1 Cor. 1: The wisdom
of weakness
1 Cor. 9: A command
Paul did not obey
1
Cor. 15a: Will we live again?
1 Cor. 15:35-58: The
resurrection body
1 Peter 1: Real
wealth lasts forever
1 Peter 2:
Special roles for special people
1 Peter 3:
Setting a good example
1 Thess. 2:
We were not a burden
1 Thess. 3: Paul's
Concern for the Thessalonians
1
Thess. 4b: Living a holy life
1 Thess. 4b-5a: The
coming of the Lord
2 Cor. 3: Paul and
the new covenant
2 Cor. 8: The grace
of giving
2 Cor. 9: Rich in
good works
2 Peter 1: Plan
for spiritual success
2 Timothy
1: Paul's farewell letter
2 Timothy 2: Work
hard for the Lord
2 Timothy 3:
Staying on track when others are not
2 Timothy 4:
The time has come for my departure
Acts 15: Christians
and the Law of Moses
The
Apostle's Creed
A balanced approach to millennial questions
Between
death and resurrection (2 Cor. 5)
Birth and life in John
Christians, Christmas, and fears of paganism
Colossians 1: Already in the kingdom
Colossians 2: Victory on the cross
Colossians 2: Fully
forgiven in Christ
Colossians 2:14 -
The handwriting of ordinances
Colossians 3:
New clothes for new people
Colossians 3b-4:
Relationships in and out of the church
The deity of the Holy Spirit
Ephesians 2: Grace and
peace
Ephesians 5:
Christian life and marriage
Evidence for Jesus' resurrection
A four-point plan for spiritual growth
Galatians 1: The
gospel revealed
Galatians 2:
Justified by faith, not by law
Galatians 3:
Redeemed from the curse of the law
Galatians 4:
Inheritors, not slaves
Galatians 5: The
purpose of freedom
Galatians 6: Do good
to all
Good
news for bad people: the message of Jesus
Good news in an alabaster jar: the gospel in perfume
The greatest commandment: love
Growing in Christ:
five basic disciplines
Harvest seasons
of ancient Israel
Hebrews 1: The radiance of
God
Hebrews 2: Perfect through
suffering
Hebrews 3: Think about
Jesus and be faithful
Hebrews 4: Entering God's
rest
Hebrews 7: A priest like
Melchizedek
Hebrews 8: The superior
ministry of Jesus
Hebrews 9: A superior
sacrifice
Hebrews 10: Perfect
results
Hebrews 11:
Faithful heroes
Hebrews
11b: Abraham's example of faith
Hebrews
11c: Faith in victory and in death
Hebrews
12a: Dealing with difficulties
Hebrews
12b: A mountain of joy
Hebrews 13:
Final exhortations
How many points in a parable?
How often may we observe the Lord's Supper?
How to become a Christian
Introduction to the book of Acts
Leadership in the church
Luke: open letter to a wealthy man
Luke's "orderly" account -- how precise is it?
Luke 1:1-38 -
Announcing the king
Luke 1:39-80 -
Two songs of praise
Luke 2:1-21 - A
Savior is born
Luke 2:22-52 -
What child is this?
Luke 15: The parable of the lost son
Matthew 5: Sermon
on the Mount
Matthew 6: Sermon
on the Mount
Matthew 7: Sermon
on the Mount
Matthew 9: The
purpose of healings
Matthew 13:
Parables of the kingdom
Matthew 16: What
kind of Messiah?
