The Message of Hebrews is both the easiest and the most difficult to understand of all the New Testament books. In order to save you some frustration and the possibility of having your head spin from cultural whiplash, let’s begin with the easiest understanding....
5-Lesson Study on James This is the study I wrote for our network of house churches in Las Vegas Nevada in 2006-7. Each lesson contains study questions and a "Food for Thought" reflection/commentary. Enjoy!Whenever we approach a New Testament Letter we must constantly...
The Bible is an epic story of one family. God made a promise--a covenant--with Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 12:1-3. God promised to bless them with many children, to make them into a great nation, and through that nation to bless all nations. The Bible tells the...
Note: The following introduction was written in 2007, as the Hart Haus network was crumbling around me. I have changed a great deal since this moment. Some parts of this make me cringe, as my comments are still very white Evangelical in perspective. Yet, other parts...
Paul's Letter to the EphesiansIntroduction to Ephesians Ephesus was one of the “epicenters” of Paul’s church planting ministry. While he taught in the lecture hall of Tyrannus for two years, people from all over the region of Asia came to be discipled by him. They, in...
Quick Links to Visual Commentary on Romanshttps://youtu.be/jqCmmODoZn0Three basic questions to introduce Paul's letter to the church in Rome: Who is Paul? Why did he write this letter? Who cares? Right? I mean, why should we care about a personal letter written by...
keep scrolling for the whole story...and a treat at the end! Panel 1 Paul writes this letter to the church in Corinth. He started this church, and, in a previous letter scolded them harshly for their inappropriate behavior. Some scholars think this might be the third...
1 Corinthians was written from Ephesus on Paul’s third journey. On his second journey he started the church in Corinth and spent a great deal of time their working with his new friends Aquila and Priscilla. At the beginning of his third journey he traveled directly to...
1 Thessalonians Paul’s first letter to the church in Thessalonica was written shortly after he had been run out of that town by threats and opposition. Soon after Paul’s departure, false teachers crept into the church and tried to convince the people that Jesus had...
This is actually the first letter that Paul wrote. After Paul took his first missionary tour through the region of Galatia he returned home to Antioch and rejoiced that God had freely poured out His Spirit on the Gentiles. This Gentile phenomenon created quite a stir...
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