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The Christmas story is a very familiar one, and most people are in the habit of combining the beginnings of Matthew and Luke in order to make one seamless story. The result is a wonderful and comfortable picture of the Holy Family, magi, shepherds, a...

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Jesus' crucifixion invites many kinds of questions. How did it happen? Who, exactly, was responsible? What did his death and resurrection accomplish? Did the cross expose and repair something about human existence? Did it alter our status before God?...

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Paul's letter to the Colossians was prompted by the controversy over false teachings by a group within Colossae who believed that Christ was but one source of divine wisdom and that his death on the cross was not sufficient to reconcile humanity to G...

A Study of Acts
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"God is still speaking," the United Church of Christ currently announces in promotional and outreach materials. Another denomination, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is entering "a season of discernment," encouraging its members to seek a deeper un...

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In this three-session study on the book of Exodus, Old Testament scholar and best-selling author Gene March highlights lessons to be learned from Exodus by focusing on three principle themes in this foundational book in the Bible: Escape from Egypt, ...

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The apostle Paul was certainly not the only missionary to the Gentiles (that is, all who are not Jews) during the time immediately following Jesus' death (c. 30 CE), for Philip and Peter also taught, baptized, and preached to Gentiles. Paul was not e...

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The account of Jesus' burial and resurrection is found in all four Gospels and mentioned by Paul. While all accounts affirm his resurrection, they differ in various degrees. What do Christians believe about these differences, and what do we mean when...

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Each of the four Gospels reveals a slightly different picture of Jesus. Studying them together can help us understand who Jesus is and what it means to be a follower of Christ. In this one-session adult study participants will explore how the origina...

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Paul's Letter to the Galatians is simple and complex. Simple, because it focuses on a single objective, telling its original readers that God's actions through Jesus Christ are decisive and sufficient. Complex, because Paul's train of thought can be ...

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The book of Genesis is the first in a collection of books we now call the Bible. It is also the first of five books called the Torah. This collection of books was compiled somewhere around four hundred years before the time of Jesus. It is a book abo...

Tools for Faithful Living
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A number of themes span the Bible, found in both the Old (the First) and New (the Second) Testaments, which describe some aspect of God's relationship with humankind. These divine constants provide some guidance in interpreting those texts that may b...

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If we view the Bible as one whole document, what is it saying? What are the big messages by which interior messages are to be interpreted?The Bible is richly diverse, sixty-six "books" written over eleven hundred years by prophets, poets, historians,...

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This study is a four-session introduction to the Gospel of Mark. The participants are encouraged to read the Gospel outside of the sessions. The materials probe questions raised by the Gospel and encourage participants not just to study the Gospel bu...

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The Gospel of John has often been handed out to new converts to Christianity, or even to nonbelievers, as an evangelizing tool, because it insists so forcefully on Jesus' identity as the divine Son of God and on the need for faith in him. Yet a case ...

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We really don't know much about Luke except what we can glean from the tradition. Ancient tradition says that he was one of Paul's followers, who is named in Philemon 24 as Paul's "fellow worker" and as "the beloved physician" in Colossians 4:14. The...