Bible Study series. Luke 6:20-26. Jesus begins the Sermon on the Plain. He is teaching his disciples, his kingdom citizens. Get ready for blessings and some tough times and trials.
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Monthly Archives: April 2025
A Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith
Bible Study series: Mark 7:24-30. Jesus lifts her faith by putting her off at first, just to bring out the faith he saw in her.
Jesus Heals Many People
Bible Study series: Matthew 8:14-17. Another summary about Jesus’s healing ministry. Matthew quotes Isaiah 53:4. He carried our diseases.
Philip Goes to Samaria, Preaches Jesus, Works Miracles, and Sees Salvations
Bible Study series: Acts 8:5-13. Philip was not an apostle, yet he worked miracles. The gospel of Christ plus signs and wonders are a powerful means of salvation.
Your Father Is the Devil
Bible Study series: John 8:37-47. Jesus did not hold back.
Jesus Ministers to Crowd of Disciples and Multitudes
Bible Study series: Luke 6:17-19. This is a good summary of Jesus’s ministry.
Tradition or the Word of God? Externals or Internals?
Bible Study series: Mark 7:1-23. The word of God is central. Traditions take a back seat.
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant
Bible Study series: Matthew 8:5-13. The centurion’s faith shocked him.
Persecution Breaks Out, and the Church Disperses to Judea and Samaria
Bible Study series: Acts 8:1b-4. There was a general persecution ,and Saul also persecutes them. Everywhere the Christians went, they preached the gospel. Only the apostles remained in Jerusalem.
Knowing the Truth Will Set You Free
Bible Study series: John 8:31-36. Jesus and his gospel is the truth. Know them and you will be free.
Jesus Spends Night in Prayer and Selects Twelve Apostles
Bible Study series: Luke 6:12-16. Jesus was a man of prayer.
Jesus Heals Everyone Who Reached Out to Him at Gennesaret
Bible Study series: Mark 6:53-56. This is his ministry of putting bad things right. The kingdom of God has come.
Jesus Is Willing to Cleanse a Leper
Bible Study series: Matthew 8:1-4. Jesus healed everyne needing healing and who approached him.
Stephen Is Martyred
Bible Study series: Acts 7:57-8:1a. Criticizing the temple was a serious offense. He paid with his life. He was the first recorded martyr. (8:1a is divided up like that to fit the flow of the narrative from here to the next chapter.)
Jesus Is from Above
Bible Study series: John 8:21-30. He knew who sent him and spoke what he heard his Father say. Then the Son speaks it to the world.
Jesus Heals a Man with Withered Hand on Sabbath
Bible Study series: Luke 6:6-11. Jesus broke down the wall which religious leaders had built around the Torah (first five books of the Bible).
Jesus Walks on Water
Bible Study series: Mark 6:45-52. Do not fear! Jesus miraculously comes to save you.
Two Foundations
Bible Study series: Matthew 7:24-29. Will you obey his words or hear them and then do as you please?
The Sanhedrin Reacts and Stephen Sees the Son of Man
Bible Study series: Acts 7:54-56. Now the “empire” (Sanhedrin) strikes back.
Jesus Is the Light of the World
Bible Study series: John 8:12-20. Jesus = the Light = the Truth
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
Bible Study series: Luke 6:1-5. He owns it.
Jesus Goes on Retreat and Then Feeds the Five Thousand
Bible Study series: Mark 6:30-44. The apostles report back after their short-term mission trip. Then they go on a retreat. Afterwards, he feeds the five thousand.
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