Tag: 3rd Quarter 2008

Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What do we know about Isaiah with regard to his background and ministry as a prophet? Basic facts of his life may be gleaned not only from Isaiah itself...

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Questions and observations for discussion: While our study is about Philip the Evangelist, there were two known ‘Philips’ who were followers of Jesus, the Evangelist we meet in Acts and Philip the Apostle who preceded...

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Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    What can we know about Daniel’s family background and early formative circumstances of his life?  (The following observations are taken from Z. Stefanovic, Daniel: Wisdom to the Wise: A...

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Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    What was the social standing of women in the first century A.D. among Jews?  What legal rights did they have if any? First of all, from the perspective of...

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Questions and observations for discussion: Although Peter was impetuous, ambitious, and could be even rashly violent, Jesus saw through this roughness a faithful commitment and  loyalty and a teachable spirit that would make him not...

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Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    What are the basic facts about Peter’s background? Peter is most likely the best known disciple of Jesus, a Galilean fisherman, the brother of Andrew (Mark 1:16-20) and the...

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Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    What can we glean from the N.T. about the personal background of John the disciple of Jesus Christ? John (together with his brother James) was a son of Zebedee...

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Questions and observations for discussion: Compassion is a feeling and an attitude of the heart that manifests itself at different levels and is more-or-less predictable for certain relationships.  A predictable manifestation of compassion is that...

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Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    When it comes to witnessing for the Kingdom, what message does the diversity of those Jesus called to be his disciples have for us? 2.    In the record of...

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Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    Basically every Christian must ask the question, “What is the truth of the gospel?”  What is it that made and makes the N.T. revelation of God in Jesus Christ...

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Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    What do we know of John the Baptist’s background? In Luke 1:11-38 we find the birth stories John and Jesus intertwined by revelations given by Gabriel.  One is born...

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Questions and observations for discussion 1. How far may one go in making the message of the gospel relevant to the world? Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 9:22 that “I have become all things to...

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Lesson Verse: Romans 15:17 Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What sort of personality did Paul bring to his task as an agent of hope? See Gal 1:6-10, Gal 1:13-14, Gal 4:19, Gal 5:12; Phil...

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