The meaning of the annual festivals
"Ministry" means "service"
New life in Christ --
the gospel in one page
The Nicene Creed
Paul's pastoral prayers
Philippians 1: Joy in
Jesus Christ
Philippians 2: Learning to live like Jesus
Philippians 3:
Start right and finish well
Philippians 4: Think
on good things
The present and future kingdom of God
Principles of interpreting prophecy
The purpose of blessings
Rejoice! Christ has risen
Romans 1a: Not ashamed of the gospel
Romans 1b: God's anger against sin
Romans 2: Everyone needs the gospel
Romans 3: From guilt to grace
Romans 4: The example of Abraham
Romans 5: Past, present and future of salvation
Romans 6: Enslaved to righteousness
Romans 7: Law, sin and me: the three-way struggle
Romans 8a: Sharing in
the live of Christ
Romans 8b: The
certainty of God's love
Romans 9: Paul's anguish
for his people
Romans 10: Israel's
opportunity for salvation
Romans 11: "All Israel
will be saved"
Romans 12: Attitudes
that please God
Romans 13: Christians
and the law
Romans 14: Dealing with disagreements
Romans 15: Jews and
Gentiles together
Romans 16: Greetings,
friends!
The six-day war: the days of Genesis 1
Significance of Christ's incarnation
Significance of Christ's crucifixion
Significance of Christ's resurrection
Stewardship involves all of life
Titus 1: Leaders
in truth
Titus 2:
Making grace look
good
Titus 3: Saved by God's mercy
Transubstantiation
What is worship?
Why does God allow evil?
Why would anyone
want to be a Christian?
Basic Christian Beliefs series
- Introduction to God
- Who is Jesus?
- Why did Jesus die?
- Jesus — alive forevermore!
- The Holy Spirit
- Salvation
- The Christian life
- What is the church?
- The written word of God
- The future
The gospel of the kingdom
- The message of Jesus
- Parables of the kingdom
- Preaching in the early church
- What Jesus said about himself
- The gospel according to Paul
- The good news of salvation
- Relationship with Christ
What the Gospels teach about...
- What the Gospels teach us about God the Father
- What the Gospels teach us about Jesus Christ
- What the Gospels teach us about the Holy Spirit
- What the Gospels teach us about the Holy Scriptures
- What the Gospels teach us about angels and demons
What the Bible says about speaking in tongues
1. Jesus' promise and the book of Acts
2. Tongue-speaking in Corinth
3. Evaluating spiritual gifts
The purpose of life
Why were you
born?
Learning to be
like Jesus, part 1:
our relationship with God
Learning to be
like Jesus, part 2:
relationships in the family of God
Learning to be like Jesus, part
3:
learning by living
Old Testament laws and Christians
All the covenants of the Bible
Has the new covenant been made?
The Law of Moses and the old covenant
Circumcision – a test case for evaluating laws
A look at the Old Testament concept of uncleanness
Is tithing an old covenant law?
Should Christians keep the Levitical festivals?
part 1: The Old Testament Evidence
part 2: The New Testament Evidence
part 3: The Lord's Supper
What do the Scriptures say about the Sabbath?
Sabbath and Sunday in
early
Christianity
Shouldn't
we follow Jesus' example?
Was the Sabbath made for all humanity?
Why the Seventh Day? -- a response to an Adventist
Another letter to an Adventist
Which Old Testament Laws Apply to Christians?
Introduction, and Letter From the Executive
Editor
1: Christians Obey God
2: Old Testament Laws Before Moses
3: Moses and the Old Covenant
4: Jesus and the New Covenant
5: The Early Church and the Law of Moses
6: Paul and the Old Covenant
7: A Few Examples of Obsolete Laws
8: Seven Annual Sabbaths
9: Dietary Laws and Uncleanness
10: Jesus and Old Covenant Laws
11: The Weekly Sabbath – Jesus' Example
12: The Sabbath in Acts and the Epistles
13: New Covenant Commands
14: Salvation by Faith
 I gathered many of my articles about Old Testament
laws and edited them to form a book: Sabbath, Circumcision, and Tithing. There
are many books about the Sabbath -- this one is unique in that it places the
Sabbath in its larger context, by looking for biblical principles by which
Christians may evaluate all Old Testament laws. If you want the book you can
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Rhetorical Function of the Covenant Motif in the Argument of Hebrews.
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