Adult Sunday Class (Page 5)

Paul’s letter to the Galations addresses a situation in church Paul’s Gentile converts are being told by a new group of teachers that in order to be fully intergreted into God’s covenant people they need to enter into the Mosiac covenant by circumcision. Having to defend his apostleship and message, Paul explains the origins of his theology by giving us…

Paul: An Example of Pastoral Care  Paul wrote his second letter to the Corinthians with a couple of purposes in mind, namely, to express his great relief that the Corinthians responded positively to his first “severe letter” that Titus had delivered (2:9-14; 7:5-16); and to encourage the Corinthians to complete the collection they promised to take for believers at…

Paul: An Example of Pastoral Care  Paul wrote his second letter to the Corinthians with a couple of purposes in mind, namely, to express his great relief that the Corinthians responded positively to his first “severe letter” that Titus had delivered (2:9-14; 7:5-16); and to encourage the Corinthians to complete the collection they promised to take for believers at…

Paul wrote his first letter to the Corinthians to address 2 main concerns: conflict within the congregation and allowing the pagan values of the Greco-Roman society to infiltrate the church 5 themes are connected with congregational conflict: church leaders, lawsuits, the Lord’s Supper, spiritual gifts, and Stephanas & Apollos 7 themes are associated with…

Paul wrote his first letter to the Corinthians to address 2 main concerns: conflict within the congregation and allowing the pagan values of the Greco-Roman society to infiltrate the church 5 themes are connected with congregational conflict: church leaders, lawsuits, the Lord’s Supper, spiritual gifts, and Stephanas & Apollos 7 themes are associated with…

Paul’s letter to the Romans is considered by many as one of the most important theological treatises ever produced. It is the very “center” of the Bible Martin Luther writes, “Romans is worthy not only that every Christian should know it word for word, by heart, but occupy himself with it every day, as the daily bread of the soul. It can never be read…

Luke’s 2nd instalment continues to assure his reader of the truth of Christianity and to defend the church as the authentic people of God. This central purpose of Luke-Acts, confirming the gospel, plays out in the key themes in Acts, including the mission of God and his messenger.  If the gospel of Luke is about “all that Jesus began to do and to…

The fact that we have 4 gospel accounts – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John does not mean we have 4 different gospels. In early church manuscripts, church leaders refer to the (one) Gospel according to Matthew,… There are 4 gopels but they are one in that they present the same core message

John’s purpose of writing is – as John 20:30-31 tells us – “Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” – What so special that Jesus is called…

The gospel of John was written by the beloved disciple, John. It purpose was so that the reader may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and that by believing they may have life in his name (John 20:30-31)