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Three religious traditions look to Abraham as the "father of faith" in one sense or another: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In the New Testament, both James and Paul consider Abraham an important model to Christianity. Since Abraham is such an imp...

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David

By Martha Bettis-Gee, Gary W. Light

Just who was David, king of Israel? Was he good or bad? He is called both a person after God's own heart and a "man of blood."This one-session study examines three important aspects of this key biblical figure. We will look at David as folk hero, fam...

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Elijah

By Gary W. Light

Elijah was a famous prophet we find in the book of 1 Kings. Through the many stories of his attempts to be a loyal prophet of God, we learn something of the role of prophets, the nature of God, and the way God will act in our lives when we risk all a...

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Jacob

By Gary W. Light

The book of Genesis comes to an end with the conviction that God has been at work in the lives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. In Genesis 12:1-3 the promise was made that the family of Abraham would be great, that they would be given a land of their ow...

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James, Brother of Jesus

By Martha Bettis-Gee, J. Ellsworth Kalas

The figure of James, the "brother" of Jesus, has been somewhat controversial in the history of the church. Both Catholics and early Protestants taught for centuries that Mary, the Mother of Jesus, remained a virgin throughout her life. So, what do we...

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Lazarus

By Martha Bettis-Gee, J. Ellsworth Kalas

Who hasn't heard of Lazarus? The story of Jesus raising him from the dead is one biblical story most never forget.Yet, besides being the brother of Mary and Martha and a seemingly important figure in the Bible, Lazarus never has a speaking part. Unli...

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Mary and Martha

By Martha Bettis-Gee, J. Ellsworth Kalas

It seems unfair to put Mary and Martha in one chapter when each is a strong enough personality to merit a study of her own. But their two stories are so intertwined that we can hardly mention one without mentioning the other; to tell the story of one...

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Mary, Mother of Jesus

By Martha Bettis-Gee, J. Ellsworth Kalas

What can one say about a woman whose name is revered today by literally hundreds of millions of people all over the world? So revered, in fact, that many of these millions appeal to her name in prayer, believing that by affiliating themselves with he...

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Moses

By Martha Bettis-Gee, Gary W. Light

There is no more important human figure in the Old Testament than Moses. He is a person who transcends all the biblical categories that we might suggest. Prophet? Certainly Moses is pictured as a prophet: He is God's spokesman. He declares the word o...

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Paul
His Life and Thought

By Michael R. Cosby

Few people in the history of Christianity have had as large an impact on the church as the apostle Paul. Yet few Christians understand much about the complex personality of this man. Many know something of his teaching about love, but few realize the...

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Paul and the Role of Women in the Church

By Sandra Hack Polaski

Paul founded churches that met in women's space and in which women were important organizers and participants. He considered women his co-workers and commended their contributions to the work of the gospel. When he described his ongoing ministry with...

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Paul's Journeys

By David Otto

Most Christians, if asked, would state that Paul took three journeys to spread his understanding of Christ to the Gentile world. But if pushed to provide an itinerary for each of these missions, most persons would have difficulty issuing a response. ...

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Peter

By Martha Bettis-Gee, J. Ellsworth Kalas

Even people with no more than a passing interest in religion know that the persons who were most closely associated with Jesus were called the twelve apostles. Naming the twelve is another matter, however-with the possible exception of one man, Simon...

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Priscilla

By Martha Bettis-Gee, J. Ellsworth Kalas

Shortly after Priscilla and her husband Aquila arrived in Corinth as refugees they began setting up their new life and business and were visited by a Jew from Tarsus, a fellow tentmaker named Paul.We don't know if Aquila and Priscilla were believers ...

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Ruth

By Martha Bettis-Gee, Gary W. Light

"Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God" (Ruth 1:16). These familiar words are on the lips of a bride addressing her...

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