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The Dilemma of Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Matthew 19)
Click this link to translate this Bible study into Russian, Chinese, Arabic, German, Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Scripture reading – Matthew 19 Today’s Scripture reading (Matthew 19) begins with a question that has troubled many throughout the centuries and...
“Forgiven” (John 8)
Click this link to translate this Bible study into Russian, Chinese, Arabic, German, Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Scripture reading – John 8 Background to John 8 Jesus had been teaching in the Temple during the Feast of the Tabernacles (John 7). Understanding...
The Sermon on the Plain: Love Your Enemies (Luke 6)
Click this link to translate this Bible study into Russian, Chinese, Arabic, German, Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Scripture reading - Luke 6 Luke 6 Review (Luke 6:1-16) You will find Luke 6:1-12 a parallel chronicle of the events we studied in Matthew 12 and...
The Genealogy and Birth of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1)
Click this link for translations of this Bible study. Scripture reading - Matthew 1 Having introduced the Gospels of Luke and John, I will briefly do the same as we consider “The Gospel According to Matthew.” Written by the disciple whose name it bears, Matthew was...
The End is Merely the Beginning – part 1 (Malachi 2)
Click this link to translate this Bible study into Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, German, French, Spanish, or Portuguese. Scripture reading - Malachi 2; Malachi 3; Malachi 4 Our study of the Old Testament Scriptures concludes with a summary of chapters 2, 3, and...
“O Lord, Remember Me” (Nehemiah 13)
Click this link to translate this Bible study into Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, German, Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Scripture reading - Nehemiah 13 Our study in Nehemiah concludes today. We have followed Nehemiah’s rise from serving as the king’s cupbearer...
A Spiritual Scandal: Unequally Yoked (Ezra 10)
Scripture reading - Ezra 10; Nehemiah 1 Click this link to translate this Bible study into Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, German, Spanish, French, or Portuguese. * Today's Scripture reading concludes our study of the Book of Ezra. This is the first of two...
The Failure of the Gatekeepers (Ezra 9)
Scripture reading - Ezra 9 Click this link to translate this Bible study into Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Ezra 9 Ezra arrived in Jerusalem with gold and silver furnished by King Artaxerxes, the leaders of Persia, and the...
Divine Providence: The Invisible Hand of An All-Loving God (Esther 1)
Scripture reading - Esther 1 Click this link to translate this Bible study into Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, German, Spanish, Portuguese, or French. The Book of Esther is one of only two books in the Bible that never mentions God by name (the other is the Song...
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Marriage
The Dilemma of Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Matthew 19)
Click this link to translate this Bible study into Russian, Chinese, Arabic, German, Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Scripture reading – Matthew 19 Today’s Scripture reading (Matthew 19) begins with a question that has troubled many throughout the centuries and...
Prayer
The Power of Persevering Prayer (Luke 18)
Click this link to translate this Bible study into Russian, Chinese, Arabic, German, Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Scripture reading – Luke 18 We continue our study of the Gospel of Luke, but I remind you that the chapter breaks in the four Gospels will not be as...
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The Dilemma of Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Matthew 19)
Click this link to translate this Bible study into Russian, Chinese, Arabic, German, Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Scripture reading – Matthew 19 Today’s Scripture reading (Matthew 19) begins with a question that has troubled many throughout the centuries and...