirit | 2 Corinthians 3:1-18 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | Conversation Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? We don’t need letters of recommendation to you or from you as some other peo...

What did Isaiah prophesy to Israel in Isaiah 1:1-39:8? How did God fulfill His word which He spoke to Israel through Isaiah? Isaiah 1:1-39:8 | Books of the Bible Outline | Conversation

What can we learn about the purpose and limitations of discipline from Paul and the Corinthian Christians? Why would Paul consider himself led in triumphal procession in and a sweet aroma of Christ? Sweet Aroma of Christ | 2 Corinthians 2:5-17 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | Conversation But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent (not to...

Why would Paul speak of Christ as God's "Yes" to the Corinthian Christians (and to us)? Why didn't Paul visit the Corinthian Christians like he said he would? God's Yes in Christ | 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:4 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | Conversation For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincer...

What was going on between Paul and the Corinthian Christians? How can we best entrust ourselves to the God of all comfort who raises the dead? The God of All Comfort | 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians Outline | Conversation From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saint...

Why do so many imagine Jesus as "sour and dour"? What can we learn from how Jesus rejoiced and celebrated? How can we well endure to share in joy and the hope of the final celebration? Jesus Rejoiced | Jesus Felt Outline | Conversation