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Bible: Jude (Overview) What’s the big idea? Jude’s purpose in his letter was twofold: he wanted to expose the false teachers that had infiltrated the Christian community, and he wanted to encourage Christians to stand firm in the faith and fight for the truth. Jude recognized that false teachers often …

Overview: John Ch. 1-12 (Bible) Chapter Summary To review methodologies and to illustrate that they can be used with any book, this chapter applies all four methods to the Gospel of John. The Gospel of John from the Perspective of Genre Criticism The Gospel of John, like the Synoptic Gospels, …

Overview: Matthew Ch. 14-28 14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: 15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have …

Matthew (Part 1) Chapter 1-13 Themes and Structure of the Book The first theme in Matthew shows Jesus as the promised Messiah from the line of King David. The second theme is that Jesus is the new, authoritative teacher of God’s people like Moses in the Old Testament (OT). It’s …

Genesis 2 Summary Nine generations of Shem’s descendants, the Semites, pass. God calls on a man named Abram, living with his father Terah and his wife Sarai in Haran, a city in upper Mesopotamia. God makes a covenant with Abram, promising to make Abram’s descendants into a great nation. Abram …

The Book of Proverbs The Book of Proverbs is divided into four main sections, with three additional sections, or appendices, included at the end. The first third of Proverbs is an extended lecture spoken by the personified voice of “Wisdom.” This section is the most conversational, narrative, and thematic portion …

The Book of Ecclesiastes The narrator of Ecclesiastes is a nameless person who calls himself a “Teacher,” and identifies himself as the current king of Israel and a son of King David. The Teacher opens with the exclamation, “Vanity of vanities . . . ! All is vanity” (1:2). He …

Bible Overview: Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes (/ɪˌkliːziˈæstiːz/; Hebrew: קֹהֶלֶת, qōheleṯ, Greek: Ἐκκλησιαστής, Ekklēsiastēs) is one of 24 books of the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible, where it is classified as one of the Ketuvim (or “Writings”). Originally written c. 450–200 BCE, it is also among the canonical Wisdom Books in the Old Testament …

Book of Lamentations Summary The book consists of five separate poems. In the first (chapter 1), the city sits as a desolate weeping widow overcome with miseries. In Chapter 2 these miseries are described in connection with national sins and acts of God. Chapter 3 speaks of hope for the …

Thank You Lord – Don Moen Song Thank You Lord Artist Don Moen Album Ultimate Worship Anthems: Days of Elijah Licensed to YouTube by [Merlin] Absolute Label Services (on behalf of Integrity Music); CMRRA, Capitol CMG Publishing, ARESA, LatinAutor – UMPG, LatinAutor, UMPI, EMI Music Publishing, Adorando Brazil, ASCAP, Sony …