Bible Studies

Bible Study: Life of Christ: Introduction- Three Themes

I have been skimming and reading the gospels in preparation for our series on the Life of Christ. I have noticed 3 themes throughout the gospels that I want to put before us now so we can see them develop. Three Themes The mystery of the Godhead and who is Messiah? In the first centuries […]

Bible Study: 3 Reasons why faith in Jesus is a powerful base for life in a wacky world.

Biblical Passages Covered in this Post: Jeremiah 31; Joel 2; John 13; 14; 15; Acts 2; 10; 11; 17; 1 Corinthians 15 A crowd was attracted by the outpouring of the Spirit on Pentecost. There were cynical explanations. The followers of Jesus were drunk. There always seem to be cynical explanations. Peter defended the new faith. […]

Book Note: What Bible study tools do I use? Updated February 23, 2026

Reminders from a recent post: My History After college I was on the Campus Crusade for Christ (now Cru), Athletes in Action Weightlifting Team. In June, 1974, I was married and began seminary. For ten years I worked in libraries and finished graduate studies. Beginning in 1982, I spent 35 years as a seminary and […]

Bible Study: “He is risen…His is risen indeed”..actually…”They have taken the body.”

Biblical Passages Covered in this Post: Matthew 28; Mark 9; 16; John 20: Life of Christ- John 20 He is Risen Each year at Easter the worship leader comes to the microphone to begin the service and energetically says, “He is risen.” It usually takes three attempts but eventually there is a semi-crisp response. “He […]

Bible Study: I have been thinking a lot about death recently.

Biblical Passages Covered in this Post: Revelation 2; 3; 4; 5; 6 I have been thinking a lot about death recently My Mom recently died in her 90s.  My younger sister recently died in her 60s.  A former colleague died three years older than I am.  Friends died younger than I am.  I attended my […]

Bible Study: What does it mean that Jesus is the Good Shepherd?

Jesus claims to be The Good Shepherd. What does that mean and how is described in the Bible?

Why do we worship what we make?

God is totally unique and we should never treat him as less than he is and sometimes we do.

Bible Study: Why did Jesus come and why will he return?

Jesus’ full Messianic ministry required two comings. People did not expect this but he prepared them for it as he taught.

Bible Study: How do we respond to temptation? How Jesus got it right when we often get it wrong

We can learn about how to resist temptation when we look at how Jesus responded to Satan when he was tempted.